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Members of the Board of Directors and Advisory Council at the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine
have continued to present information throughout North America, as well as, on an International basis on
injury prevention and health care cost containment approach. Feature presentations on the Institute and
on prevention have been given at the National Safety Council Annual Meeting in Omaha, NB, the
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. In addition, the
Institute’s preventive approach has been featured in the University of Michigan Alumni Magazine,
Orthopedics Today, and a feature article written by Dr. Janda in the May issue of USA Today Magazine. In
addition, The Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine, as well as, Dr. Janda, were featured on HBO with
Brian Gumbel. The show delved into the issue of heading in soccer and the number one stealth injury in
sport, that being repetitive concussions due to heading. In addition, the Institute was also featured on CNN
with Paula Zahn. Her show, Live From the Front, focused on chest impact fatalities in children. Ms. Zahn
featured the Institute’s research as it relates to the utilization of defibrillators (AED’s) to drastically reduce
the number one cause for children dying in sport. The Institute’s work has also been featured on two
websites: Momsteam.com, as well as, HealthAtoZ.com. The Institutes research was also featured on PBS,
on Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda, as well as, Scientific American Frontier’s website. If you
visit our website at www.ipsm.org, you can directly link to Scientific American Frontier’s website which
feature the Institute’s work as well as the book: The Awakening of a Surgeon. In addition, you can link to
The Oprah Winfrey site which features the Institutes work, as well as, the book and you can link to KFI
Radio in L.A. KFI is the largest radio station on the west coast and Mr. Bill Handel featured the Institute’s
work on his show, as well as, on his website.
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