Football Medicine Symposium hosted by the BC Lions Medical Staff
8 AM – PST
The official Zoom link has been sent to all registrants on Friday, November 15. If you have not received it please check your spam and if you cannot find it email lmcrone@casem-acmse.org.
Target Audience and Topics
The target audience is a physician or other allied health care practitioner, who wishes to develop and enhance their knowledge of and skill in the care of the football athlete.
This webinar, led by Drs. Dory Boyer, Bob McCormack and the BC Lions Medical Staff, will be taking place Grey Cup weekend and will cover all aspects of football injuries including:
PROGRAM
Times in PST
08:00 am – Opening Keynote Panel: The Dynamics of the Relationship of the Football Team Physician – Paul LaPolice (CFL Coach), Aaron Grymes (former CFL Athlete), Dr. Bob McCormack, Dr. Dhiren Naidu
08:30 am – What is Current at the CFL Medical Commission: Focus on Injury Prevention – Dr. Bob McCormack, Dr. Dhiren Naidu
09:00 am – The Shoulder Labrum: Surgical Management in a Football Athlete – Dr. Jordan Leith
0930 am – Brachial Plexus and Neurological Injuries in Football Players – Dr. Tom Miller
10:00 am – Getting Ahead of the Game: Mental Health Issues in Football Athletes – Dr. Zarina Gianonne
10:30 am – BREAK
10:45 am – You Gotta Have Heart: Cardiac Issues in Football Athletes – Dr. John Vyselaar
11:15 am – Hamstrings Injuries – from Prevention to Treatment – Tristan Sandhu, CAT(C)
11:45 am – Some Hip Pointers: Hip Injuries in Football Players – Dr. Parth Lodhia
12:15 pm – Chondral Injuries of the Knee in Football – Dr. Peter MacDonald
12:45pm – Wrap-Up and Adjournment
Accreditation
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the British-Colombia Chapter for up to 4.5 Mainpro+ credits
Statement from CASEM
The CASEM Football Injuries Sport Medicine Webinar is supported by funding from Pendopharm, Bauerfeind, MD Financial Management Inc. and Scotiabank, and Searchlight Pharmaceuticals.
Planning Committee
- Dr. Dory Boyer (Chair), MD, FRCPC, Dip. Sport Med.
- Dr. Navin Prasad, MD, MCFP (SEM), Dip. Sport Med.
- Dr. Bob McCormack, MD, FRCPC, Dip. Sport Med.
- Dr. Dhiren Naidu, MD, FRCPC, Dip. Sport Med.