The Comprehensive Sports Concussion Program at LifeBridge Health

About the Comprehensive Sports Concussion Program at LifeBridge Health

The LifeBridge Health Comprehensive Sports Concussion Program is a program in which neurology, neuropsychology, and rehabilitation experts collaborate to monitor and treat sports-related concussions in high school- and college-aged athletes. We assess the severity of a brain injury by testing brain functions that are vulnerable to the injury, including mental processing speed, attention/concentration, and other functions such as memory, behavior regulation, task initiation, and planning and organization. Patients are also referred to individually tailored partial or comprehensive rehabilitation treatment programs. Post-concussion recovery plans are developed for accommodations at home, school, or work, and we help parents and coaches to determine when it is safe for an athlete to resume participation in contact sports.

The program is structured to medically manage those who sustain a brain injury as well as work with those with unresolved long-standing symptoms that relate to mild brain injury. Best outcomes occur when the injury is treated early, clear information is provided, and consistent follow-up services are offered. However, for those who have not received such care and for whom symptoms remain, much can be done to improve or eliminate the symptoms’ effects.

Our Interdisciplinary Team

The LifeBridge Health team consists of:
· Physical medicine and
rehabilitation physicians
(physiatrists)
· Neurologists
· Neurosurgeons
· Neuropsychologists
· Speech language pathologists
· Auditory and ocular specialists
· Physical therapists
· Occupational therapists
· Psychotherapists
· Pain management physicians
· Vocational specialists
· Case managers/educators
· Driver evaluation and training
specialists

The Comprehensive Sports Concussion Program is an interdisciplinary program
including the Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute, the Sinai
Rehabilitation Center, and LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine. The Sinai Rehabilitation Center is a member of the Brain Injury Association of Maryland, Inc.

Schools Using ImPACT

Programs Currently Utilizing ImPACT through the Comprehensive Sports Concussion Program at LifeBridge Health

· Owings Mills High School
· Franklin High School
· New Town High School
· The Bryn Mawr School
· The Baltimore Bays

About Kevin Crutchfield, MD

Dr. Crutchfield is a stroke neurologist, with expertise in cranial blood flow and transcranial-Doppler sinology. He is board certified in psychiatry and neurology. Dr. Crutchfield earned his doctorate in medicine from Georgetown University, interned at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, and completed a residency in neurology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He was a senior staff fellow in metabolic neurology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and trained in transcranial-Doppler sinology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He holds a faculty appointment at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and remains an active researcher and consultant to the US military regarding the long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries. His concussion research focused on the development of objective return-to-play criteria for head injured athletes.