Director, UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health SciencesBrain Development, Concussion, concussion and football, concussion and sports, Genetic Markers, helmet studies, Neuroimaging, Neuroplasticity, Sports-Related Head Injury, Youth
Before joining UCLA, Giza worked on the Yosemite Search and Rescue team. In 2011, he traveled to Afghanistan as a civilian advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense. He co-chaired the American Academy of Neurology committee that developed an evidence-based practice guideline for the management of sports concussions from 2009-2013. He currently serves on advisory committees for traumatic brain injuries/concussion with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer Federation. He has been a clinical consultant for the National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Soccer.
Concussion, concussion and sports, Concussion research, Neuropsychology, Telemedicine, Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr. Kenneth Podell is board certified in Neuropsychology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Podell completed his medical training at New York University School of Medicine and a fellowship in neuropsychology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. His clinical areas of expertise are in the treatment of brain injury/disease, particularly sports-concussion, traumatic brain injury and dementia. Podell's research interests focus on traumatic brain injuries and neuroscience. Podell serves as a concussion consultant for the Houston Astros, Rice University Athletics, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and the Houston Texans. He also consults for more than 20 area high schools and middle schools.
Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Medical Director, Loyola University Chicago Sports Medicine
Loyola MedicineConcussion, concussion and football, Rehabilitation, Sports Injury, Sports Medicine, Tendinitis
Nathaniel Jones, MD, a primary care sports medicine specialist at Loyola Medicine, and the Team Physician for Division 1 Loyola University Chicago, University of St. Francis Joliet, US Soccer. Dr. Jones has more than 14 years of experience. Dr. Nate Jones received his medical degree from the University of Iowa. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and further developed his clinical abilities in the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine by completing a fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital. Certified in sports medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, he looks after multiple communities in the state of Illinois. Patients visit him to treat a wide variety of sports, musculoskeletal and medical conditions such as sports injuries, arthritis, spondylolysis, tendonitis, osteoarthritis, and sciatica. He is experienced with musculoskeletal ultrasound, joint injections and minor fracture care. He is the Medical Director of the Loyola Concussion Clinic.
Dr. Jones speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese. This helps him treat his clients from several cultural backgrounds who are more comfortable to converse with him. His extensive experience in his field of practice has helped him author several publications with other eminent practitioners. He believes in providing excellent patient care and strives towards quickly bringing patients back to their routine way of life.
Medical Director and Director of the Center for Sports Medicine at New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology, New York TechConcussion, esports injuries, esports medicine, Family Medicine
Hallie Zwibel is New York Institute of Technology's Medical Director for its Academic Health Care Centers, Director of the Center for Sports Medicine, and one of the institution's experts in esports medicine. Zwibel earned his bachelor's degree from Binghamton University in 2007. He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011 and completed his residency in family practice at North Shore-LIJ Plainview Hospital in 2014. During his residency, Zwibel completed the Training in Policy Studies and Physician Leadership Institute fellowships. Most recently, in 2018, Zwibel earned a Masters in Public Health from University at Albany-SUNY. Recent Projects & Research -Hypertension: A Performance Improvement Study -The Effects of Subconcussive Blows on Cognition -Objective Assessment of Healthy Lifestyle Compliance with Public Health Guidelines in collegiate eSport Athletes -Oxidative Stress and Hormone Biomarkers in Collegiate eSport Athletes -Physiological Changes that Occur after Prolonged eSport Play -Metabolic Differences in Middle Distance and Long Distance Recreational Female Runners -FIT-PHYSICIANS: A Novel Physical Activity Integration Program to Improve Fitness and Activity in Medical Students -Medical Student Perspectives on Health Care Reform -Comparing the Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine vs. Counseling in the Treatment of Concussion -Motion Analysis of New York Tech Athletes
Astrocyte, Brain Trauma, Concussion, Epilepsy, Neurological Disease, Neuronal Activity, Neuroscience, Synaptic Activity, Traumatic Brain Injury
Chris Dulla is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine. The principal goal of his research is to understand how neurotransmission contributes to the function of neuronal networks. Neurotransmission is the most basic unit of neuronal communication. Disruption of the basic features of neurotransmission is associated with many neurological diseases. His lab aims to understand how specific properties of synaptic function contribute to network activity, and how changes in neurotransmission are involved in the pathology of disease states such as epilepsy and traumatic brain injury. Dulla is specifically interested in astrocyte glutamate uptake, astrocyte/neuron interactions, GABAergic interneuron development, and metabolic control of neuronal activity. Using advanced neurotransmitter imaging, electrophysiological techniques, and more, his lab aims to answer questions about how neuronal network function is shaped by some of the most basic parameters of neurotransmission. Dulla hope to contribute new understanding and novel therapies to treat epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and other devastating neurological diseases.