While sports can be fun for both children and adults, they can put participants at risk for serious injuries such as concussions. Dr. Andy Peterson, an assistant professor in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will discuss treatment of sports-related concussions in a public talk at the Old Capitol Museum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 8.
Peterson will discuss the epidemiology, basic science, and clinical care of sports-related concussion. Attendees will learn about how and why concussions occur in contact and collision sports and gain insight into how Sports Medicine Physicians think about sport-related concussion. Peterson will discuss several common sideline scenarios and present the most recent guidelines on managing concussion in sport. There will be ample time for discussion and questions.
Peterson, who has a masters of science in public health and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, completed his undergraduate education at Lawrence University and Medical School at the University of Wisconsin. He did his residency training in Pediatrics and completed fellowships in both Primary Care Sports Medicine and Clinical Research at the University of Wisconsin.
He now directs the UI Sport Concussion Program and works clinically as a sports medicine physician and pediatric hospitalist. In addition to concussion, his clinical interests include adaptive exercise and overuse injuries in endurance athletes. His primary research interests are related to the validation of sideline concussion tests and the injury epidemiology of youth sports. He is team physician for the Iowa Hawkeyes and a former team physician for USA Water Polo. He also served as the medical director of the 2012 US Olympic Wrestling Trials.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, contact the Pentacrest Museums in advance at 319-335-2010.