Youth Sports Safety Update
Youth Sport Safety Update is our new Podcast series from the Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program. Our goal is to provide you with relevant information related to youth sports safety through compelling interviews. There are many stories and topics to be shared that will benefit athletes, coaches, and parents as well as athletic trainers, physicians and healthcare providers. JSMP is dedicated to youth sports injury through awareness, advocacy, and prevention. Episodes are hosted by Bob Sefcik, Executive Director of JSMP, and produced by Jim Mackie, JSMP Program Development.
Youth Sports Safety Update
Sports Medicine Safety with Dr. Mark Halstead
More information in our show notes
CONTACT Dr. Mark Halstead
Address
- Washington University School of Medicine
Campus Box 8233
660 Euclid Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63110
https://youtu.be/g1d6Rx2_uAU Video link to hear Dr. Halstead’s story.
Dr. Halstead received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1998. After completing a residency and chief residency in pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin, he completed a fellowship in nonoperative pediatric and adult sports medicine at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Halstead is team physician to Washington University, Francis Howell and Timberland High School and consults with several other local high schools for concussion care. He serves as a medical consultant to the St Louis Blues. He was a team physician for 11 seasons for the St Louis Rams, formerly served as assistant medical director to the Go! St Louis Marathon and has been a medical director for the MO Cowbell Marathon. He currently serves on the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA). He was an elected member to the Board of Directors of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) from 2014-2018 and was an elected member to the executive committee to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness from 2008-2014. He was the lead author of the AAP clinical report on "Sport-Related Concussions in Children and Adolescents" published in 2010 and revised in 2018 and also was the lead author of the AAP clinical report on “Returning to Learning after a Concussion.”
To contact the Youth Sports Safety Update Podcast
JAXSMP.com Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program or JSMP
3563 Philips Highway, Building E, Suite 502, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Jim.mackie@bmcjax.com 904-477-9291
Robert.Sefcik@bmcjax.com Executive Director JSMP & CEO / President FASMED
904-202-4332
FASMED.com Florida Alliance for Sports Medicine