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Lectures/Events
The Female Athlete: 4th Annual Marino Lecture
Sunday, Sep 28, 2008; 7:45 to 3:30 p.m.
Enders Auditorium, Children's Hospital Boston,
320 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

Pricing: public/health professionals - $75 ($90 on-site); students - $50 ($60 on-site); BSG medical volunteers - free

For more information email or call Brian Fitzgerald, BSN, ATC at 617-355-6534.

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7 to 7:45 a.m. Registration
7:45 to 8:00 a.m. Welcome
James R. Kasser, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston
Lyle J. Micheli, MD
Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH
8:00 to 8:30 a.m. The Female Athlete, Yesterday and Today (epidemiologic review)
Cynthia J. Stein, MD, MPH
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Women in Sports and the Road to Gold
Bridget Belgiovine, AD, Wellesley College
Colleen Coyne, USA Women's Ice Hockey 1998 Gold Medalist
9:00 to 9:30 a.m. Compartment Syndrome in the Female Athlete
Lyle J. Micheli, MD
9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Patella Femoral Syndrome
Ellen T. Geminiani, MD
10:00 to 10:15 a.m. break
10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Labral Tear in Dancer's Hip
Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH
10:45 to 11:15 a.m. Prevention of Injuries in the Young Dancer: Myth or Fact
Michelina Cassella, PT
Heather Southwick, PT
11:15 to noon Marino Lecture
The Female ACL

Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD
noon to 1:00 p.m. lunch
1:00 to 1:30 p.m. ACL Injury Prevention
Carl Gustafson, MS, PT, ATC
1:30 to 2:00 p.m. Female Athlete and Pregnancy
Andrea Stracciolini, MD
2:00 to 2:30 p.m. Bone Health in Female Athlete
Catherine Gordon, MD, MSc
2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Female Athlete Triad panel
Pierre d'Hemecourt, MD
Kate Ackerman, MD, MPH
Jan Hangen, MS, RD, LDN
Sharon Chirban, PhD
Catherine Gordon, MD, MSc
3:15 to 3:30 p.m. open forum/closing comments

Cerebral Palsy: multidisciplinary review and update
A one-day CME-accredited course offerring a review and update of approaches to the diagnosis and multidisciplinary management of cerebral palsy; including care of co-morbid medical conditions, surgical and non-surgical management of spasticity, and bone/joint deformities.
Cerebral Palsy Course Brochure (pdf 156k)

ACL Injury Prevention Program:
Hands-on Tutorial
A hands-on tutorial designed to education the athletic community on how to minimize serious knee injuries with a pre-season and in-season conditioning program.

The emphasis of the program is on small group teaching where coaches, physical educators, athletic trainers', physical therapists and athletes can work directly with the faculty in learning how to implement the program. Emphasis is on recognizing incorrect techniques during sports related activities and correcting recognized problems.

Date: TBA

For more information, or to be notified when a time and date have been determined, please email brian.fizgerald@childrens.harvard.edu

Knee Injury Prevention Program for Middle and High School Age Athletes (pdf 1.8mb)

Children's Speakers Bureau
Children's offers a speakers bureau providing your organization access to some of our pediatric experts for your Grand Rounds or other speaking engagements. For more information on Children's Speaker's Bureau in general please visit their website.

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