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On Feb. 13-14, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) partnered with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Sports Cardiology Section, the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), other leading U.S. cardiologists, the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), and the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Center (F-MARC) in an effort to define ECG interpretation standards in athletes and develop a comprehensive online training module for physicians around the world to gain expertise in ECG interpretation and the proper evaluation of ECG abnormalities suggestive of a pathologic cardiovascular disorder.

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University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks team physician Jonathan Drezner, MD, is being installed as the AMSSM President.

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Chicago Bulls and White Sox team physician Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA will be presenting an “Update on PRP and Stem Cells in Cartilage Repair” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. on Sunday, April 22. It's one of eight lectures within a 4-hour session on Biologics Therapies during the meeting.

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South African sports medicine expert Jon Patricios, MMBCh, MMed Sci, will be presenting “Mandela’s Mantra: A South African Model for Concussion Management” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, April 24.

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Sports Cardiologist Expert Dr. Euan Ashley sharing “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy vs. Athlete’s Heart: Understanding the Physiologic Limits of Exercise” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on Sunday, April 22, 2012.

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South African sports medicine expert Martin Schwellnus, MD, PhD will be presenting “Born to Break Down? Genetics in Soft Tissue Injuries” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on April 22, 2012.

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Tracy R. Ray, MD, delivered the Hough Memorial Lecture entitled “Pitch Counts: Can we prevent youth throwing injuries” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

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Norway's Roald Bahr, MD, PhD, will be presenting “Models of Injury Prevention” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

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The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine announced its new Board of Directors and Officers during the 21st Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. on April 24, 2012.

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Steven Stovitz, MD, MS presented “Injury Rates in Team Sport Events: Tackling Challenges in Assessing Exposure Time” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on April 23, 2012.

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Thomas R. Terrell, MD presented “Prospective Cohort Study of the Association of Genetic Polymorphisms and Concussion Risk and Postconcussion Neurocognitive Deficits in College Athletes” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on April 23, 2012.

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Giselle Aerni, MD presented her research project “The Effect of Lace-Up Ankle Bracing on Knee Biomechanics During a Jump Landing” at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

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University of Washington researcher Jessie Fudge, MD received the Dr. Harry L. Galanty Young Investigator’s Award for excellence in sports medicine research at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. on April 24, 2012.

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The overall research award at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA was presented on April 24 to Dr. William Meehan for “A Murine Model of Multiple Mild Concussive Brain Injuries and the Effects of Recovery Time on Cognitive Outcome."

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Princeton Head Team Physician Margot Putukian, MD, wins NCAA Award for best research addressing healthy and safety issues of college athletes at the AMSSM Annual Meeting.

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Milwaukee Brewers Team Physician receives the Founders Award at the 2012 AMSSM Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

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Cindy J. Chang, MD, is serving as Team USA’s chief medical officer in London, managing a medical team of 80 that provide care to more than 525 American athletes competing in the 2012 Olympic Games. She is the first woman and first Chinese-American to hold the position with the US Olympic Committee.

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The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine releases its latest position statement, “Concussion in Sport,” which recommends healthcare professionals apply a more individualized approach in the diagnosis and care management of sports concussion.

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Statement from the AMSSM about player safety - sports medicine physicians are firmly committed to the health and safety of athletes.

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Featuring world-renowned faculty from Sweden, Australia and the United States, the 2013 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) 22nd Annual Meeting will serve as a forum for speakers to provide regional, national and international perspectives on a broad range of sports medicine topics—from the common to the controversial and unusual.

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The latest research for sports-related concussion and sudden cardiac death in athletes, in addition to a record number of sports medicine research submissions, will be presented by members of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) at the 2013 AMSSM Annual Meeting.

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Sports medicine leaders from across the nation and abroad will share their expertise and research discoveries at AMSSM's Annual Meeting this month in San Diego.

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New training modules guide doctors on how to recognize ECG changes that indicate problems rather than healthy cardiac adaptation.

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UCLA’s John P. DiFiori, MD, will be installed as the 20th President of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) on Saturday, April 20, 2013, during the Society's Annual Meeting in San Diego, Cal.

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Incorporating an electrocardiogram (ECG) during pre-participation screening for athletes has demonstrated a reduction in incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD); however, it remains controversial in the United States due to minimal usage and high false-positive readings. New research presented this week at the AMSSM Annual Meeting in San Diego, Ca., suggests this is due to the challenges in the accuracy and reliability of physicians’ ability to read ECGs.

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The latest in a series of collaborative projects between the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine, the joint Clinical Research Grant Committee selects a single proposal to receive a $20,000 award. The partnership calls for an initial three-year commitment for the annual joint clinical research grant awards.

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A new NCAA funded research study supports the addition of electrocardiogram (ECG) screening to the standardized pre-participation exams for athletes to better identify cardiac abnormalities that lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD) – the leading cause of death in athletes during sport.

