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Kasey Rolfes is Director of Rehabilitation at Charlotte Sports Medicine Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Talks about her role in the small practice, their use of e-rehab in patient education and about her current article in JAT entitled "Arthroscopic Treatment of Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review of Capsular Plication Versus Thermal Capsulorrhaphy".  A neat episode!

Clint Sanders is a Certified Athletic Trainer with Star Physical Therapy in the Nashville, Tennessee area serving Donelson Christian Academy.  He is the creator of athletictrainerweekly.com , a very nice blog site which compiles news articles, research and commentary related to athletic training.  A great chat with a great guy. Enjoy!

Tim Miesmer and Kendall Murray join me to talk about their new athletic training work settings.  Both were on staff at Tusculum until departing during the summer of 2014 for greener pastures.  It was great catching up with both and I'm proud to call them friends and colleagues. Tim Miesmer currently serves as Head Football Athletic Trainer at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.   Ke...

Dr. Jeff Driban is a researcher at Tufts Medical Center in the Greater Boston area with a research focus on osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions.  His background as a clinical athletic trainer led him to cofound  sportsmedres.org , a website dedicated to bridging the gap between sports medicine research and clinical practice.  An amazing resource for athletic trainers!  Dr. Driban d...

In September, the NATA membership will vote on the Association's next president. Candidates Russ Richardson and Scott Sailor joined ATPodcast to discuss their experiences in athletic training and their outlook on issues important to the profession.  Current NATA president Jim Thornton also joined the conversation to talk about his experiences as president.  We were honored to have these guys join...

Drs. Dominic Carreira, Jerry Obed, and David Perloff of Broward Health speak with Dr. Pradeep Vanguri about their 2014 presentations to the clinical preceptors at Nova Southeastern University.

Mike Hopper is a Certified Athletic Trainer at Waterloo HS in Waterloo, Illinois and Kristi Messina is a Certified Athletic Trainer at Rockwall-Heath High in Rockwall, Texas.  They joined me in Indianapolis to talk about their careers and AT experiences.  Mike and Kristi are the organizers of #ATTalk, a live Tweet Chat forum for topical discussion about athletic training issues.  What they are doi...

Dr. Kirk Armstrong is Assistant Professor and Program Director of Georgia College and State University's Athletic Training Program.  His research interest involves the use of 'standardized patients' to assess AT students' clinical skills, which he discusses.  We also reminisce about our time together as athletic trainers at Loras College All Sports Camp where we first met way, way, way back in the...

Jay Sedory is president of the Virginia Athletic Trainers' Association and works as a Certified Athletic Trainer at the US Marine Corps' Basic School in Quantico, Virginia.  He joined me in Indianapolis during the NATA's 65th Annual Meeting and Symposium.

Dr. Ray Castle is Athletic Training Program Director at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His story of serving on the 2013 Boston Marathon finish line medical team has been well-documented and Ray talks about that as well as his return for the 2014 race.  He also discusses his education and early career and his sports medicine services company, Action Medicine Consultants.  A s...

Angela Shirk Sneed is a Certified Athletic Trainer with OrthoCarolina's Motorsports Program.  She joined me from Pocono Raceway where she was working in support of Roush Fenway Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports.  We discussed her career in motorsports and her experience in professional football and as a Certified Athletic Trainer working for her own company.  Very good stuff!  Charlotte Observe...

Jim Bazluki is a Certified Athletic Trainer for Carolinas Medical Center and currently serves as Head Athletic Trainer at Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina.  Additionally, Jim is Vice President of the North Carolina Athletic Trainers' Association and chair of their Strategic Planning committee.  In March, he was the 21st person inducted into the North Carolina Athletic Trai...

BOC Standards Committee chair Mark Doughty, Dr. Cailee Welch, and Dr. Chris Nightingale joined ATPodcast to discuss Evidence Based Practice in Athletic Training. Mark talks about the process through which the new EBP CEU requirement was developed.  Dr. Welch talks about her research in EBP in athletic training and Dr. Nightingale discusses his experiece implementing EBP into clinical practice and...

Sandy Krum enjoyed a long career in professional baseball before serving as Head Athletic Trainer on TV's "The Biggest Loser".  He is a sought after speaker on sports medicine topics and wellness.  I've never heard anybody speak with more passion about athletic training and I'm sure you'll love this episode! sandykrum.com   Also, check out his column/profile in  Chicago View Magazine

Brittany Stone is Head Athletic Trainer at Coker College in Hartsville, SC.  She joined me for a quick chat during a rain delay here at Tusculum.  Great stuff!

John Zuluaga of University of Central Oklahoma chats with Pradeep about his AT education and his time since graduating Nova Southeastern's program.

Dr. Frank Walters joins Pradeep and his ATSO officers for a great conversation.  It's good to hear this NATA Hall of Famer member share his experiences and wisdom with the next generation of AT's!

Kim and Matt Bressler are Certified Athletic Trainers working at Clover High School in Clover, SC.  They speak to Tusculum senior Robbie Robinson about sharing their married life in a professional setting.

Dr. Monique Mokha is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she instructs AT students in the areas of kinesiology and biomechanics.  She spoke with Dr. Pradeep Vanguri and a panel of NSU's ATSO officers about her career and experiences in athletic training and academia.  A very fun episode!

Volunteer High School's Audrey Stanley spoke with ATPodcast from the school's Athletic Training Room in Church Hill, Tennessee. Audrey is in her eighth year at VHS after her educational career at Ohio University.  She also serves as President of Mountain Athletic Trainers Society.

Mars Hill University Head Athletic Trainer Allen Shelley speaks with David Montes of Tusculum.  He shares his experiences accumulated over the past 20 years in the college athletic training setting.

Ben Cleveland serves as Assistant Athletic Training and Instructor at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee.  He met with me one fine March day to talk about his experiences in athletic training and some upcoming projects.  Sorry about the mild wind noise... it was too nice to sit inside for the interview!

Jessica DeWitt is in her first year as Head Athletic Trainer at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.  She speaks with Tusculum College senior Athletic Training Student Andrea Wilcox.  A great episode!

Wingate University's Director of Sports Medicine Tim Singleton talks about his career and athletic training experiences--among many other things--in this very special episode of ATPodcast.

Pradeep convened several officers from Nova Southeastern's Athletic Training Student Organization to discuss their experiences in athletic training and to talk about what "We've Got Your Back" means to them.  Some audio issues with this recording, but great content.  Thanks to these future Certified Athletic Trainers!   Cristina Mesa Candice Drake Cassie Garcia Frankie Lanzana Cynthia Hernandez Ch...