Concussion Corner Academy
Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions
(1) These Terms & Conditions apply to participants in the Concussion Corner Academy® Partners Affiliate Program (the "Program").
(2) In these Terms & Conditions, "Company", "we", "us", and "our" means "Concussion Corner Academy® ", the brand owned and operated by Concussion Corner Academy® , a company registered in the United States of America under company number company tax ID.
(3) In these Terms & Conditions, "Affiliate", "you" and "your" means the individual or organisation that is applying to become a participant in the Program and who will accept these Terms & Conditions upon joining the same.
(4) By accepting these Terms & Conditions you agree to be bound by them and shall enter into a binding agreement with us (the "Agreement").
1. Definitions and Interpretation
- 1.1 In these Terms & Conditions the following terms shall have the following meanings:
- "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday or Sunday that is not a bank or public holiday;
- "Cancellations Policy" means our cancellations policy which can be found at https://www.Concussion Corner Academy®.com/terms/;
- "Commencement Date" means the date of your acceptance;
- "Commission Rate" means the percentage of commission paid on net sales revenue set out in Sub-clause 11.2;
- "Confidential Information" Third-party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third-party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).
- "Current Term" means the Term that the Parties may be in at any given time;
- "Direct Referral" means a sale of a Service Package to a customer who has been led to our website through your website where that customer can be tracked directly from your site to ours without any further intermediaries;
- "Intellectual Property Rights" means any rights subsisting in a copyright work, trade mark, patent or design and shall be construed in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, Trade Marks Act 1994 and Patents Act 1977;
- "Registered Email Address" means the email address of the Affiliate as provided in your Registration Data;
- "Registration Data" means the information provided by the Affiliate when registering for enrolment in the Program;
- "Service Package" means a particular set of services available from us through our website as defined in Clause 7; and
- "Term" means the term of the Agreement, as defined in Clause 17 of these Terms & Conditions, during which you shall participate in the Program under the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement.
2. Enrollment in the Program
- 2.1 By enrolling in the Program you agree that, at the time of registration, you will provide accurate and complete Registration Data and that you shall inform us of any changes in your Registration Data.
- 2.2 Upon your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions, subject to our approval and sub-clause 2.4 below, the agreement is deemed to be in effect. You will not be sent a signed Affiliate Agreement in hard copy.
- 2.3 We may, at our sole discretion, review your website following your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions. You will be informed within 10 Business Days of the outcome of your application. Following your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions, you will receive further instructions and guidance to allow you to commence marketing our goods.
- 2.4 We may, in our sole discretion, choose to reject any application for any reason (and are under no obligation to disclose such reasons). Reasons for which an Application may be rejected include, but are not limited to, content on your website that:
- 2.4.1 is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, obscene, harassing, discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise objectionable;
- 2.4.2 facilitates or promotes violence, terrorism, or any other criminal activity;
- 2.4.3 is sexually explicit; or
- 2.4.4 infringes or assists or encourages the infringement of any intellectual property rights belonging to any party.
3. Company / Affiliate Relationship
- 3.1 Nothing in these Terms & Conditions shall constitute, or be deemed to create, a partnership between the Parties; nor, except as expressly provided, shall it designate, or be deemed to designate, any Party the agent of any other Party for any purpose.
- 3.2 Subject to any express provisions to the contrary in these Terms & Conditions, you shall have no right or authority to and shall not do any act, enter into any contract, make any representation, give any warranty, incur any liability, assume any obligation, whether express or implied, of any kind on our behalf or bind us in any way.
4. Website Links
- 4.1 In your Affiliate Dashboard will be the requisite materials for a hyperlink to our website. These materials will include the HTML code for the link and/or a selection of graphics files to which the HTML code should be applied.
- 4.2 The HTML code as it appears in your Affiliate Dashboard must be copied exactly and not altered in any way. Failure to comply with this condition may result in your receiving no credit for sales of Service Packages that are generated through your website.
- 4.3 Under no circumstances may any of the graphics files provided by us be modified in any way without our prior written authorisation. You may not use graphics files of your own to link to our site.
- 4.4 All graphics files that we may provide for use as links may be displayed throughout your website as you deem appropriate, subject to our prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) which must be obtained in all cases. We reserve the right to request the alteration or removal of a link from your website.
- 4.5 You are required to assume full responsibility to maintain all links to our website from your website.
5. Site Maintenance and Content
- 5.1 Each Party shall be exclusively responsible for maintaining and updating its own website. Subject to the provisions of this Clause 5 and Clause 14 below, neither Party shall have any obligations to the other Party in relation to the maintenance or content of their website.
- 5.2 Subject to Sub-clause 5.3 of these Terms & Conditions, neither Party may host any content that:
- 5.2.1 is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, obscene, harassing, discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise objectionable;
- 5.2.2 facilitates or promotes violence, terrorism, or any other criminal activity;
- 5.2.3 is sexually explicit; or
- 5.2.4 infringes or assists or encourages the infringement of any intellectual property rights belonging to any party.
- 5.3 Neither Party shall be under any obligation to pre-screen any content added to their website by third parties; however in the event that either Party receives from the other a written notification of any content that falls within that described in Sub-clause 5.2 of this Agreement, such content must be removed within 5 Business Days of receipt of such notice.
