The University of Hawai’i medical school Pathology Residency Program joins with the Gary O. Galiher Foundation and the Hawai‘i Concussion Awareness Management Program (HCAMP) on January 28 and 29 to host a two-day conference on a topic of growing concern: the long-term impacts of concussion and repetitive head trauma.
The CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) Conference is being held at The Queen’s Conference Center in Honolulu just a few days before the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawai’i. Organizers of the conference hope the timing will bring local attention to the subject of CTE.
“While there has been much media coverage regarding CTE in former professional football players, there is still a lot that is unknown regarding CTE – for example, risk factors (other than head trauma), genetics and potential studies for diagnosis before death,” said Dr. Brock Kaya, JABSOM Associate Professor of Pathology. “This conference is designed to update physicians and allied health professionals, coaches, athletic trainers, and others on the potential long-term consequences of concussive and subconcussive (impacts below the level of concussion) head injury, specifically CTE.”
Dr. Kaya said physicians will be increasingly faced with questions from athletes and their families regarding head injury and CTE. He hopes the nationally-recognized speakers at the conference will provide the latest information, and some answers for those doctors and their patients.
John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Pathology Program Director David Shimizu, MD, appeared on KHON2’s Wake Up Today to discuss the conference.
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