Project Team, Executive Committee, and Expert Panels
Current and former members of the project team: Shawn Marshall (project leader), Alexander Lithopoulos (current project coordinator), Dorothyann Curran (research associate), Joses Robinson (current research assistant), Mackenna Pattison (former research assistant), Mikaela Ethier-Gagnon (former research assistant), Christopher Knee (former coordinator), Julia Lauzon (former research assistant), Margaret Nevison (former research assistant), Tara Martin (former research assistant), Sazia Naz (former research assistant), Zoe Gardiner (summer research assistant)
To transition from the previous version to the Living Concussion Guidelines, over 40 concussion experts from across North America volunteered to develop the recommendations. Twelve panels covering each major guideline section were created. A minimum of 5 experts were assigned to sections that match their expertise. Each expert was also required to complete the conflict of interest form which can be accessed here.
|
Expert Name |
Affiliation |
Expert Panel Membership |
|---|---|---|
Aaron Thompson |
University of Toronto |
Diagnosis and return to activity |
Catherine Varner |
Sinai Health System |
Diagnosis and initial management |
Natalie Le Sage |
Université Laval |
Diagnosis and initial management |
Laura Rees |
The Ottawa Hospital |
Diagnosis and cognitive difficulties |
Vered Tsehmaister-Abitbul |
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa |
Diagnosis and initial management |
Santanu Chakraborty |
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa |
Diagnosis and post-traumatic headache |
Shawn Marshall (project leader and executive committee member) |
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa |
Diagnosis, initial management, management of prolonged symptoms, post-traumatic headache, sleep-wake disturbances, vestibular & vision dysfunction, and return to activity |
Michael Ellis |
University of Manitoba |
Initial management and sport-related concussion |
Barry Willer |
State University of New York at Buffalo |
Initial management and management of prolonged symptoms |
Pierre Frémont |
Université Laval |
Sport-related concussion and cognitive difficulties |
Lisa Fischer (executive committee member) |
Western University |
Sport-related concussion and return to activity |
Kathryn Schneider |
University of Calgary |
Sport-related concussion and vestibular & vision dysfunction |
John Leddy |
State University of New York at Buffalo |
Sport-related concussion and diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms |
Mark Bayley (executive committee member) |
University of Toronto |
Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms and management of prolonged symptoms |
Charles Tator |
University of Toronto |
Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms and return to activity |
Carmela Tartaglia |
University of Toronto |
Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms and management of prolonged symptoms |
Martin ten Hove |
Queen’s University |
Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms and vestibular & vision dysfunction |
Penny Welch-West |
Parkwood Institute |
Management of prolonged symptoms, fatigue, and return to activity |
Matthew Burke |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto |
Management of prolonged symptoms and post-traumatic headache |
Deanna Quon |
The Ottawa Hospital |
Post-traumatic headache and mental health disorders |
Jonathan Gladstone |
Gladstone headache clinic |
Post-traumatic headache and return to activity |
Carol Cancelliere |
Ontario Tech University |
Post-traumatic headache and return to activity |
Jonathan Wareham |
Pupils Vision Therapy |
Post-traumatic headache and vestibular & vision dysfunction |
Marie-Christine Ouellet |
Université Laval |
Sleep-wake disturbances and mental health disorders |
Caroline Arbour |
Université de Montréal and Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal |
Sleep-wake disturbances and fatigue |
Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau |
Université Laval |
Sleep-wake disturbances and fatigue |
Tatyana Mollayeva |
University of Toronto |
Sleep-wake disturbances and fatigue |
Diana Velikonja (executive committee member) |
Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University |
Mental health disorders and cognitive difficulties |
Angela Colantonio |
University of Toronto |
Mental health disorders |
Élaine de Guise |
Université de Montréal |
Mental health disorders and cognitive difficulties |
Aziza Byron-Alhassan |
The Ottawa Hospital |
Mental health disorders and cognitive difficulties |
Irene Sullivan |
University of Toronto |
Cognitive difficulties and return to activity |
Noah Silverberg |
University of British Columbia |
Cognitive difficulties and return to activity |
Elke McLellan |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
Cognitive difficulties and fatigue |
Angela Peddle |
University of Waterloo |
Vestibular & vision dysfunction and fatigue |
Shannon McGuire |
Parkwood Institute |
Vestibular & vision dysfunction and fatigue |
Suresh Subramaniam |
University of Calgary |
Vestibular & vision dysfunction |
Kristine Dalton |
University of Waterloo |
Vestibular & vision dysfunction |
Jacqueline van Ierssel |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute |
Vestibular & vision dysfunction |
| Chantel Debert | University of Calgary | Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms and post-traumatic headache |
| Robin Green | University of Toronto | Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms and management of prolonged symptoms |
| Eva Coego | Modern OT (Lifemark) and 360 Concussion Care | Cognitive difficulties and fatigue |
| Adrian Fawcett | Danforth Neurology | Diagnosis and post-traumatic headache |