6. Display of Company Information
- 6.1 Concussion Corner Academy® As an affiliate, you are free to display pricing and other information relating to our Service Packages. It is your responsibility to keep such information up-to-date through your own efforts; we will not provide pricing information updates to you.
- 6.2 We reserve the right to alter pricing at any time in accordance with our own policies.
- 6.3 Your Responsibilities: As a Concussion Corner Academy® Affiliate you agree that:
- Concussion Corner Academy®
- 6.3.1 You are responsible for providing us with full and accurate account information and for keeping that information up to date. Such information might include but is not limited to: contact details, payment details, tax information and any other details we may require. We reserve the right to request additional data regarding all the websites where you promote Concussion Corner Academy® and the promotional practices you use. Failure to provide accurate information may result in exclusion from the Program, suspension or termination of your Affiliate account and forfeiture of any commissions.
- 6.3.2 You should not create more than one Affiliate account.
- 6.3.3 You should act in good faith to refer customers in good standing.
- 6.3.4 You cannot refer yourself, and you will not receive a commission on your own accounts. You should not use our Program to refer companies that you own or in which you have shares or other interests.
- 6.3.5 You should not take actions or make recommendations to your referrals that result in a potential revenue loss for Concussion Corner Academy®.
- 6.3.6 You should not engage in incentivized programs and business-opportunity sites, using marketing practices that might be unethical or likely to attract customers, not in good standing.
- 6.3.7 You should not use on behalf of your referrals or encourage your referrals to use on their Concussion Corner Academy® accounts any copyrighted or third-party material without the proper licenses.
- 6.3.8 You should not copy, alter or modify any icons, buttons, banners, graphics, files or content contained in Concussion Corner Academy®’ Links, including but not limited to removing or altering any copyright or trademark notices, without prior written approval from us.
- 6.3.9 You should not engage in any blackhat SEO/spam link building techniques in order to generate more referrals for Concussion Corner Academy®.
- 6.3.10 Post ads on offensive, illegal, hateful, pornographic, or otherwise distasteful websites.
- 6.3.11 You agree not to violate any applicable law.
- 6.3.12 If we detect a pattern in your affiliate practices that in our reasonable opinion violates any aspect of the T&C, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your affiliate account and cancel all outstanding commission payments due.
- 6.4 Affiliate Advertising. Inappropriate ways of advertising include, but are not limited to:
- 6.4.1 Using any illegal or spam method of advertising, e.g. unsolicited email, an unauthorized placing of the link in forums, newsgroups, message boards etc.;
- 6.4.2 Bidding on keywords and phrases containing the “Concussion Corner Academy®” trademark, or variations or misspellings of the trademarked term on Pay per Click or Pay per Impression campaigns on the search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, Bing or others) without our prior approval. You are not allowed to use the Concussion Corner Academy® Website(s) as display URL in PPC ads and to direct-link or redirect to the Concussion Corner Academy® Website(s);
- 6.4.3 Using non-unique copyright infringing content to promote Concussion Corner Academy®;
- 6.4.4 Using traffic generated by pay to read, pay to click, banner exchanges, click exchanges, PPV advertising, pop-up/under, or similar methods;
- 6.4.5 Providing cash backs, rewards or any other kind of incentives to obtain the sale without our prior approval;
- 6.4.6 Offering price savings methods, including coupon(s), voucher(s), discount codes, or added value offers without our prior approval;
- 6.4.7 Using our advertising and promotional materials, trademark or name in a way which negatively affects our image;
- 6.4.8 Using iframes or any other techniques or technology that places your affiliate tracking cookie by any means other than an actual click-through;
- 6.4.9 Using link cloaking or masking techniques or technology with the goal to promote Concussion Corner Academy® on websites and/or networks not explicitly listed in your affiliate profile and hiding that traffic source;
- 6.4.10 Your website(s) must NOT contain lewd, obscene, illegal or pornographic material or any other material that is deemed to be objectionable. This includes, but is not limited to, bigotry, hatred, pornography, satanic materials, trademark and copyright materials, all content of an adult nature, etc. The designation of any materials as such is subject to our reasonable opinion;
- 6.4.11 Your domain name(s), company name, logo, trademark, product(s), project(s), service(s) must NOT contain keywords and phrases containing the “Concussion Corner Academy®” trademark or any other variations or misspellings confusingly similar to Concussion Corner Academy® trademark, name, logo or domain name, without our prior approval;
- 6.4.12 Your domain name(s), company name, logo, trademark, your product(s), project(s), service(s) must NOT contain keywords and phrases that contain or are confusingly similar to third-party trademarks, names, logos or domain names, unless you have been duly authorised by the trademark owner.
- 6.4.13 Concussion Corner Academy® shall have the sole right to decide if a promotional method you use is appropriate. The use of any advertising method that we consider inappropriate may result in warning, suspension or termination of your affiliate account and cancellation of all outstanding commission payments due.
7. Service Packages
We provide services through our website in courses, bundles and subscriptions. Descriptions for these packages are available in https://www.concussioncorner.org. In your Affiliate Dashboard, you will be able to view all the products that you will get commission for.
8. Customer Referral Requirements
- 8.1 Terms & conditions relating to the referral of customers to us via links on your website can be found on our website at https://www.concussioncorner.org/Affiliate-Program-Terms-Conditions.
