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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.