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Letter from Michael S. RawlingsDallas Sports Huddle
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Schedule of EventsDallas Sports Huddle
May 3, 2015
11:30 am – 4:00 pm
Registration opens at 11:00 am
11:30 am Opening Town Hall Begins
Master of Ceremonies: Guy Rawlings, Sports Journalist, CBS Dallas
Welcome Remarks: David Satcher, MD, PhD, NCYSS Co-Chair
Keynote Remarks: Kathy Dieringer, EdD, ATC, National Athletic
Trainers’ Association
Featured Speaker: PASS Student Ambassador Allison Kasacavage
Special Remarks: Eliot Sorel, MD, NCYSS Co-Chair
Work Group Presentations
Concussion 101. Gregory Stewart, MD, Research and
Science Work Group Chair
Culture Around Coaching. Jack Crowe, Coaching Work
Group Chair
Impact of Concussion Legislation. Robert Zayas, Policy and
Legislation Work Group Chair
Navigating The Technology. Mike Oliver, Esq., Technology
and Equipment Manufacturing Work Group Chair
1:05 pm Breakout Session One Begins.
PASS Photo Booth Opens.
Sports Safety Clinics Open.
1:50 pm Breakout Session One Ends.
2:00 pm Breakout Session Two Begins.
2:45 pm Breakout Session Two Ends.
3:00 pm Afternoon Session Featuring the
Player’s Perspective Panel Begins.
3:45 pm Closing Remarks.
4:00 pm Dallas Sports Huddle Ends.
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What is NCYSS?Dallas Sports Huddle
The National Council on Youth Sports Safety, (NCYSS) Inc. was established
in 2013 in partnership with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at
Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI/MSM) and the Milken Institute School
of Public Health at The George Washington University. NCYSS is a 501(c)
(3) that executes its work through a multidisciplinary panel of national
experts on various subject matter including medicine, public health, public
policy, youth and professional sports, and technology and equipment
manufacturing. Each NCYSS advisory council is tasked with implementing
a distinct initiative and, at its completion, a set of national standards for
youth safety.
Why Our Work Is Critical
The obesity epidemic affects nearly one-third of all
children aged 10 to 17.
-Kaiser Family Foundation
“Physical activity is critical to reversing the obesity epidemic.
Increasing concern for safety in youth sports threatens this goal.”
- Dr. David Satcher, MD, PhD, 16th United States Surgeon General
Thirty-eight million youth are engaged in organized sports
at the pre-collegiate level in the United States.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
“Youth sports are fun and are a catalyst for leadership skills
development, team work learning, lifelong good health and well-being.”
- Dr. Eliot Sorel, MD, Clinical Professor of Global Health and of Psychiatry, GWU
Approximately 248,000 children under the age 19 are treated for
traumatic brain injury (TBI) or concussions related to sports annually.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
There was a 200 percent increase in concussions reported
among 14 to 19 year olds between 1997 and 2007.
- American Academy of Pediatrics
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The mission of NCYSS is to raise awareness of and
apply an integrative approach to create a culture of
prevention and reduce the number of injuries that
occur among youth engaged in organized sports.
The NCYSS vision is to become a leading national
and global resource on the significance of healthy
lifestyles and physical activity and the prevention,
awareness, and treatment of sports-related injuries
suffered by pre-collegiate athletes.
NCYSS Mission and VisionDallas Sports Huddle
What is PASS?
Protecting Athletes and Sports Safety (PASS) is a two-
year initiative that was launched in November 2013 by
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse
School of Medicine (SHLI/MSM) in partnership with
the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The
George Washington University and the National
Collegiate Athletic Association Sport Science Institute
(NCAA SSI). Co-Chaired by 16th U.S. Surgeon General
Dr. David Satcher and global health leader Dr. Eliot
Sorel, the initiative is the culmination of numerous
years of experience in public health and mental health
research.
