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Hurry to American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, May 27 through May 30.
Book the flights now for the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, May 27 through May 30.
ACSM’s vision is to “extend and enrich lives through the power of movement,” working with strategic partners to support physical activity for all people.
Orthopedics This Week spoke with Carrie Jaworski, M.D., FACSM, president-elect of ACSM about what makes this annual meeting a must attend event.
She explained that the theme of this year’s meeting is the Global Power of Movement and all the benefits of movement from basic science to clinical applications.
“Our nation and world have a problem with inactivity. Advocacy work is really important to make the world a healthier place. It really takes a village to collaborate,” she said.
She added that there is a heterogenous mix of topics for this year’s conference, highlighting Harvard’s Dr. Kathryn Ackerman’s talk on women’s health, sports and performance as well as a discussion on the state of sports nutrition by Australian Catholic University’s Dr. Louise Burke.
Other important topics that will be discussed, she said, are how to treat Paralympians, being an agent of change in sports, energy deficit and mental health.
“The meeting is fun and very special. I appreciate the collaborative nature of the meeting. You meet people who you don’t normally encounter in your normal clinical day. Here you have the ability to rub shoulders with the powerhouses of all aspects of sports medicine and to meet the next generation,” she said.
Highlights of the meeting include:
Wednesday, May 28
8:00 a.m. Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture: Shaping the Game: Driving Change in Sport given by Professor Margo Mountjoy, M.D., Ph.D., FACSM, McMaster University, IOC Medical & Scientific Commission (Games Group)
9:30 a.m. Morris/Paffenbarger/Blair EIM Keynote Lecture: Redefining Aging with Exercise: The EIM Active Aging Initiative given by Paige E. Denison, Sound Generations – Project Enhance
5:00 p.m. Charles M. Tipton Tutorial Lecture: Mitochondrial Structure and Function and the Course of Dietary Carbon Flow given by George A. Brooks, Ph.D., FACSM, University of California, Berkley
Thursday, May 29
12:45 p.m. President Lectures: Physical Activity and ADHD: Moving Towards Bright Futures given by Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, FACSM, University of Illinois and The Future of Sports Nutrition given by Louise M. Burke, Ph.D., FACSM, Australian Catholic University
Friday, May 30
10:00 a.m. D.B. Dill Historical Lecture: The Zackery Lystedt Story: The History of Youth Concussion Laws given by Stanley A. Herring, M.D., FACSM, University of Washington School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. John R. Sutton Clinical Lecture: Women’s Health, Sports and Performance: Changing the Paradigm through Commitment, Collaboration, and Courage given by Kathryn Ackerman, M.D., MPH, FACSM, Harvard Medical School, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
1:00 p.m. Priscilla M. Clarkson Tutorial Lecture: Muscle Damage and Adaptations by Eccentric Exercise given by: Professor Ken Nosaka, Ph.D., Edith Cowan University
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