- 8.2 We reserve the right to alter such terms & conditions at any time and will provide 10 Business Days’ written notice to you of any such alteration.
9. Orders
- 9.1 We undertake to use our best and reasonable endeavours to process and fulfil all orders for Service Packages placed by referred customers generated by affiliates.
- 9.2 We reserve the right to reject any orders that do not comply with the customer referral requirements detailed in Clause 8 of these Terms & Conditions.
- 9.3 It shall be our full responsibility to ensure that all orders are completed and that the provision of services is undertaken in accordance with our Service Level Agreements. We shall be responsible for order entry, payment processing, cancellations and all subsequent customer service. You shall have no further involvement with the customer or the completion of the transaction and all customers will be made aware of the same.
10. Affiliate Sales Reporting
- 10.1 We will track the following elements of all sales:
- 10.1.1 origin;
- 10.1.2 Service Package selected; and
- 10.1.3 revenue generated.
- 10.2 Full reports of all sales generated through the links on your website will be available in your Affiliate Dashboard. We reserve the right to alter the form and content of such reports without notice.
11. Commission and Referral Fees
- 11.1 You will be paid commission at the rates set out in Sub-clause 11.2 on the net profits of sales generated through your website.
- 11.2 Commission shall be calculated on the following basis:
- 11.2.1 Notwithstanding Sub-clause 11.2.3 all sales that result from Direct Referrals will attract a commission of A FLAT FEE AGREED TO UPON INITIAL SIGN UP APPROVAL WITH CCA®. Student, Resident, and Fellows with have a reduced affiliate rate. THE PLATFORM IS PRESENTLY LIMITED TO A commission Rate% WHICH WILL BE IGNORED. ALL FLAT FEE PAID IN FULL COMMISSIONS WILL BE COUNTED BY PERSON PAID IN FULL AND COUNTED AFTER THE 14 DAY RETURN POLICY.
- 11.2.2 NOT APPLICABLE
- 11.2.3 NOT APPLICABLE
- 11.3 Sub-clause 11.2.3 shall apply only until the expiration or removal of our cookies by the customer or for a period of 90 days set on the system days after the most recent Direct Referral for a particular customer, whichever is earlier.
- 11.4 In the event that a customer cannot be tracked, no commission will be paid.
- 11.5 Commission shall be calculated only once we have received payment in full from the customer. Only once payment has been received in full will sales be logged in your Affiliate Dashboard but will be shown as pending for x days set on the system days after the order has been completed (this time period reflects the time limit set out in our Cancellations Policy).
- 11.6 Commission payouts will be scheduled for the 20th of every calendar month give or take 5 days for holidays, weekends, and travel. Every affiliate will receive commissions only for subscriptions that have passed their x-day limit, which reflects the “money-back guarantee”/refund period described in our Cancellations Policy. The minimum payout amount is x e.g.$75 of commissions per affiliate.
- 11.7 Commissions will be sent to the Zelle email or cell phone number of the Affiliate or bank account as provided in their Registration Data.If the affiliate does not have Zelle for a no fee bank transfer other digital payment options will be discussed individually. If a digital platform is unable to be agreed upon for domestic or International transfer, a bank check will be cut. A bank check must allow for 30 additional to process and be sent. Existing Concussion Corner Academy® subscribers may get part of their commissions in the form of free courses or Promotional credits added to their accounts, up to the sum of their monthly or yearly subscription fees payable to . Any subsequent commissions shall be sent to their Zelle account, as described above.
- 11.8 In the event of any refunds issued for any reasons including, but not limited to fraud and where such refunds are not incurred through any fault of ours, you may be contacted to arrange for the repayment of any related commission.
- 11.9 Any and all commission paid to you shall be based on sales revenue less any tax due; however, you may still be liable to pay tax on your commission. By accepting these Terms & Conditions you hereby acknowledge that you are solely responsible for the payment of tax on any income you may generate through your involvement in the Program.
- 11.10 We reserve the right to modify our Commission Rates at any time. You will be given 10 Business Days’ prior written notice (the “Notice Period”) of any such change. You will be given the option to opt out of the Program within the Notice Period and will, on the exercise of that option, be paid any Commission due to you, notwithstanding the total commission earnings requirement set out in Sub-clause 11.6 above.
12. Trade Marks
- 12.1 Upon your entry into the Program, we shall grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferrable, royalty-free licence to use our logos and trademarks (our “Trade Marks”).
- 12.2 You may use our Trade Marks only to the extent required to establish links and perform your obligations as an Affiliate under these Terms & Conditions.
- 12.3 In the event that you wish to use our Trade Marks for any purposes outside of these Terms & Conditions you must not do so without prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
- 12.4 By accepting these Terms & Conditions you hereby agree that:
- 12.4.1 our Trade Marks shall remain the property of Concussion Corner Academy®, unless and until we assign those marks to a third party;
- 12.4.2 nothing in these Terms & Conditions shall be deemed to confer any ownership rights in our Trade Marks on you; and
- 12.4.3 you shall not contest the validity of our trade marks.
13. Intellectual Property
- 13.1 Unless otherwise expressly indicated we are the sole and exclusive owners of all Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) in our website including, but not limited to: all code, text, sound, video, graphics, photographs and other images that form a part of the site. We shall also be the sole and exclusive owners of all IPRs which may subsist in any supporting documentation which shall include, but not be limited to, site plans, maps, design sketches and other preparatory material.
