AHAI congratulates Dr. Elizabeth Pieroth for being named the 2016 recipient USA Hockey’s Excellence in Safety Award. Dr. Pieroth is a Board Certified Neuropsychologist and the Associate Director of the Sports Concussion Program at NorthShore University HealthSystem. She is also the Concussion Specialist for the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire, and Chicago White Sox. Dr. Pieroth was instrumental in creating the A Step aHead Program, AHAI’s free baseline testing initiative to combat one of the most common head injuries: concussions. Dr. Pieroth, along with the Chicago Blackhawks, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Athletico Physical Therapy and AHAI continue to educate the Illinois youth hockey community on the importance of concussion management and to be proactive with implementing baseline testing.
The USA Hockey Excellence in Safety Award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions through many years of service to make hockey a safer game for all participants. This includes contributions to decrease the risk for injury or promoting safety on the playing surface by working in the field of medicine, epidemiology, psychology, kinesiology, physiology, chemistry, physics, or engineering.
Previous Award winners:
2015 – Charles Burke III
2014 – Carolyn Emery
2013 – Douglas Abrams
2012 – Charles Tator
2011 – Aynsley Smith
2010 – Mark Lovell
2009 – No award
2008 – Michael Stuart
2007 – Alan Ashare
2006 – Dewey Morehouse, Paul Vinger, Cos Castaldi, Earl Hoerner
2005 – George Nagobads
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