{"id":50597,"date":"2018-04-18T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=50597"},"modified":"2021-04-16T08:47:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:47:16","slug":"leading-surgeon-to-speak-at-brock-on-the-reality-and-myths-about-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/04\/leading-surgeon-to-speak-at-brock-on-the-reality-and-myths-about-concussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading surgeon to speak at Brock on the reality and myths about concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">A world-renowned expert in concussions and spinal cord injuries will be speaking at Brock University on Thursday, April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Tator will join a panel of Brock faculty members, students and alumni in providing an overview of the current state of concussions from a broad perspective. Included will be discussions on Ontario\u2019s recently passed Rowan\u2019s law, concussion safety legislation designed to protect amateur athletes and educate coaches about the dangers of head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A prominent figure in the Canadian medical field, Tator was named to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2009 and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2017, he was inducted into Canada\u2019s Sports Hall of Fame for his work on preventing spinal injuries and concussions in sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcussion reality and mythology are both expanding,\u201d says Tator. \u201cThat is good and bad news. The good is that we now have greater prevention potential, such as\u00a0concussion legislation, and greater knowledge of which\u00a0treatments are effective. The bad is that there is more marketing going on than ever before for bogus, unproven remedies by inadequately trained \u2018experts.\u2019\u00a0Thus, it is more important now for all of us to continually update our knowledge of concussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concussions \u2014 What Are They and What Can I Do? will feature speakers using their own research to explain key issues for parents, organizations, policy-makers, educators, practitioners, coaches and the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Omar Khan (BSc \u201998), MD FRCPC \u2014 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Brock alumnus, working with concussion patients through ODK Physical Medicine at Hotel Dieu Shaver\u2019s Medical Clinic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Hilary Findlay, PhD (Associate Professor, Sport Management\u2014 legalities around concussions for sport organizations)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Caitlyn Gallant (Brock University doctoral candidate \u2014 research focusing on the ability to understand others\u2019 thoughts and emotions, Theory of Mind, among individuals with concussions\/mild traumatic brain injuries)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Stephanie Cowle, Manager, Knowledge Translation, Parachute<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> The event takes place Thursday, April 19, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Brock University\u2019s Sean O\u2019Sullivan Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the Lifespan Centre Speaker Series, the event is held in collaboration with Brock University\u2019s Centre for Sport Capacity and Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>There is no cost to attend but advance registration is required and can be done through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/concussions-what-are-they-and-what-should-i-be-doing-tickets-43444091447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s2\">Eventbrite<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A world-renowned expert in concussions and spinal cord injuries will be speaking at Brock University on Thursday, April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":50598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,7,3319,4052,1,4],"tags":[299,2953,6529,9749],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71710,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50597\/revisions\/71710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}