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Professor Jon Patricios discusses his contributions to concussion management in sports.

Send us Fan Mail Re-Release Feb 2025: Everything was correct at time of recording and subject to change Welcome back to Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast. Today, we're joined by Professor Jon Patricios, a leader in sports medicine since 1996. He is the Director of Waterfall Sports Orthopaedic Surgery and a Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he leads the Wits Sport and Health Research Group. With fellowships in sport and exercise medicine from South Africa, t...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Reece Granger

Guest: Professor Jon Patricios

Topics covered

• concussion in sport
• sports medicine
• health research
• FIFA
• UEFA
• international consensus

Keywords

• concussion
• sports medicine
• FIFA
• UEFA
• health research
• Professor Jon Patricios

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Waterfall Sports Orthopaedic Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand

Places: Johannesburg

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