INS NYC 2024 Program

Speaker Portal Presentations	Program Schedule 02/14/2024 09:00 am - 12:00 pm Room: West Side Ballroom - Salon 1 CE Workshop 1 (Sports SIG) Session Host Name: Ben Hampstead Host's Role: Introduction Sport Concussion Management Tools and Consensus Statement from the Amsterdam 2022 International Conference on Concussion in Sport: Updates, Implementation, and Opportunities Sponsored by INS Sports Neuropsychology Special Interest Group Summary Abstract: The Concussion in Sport Group (CISG), the most widely recognized organization for development of internationally accepted clinical guidelines and tools for sport concussion evaluation and management, met for the first time since 2016 in Amsterdam in October 2022. The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sports and tools were updated based on extensive systematic reviews that preceded the Amsterdam meeting, with documents having completed peer review through the British Journal of Sports Medicine and are anticipated to be publicly available by mid-June 2023. Neuropsychologists were broadly represented in the Amsterdam Consensus Conference process as members of the Scientific Committee, the Expert Panel, and as co-authors of the systematic reviews, tools, and consensus statement. This workshop will address: 1) the current state of knowledge in sport concussion management based on the systematic reviews completed for the Amsterdam meeting, 2) changes to previous guidelines and tools, 3) information on how recommended changes have been received and implemented internationally, and 4) opportunities for additional research and gaps in the current sports concussion literature based on the reviews and consensus statement. This workshop will be led by co-chairs of the INS Sports Neuropsychology SIG (Christopher Bailey, PhD and Wolfgang Kringler, PhD) as well as Ruben Echemendia, PhD, founding member of the CISG Executive Board, member of the Scientific Committee, and lead author for the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool - 6 (SCAT6) and Concussion Recognition Tool – 6 (CRT6). Essential to this workshop is a discussion about the applicability of the established guidelines and tools for implementation across sports, ages, cultures, countries, and languages. Of particular interest is a focus on eliminating barriers related to access and availability to resources, which may be particularly significant in cultures, countries, para athletes, and populations with limited representation in the existing concussion literature. Number of Credit Hours: 3.0 Level of Instruction: Intermediate Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the areas and findings of the systematic reviews leading to the Amsterdam Consensus Statement. 2. Describe changes to concussion management guidelines and tools from the Amsterdam meeting. 3. Describe how changes were received by the international community and identify opportunities for research to improve future concussion management guidelines and tools. Presenter(s): Christopher Bailey, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Dr. Bailey is a neuropsychologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and is a Professor of Neurology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Neuropsychology Section of the Neurological Institute, Director of the UH Concussion Management Program, and Director of the Adult Neuropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. Dr. Bailey completed his graduate training at Penn State University before completing an internship in neuropsychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and served as the chief fellow in neuropsychology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. At University Hospitals in Cleveland, Dr. Bailey has worked collaboratively with multiple departments and specialties to update, integrate, and standardize concussion management services across the hospital system, including developing a multidisciplinary concussion specialist network to improve concussion identification and management on and off the sports field. Clinically, he has assisted in the neuropsychological management of concussions in all contexts, including work at all sports levels. His current clinical roles include being the neuropsychological consultant to the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Monsters, and assisting in the management of sports concussion at multiple colleges/universities, high schools, and youth sports organizations in northeast Ohio. Dr. Bailey is active in several national neuropsychology organizations, including being President-Elect and fellow of the Sports Neuropsychology Society. He regularly makes invited addresses and is the principal investigator on several research projects focused on brain health, primarily through advancing our understanding of how to facilitate clinical recovery following a concussion, through both improved methodologies in the identification of the injury as well as through a better understanding of the effectiveness of clinical interventions for concussion recovery. Ruben Echemendia, PhD University Orthopedic Center (UOC), University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Echemendia is Co-Chair of the National Hockey League’s Concussion Subcommittee, Chair of Major League Soccer's Concussion program and consulting neuropsychologist to the US Soccer Federation, and U.S. Soccer National Teams. He is a Fellow, Past President, and founder of the Sports Neuropsychology Society, Past President and Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He received the Sports Neuropsychology Society Distinguished Career Award in 2018. He was a founding executive board member of the Concussion in Sport Group (CISG), and an expert panel member and co-author on the Zurich (2008 & 2012), Berlin (2016) and Amsterdam (2022) International Concussion in Sport Consensus Conferences. He served on the Scientific Committee for the Berlin and Amsterdam consensus conferences, was the lead author for the Sports Concussion Assessment Tools (SCAT5, SCAT6) and he is the current President of CISG, Inc. Dr. Echemendia has published widely, has been a featured guest for many media appearances, and is a co-Principal Investigator on a major grant to study the long term neurological, psychological, and cognitive health of retired NFL players (NFL-LONG). Wolfgang Kringler, PhD University of Tübingen Dr. Kringler is a clinical neuropsychologist at the neurological and orthopedic outpatient rehabilitation center Bietigheim-Bissingen, and Clinical Neuropsychology lecturer at the University of Tübingen. He is a certified in neuropsychology by the Society of Neuropsychology in Germany (GNP), and in sports-neuropsychology by the Society of Sports-Neuropsychology (GSNP). He serves as a medical team partner of the Steelers, Bietigheim-Bissingen (ice hockey team, German Bundesliga) and of Eintracht Frankfurt (soccer team, German Bundesliga). Dr. Kringler is also a member of the board of the German-speaking Society of Sports-Neuropsychology (GSNP) and the Society of Neuropsychology in Germany.

