Concussion and Post-concussive Syndrome Youth athletes at risk! Steven Geanopulos, DC, DACNB feature Dr. Steven Geanopulos received his BSc in human anatomy and DC from Parker University in Dallas, Texas. He has attained his post-graduate education in neurology and was awarded Diplomate status from the American Chiropractic Neurology Board. He is currently enrolled in a postdoctoral course in neurochemistry at Life Univer-sity through the Carrick Institute. In addition to postgraduate work in neurology Dr. Geanopulos has pursued an education in functional medicine. Dr. Geanopulous practis-es in mid-town Manhattan in New York City. Dr. Wanda Lee MacPhee gradu-ated from CMCC and has been in chiropractic practice in Nova Scotia since 1994. She has been registrar, chair of the board and association president in Nova Scotia and served as president of the CFCREAB. She is a current member of the CPG Task Force. In 2000, Dr. MacPhee was honoured as Chiropractor of the Year in Nova Scotia and received the CCA Award of Merit. She cur-rently practises part time with her husband, Dr. Andrew Kleinknecht. Wanda Lee McPhee, DC T here are few health issues that have received as much recent media attention as concussion injuries and post-concussive syndrome. Professional athletes in many sports, and around the world, appear almost daily in newspapers, in mag-azines and online in discussions about injuries, return-to-play and long-term issues. These injuries are not limited to professional sports but are inherent to all sport activi-ties. In each of our communities, there are hundreds of young athletes who participate in the same sports and recreational activities as do professional athletes, and they, too, encounter the risk of injury on a daily and weekly basis. Chiropractors – particularly those who focus on sport or pediatric populations – are frequently an integral part of www.canadianchiropractor.ca 8 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | JUNE 2012
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