- 13.2 We shall be the sole and exclusive owners of all IPRs which may subsist in all future updates, additions and alterations to our website, such material including any supporting documentation.
14. Affiliate Warranties and Indemnity
- 14.1 In accepting these Terms & Conditions you hereby warrant and acknowledge that:
- 14.1.1 Your website does not and will not contain any content that:
- a) is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, obscene, harassing, discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise objectionable;
- b) facilitates or promotes violence, terrorism, or any other criminal activity;
- c) is sexually explicit; or
- d) infringes or assists or encourages the infringement of any intellectual property rights belonging to any party.
- 14.1.2 Your website is and shall remain functional and, subject to the provisions of Clause 19 of these Terms & Conditions, reasonable downtime for maintenance or third-party access restrictions, accessible to all users of the internet;
- 14.1.3 All necessary authorities, consents and approvals have been obtained in respect of your obligations under these Terms & Conditions and will remain valid and effective throughout the Term;
- 14.1.4 Your obligations under these Terms & Conditions shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations on you. Such obligations shall be direct, unconditional and general obligations; and
- 14.1.5 You will not refer to us in any way in any unsolicited bulk email campaigns or other spamming practices that you may conduct.
- 14.2 By accepting these Terms & Conditions you agree that you shall indemnify us in full against all liability, loss, damages, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) awarded against or incurred or paid by us as a result of, or in connection with:
- 14.2.1 breach of any warranty given by you in relation to your website;
- 14.2.2 any claim that your website infringes the patent, copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property rights of any other person, except to the extent that the claim arises from compliance with any terms stipulated by us; and
- 14.2.3 any act or omission by you or your employees, agents or sub-contractors in performing your obligations under these Terms & Conditions.
15. Disclaimers
- 15.1 We make no warranty or representation that our website, the Program, or Service Packages sold through the Program will meet your requirements or those of your visitors, that they will be of satisfactory quality, that they will be fit for a particular purpose, that they will not infringe the rights of third parties, that they will be compatible with all systems, that they will be secure and that all information provided will be accurate.
- 15.2 We make no guarantee of any specific results from the use of our website or from enrolment in the Program.
- 15.3 We make no guarantee that our website shall remain functional and accessible to all users of the internet.
16. Liability
- 16.1 We shall not be liable to you for any indirect or consequential loss that you may suffer even if such loss is reasonably foreseeable or if we have been advised of the possibility of such loss being incurred.
- 16.2 Our entire liability to you in respect of any breach of our contractual obligations, any breach of warranty, any representation, statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with these Terms & Conditions or the Agreement shall be limited to $1.
- 16.3 Notwithstanding any other provision in these Terms & Conditions, our liability to you for death or injury resulting from our own negligence or that of our employees, agents or sub-contractors shall not be limited.
17. Term and Termination
- 17.1 These Terms & Conditions and The Agreement shall come into force and become binding on the Commencement Date and shall continue in force for a period of 12 months from that date (the “Initial Term”). Following the Initial Term, your enrolment in the Program shall be renewed automatically for successive periods of 12 months (each a “Renewal Term”) unless and until terminated in accordance with this Clause 17.
- 17.2 Either Party may terminate the Agreement by giving 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the other:
- 17.2.1 at any time where the other Party has committed a material breach of these Terms & Conditions or the Agreement and such breach has remained unremedied 10 Business Days after receiving written notice of that breach; or
- 17.2.2 if the other Party enters into liquidation whether compulsory or voluntary (except for the purposes of bona fide reconstruction or amalgamation with the prior written approval of the other Party), or compounds with or makes any arrangement with its creditors or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or if it has a receiver, manager, administrative receiver or administrator appointed over the whole or substantially the whole of its undertaking or assets, or if it ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business, or makes any material change in its business, or if it suffers any analogous process under any foreign law.
- 17.3 Either Party may request the termination of the Agreement at the end of the Current Term for any reason provided that written notice is given at least 10 Business Days before the end of the Current Term.
- 17.4 Upon the termination of the Agreement for any reason, you shall remove the links established under these Terms & Conditions.
- 17.5 Upon the termination of the Agreement for any reason, all licenses granted shall also terminate.
- 17.6 In the event that we terminate the Agreement in accordance with Sub-clause 17.2.1, any Commission owed to you at that time shall be forfeited.
18. Confidentiality
- 18.1 Each Party (a “Receiving Party”) shall keep the Confidential Information belonging to the other Party (a “Supplying Party”) confidential and secret and shall not use or disclose or make the Confidential Information available, directly or indirectly, to any person other than its officers and employees who need the Confidential Information to enable the Receiving Party to perform its obligations under these Terms & Conditions and provided that such officers and employees are also obliged to keep such Confidential Information confidential and secret. The foregoing obligations shall not apply to any information acquired by the Receiving Party which:
- 18.1.1 at the time of its acquisition was in the public domain; or
- 18.1.2 at a later date comes into the public domain through no fault of the Receiving Party.
- 18.2 Each Party hereby agrees and undertakes:
- 18.2.1 that all Confidential Information shall be and shall remain at all times the sole and exclusive property of the Supplying Party;
- 18.2.2 that its right to use Confidential Information shall wholly cease upon the termination of the Agreement; and
- 18.2.3 to return to the Supplying Party on termination of the Agreement all material embodying Confidential Information (including information stored on digital media) or any part thereof and all copies thereof.
