Dr. Christina Master joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about concussions. They look at what causes them, how pediatricians diagnose them, and what the latest science tells us kids need to do to recover.
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Christina L. Master, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FACSM, FAMSSM
 Christina L. Master, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FACSM, FAMSSM, is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and is in her 29th year in pediatric clinical practice at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Master is board-certified in pediatrics and brain injury medicine with a certificate of additional qualification in sports medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. She treats more than 800 youth with concussion annually in her outpatient practice and is the founding co-director of Minds Matter, a Frontier Program at CHOP, providing cutting-edge clinical care, community advocacy and outreach, while advancing the field of concussion and mild traumatic brain injury in children and youth through translational research.
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Doug Nagel.
The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.