Purpose
„„ Stimulate a national conversation on the subject of youth sports safety
„„ Promote primary prevention, public health orientation and early intervention
„„ Measure and enhance primary prevention and clinical interventions’ outcomes
„„ Encourage and facilitate research on sports-induced concussions
„„ Educate and influence policy at the local, state and federal levels based on evolving
scientific evidence
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David SatcherCo-Chair, National Council on Youth Sports Safety
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the Satcher Health Leadership
Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI/MSM), which was
established in 2006. He is also professor of Community Health and
Preventive Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry at MSM. Since
returning to the Morehouse School of Medicine, he has served as founding
Director of the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) and as Interim
President of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Prior to 2002, Dr. Satcher served as Director of the CDC, Assistant
Secretary for Health, and Surgeon General of the United States, making
him only the second person in history to serve simultaneously as Surgeon
General and Assistant Secretary for Health. As Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher released the first
ever Surgeons General Reports on Mental Health, Oral Health, Sexual Health, and Overweight
and Obesity. As Assistant Secretary for Health, he led the development of Healthy People
2010 where the goal of eliminating disparities in health was first articulated and served on
the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Satcher has also served as a Mental
Health Advisor to the National Football League (NFL), meeting with former players and their
spouses in various cities to educate them on depression, dementia, and chronic traumatic
encephalopathy (CTE).
Dr. Satcher has received over 50 honorary degrees and numerous leadership awards.
Additional leadership roles have included, Interim Dean & CEO at King Drew and past
President of Meharry Medical College. Dr. Satcher is an avid rower and jogger who promotes
the Surgeons General Prescription for personal behavior. He is married to the former Nola
Richardson and enjoys spending time with his children and grandchildren.
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Eliot SorelCo-Chair, National Council on Youth Sports Safety
Eliot Sorel, M.D., D.L.F.A.P.A., is an innovative global health leader,
educator, health systems policy expert and practicing physician.
Dr. Sorel is a member of the Oversight Committee on US Health
Disparities at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and co-chairs
the Council on Youth Sports Safety, the Scientific Committee of the
WPA 2015 Bucharest International Congress on Primary Care Mental
Health and the World Psychiatric Association’s Task Force on non-
communicable diseases and integrated care. He is a member of
the Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing, of the American
Psychiatric Association. He has professorial appointments in Global
Health, Health Services Management and Leadership in the School of Public Health as well
as in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine at George Washington
University. He is the Founder of the Conflict Management & Conflict Resolution Section of
the World Psychiatric Association, the World Youth Democracy Forum at the Elliott School
of International Affairs of the George Washington University, the Cosmos Club Health Group
and the Career, Leadership and Mentorship program of the Washington Psychiatric Society.
Dr. Sorel is a former President of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, the World
Association for Social Psychiatry, the Washington Psychiatric Society and has served as a
United States National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center grants reviewer. He
is a Life Member of the American Medical Association, a Fellow of the American College of
Psychiatrists, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He
has developed and led health systems in North America and the Caribbean, has consulted
and taught in more than twenty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Dr. Sorel
is the author of more than sixty scientific papers and book chapters and the editor of seven
books. His most recent books are The Marshall Plan: Lessons Learned for the 21st Century,
accessible at www.oecd.org and 21st Century Global Mental Health accessible at
www.jblearning.com. He contributed to the recent OECD publication, Making Mental Health
Count, accessible at www.oecd.org.
In November 2013, Dr. Sorel co-chaired with Dr. David Satcher the National Conference on
Youth Sports Safety, an innovative, trans-disciplinary initiative that led to the formation of the
National Council on Youth Sports Safety. In August 2013, Dr. Sorel presented the UNESCO
Summer Academy lecture on 21st Century Trans-disciplinary Challenges & Opportunities,
delivered virtually from the GWU campus in Washington to the Atlantykron program on
the Danube in Romania. In April 2013, he co-chaired the Scientific Committee of the WPA
2013 Bucharest Congress on strengthening health systems for southeast Europe and Eurasia
via the integration of primary care, mental health and public health. In July 2010, Dr. Sorel
convened the Black Sea & Caspian Sea Area Studies Network, a Euro Atlantic, universities
partnership that developed the Bucharest Consensus on Higher Education, Innovation &
Development. In June 2008, he participated as PAHO/WHO advisor, in the WHO Europe
Health & Finance Ministers’ meeting on Health Systems, Health & Wealth in Tallinn, Estonia,
that ratified the Tallinn Charter. In 2007 Dr. Sorel was a PAHO/WHO advisor to Renewing
Primary Care and Health Systems in the Americas conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 1997-1999 he initiated and provided the stewardship for the project Romania at the
Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC.
In June 2014 Dr. Sorel was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa by the Politehnica University
of Bucharest. In October 2009, he was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa by Carol Davila
Medical University in Bucharest, Romania. The President of Romania awarded Dr. Sorel the
Star of Romania Order of Commander in 2004.