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Anthony Beutler, MD, Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, presented, “Can a 10-minute injury prevention program decrease injuries in military cadets? A JUMP-ACL study” today at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in San Diego, CA. The conference, with more than 1,400 sports medicine physicians from across the United States and 10 countries around the world featured presentations on advances in sports medicine. Dr. Beutler presented on the controversial topic of ACL injury prevention.

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Research presented Friday aims to find an effective treatment for the two million Americans suffering annually from moderate-to-severe heel pain. John J. Wilson, MD, MS, AMSSM member, presented his research on plantar fasciitis entitled, “Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Chronic Plantar Fasciopathy in Adults: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial” on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s 22nd Annual Meeting in San Diego, Cal.

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A new study on mild traumatic brain injury refutes previous notions that age and amnesia are the indicators of prolonged recovery time from sports-related concussion.

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A new study shows that college athletes who sustain concussions are more likely to have a lower extremity injury in the same season after they return from the concussion.

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Ever-increasing requirements for success in competitive sports has created added pressure for young athletes to train with greater intensity at earlier ages. The goal to become the next Olympian or more commonly, to obtain a college scholarship, motivates many parents to encourage their children to specialize in one sport at a young age. This has resulted in an increased demand for year-round sport training programs, facilities and products. But is this approach really an effective way to generate long-term success in competitive athletics?

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Warren Howe, MD, was awarded the Founders Award on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the 22nd annual meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in San Diego, Calif. The award is not given annually, but is bestowed when AMSSM leadership determines that someone exemplifies the best that a sports medicine physician can be and do.

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A new study presented last week is coming one step closer to finding out whether or not an athlete’s genetic makeup determines the severity of post-concussive brain function. Tom Terrell, MD, M.Phil., presented his concussion research entitled “Association between Genetic Polymorphisms and the Difference between Baseline and Post-Concussion Headminder/ImPACT Neuropsychological Test Scores in  Reaction Time and Errors in College Athletes” on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in San Diego, Cal.

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In partnership with the Haitian Sports Medicine Society (SHAMS), the AMSSM will host its first Sports Medicine/Sports Trauma and Event Medicine Conference in Haiti on June 29 – July 3, 2013. The conference is designed as a “teach-the-teacher” course with the goal of advancing the education of professionals in Haiti who care for active people, from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

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Team physicians from AMSSM and five other organizations meet annually to produce Team Physician Consensus Statements. This year, the panel of sports medicine experts updated the first statement released in 2000 – the Team Physician Consensus Statement, which provides guidelines for choosing a qualified team physician and outlines the duties expected.

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As an emphasis on competitive success in youth sports has led to intense training, frequent competition and early single sport specialization, overuse injuries and burnout have become common. Given these concerns, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) has released a new clinical report that provides guidance to physicians and healthcare professionals who provide care for young athletes.

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Sports medicine physician members of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), who are experts in winter sports injury prevention and treatment, are available for interviews during the Olympic Games.

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More than 1,400 sports medicine physicians from the United States and abroad will reveal cutting-edge medical research at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), the largest primary care sports medicine physician organization in the nation.

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The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) has launched its first International Traveling Fellowship program tour, an academic exchange and clinical immersion initiative for sports medicine physicians to teach and learn sports medicine on a global level.

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David Epstein, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Sports Gene, will deliver the Presidential Keynote at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans next week.

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Key sports medicine research revealed next week at the 2014 AMSSM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, La. will address overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports, post-concussion syndrome, cardiac screening, obesity and other challenges facing sports medicine today.

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Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and spinal cord injuries are complex problems that can present with a variety of symptoms or sequelae. To help demystify some of the debate which exists surrounding the definition of when concussion becomes Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS), three experts in brain and spinal cord injuries will discuss their evidence-based approaches next week at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM).

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AMSSM aims to encourage physician and patient conversations by identifying five tests or procedures to question, highlighting potentially unnecessary—sometimes harmful—care in sports medicine

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Brian Hainline, MD, chief medical officer for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), presented “AMSSM/NCAA: Care of the College Athlete - Essentials for the Team Physician” alongside members of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) including Jonathan Drezner, MD, Lisa Barkley, MD, Cindy J. Chang, MD, John P. DiFiori, MD, Jonathan A. Drezner, MD and Kimberly G. Harmon, MD during a pre-conference lecture at the 2014 AMSSM Annual Meeting.

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New research by Canadian sports medicine physician Mark Tarnopolsky, MD, PhD, suggests that a person can slow the speed at which they age by exercising regularly.

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As an emphasis on competitive success in youth sports has led to intense training, frequent competition and early single sport specialization, overuse injuries and burnout have become common. Given these concerns, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) released a new clinical report earlier this year that provides guidance to physicians and healthcare professionals who provide care for young athletes.

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More than 60 sports medicine physicians of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) will be volunteering to help revitalize a New Orleans park this Friday, April 4, 2014.