Dr. Gerard Gioia: Evolution of Concussion Management & Development Readiness Model

In this episode of the Brawn Body Health and Fitness
Podcast, Dan is joined by Dr. Gerard "Gerry" Gioia to discuss the
evolution of concussion management and the developmental
readiness model of care. Gerard Gioia, Ph.D., is the
director of the Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery & Education
(SCORE) Program at Children's National Hospital. He is a
professor at George Washington University School of Medicine. He
directs the Neurobehavioral Core research laboratories for
Children’s National’s Clinical and Translational Science
Institute and the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Research Center.


Dr. Gioia treats persons and families with brain injuries with
dual areas of interest in disorders involving the executive
functions and pediatric concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury
(TBI). He has been the Principal Investigator of several
multi-site CDC-funded research studies of pediatric mild TBI with
a focus on the development of methods/tools for the evaluation of
the executive functions and post-concussion neuropsychological
functioning. He has developed several smartphone apps, Concussion
Recognition & Response and Concussion Assessment and Response
(CARE Sport), the Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) and ACE Care
Plan, a pediatric neurocognitive test for concussion, and
post-concussion symptom scales for children and parents. He works
closely with the CDC on their “Heads Up” concussion educational
programs, as a contributing author to the toolkits.


Dr. Gioia has been an active participant in the 2004, 2008, and
2012 International Concussion in Sport Group Consensus meetings,
and was on the American Academy of Neurology Sports Concussion
Guideline Author panel. He is the team neuropsychologist for the
NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, school
systems, and numerous youth sports organizations in the
Baltimore-Washington region. He consults with the local and
National Governing Organizations of ice hockey, lacrosse,
football, rugby and soccer related to concussion management and
is on the Medical Advisory Committee for USA Football and the
National Advisory Board of the Positive Coaching Alliance.


For more on Dr. Gioia, be sure to check out
https://appointments.childrensnational.org/provider/Gerard+Anthony+Gioia/2360199
& https://research.childrensnational.org/people/gerard-gioia


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