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Advisory CouncilDallas Sports Huddle
Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Engineering Director Center for Injury Research and Prevention at
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia & University of Pennsylvania
Kate Carr
President and Chief Executive Officer, Safe Kids Worldwide
Jack Crowe
Coach, Coach Safety
Buddy Curry
Executive Director and Co-Founder of Kids & Pros, Inc. and former Atlanta Falcon
Loretta DiPietro, PhD
Department Chair, Department of Exercise Science, George Washington University
School of Public Health and Health Services
Ruben Echemendia, PhD
President, Sports Neuropsychology Society
Gerry Gioia, PhD
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology at Children’s National Medical Center
Alexis D. Glick
Chief Executive Officer, GENYOUth Foundation
Arlene Greenspan, PhD
Associate Director for Science, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Brian Hainline, MD
Chief Medical Officer, National Collegiate Athletic Association
Michael P. Oliver, Esq.
Executive Director, NOCSAE
Shannon A. Shy, Esq.
National Membership Director, American Youth Football
Katherine Snedaker, MSW
Founder, Sports CAPP and Pink Concussion
Greg Stewart, MD
Associate Professor and Chief Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine
Reginal Lousi Washington, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
Jack E. Winters, DDS
Academy for Youth Sports Dentistry
Robert Zayas
Executive Director, New York State Public High School Athletic Association
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Host CommitteeDallas Sports Huddle
Kathy Dieringer, EdD, ATC
National Athletic Trainers’ Association
Gil Garza
Athletic Director, Dallas Independent School District
Fred Henley, JD
Director-At-Large, Texas Parent Teacher Association
Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
U.S. House of Representatives
Patrick Johnson
President, North Texas Pop Warner
Ryan Peña, ATC
Sports Medicine Coordinator, Dallas Independent School District
Sports Medicine Department
Guy Rawlings
Sports Journalist, CBS Dallas
D.W. Rutledge
Executive Director, Texas High School Coaches Association
Tonia Sabo, MD
Pediatric Neurologist, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Spanky Stephens
Executive Director, Texas State Athletic Trainers’ Association
Sam Tipton
Executive Director, Texas Girls Coaches Association
Jen Welter, PhD
Running Back and Coach, Texas Revolution
Byron Williams
NFLPA - Dallas President and former NFL Wide Receiver
Brooke Williamson
Sports Broadcaster and Sideline Reporter, ESPN
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Concussion 101Dallas Sports Huddle
Featured Speakers
A 101 session on brain injury, diagnosis and data on Return to Play and
Return to Learn.
Gregory Stewart, MD
Associate Professor and Chief
Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine
Dave Baron, DO, MSEd
Vice Chair
Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Munro Cullum, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology & Neurotherapeutics
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Tonia Sabo, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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The Culture of Injury Prevention and
Care Around CoachingDallas Sports Huddle
Featured Speakers
Jack Crowe, Moderator
Coach
Coach Safely
Patrick V. Johnson Sr.
President
North Texas Pop Warner
Ryan Peña, ATC
Sports Medicine Coordinator
Dallas Independent School District
Sam Tipton
Executive Director
Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA)
A dialogue on the roles of the coach, athletic trainer, and
officiator in concussion diagnosis and treatment.
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The Impact of Concussion Legislation:
How is it Impacting Your Kids?Dallas Sports Huddle
Featured Speakers
Robert Zayas, Moderator
Executive Director
New York State Public High School Athletic Association
Gil Garza
Director of Athletics
Dallas Independent School District
Spanky Stephens
Executive Director
Texas State Athletic Trainers Association
A synopsis of The Protecting Our Student Athletes Act and policies
that impact student-athletes.
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Navigating the Technology Dallas Sports Huddle
Featured Speakers
Mike Oliver, Esq., Moderator
Executive Director
NOCSAE
Dorothy Bedford, MBA
Member
ASTM
Mike Hopper, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer
Bishop Lynch High School
An interactive session on the types of equipment available for youth engaged
in organized sports with information on equipment certification and diagnostic
devices.
NCYSS is not affiliated with and does not endorse any diagnostic products or
equipment manufacturer
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The Player’s Perspective Dallas Sports Huddle
Featured Speakers
Brooke Williamson, Moderator
Sports Broadcaster and Sideline Reporter
ESPN
Kyle Bosworth
NFL Linebacker
Jen Welter, PhD
Running Back and Coach
Texas Revolution
Byron Williams
President
NFLPA Dallas and
Former NFL Wide Receiver
A candid conversation with the nation’s top athletes about
the significance of sports and the prevention of injury.
