Physician from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ SportMedicine Clinic receives $10,000 Pashby Award
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MONTREAL - Dr. Scott Delaney of the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ SportMedicine Clinic is the 2010 winner of the Pashby Sports Safety Award, given annually to the Canadian who has made outstanding contributions to the prevention of catastrophic injuries in sports and recreation. Delaney, who is the seventh recipient of the Pashby Award, is recognized for his research work on concussion and neck injuries in soccer, hockey and football and his efforts to raise awareness of these injuries.
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"This award recognizes the team effort of physicians and athletes working to prevent concussion in sport," says Delaney, an emergency and sport medicine physician at the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Health Centre, associate professor at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, and research director of the Adult Emergency Department at the MUHC. Thousands of Canadians are admitted to hospital emergency rooms each year for acute head trauma, including concussions. Many more cases of concussion may go undiagnosed.
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"Many athletes have a poor understanding of concussions and may continue actively participating in high-risk activities while suffering symptoms. We need to give people a more realistic understanding of the danger associated with concussions," says Delaney,who also treats patients at the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Sport Medicine Clinic. "Education and prevention are key in helping to prevent this type of injury," he said.
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Delaney, a 43-year-old native of Pointe-Claire, Quebec is a team physician for the Montreal Alouettes, the Montreal Impact, the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ football and soccer teams, and the Cirque du Soleil. He has also worked with the Montreal Express lacrosse team and a number of professional boxers. The Pashby Sports Safety Award carries a $10,000 prize that will allow Dr. Delaney to continue his research on concussion injuries.
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"Dr. Delaney was chosen for the award because of his invaluable research comparing head and neck injuries in soccer, hockey and football," says Dr. Bob Pashby, President of the Pashby Sports Safety Fund. "We are also impressed with his focus on soccer, whereas most of the research by others has been in hockey and football. He has worked primarily on a volunteer basis, to help implement a certifying standard for soccer headgear which has been adapted in the United States. He has also met with different state and national organizations in an effort to educate and persuade them to adapt protective headgear for soccer."
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Delaney, who was educated in the Montreal area, at St. Thomas High School ('84), John Abbott College ('86) and ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ÌýUniversity (MDCM '91), will receive his award and give a presentation on Saturday, November 13 during the Hockey Canada Concussion Seminar:
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WINNERS OF THE DR. TOM PASHBY SPORTS SAFETY AWARD
2004 Dr. Pat Bishop, professor emeritus in Kinesiology at University of Waterloo
2005 Dr. Karen Johnston, neurosurgeon, sport medicine physician
2006 Dr. Mark Aubry, chief medical officer, International Ice Hockey Federation & Hockey Canada
2007 Kevin Stubbington, developer of STOP sign on jerseys, Windsor Minor Hockey Association
2008 Randy Starkman, journalist, Toronto Star
2009 Richard Kinar, Ski Helmet advocate
2010 Dr. Scott Delaney, sport medicine physician, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Health Centre
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For more information on the Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Award:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer,Athletics & Recreation
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514-398-7012earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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or
William Pashby
Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund Chair
wpashby [at] blgcanada.com
(416) 367-6249.
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