Erik Nason serves as president of Athletic Trainers' Association of Florida.  He worked for 17 years at NASA's Kennedy Space Center providing care to employees and contractors.  He currently works as a physician extender and Manager of Athletic Training Services for an orthopaedic group in Titusville, Florida and he also owns his own company providing athletic training services to action sports.

We talk on this episode about his almost 20 year career working primarily in 'non-traditional' or 'emerging' settings and about his experiences in the ATAF and his contract services company.  

Randy Cohen serves as Associate Athletic Director for University of Arizona's C.A.T.S. Medical Services.  He is currently chair of NATA's College and University Athletic Trainers' Committee and has worked with a number of organizations on behalf of Certified Athletic Trainers.  He is currently chair of a taskforce developing a liability and risk assessment toolkit for athletic trainers.  We talk about a huge number of items and this is one of my favorite episodes.  Heck, we even kept talking after the interview was over.  Keep listening after the outro for another great story!

Brandon Auton of Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina and Ed Duvall of Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina joined me during our conference Athletic Trainers Committee meeting weekend to talk about their careers and experiences.  A fun chat!

A very informative episode featuring Scott Anderson of University of Oklahoma, Lesley Vandermark of Korey Stringer Institute, and David Csillan of Ewing High School in Ewing Township, New Jersey.  All participants bring incredible insight in areas of exertional heat illness and we talk about planning and preparing for, recognizing and treating heat illness.  A must-hear episode.

ATPodcast is taking this week off.  Enjoy some clips from past shows!

Certified Athletic Trainer couple Lee and Alicia Lysiuk talk about their careers and life as married AT's.  They both work for St. Vincent Sports Performance in the Indianapolish area.  Alicia covers Heritage Christian School and works with USA Gymnastics, while Lee covers Pike High School and works with USA Diving. 

These are old friends of mine and it made for a very fun discussion!

Denise Yoder has been at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois since 1997--serving as Head Athletic Trainer since 2012.  She talks in this episode about her career and experiences at the NCAA DIII school.  We also talk a lot about work/life balance, which she accomplishes through involvement with community theater.  Very good chat!

Stephanie Guzzo just finished her first tour with the Orginal Harlem Globetrotters after serving four years as an athletic trainer at St. Mary's College of Maryland.  She talks about her experiences in these settings.  She is active in the District 3 and Maryland Young Professionals Committees and talks about her volunteer service.

The findings from her master's thesis was published in the November issue of International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training, titled "The Effects of Walking on Gastrocnemius Cooling During an Ice Bag Treatment".  She discusses this in this episode as well as her experiences utilizing the XLNTbrain concussion management system.  Good stuff.

Ronnie Barnes serves as Senior Vice President of Medical Services and Head Athletic Trainer of the New York Giants.  He has been with the Giants since 1980 making him the longest tenured of any current NFL athletic trainer.  During that span, the Giants have won 4 Super Bowl titles.  He was the first ever Certified Athletic Trainer to come out of the East Carolina University Sports Medicine Program!

On numerous occasions Ronnie has been voted Professional and NFL athletic trainer of the year.  He has served as a past PFATS President and is currently on the NFL's Head, Neck, and Spine Committee. 

In 1999, Ronnie was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame.