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Brain Injury
Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)
Athlete Development & Sports Rehabilitation
Symposium
Douglas Katz, MD, FACRM
Professor / Medical Director
Boston University / Braintree Rehab
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Robert Stern, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Ross Zafonte, DO, FACRM
Senior Vice President/ Professor and Chair
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/ harvard
Boston, Massachusetts
Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD
Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology; Director of Brain Injury Research Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease diagnosed neuropathologically in individuals with a history of exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI). CTE has received increased attention due to a growing number of deceased former NFL players being diagnosed with the disease postmortem. CTE can only be diagnosed by neuropathological examination. However, provisional clinical research diagnostic criteria have been proposed and studies are underway to develop neuroimaging and fluid biomarkers diagnose CTE during life. This symposium will provide an overview of what is currently known about CTE, as well critical knowledge gaps and current and future directions in research.