Planning Committee
NEERU JAYANTHI, MD
Director, Sports Medicine Research and Education Director, Tennis Medicine
Associate Professor, Orthopaedics and Family Medicine
Co-Director, Emory Youth Sports Medicine Program
SPERO G. KARAS, MD
Team Orthopedist, Atlanta Braves Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Associate Professor of Orthopedics Emory Healthcare Sports Medicine Center
MICHAEL BILLER, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT
Manager Emory Physical Therapy Dunwoody & Johns Creek Locations
J’NAI PITTMAN, MSEd, LAT, ATC, OTC
Clinic Lead at Emory Sports Medicine
Athletic Training Residency Program Director
SARA RAISER, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics Emory Healthcare Sports Medicine Center
CHARLES KENYON, DO, MS, CSCS
Sports Medicine Fellow at Emory University School of Medicine
RACHEL STEWRAT, ATC
Athletic Trainer at Georgia Tech
MICHAEL NORDER, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS
Athletic Trainer at Georgia Tech
JENNIFER HUNNICUTT, PhD, ATC
Hunnicutt Writing and Consulting, LLC
Keynote Speakers
ALEXIS COLVIN, MD
Chief Medical Officer, US Open
Team Physician, US BJK Cup Team
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
CARLY DAY, MD FAM SSM
Head Team Physician, Purdue University
AVERY FAIGENBAUM, EdD, FACSM, FSNCA, FNAK
Professor of Health and Pediatric Exercise Science
TOM FARREY
Executive Director, Sports & Society Program, Aspen Institute
LAURA SCHMITT, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, The Ohio State University
Assistant Research Director, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University
MARK SMITH, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS
Head Football Athletic Trainer, Georgia Tech
Guest Speakers
Kayla Balcom, PhD
Sport Psychologist, Georgia Tech
Angelo Galante, MD
Head Team Physician, Georgia Tech
Carla Gilson, MA, ATC, LAT, NASM-CES
Associate Athletic Director, Sports Medicine, Georgia Tech
Russel Gore
Founding Director, Complex Concussion Clinic, Shepherd Center
Fredrik Johannson, PhD
Director of Tennis Research and Performance Group
Mark Kovacs, PhD, FACSM, CTPS, MTPS, CSCS*D, USPTA, PTR
Kovacs Institute
Marty Lauzon, ATC, PT
Director of Athletic Performance and Sports Medicine, Atlanta Hawks
Richard Stewart, ATC
Associate Director of Sports Medicine, Georgia Tech
Conference Speakers
ROBERT BOWERS, DO, PHD
AUGUSTINE CONDUAH, MD
ANNA COTTLE, PT, DPT, ATC
JED DIEKFUSS, PHD
COURTNEY GLEASON, MD
KYLE HAMMOND, MD
CHRISTOPHER HARASZTI, MD
CHIP HEWGLEY, PT, MPT, SCS
EDWARD JACKSON, MD
BRIAN JENNINGS, PT, DPT, OCS
MEGAN JIMENEZ, DO
FRAZIER KEITT, DO
LEE KNEER, MD
LISA KOVACK, PT
DAN KRAUSHAAR, PT
SAMEH LABIB, MD
AMADEUS MASON, MD
TIMOTHY SCOTT MAUGHON, MD
KENNETH R. MAUTNER, MD
BRANDON MINES, MD
BAABAK MOSTOUFI, PT
GREG MYER, PHD
KENNETH MYNATT, PT, DPT, ATC, LAT
MICHAEL NEWSOME, PT, OCS, MTC, CERT MDT, CSCS
ERIC NICHOLS, PT
EZI OBUNADIKE, MD
OLUSEUN OLUFADE, MD
ROSA PASCULLI, MD
MATHEW POMBO, MD
CLEO STAFFORD, MD
CASEY WAGNER, MD
JEFF WEBB, MD
BRYAN WHITFIELD, MD
JEREMY WHITLEY, MD
JOHN XEROGEANES, MD