Toldi to present at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s Conference in Canada
James Toldi, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and sports family medicine physician with USA Health, will present on USA Health’s Comprehensive Concussion Awareness and Treatment Program at the 47th Annual North American Primary Care Research Group Conference in Toronto on Nov. 17.
By Brittany Otis
James Toldi, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and sports family medicine physician with USA Health, will present on USA Health’s Comprehensive Concussion Awareness and Treatment Program at the 47th Annual North American Primary Care Research Group Conference in Toronto on Nov. 17. The four-day conference supports clinicians, students, teachers and patients around the world as they pursue primary care research.
USA Health’s Comprehensive Concussion Awareness and Treatment Program, a cognitive and physical initiative designed to decrease the number of missed concussions and accelerate the recovery process for athletes, was chosen for the “Research in Progress” poster project at the conference. Toldi’s poster outlines the research gathered from the educational portion of the program, which includes a pre-test, a video and a post-test about concussions, and how it has significantly increased an athlete’s knowledge about concussions.
“This conference is a perfect opportunity for USA Health’s research into concussion prevention and treatment to be highlighted,” Toldi said. “The fact that another country is interested in hearing what USA Health is doing to educate athletes and create a safer environment for them shows that the work we are doing is making a difference.”
USA Health’s Comprehensive Concussion Awareness and Treatment Program was established in 2014 by Anthony Martino, M.D., a professor and chair of neurosurgery, and Ashley Marass, pediatric nurse practitioner with USA Health. Martino and Marass created the educational portion of the program. Toldi has since taken over the project adding in tests for eye movement and vision as well as tests for cognitive and physical changes the athlete may suffer because of a concussion.
