Overview of Sports Medicine Consultation
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PROCESS
Each consultation is different. Clients are encouraged to review the following areas of our collective experience to develop a unique Scope of Work for each engagement. The Scope of Work is a dynamic listing of areas of focus, specific to each institution, and best practices within sports and sports medicine. Specific data from the institution is collected, reviewed, and appropriate Athletic Department staff and affiliated consultants may be interviewed. From the review, a written, or verbal, report may be prepared for clients.
REVIEW
A self-study questionnaire and document request will be prepared and submitted to the institution. The Walters Group will review the Institution’s responses to further address the areas of focus.
FINAL REPORT
From the review, and interviews, a written, or verbal, report may be prepared for the institution.
CONSULTING TEAM
A team of consultants are created individual to each project. Past professionals utilized include Cynthia Booth, PhD, Retired Athletic Trainer; Bob Peele, MD; Colleen Sorem, MS; Jim Ellis, MD, Ray Castle, PhD, ATC; Andy Massey, ATC; Darryl Conway, ATC; Phil Hedrick, ATC; Charlie Rozanski and Shoshanna Engel Lewis.
THE TEAM
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Rod Walters of Walters Inc. — Consultant in Sports Medicine, has provided high-level reviews of over fifty collegiate and scholastic programs as well as conducted the external review of the Jordan McNair death at the University of Maryland. His institutional work has focused on best practices, review current procedures, and display of standards of care review of incidents and review of standards of care and best practices specific to Sports Medicine. The Hall of Fame athletic trainer worked in college athletics for 27 years, 17 at the University of South Carolina. Walters is identified as an expert witness in sports medicine cases including standards of care, sudden death, concussion, and exertional deaths. |
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Randy Aliment is a partner in the Seattle office of Lewis Brisbois where he focuses on higher education and sports law. Randy's practice includes internal investigations for colleges and universities in anticipation of regulatory, government, or other legal exposure. Walters and Aliment have partnered on several investigations and assessments including athletic departments for best practices and regulatory compliance, and deaths and hospitalizations of student athletes during athletic activities at multiple institutions. Aliment has represented private universities in connection with arbitrations related to admissions, governance, and their relationships with teaching locations and partner institutions located outside the United States. Aliment serves as Senior Vice President for Legal and Regulatory Affairs to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, one of seven organizations recognized by the Department of Education to accredit post-secondary institutions in the United States. Aliment is also the chairman of the Board of Directors for USA Bobsled | Skeleton and one of two delegates from the United States to the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. |