House Judiciary Committee on Football Head Injuries: Expert Available

Wednesday 28th of October 2009 6:30

    WHAT:       Today, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on
                the long-term impact of head injuries suffered by players in
                the National Football League (NFL).

    WHO:        Dr. Julian Bailes, Professor and Chairman of the Department of
                Neurosurgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine
                and Co-Founder of the Brain Injury Research Institute, will
                provide witness testimony to Congress.

                Dr. Bailes has conducted some of the earliest research into
                the impact of recurrent concussion on long-term brain injury
                among professional athletes. Throughout the 1990s, he served
                as the team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers and he's
                been a team physician in either the NFL or NCAA Division I for
                20 years.

                Dr. Bailes is available to discuss:

                -- Research showing that NFL players who had at least three
                   concussions during their professional careers had three
                   times the risk of clinical depression

                -- His work alongside Institute Co-Founder Dr. Bennet Omalu,
                   who discovered the first clinical evidence of chronic
                   traumatic encephalopathy - a progressive decline in brain
                   function often due to concussion

                -- His experience as a neurosurgeon, a team physician, and an
                   athlete.


    WHEN:       The House Judiciary Committee Hearing begins on
                Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM EDT.


    INTERVIEW:  To schedule an interview with Dr. Bailes, please contact
                Natalia Garzon at:

                917-257-9793 or natalia.garzon@widmeyer.com

/PRNewswire/ -- Oct. 28

SOURCE The Brain Injury Research Institute

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