Michael "Micky" Collins, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program, will speak to medical professionals involved in the care of concussion in athletes at 7 p.m. Monday, May 9, at the Reynolds Center Auditorium at the University of Arkansas.

The talk, titled "Advancements in the Clinical Care for Sport-Related Concussion: Identifying Clinical Profiles and Targeted Treatments," is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the U of A Office for Sport Concussion Research directed by R.J. Elbin, assistant professor of kinesiology; the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; and the UAMS Concussion Clinic, a program of the Schmieding Developmental Center.

The two-hour event will also be streamed live, and medical professionals can earn continuing education credit. To connect by interactive video or webinar, call 855-234-3348 or email CDHeducation@uams.edu.

The University of Pittsburgh concussion program is the first and largest research and clinical program to focus on the diagnosis, evaluation and management of sports-related mild traumatic brain injury in athletes of all levels.

Collins has been instrumental in the development of numerous concussion management programs at the youth sports level nationwide. He has become a national leader in teaching and implementing the proper use of baseline and post-injury neuro-cognitive testing as a tool to help determine injury severity and recovery for safe return to play for young athletes. In addition to training hundreds of physicians and athletic trainers in the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussion, he was the co-lead author of the Centers for Disease Control's "Concussion Tool Kit for Physicians," which has been disseminated nationwide to several physician subspecialties as an education standard regarding concussion management.