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Tusculum College Athletic Training Student Amanda Grempel interviews NATA Hall of Fame member John Lopez about his career and experiences in Athletic Training.  John currently serves as Newberry College's (SC) Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Training.

Kevin King is finishing his first full year with the Carolina Panthers.  He checked in with ATPodcast after returning from the NFL combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jeff Bodenhamer serves as Rehabilitation Coordinator for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club.  He talked with ATPodcast about his education and career including his work at various levels of professional baseball.

Nova Southeastern's Dustin Gatens joins us again for a discussion on some new things going on at NSU as well as in athletic training education.  We also talk a bit about some developments in NCAA D-II and tell some embarassing Pradeep Vanguri stories...

Several Certified Athletic Trainers joined ATPodcast for a roundtable discussion of the NATA's Executive Committee on Education white paper report and recommendations of the entry-level master's degree as the most appropriate degree for professional preparation of AT's.  Sara Brown, former chair of the ECE was able to join us and was helpful in providing insight into the process and decisions behi...

I asked selected speakers at the Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society Symptosium in Nashville, Tennessee this weekend to summarize their presentations.  Dr. David Liddle of Vanderbilt University Medical Center summarizes his presentation on running injuries.  Dr. Gary Solomon, clinical neuropsychologist for the Nashville Predators and Tennessee Titan and co-director of the Vanderbilt Sport Concuss...

Pradeep and I talk reflect upon our 2013 and the direction of the podcast in 2014.  I sing a little Julio Iglasias.  Minimal educational content in this one... hey, i t's not like you're getting CEU's for this anyway!  Enjoy!

Jessika Hunt is in her seventh year at University of California Riverside.  Prior to that, she served for three years as Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer at Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmetsburg, Maryland.  Jessika talks about her rewarding career as a Certified Athletic Trainer.

Jeremy Jackson is an athletic trainer and teacher at Pasadena High School just outside of Houston, TX.  He and his Sports Medicine students produce a series of interviews with athletic trainers and guests talking about sports medicine-related issues and I joined him to compare notes.  His series can be found here: sportsmedicinebroadcast.com

Pretty much just me talking about me.  Better content next time.  This episode ends with a montage of recognition previous podcast subjects have given their mentors. 

NATA Hall of Famer Dr. Chad Starkey currently serves as Program Coordinator at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.  An energetic educator, Dr. Starkey has presented at countless meetings and authored many books and articles.  He's served on numerous education committees and been the receipient of too many awards to list.  We talk a bit about the workgroup currently examining the athletic training pro...

Michael Blackburn has served as Head Athletic Trainer for the past five years at University of North Carolina Pembroke in Pembroke, North Carolina.  His career as a Certified Athletic Trainer has previously taken him to Ferris State and Western Illinois University.  Michael joined me and senior AT students Herchell Bridges and David Montes for a discussion of his career and education. EDIT: UNC-Pe...

This is the long lost episode...  Pradeep and I basically shoot the bull for an hour or so.  We have some good reflections on Vegas podcasts and make plans for next year.  We talk sponsorship.  We talk medical bags (and disc golf bags for some reason) and scissors and socks.  Enjoy.

Dustin Fink is a Certified Athletic Trainer working in Mount Zion, Illinois.  He is also the creator of The Concussion Blog , an awesome website/resource for information related to concussion.  Dustin discusses his career and education and also talks about why he chose to create The Concussion Blog.  His dog Eli joins the discussion, too!

Travis Armstrong currently serves as Associate Head Athletic Trainer at his alma mater, Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.  He returned to GCU after working at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina for several years along side his wife Christy, all of which he talks about herein.

Jared Plummer currently works in sales for ACO Med Supply and DonJoy Orthopedics in North Carolina after working at University of Maryland, Florida Atlantic, and Ole Miss.  Funny guy with neat perspective on all things athletic training.  

Dr. Pradeep Vanguri of Nova Southeastern University speaks with several presenters of their 2013 preceptor workshop.  This is a cool format.  Thanks everybody!

Dr. Celest Weuve is Assistant Program Director at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee.  She is amongst the foremost researchers in workplace bullying in athletic training.  Dr. Pradeep Vanguri joins us for a great discussion about her research as well as her career prior to LMU.

My good friend Melissa Sparks joined me on ATPodcast to talk about her career as an outreach athletic trainer working at J.M. Robinson High School in Concord, North Carolina.  Sparky was the 2013 NC Outreach Athletic Trainer of the Year--an accolade that is well-deserved!

Todd Hirsch is a Certified Athletic Trainer at Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights, NJ.  He joined me and Pradeep for a discussion of his career and perspective on athletic training.  He talks about his upcoming NATA Webinar, "The Young Professionals Guide to Career Longevity as a Certified Athletic Trainer."

Mashup of some moments from the first 40 episodes.

Terry Noonan is Director of Athletic Training Services at University of Iowa and the first Certified Athletic Trainer I ever met.  He joined me in Las Vegas for a short chat about his education, career and experiences in athletic training.  He talks, too, about his successes utilizing Active Release Technique.

Recent North Dakota State University masters graduate Mike McKenney joined me for a talk about his education and experiences working as a Certified Athletic Trainer.  He worked three years in the Colorado Springs area in a physician extender role and will be starting full time at Northeastern University in the fall.  He discusses his masters research related to muscle cramping.  Neat stuff!

NATA Hall of Famer Matt Webber and NATA Vice President Scott Sailor join me in Las Vegas to talk about their careers and experience in athletic training.  Matt also talks about his book and website which chronicles modern athletic training throughout since 1881.  Scott also talks about the efforts to plan this largest Annual Meeting in NATA history.

Several of the Tusculum staff sit down with me to talk about their experiences in athletic training.  Tim Miesmer, Michael Hawkins, and Amy Brooks.