Leslie Dent is in her fourth year at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina.  She sat down with me and talked about her career and experiences in athletic training. This was SUPPOSED to be a two-part episode with her colleague Brandon Auton, but I am a schmuck and screwed up the recording!  I will be presenting that content next week.  Sorry ATPodcasters!!!!

Hannah Gaveske is a Certified Athletic Trainer in her third year at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.  She talks about her experiences there as well as about working BMX Supercross events and on several Dew Extreme Sports Tour stops.  We also talk about the USOC's Sports Medicine Volunteer Program as well.

Hannah was previously employed at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa where she worked with Chris Norton, a Luther College athlete who had sustained a spinal cord injury.  She was instrumental in helping Chris form SCI CAN--a non-profit organization whose mission is to support those with spinal cord injury and neurological disorders. She talks about this in this episode.  Please visit the link below to learn more.

SCI CAN Foundation

Russ Fiore is in his 35th year at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island where he currently serves as Head Athletic Trainer.  He has an article entitled, "Plantar-Plate Disruptions: 'The Severe Turf-Toe Injury.' Three Cases in Contact Athletes" pending publication in the JAT.  It's available online now!

Russ also holds several patents for technology used widely in athletic training--namely bracing and rehab equipment.  He talks extensively about his experiences in bringing his ideas from concept to marketplace and the patent process.  Fascinating stuff!

Dr. Larry Starr spoke with Nova Southeastern's AT Management Class a few weeks ago and Pradeep captured it for us all to enjoy!  Dr. Frank Walters joins in the discussion, too.  Very cool.

Jeff Boyer is Assistant Athletic Trainer at University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Jeff joined me and Pradeep to talk about his career and experiences in athletic training.  We talk a bit about evidence-based practice and Reba McEntire for some reason...

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.  

Kendall Murray is a Certified Athletic Trainer at Reboud Sports and Physical Therapy in Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado.

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 discusses his career and involvement with Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association and the Athetic Trainers' Osteoarthritis Consortium as well.

Go Jumbos!!!

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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 us and hope this serves as a great resource for the NATA membership especially!