Ep 020 - Pediatric Sports Medicine with Dr. Susannah Briskin

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Dr. Briskin is a Pediatric Sports Medicine physician at
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as well as an
Associate Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Sports
Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in
Cleveland, OH.


Dr. Briskin completed her undergraduate degree at the University
of Rochester in 1994; completed her medical degree at the
University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1999; completed a
residency in pediatrics in 2002 and Chief Resident year in 2003
both at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. She then
completed a two year Sports Medicine Fellowship at Akron
Children's Hospital before returning to Rainbow Babies and
Children's to join the faculty in 2005.


In 2007, she founded the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
at Rainbow. It serves to train both allopathic and osteopathic
physicians in the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine, and Dr.
Briskin oversees the fellows’ educational activities, including
community sports coverage. 


Dr. Briskin is also heavily involved in the Cleveland community.
She serves as Head Medical Team Physician at Case Western Reserve
University, as well as two other schools, and serves as a medical
consultant and concussion consultant for yet two more.
Additionally, Dr. Briskin is also the medical co-director of the
Ohio Youth Soccer Association North, as well as the team
physician of their Olympic Development Program. 


Finally, Dr. Briskin is the Co-Director of University Hospitals
Sports Concussion Center, where she has helped to develop a
program to train primary care physicians in the community as well
as University Hospitals staff in concussion diagnosis and
management, a field which she is one of her primary research
interests.


Please enjoy with Dr. Susannah Briskin!