Speaker Portal Presentations

02/14/2024
09:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: West Side Ballroom - Salon 1

CE Workshop 1 (Sports SIG)

Session Host Name: Ben Hampstead
Host's Role: Introduction

Sport Concussion Management Tools and Consensus Statement from the Amsterdam 2022 International Conference on Concussion in Sport: Updates, Implementation, and Opportunities

Summary Abstract:

The Concussion in Sport Group (CISG), the most widely recognized organization for development of internationally accepted clinical guidelines and tools for sport concussion evaluation and management, met for the first time since 2016 in Amsterdam in October 2022. The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sports and tools were updated based on extensive systematic reviews that preceded the Amsterdam meeting, with documents having completed peer review through the British Journal of Sports Medicine and are anticipated to be publicly available by mid-June 2023. Neuropsychologists were broadly represented in the Amsterdam Consensus Conference process as members of the Scientific Committee, the Expert Panel, and as co-authors of the systematic reviews, tools, and consensus statement. This workshop will address: 1) the current state of knowledge in sport concussion management based on the systematic reviews completed for the Amsterdam meeting, 2) changes to previous guidelines and tools, 3) information on how recommended changes have been received and implemented internationally, and 4) opportunities for additional research and gaps in the current sports concussion literature based on the reviews and consensus statement. This workshop will be led by co-chairs of the INS Sports Neuropsychology SIG (Christopher Bailey, PhD and Wolfgang Kringler, PhD) as well as Ruben Echemendia, PhD, founding member of the CISG Executive Board, member of the Scientific Committee, and lead author for the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool - 6 (SCAT6) and Concussion Recognition Tool – 6 (CRT6). Essential to this workshop is a discussion about the applicability of the established guidelines and tools for implementation across sports, ages, cultures, countries, and languages. Of particular interest is a focus on eliminating barriers related to access and availability to resources, which may be particularly significant in cultures, countries, para athletes, and populations with limited representation in the existing concussion literature.

Number of Credit Hours: 3.0

Level of Instruction: Intermediate

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the areas and findings of the systematic reviews leading to the Amsterdam Consensus Statement.
2. Describe changes to concussion management guidelines and tools from the Amsterdam meeting.
3. Describe how changes were received by the international community and identify opportunities for research to improve future concussion management guidelines and tools.

Presenter(s):

Christopher Bailey, PhD

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals

Dr. Bailey is a neuropsychologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and is a Professor of Neurology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Neuropsychology Section of the Neurological Institute, Director of the UH Concussion Management Program, and Director of the Adult Neuropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. Dr. Bailey completed his graduate training at Penn State University before completing an internship in neuropsychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and served as the chief fellow in neuropsychology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

At University Hospitals in Cleveland, Dr. Bailey has worked collaboratively with multiple departments and specialties to update, integrate, and standardize concussion management services across the hospital system, including developing a multidisciplinary concussion specialist network to improve concussion identification and management on and off the sports field. Clinically, he has assisted in the neuropsychological management of concussions in all contexts, including work at all sports levels. His current clinical roles include being the neuropsychological consultant to the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Monsters, and assisting in the management of sports concussion at multiple colleges/universities, high schools, and youth sports organizations in northeast Ohio.

Dr. Bailey is active in several national neuropsychology organizations, including being President-Elect and fellow of the Sports Neuropsychology Society. He regularly makes invited addresses and is the principal investigator on several research projects focused on brain health, primarily through advancing our understanding of how to facilitate clinical recovery following a concussion, through both improved methodologies in the identification of the injury as well as through a better understanding of the effectiveness of clinical interventions for concussion recovery.

Ruben Echemendia, PhD

University Orthopedic Center (UOC), University of Missouri-Kansas City

Dr. Echemendia is Co-Chair of the National Hockey League’s Concussion Subcommittee, Chair of Major League Soccer's Concussion program and consulting neuropsychologist to the US Soccer Federation, and U.S. Soccer National Teams. He is a Fellow, Past President, and founder of the Sports Neuropsychology Society, Past President and Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He received the Sports Neuropsychology Society Distinguished Career Award in 2018. He was a founding executive board member of the Concussion in Sport Group (CISG), and an expert panel member and co-author on the Zurich (2008 & 2012), Berlin (2016) and Amsterdam (2022) International Concussion in Sport Consensus Conferences. He served on the Scientific Committee for the Berlin and Amsterdam consensus conferences, was the lead author for the Sports Concussion Assessment Tools (SCAT5, SCAT6) and he is the current President of CISG, Inc. Dr. Echemendia has published widely, has been a featured guest for many media appearances, and is a co-Principal Investigator on a major grant to study the long term neurological, psychological, and cognitive health of retired NFL players (NFL-LONG).

Wolfgang Kringler, PhD

University of Tübingen

Dr. Kringler is a clinical neuropsychologist at the neurological and orthopedic outpatient rehabilitation center Bietigheim-Bissingen, and Clinical Neuropsychology lecturer at the University of Tübingen. He is a certified in neuropsychology by the Society of Neuropsychology in Germany (GNP), and in sports-neuropsychology by the Society of Sports-Neuropsychology (GSNP). He serves as a medical team partner of the Steelers, Bietigheim-Bissingen (ice hockey team, German Bundesliga) and of Eintracht Frankfurt (soccer team, German Bundesliga). Dr. Kringler is also a member of the board of the German-speaking Society of Sports-Neuropsychology (GSNP) and the Society of Neuropsychology in Germany.