Guest Speaker: Douglas J. Casa

Name: Guest Speaker: Douglas J. Casa
Start: 2024-10-18T10:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-18T11:30:00-04:00
Location: 830 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 10:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

830 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109 | Ann Arbor, MI

Douglas J. Casa, PhD, ATC, FNAK, FACSM, FNATA, will speak on, "A 40-Year Journey: Nearly Dead to Fully Alive - A Sports Medicine Journey in the Realm of Exertional Heat Stroke."
Friday, October 18
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. • SKB 2140
RSVP at myumi.ch/egXXM
Light refreshments served
Open to the public
More about the presenter:
Dr. Casa has been the CEO of the Korey Stringer Institute since it was founded in 2010, and is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, where he began teaching in 1999. Dr. Casa was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in June 2024.
The mission of the KSI (ksi.uconn.edu) is to provide research, education, advocacy, and consultation, to maximize performance, optimize safety, and prevent sudden death for the athlete, warfighter, and laborer.
He is the editor of a book titled, "Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity" (2nd edition, 2017), published by Jones & Bartlett in cooperation with the American College of Sports Medicine. Another recent book, titled "Sports and Physical Activity in the Heat: Maximizing Performance and Safety," was published by Springer in 2018. His latest book, "Elite Soccer Players: Maximizing Performance and Safety," was published by Routledge in 2020.
Dr. Casa has published about 400 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and presented more than 600 times on subjects related to maximizing performance in the heat, exertional heat stroke, heat-related illnesses, preventing sudden death in sport, and hydration. He has an H-index of 66.
As a licensed athletic trainer, Dr. Casa has successfully treated 405 cases of exertional heat stroke (with 0 fatalities). In addition, from 2018 through 2021 he served on the International Olympic Committee Adverse Weather Impact Expert Group for the Tokyo Olympic Games (which took place in 2021) that focused on the extreme heat anticipated for these games.
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