19. Force Majeure
Neither Party to these Terms & Conditions shall be liable for any failure or delay in performing their obligations where such failure or delay results from any cause that is beyond the reasonable control of that Party. Such causes include, but are not limited to, power failure, Internet Service Provider failure, industrial action, civil unrest, fire, flood, storms, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action or any other event that is beyond the control of the Party in question.
20. Severance
The Parties agree that in the event that one or more of the provisions of these Terms & Conditions is found to be unlawful, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, that / those provisions shall be deemed severed from the remainder of these Terms & Conditions. The remainder of the Terms & Conditions shall be valid and enforceable.
21. Notice
Unless otherwise stated in these Terms & Conditions, the Parties agree that all notices to be served under the Agreement shall be in writing and may be sent by email to the other Party’s Registered Email Address.
22. Notice
- 22.1 These Terms & Conditions shall embody and set forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties and shall supersede all prior oral or written agreements, understandings or arrangements relating to the Program or the relationship between the Parties. Neither Party shall be entitled to rely on any agreement, understanding or arrangement not expressly set forth in these Terms & Conditions, save for any representation made fraudulently.
- 22.2 Unless otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in these Terms & Conditions, the Agreement may be varied only by a document signed by both of the Parties.
23. General
- 23.1 No Waiver - The Parties shall agree that no failure by either Party to enforce the performance of any provision in these Terms & Conditions shall constitute a waiver of the right to subsequently enforce that provision or any other provision of these Terms & Conditions. Such failure shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach and shall not constitute a continuing waiver.
- 23.2 Non-exclusivity - The relationship between the Parties shall be and shall remain non-exclusive. Both parties are free to enter into similar relationships with other parties.
- 23.3 Non-assignment - You may not assign any or all of your rights or obligations under these Terms & Conditions or the Agreement without our prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
24. General
- 24.1 These Terms & Conditions and the Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America, England and Wales.
- 24.2 Any dispute between the Parties relating to the Agreement shall be fall within the jurisdiction of the courts of United State of America, England and Wales.
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Program Faculty
Christina L. Master, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FACSM
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Dr. Master is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship at CHOP with over two decades of experience in clinical pediatrics. Dr. Master graduated from Princeton
University in 1989 with a degree in molecular biology and obtained her medical degree summa cum laude from University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She completed her residency and chief residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 1993-1997. She was Vice Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for 17 years and subsequently completed a sabbatical year of fellowship training in primary care sports medicine at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Master is board-certified in pediatrics and brain injury medicine with additional qualification in sports medicine and treats over a thousand youth with concussion annually in her outpatient practice. She is co-founding director of Minds Matter, the concussion program for children at CHOP that provides clinical care, community outreach and conducts research in youth concussion and the founding course director for the CHOP Minds Matter Concussion Conference. Her particular research emphasis has been describing the epidemiology of pediatric concussion and identifying vestibular and visual deficits following concussion as a target for intervention for those with prolonged symptoms. Her research on the use of functional near infrared spectroscopy and concussion won Best Overall Research Award, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) in 2017 and is Co-Principal Investigator on the first AMSSM Collaborative Research Network (CRN) grant investigating the role of early exercise following concussion. She enjoys playing the piano, running, swimming and cycling and has completed marathons in Munich, Philadelphia, Budapest and NYC as well as a few triathlons at the sprint and olympic distances. She is the mother of three busy children who participate in activities including ice hockey, basketball, track and field, robotics, debate and HiQ.
Program Faculty
John J. Leddy, M.D.
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As a primary care sports medicine physician, my goal is to provide the best evidence-based evaluation and treatment practices to patients with concussion and post-concussion syndrome and to conduct clinical and physiological research on these conditions. I currently serve as medical director of the University at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic, which is located at UB South Campus. This is the first center in the United States to use a standardized treadmill test to establish recovery from concussion and to use exercise in the rehabilitation of patients with prolonged concussion symptoms. I’m also the director of outcomes research for the Department of Orthopaedics and program director for the UB Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship.My primary research interest is the investigation of the basic mechanisms of the disturbance of whole body physiology in concussion and how to help to restore the physiology to normal to help patients recover to safely return to activity and sport. I have published in the fields of orthopedics, sports medicine, physiology, nutrition, concussion and post-concussion syndrome.As a professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine, and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, I enjoy educating the next generation of physicians. I am proud to say that the educational experience at UB exposes young physicians to exceptional patient care based upon the latest research and that their experience is informed and enhanced by immersion in the research experience itself.
Source: University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Source: University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Program Faculty
Dustin J. Fink, MS, ATC
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Dustin is a certified athletic trainer (ATC) licensed in the state of Illinois and has been practicing as an outreach athletic trainer for hospitals and secondary schools for the past 20 years. Dustin received his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University - Pueblo in Biology (Sports Medicine emphasis) and went on to achieve his Masters in Health & Exercise Science from Colorado State University. During his formative years of a high school athletic trainer Dustin gravitated to concussions as an issue he was seeing. Not only the injury itself, but the treatment and recovery from.
