- Recognize the difference between concussion and other forms of traumatic head injury
- Learn diagnostic steps to recognize injury
- Describe your words to the patient when talking about concussion
- Define the "Diagnosis of Concussion"
- Appreciate new management techniques for recovery from concussion.
Recorded for the 2019 Spring Convention
16 minutes of synced audio and PowerPoint
Course Description:Join Dr. Robert Graw as he introduces the exciting content that will be presented in this day long Concussion Symposium. As Director of this Symposium Dr. Graw has carefully selected a group of faculty to present scientific based presentations.
Speaker: Robert G. Graw, Jr., MD
Robert G. Graw, Jr., M.D. is the CEO and founder of Righttime Medical Care, with 18 locations in Maryland. In 2011, Righttime began its HeadFirst Sports Injury and Concussion Care program, which has grown to 12 centers in six Maryland counties. This broad-based program, which evaluates and manages patients with head trauma as a result of sporting accidents, and patients of all ages with head injuries, has become the second largest concussion evaluation and management program in the country. The HeadFirst program utilizes an integrated portfolio of patented processes and record keeping to perform a repeatable standard evaluation and panel of selected community-based specialists to assist in the management of patients to their full return to sports participation and/or activities of living. The program is credentialed and has performed research for the ImPACT® program at the University of Pittsburgh and assisted in the development of the pediatric ImPACT® and ImPACT® QT evaluation tools. Dr. Graw is an ImPACT® CIC provider and the first pediatric CIC in Maryland. Prior to developing Righttime Medical Care as Nighttime Pediatrics in 1989, Dr. Graw founded and remains the Managing Partner of the Pediatric Group, a private pediatric practice with three locations in Maryland. Dr. Graw obtained his B.A. from Pomona College and his M.D. from the University of California, Irvine, California. He completed his residency at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist. In 2017, Dr. Graw became a fellow of The College of Urgent Care Medicine. In 2018, he has been appointed Chair of the Health & Public Policy Committee of the Urgent Care Association of America.
Disclosures:
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