Hayley Queller, MD, a sports medicine physician at Orthopedic Associates of Long Island in East Setauket, N.Y., testified at a congressional hearing this past week on the importance of concussion awareness among young athletes, according to a Times Beacon Record report.
The hearing was held by the House Education and Labor Committee's subcommittee on healthy families and communities with the goal of ensuring children can continue to participate in sports safely.
Dr. Queller and her colleagues drafted a concussion management protocol she would like established at high schools. The program includes community-wide education, baseline neurocognitive testing and treatment before athletes return to the game.
Read the Times Beacon Record report on Dr. Hayley Queller speaking at a congressional hearing.
Read other coverage on concussions among young athletes:
- Traumatic Brain Injury Among Youth Basketball Players Increases
- ImPACT Assessment Evaluates Cognitive, Physical Concussion Symptoms
- Washington Physicians, High Schools Collaborate to Assess Athlete's Concussion Severity
The hearing was held by the House Education and Labor Committee's subcommittee on healthy families and communities with the goal of ensuring children can continue to participate in sports safely.
Dr. Queller and her colleagues drafted a concussion management protocol she would like established at high schools. The program includes community-wide education, baseline neurocognitive testing and treatment before athletes return to the game.
Read the Times Beacon Record report on Dr. Hayley Queller speaking at a congressional hearing.
Read other coverage on concussions among young athletes:
- Traumatic Brain Injury Among Youth Basketball Players Increases
- ImPACT Assessment Evaluates Cognitive, Physical Concussion Symptoms
- Washington Physicians, High Schools Collaborate to Assess Athlete's Concussion Severity