Dustin has endured many concussions being an athlete and skier growing up. This led him to creating his website, theconcussionblog.com, where he aggregated all the common information for the assessment and treatment of concussion to keep “everyone on the same page”. Dustin has spent over 7,000 hours researching and understanding concussions including continual education on the matter. His ability to be a conduit between the scholarly information and the actual patient and their caregivers make him unique in this field.
Dustin has endured many concussions being an athlete and skier growing up. This led him to creating his website, theconcussionblog.com, where he aggregated all the common information for the assessment and treatment of concussion to keep “everyone on the same page”. Dustin has spent over 7,000 hours researching and understanding concussions including continual education on the matter. His ability to be a conduit between the scholarly information and the actual patient and their caregivers make him unique in this field.
Program Faculty
Jose Posas, MD, FAAN
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Dr. José Posas is a Sports Neurologist at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, LA. He serves as the Ochsner Neurology Residency Program Director, and the Neurology Department Chief Diversity Officer. He went to Louisiana State University Health Sciences School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA to complete his medical degree.
Dr. Posas completed his Neurology residency at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, where he was Administrative Chief Resident in his senior year of training. He completed fellowship in Sports Neurology at Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, CA, where he was the inaugural Sports Neurology Fellow. He has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology in April of 2023, and invited to serve on the Board of Editors of Continuum in the summer of 2023.
Dr. Posas completed his Neurology residency at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, where he was Administrative Chief Resident in his senior year of training. He completed fellowship in Sports Neurology at Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, CA, where he was the inaugural Sports Neurology Fellow. He has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology in April of 2023, and invited to serve on the Board of Editors of Continuum in the summer of 2023.
Program Faculty
Lenore Herget, PT, DPT, SCS, MEd, CSCS
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Dr. Herget is a Senior Physical Therapist, Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Clinical Instructor and Certified Emergency Medical Responder at the MGH Sports Medicine Center. She is a member of the New England Patriots Medical Staff and serves as the Concussion Rehabilitation Consultant to the Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox, New England Revolution, Boston Celtics, Home Base Program, Special Operator Program and the MGH Sports Concussion Clinic.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Psychology from Wheaton College in 2000, her Masters in Education degree from SUNY in 2005, her post baccalaureate pre-med certificate from Hunter College in 2006 and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2009.
Dr Herget’s practice includes rehabilitating athletes who have sustained a sports concussion, most specifically evaluating and treating high school through professional level athletes with concussions and assisting in their safe return to play. Her clinical expertise is in the cervicogenic contributions and visuo-vestibular treatment of athletes and military personnel who sustain concussions as well as the progression of exercise through exertional protocols. Her research has focused on management of athletes with post-concussion syndrome and the efficacy of pre-season and post-season visuo-vestibular testing to aid in return to play decision making, differentiating between concussion and cervicogenic symptom presentation, alternative exercise testing protocols, atypical mTBI presentations and considerations in the military population. She has lectured nationally on the topics of concussion and the non-acute management of athletes with post-concussive syndrome.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Psychology from Wheaton College in 2000, her Masters in Education degree from SUNY in 2005, her post baccalaureate pre-med certificate from Hunter College in 2006 and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2009.
Dr Herget’s practice includes rehabilitating athletes who have sustained a sports concussion, most specifically evaluating and treating high school through professional level athletes with concussions and assisting in their safe return to play. Her clinical expertise is in the cervicogenic contributions and visuo-vestibular treatment of athletes and military personnel who sustain concussions as well as the progression of exercise through exertional protocols. Her research has focused on management of athletes with post-concussion syndrome and the efficacy of pre-season and post-season visuo-vestibular testing to aid in return to play decision making, differentiating between concussion and cervicogenic symptom presentation, alternative exercise testing protocols, atypical mTBI presentations and considerations in the military population. She has lectured nationally on the topics of concussion and the non-acute management of athletes with post-concussive syndrome.
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Jessica B. Schwartz, PT, DPT, CSCS
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Dr. Schwartz is an award-winning orthopedic residency-trained doctor of physical therapy, a national spokeswoman for the American Physical Therapy Association, founder of Concussion Corner Academy®, host of the Concussion Corner Podcast, and a persistent post-concussion symptom survivor, advocate, and concussion educator.
After spending a full year in rehabilitation and experiencing the profound dichotomy of being both doctor and patient, Dr. Schwartz identified gaps in concussion treatment and management in the global healthcare community. Her role has been to identify cognitive blind spots for healthcare providers, from physicians to athletic trainers, focusing on comprehensive targeted physical examinations, rehabilitative teams, and concussion care management.
Her vision is to facilitate collective competence across the healthcare continuum to better identify, treat, and care for the concussion patient of today while putting the "care back into healthcare" for this underserved patient population.
Dr. Schwartz hopes that by educating each other about the multi-system nature of these injuries and the scopes of practices of the multidisciplinary providers that have access to and have the ability to care for this cohort of patients, she will be able to facilitate a better patient-clinician encounter.
By speaking candidly about her experience with post-concussion syndrome, she hopes to facilitate learning from provider to provider, patient to provider, and caregiver to provider, honing in on the power of storytelling and collegial communication from a place of candor, curiosity, and enthusiasm.
After spending a full year in rehabilitation and experiencing the profound dichotomy of being both doctor and patient, Dr. Schwartz identified gaps in concussion treatment and management in the global healthcare community. Her role has been to identify cognitive blind spots for healthcare providers, from physicians to athletic trainers, focusing on comprehensive targeted physical examinations, rehabilitative teams, and concussion care management.
