Youth Sports Injuries; Recognizing Risk To Minimize Injuries
Show: Health Talk Radio w/ Melanie Cole M.S.
Guest(s)
Thomas Vangsness, M.D.
Topic
High School Sports Injuries
Topic Info
This month thousands of high school athletes report to their respective fall sports teams. And thousands of coaches have these "children" placed in their hands. Parents drop them off and blindly rely on the coaching staffs to safeguard the physical well-being of their kids. But can they really do that with confidence?
Thomas Vangsness, M.D. Chief of Sports Medicine at L.A. County/USC Medical Center, comes on the show to discuss the ways we can recognize risk to reduce the incidence of youth sports injuries, and if our kids are injured during sports, how to best treat the injury.
Thomas Vangsness, M.D. Chief of Sports Medicine at L.A. County/USC Medical Center, comes on the show to discuss the ways we can recognize risk to reduce the incidence of youth sports injuries, and if our kids are injured during sports, how to best treat the injury.
Guest Info
Dr.Thomas Vangsness, M.D. earned his Medical Doctorate from the University of Minnesota, and pursued a Bioengineering Fellowship.
He did graduate studies in public health. His orthopedic surgery training was at the prestigious Hospital for Joint Diseases NYU in New York City. He earned a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the celebrated Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California.
All of his intellectual interests - sports, orthopedics and bioengineering - came together as he pursued a multifaceted career as teacher, clinician, surgeon and researcher at the University of Southern California. The university was not only home to one of one of the world's leading research medical centers, the Keck School of Medicine, but also to the Trojans sports powerhouse.
Dr. Vangsness, surgeon, has worked in the USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery since 1991. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a recognized expert in knee and shoulder surgery. He has lectured both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Vangsness, sports medicine specialist, is Co-Director for Athletic Medicine for the USC Department of Athletics and is Chief, Sports Medicine Service, LAC/USC Medical Center and the Keck School of Medicine. He also squeezes in time to advise the sports medicine program at several high schools throughout Los Angeles. "Kids that stay in school, stay out of trouble, and sports is a way of keeping them in school," he says matter-of-factly.
Dr. Vangsness, teacher, is a favorite professor at USC. He has been named Teacher of the Year at USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery three times. "Some find teaching a Sisyphean task. I find it endlessly stimulating and rewarding unto itself," he says.
He did graduate studies in public health. His orthopedic surgery training was at the prestigious Hospital for Joint Diseases NYU in New York City. He earned a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the celebrated Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California.
All of his intellectual interests - sports, orthopedics and bioengineering - came together as he pursued a multifaceted career as teacher, clinician, surgeon and researcher at the University of Southern California. The university was not only home to one of one of the world's leading research medical centers, the Keck School of Medicine, but also to the Trojans sports powerhouse.
Dr. Vangsness, surgeon, has worked in the USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery since 1991. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a recognized expert in knee and shoulder surgery. He has lectured both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Vangsness, sports medicine specialist, is Co-Director for Athletic Medicine for the USC Department of Athletics and is Chief, Sports Medicine Service, LAC/USC Medical Center and the Keck School of Medicine. He also squeezes in time to advise the sports medicine program at several high schools throughout Los Angeles. "Kids that stay in school, stay out of trouble, and sports is a way of keeping them in school," he says matter-of-factly.
Dr. Vangsness, teacher, is a favorite professor at USC. He has been named Teacher of the Year at USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery three times. "Some find teaching a Sisyphean task. I find it endlessly stimulating and rewarding unto itself," he says.
Host
Melanie Cole, M.S.
Original Air Date
9 / 29 / 2010
