Project Team, Executive Committee, and Expert Panels

Current and former members of the project team: Shawn Marshall (project leader), Alexander Lithopoulos (current coordinator), Dorothyann Curran (research associate), Mackenna Pattison (current 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 (former 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 executivecommittee member)

The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa

Diagnosis, initial management, management ofprolonged 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 prolongedsymptoms

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 & visiondysfunction

John Leddy

State University of New York at Buffalo

Sport-related concussion and diagnosis/assessment ofprolonged symptoms

Mark Bayley (executive committee member)

University of Toronto

Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms andmanagement of prolonged symptoms

Charles Tator

University of Toronto

Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms andreturn to activity

Carmela Tartaglia

University of Toronto

Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms andmanagement of prolonged symptoms

Martin ten Hove

Queen’s University

Diagnosis/assessment of prolonged symptoms andvestibular & vision dysfunction

Penny Welch-West

Parkwood Institute

Management of prolonged symptoms, fatigue, andreturn to activity

Matthew Burke

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University ofToronto

Management of prolonged symptoms and post-traumaticheadache

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 & visiondysfunction

Marie-Christine Ouellet

Université Laval

Sleep-wake disturbances and mental health disorders

Caroline Arbour

Université de Montréal and Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur deMontréal

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 ResearchInstitute

Vestibular & vision dysfunction