Her vision is to facilitate collective competence across the healthcare continuum to better identify, treat, and care for the concussion patient of today while putting the "care back into healthcare" for this underserved patient population.
Dr. Schwartz hopes that by educating each other about the multi-system nature of these injuries and the scopes of practices of the multidisciplinary providers that have access to and have the ability to care for this cohort of patients, she will be able to facilitate a better patient-clinician encounter.
By speaking candidly about her experience with post-concussion syndrome, she hopes to facilitate learning from provider to provider, patient to provider, and caregiver to provider, honing in on the power of storytelling and collegial communication from a place of candor, curiosity, and enthusiasm.
Program Faculty
Becky Bliss, PT, DPT, DHSc
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Becky Bliss, PT, DPT, DHSc has been actively practicing in the field of Physical Therapy for over two decades with specialization in concussion management since 2006. Her research interests include dysfunction of the vestibular ocular reflex following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) as well as early detection of impairments that lead to post-concussion syndrome. She currently has several active studies specific to higher level motor control deficit identification in the sport athlete. Dr. Bliss is active within the Academy of Neurological Physical Therapy and serves on the Knowledge Translation Committee for the Concussion Clinical Prediction Guideline (CPG) while serving on part of the core committee of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Concussion CPG Revision group.
Dr. Bliss is a Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Missouri and is a board certified in Neurological Physical Therapy. She also serves the role of Program Coordinator for the Neurological Physical Therapy Residency. She holds her Certificate in Vestibular Rehabilitation from the APTA, as well as Advanced Vestibular Certificate and is an Impact Trained Physical Therapist. Dr. Bliss graduated from Ithaca College Department of Physical Therapy with a combined undergraduate-graduate Master of Physical Therapy in 2001. She completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Des Moines University in 2014 and her Doctor of Health Science from the University of Indianapolis in 2019.
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Julia Treleaven, PhD, BPhty, FACP
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Dr. Treleaven is published in over 140 publications and has established expertise in her field of investigating the role of neck dysfunction in those with headache, dizziness, and post-concussion. Her research focuses on whiplash and neck pain, specifically the neck's influence on sensorimotor control.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Treleaven join our faculty for 2 of our 12 weeks of Beta II curriculum, focusing on the importance of the cervical spine and how it integrates across multiple systems and domains of concussion rehabilitation.
Currently, she serves as a member of the mTBI Australian and New Zealand Clinical Practice Guideline Development Group, leading the allied health sector. She has clinical and research expertise in physical impairments associated with concussion, such as headache, neck pain, dizziness, visual disturbances, and balance deficits.She investigated whether ongoing impairments exist beyond recovery times by examining patient self-reports and the vestibular, physiological, and cervical systems. Julia has presented at many national and international conferences and workshops on concussion, neck pain, whiplash, headache, and dizziness.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Treleaven join our faculty for 2 of our 12 weeks of Beta II curriculum, focusing on the importance of the cervical spine and how it integrates across multiple systems and domains of concussion rehabilitation.
Currently, she serves as a member of the mTBI Australian and New Zealand Clinical Practice Guideline Development Group, leading the allied health sector. She has clinical and research expertise in physical impairments associated with concussion, such as headache, neck pain, dizziness, visual disturbances, and balance deficits.She investigated whether ongoing impairments exist beyond recovery times by examining patient self-reports and the vestibular, physiological, and cervical systems. Julia has presented at many national and international conferences and workshops on concussion, neck pain, whiplash, headache, and dizziness.
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Neera Kapoor, OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD-A
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Since establishing her career in New York during the mid-1990s, Dr. Kapoor has been an optometrist and a clinician-scientist in the field of vision care. She has demonstrated expertise in addressing vision deficits for those with concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), vestibular dysfunction, and stroke since January 2016. Her deep connection to her patients, and her understanding the in-between the care nuances required to work with mTBI, TBI, and ABI patients is why we are thrilled to have Dr. Kapoor join us 3 of our 12 weeks of Beta II curriculum focusing on neuro-optometric rehabilitative care and collaboration.
Dr. Kapoor has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, 10 textbook chapters, and 25 poster presentations. She has also presented over 120 lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally regarding vision and acquired brain injury.
Dr. Kapoor has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, 10 textbook chapters, and 25 poster presentations. She has also presented over 120 lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally regarding vision and acquired brain injury.
Program Faculty
Becky Bliss, PT, DPT, DHSc
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Becky Bliss, PT, DPT, DHSc has been actively practicing in the field of Physical Therapy for over two decades with specialization in concussion management since 2006. Her research interests include dysfunction of the vestibular ocular reflex following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) as well as early detection of impairments that lead to post-concussion syndrome. She currently has several active studies specific to higher level motor control deficit identification in the sport athlete. Dr. Bliss is active within the Academy of Neurological Physical Therapy and serves on the Knowledge Translation Committee for the Concussion Clinical Prediction Guideline (CPG) while serving on part of the core committee of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Concussion CPG Revision group.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Bliss back with us for 2 of the 12 weeks of our Beta II curriculum covering the advanced vestibular and dizzy concussion patient.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Bliss back with us for 2 of the 12 weeks of our Beta II curriculum covering the advanced vestibular and dizzy concussion patient.
