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Presenter:
Robb Duncanson, MS,
ATC,
Shannon Singletary, DPT, ATC and
Ron Courson, PT, ATC
Presentation Date: 03/22/2010
Brief Biography of
Speaker
Robb Duncanson
Robb Duncanson joined the Vols in Aug, 2006 as
associate athletic trainer for football after
serving four years on the training staff at the
University of South Florida.
Duncanson was assistant football athletic trainer at
USF for three years before being promoted to the
associate level in July 2005. Prior to his tenure
with USF, Duncanson served three months with the
Louisville Fire of the Arena2 Football League and
was a seasonal assistant athletic trainer for the
New York Jets from May 2001 to February 2002. He
also served as a summer assistant with the New York
Football Giants in 1997.
A 1999 sports science graduate of Elmira College in
New York, Duncanson earned his master's in sports
administration at the University of Louisville in
2001. He was named Athletic Trainer of the Year in
2005 and received the President's Backbone award in
2004, both by the Athletic Trainers' Association of
Florida.
Ron
Courson
Ron Courson has served as Director of Sports
Medicine with the University of Georgia Athletic
Association since May of 1995, after serving four
years as Director of Rehabilitation at the
University of Alabama. Prior to joining the Alabama
staff in 1991, he served as an athletic
trainer/physical therapist with Samford University
in Birmingham, Alabama. He received his
undergraduate degree in education/physical education
from Samford University, where he played soccer and
ran track and field. Courson performed two years of
graduate work at the University of
Tennessee-Chattanooga, and graduated with honors
from the Medical College of Georgia with a degree in
physical therapy. A native of Birmingham, Alabama,
Courson is additionally a national registered
emergency medical technician-intermediate as well as
a certified strength and conditioning specialist by
the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Brief Description of
Presentation
Ron
Courson
This presentation will focus on a clinical case
report of a collegiate football player with
concussion, loss of consciousness and amnesia.
Concussion evaluation, management, and return to
play protocols will be highlighted in light of
recent events with the NFL and NCAA concussion and
policy.
Current Employment
Affiliation of Speaker
Robb Duncanson
University of Tennessee
Ron
Courson
Director of
Sports Medicine with the University of Georgia
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