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Jose Posas, MD, FAAN
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Dr. José Posas is a Sports Neurologist at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, LA. He serves as the Ochsner Neurology Residency Program Director, and the Neurology Department Chief Diversity Officer. He went to Louisiana State University Health Sciences School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA to complete his medical degree.
Dr. Posas completed his Neurology residency at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, where he was Administrative Chief Resident in his senior year of training. He completed fellowship in Sports Neurology at Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, CA, where he was the inaugural Sports Neurology Fellow. He has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology in April of 2023, and invited to serve on the Board of Editors of Continuum in the summer of 2023.
Dr. Posas completed his Neurology residency at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, where he was Administrative Chief Resident in his senior year of training. He completed fellowship in Sports Neurology at Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, CA, where he was the inaugural Sports Neurology Fellow. He has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology in April of 2023, and invited to serve on the Board of Editors of Continuum in the summer of 2023.
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Elizabeth J. Martori, OTL
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Elizabeth Martori, OTL is a licensed occupational therapist working at NYU Rusk
Rehabilitation and has served as clinical specialist in the areas of vision and
neurological rehabilitation. She has over 15 years of experience in adult
neurological rehabilitation across the spectrum including acute inpatient and
outpatient settings.
Elizabeth is currently serving as supervisor of NYU’s adult outpatient services in neurological rehabilitation at a faculty group practice. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Scranton in 2007 with a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy. She holds advanced certifications in Vision and Vestibular Rehabilitation, The Arnadottir OT-ADL Neurobehavioral Evaluation (A-ONE), and as a Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist (CSRS).
She has additional experience as an adjunct professor at City University of New York (CUNY), York College and experience teaching professionally as a speaker at various continuing education courses, including “Vestibular Evaluation and Treatment of the Dizzy Patient”, “Concussion across the Spectrum of Injury Conference”, “Visual DysFunction in Concussion, TBI, Stroke, and Vestibular Diagnosis: Evidenced Based Neurological Rehabilitation” and “Concussion and Vision: Screening and treating patients with persistent post-concussion symptoms.” She has lectured nationally on topics related to vision and neurological rehabilitation in the areas of concussion, vestibular, and neurological vision screening.
Elizabeth is currently serving as supervisor of NYU’s adult outpatient services in neurological rehabilitation at a faculty group practice. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Scranton in 2007 with a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy. She holds advanced certifications in Vision and Vestibular Rehabilitation, The Arnadottir OT-ADL Neurobehavioral Evaluation (A-ONE), and as a Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist (CSRS).
She has additional experience as an adjunct professor at City University of New York (CUNY), York College and experience teaching professionally as a speaker at various continuing education courses, including “Vestibular Evaluation and Treatment of the Dizzy Patient”, “Concussion across the Spectrum of Injury Conference”, “Visual DysFunction in Concussion, TBI, Stroke, and Vestibular Diagnosis: Evidenced Based Neurological Rehabilitation” and “Concussion and Vision: Screening and treating patients with persistent post-concussion symptoms.” She has lectured nationally on topics related to vision and neurological rehabilitation in the areas of concussion, vestibular, and neurological vision screening.
Program Faculty
Lynn Reed, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS, MSCS
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Lynn Reed, M.A., CCC-SLP,
CBIS, MSCS is a licensed speech-language pathologist working at the Kessler
Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, NJ as an advanced specialist
within an outpatient cognitive rehabilitation program. She has over 20 years of
experience in acute inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient therapy settings
with a focus on neurological impairments including traumatic brain injury,
stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, mild cognitive impairment,
early stage dementia, and cancer-related cognitive decline.
Lynn is a NJ state representative for the National Aphasia Association, co-lead of Kessler’s outpatient speech therapy special interest group (SIG), and the graduate student program coordinator for speech-language pathology affiliations and clinical education. She has presented on concussion and cognitive impairment at national conventions for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and New Jersey Brain Injury Alliance, as well as at Craig Hospital’s Brain Injury Summit. Lynn has also published articles related to dysphagia and dementia.
Lynn graduated from Pace University in 1990 with a B.B.A. in Finance, along with an M.B.A from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1995. After 7 years working for a Fortune 100 investment banking firm, Lynn changed careers and graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2000 with an M.A. in Communication Science. She is a certified brain injury specialist (CBIS) and Multiple Sclerosis certified specialist (MSCS), with additional certifications in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, SPEAK OUT! for Parkinsons, Vital Stimulation, and ReVital cancer rehabilitation.
Lynn is a NJ state representative for the National Aphasia Association, co-lead of Kessler’s outpatient speech therapy special interest group (SIG), and the graduate student program coordinator for speech-language pathology affiliations and clinical education. She has presented on concussion and cognitive impairment at national conventions for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and New Jersey Brain Injury Alliance, as well as at Craig Hospital’s Brain Injury Summit. Lynn has also published articles related to dysphagia and dementia.
Lynn graduated from Pace University in 1990 with a B.B.A. in Finance, along with an M.B.A from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1995. After 7 years working for a Fortune 100 investment banking firm, Lynn changed careers and graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2000 with an M.A. in Communication Science. She is a certified brain injury specialist (CBIS) and Multiple Sclerosis certified specialist (MSCS), with additional certifications in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, SPEAK OUT! for Parkinsons, Vital Stimulation, and ReVital cancer rehabilitation.