1. health and fitness
2. sports medicine

Fall 2014
The mission of the New York State
Athletic Trainers’ Association
shall be to advance, encourage,
and improve the profession of
athletic training by developing
the common interests of its
membership for the purpose of
enhancing the quality of health
care for the physically active in
New York State.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
President
Aimee Brunelle MS ATC, EMT
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Inside This Issue
2014
Nov 1 Scholarship applications due
Nov 7 Application for Ethnic Diversity Chair due
Nov 14 Nominations for Executive Council Secretary Due
2015
Jan 9-12 Annual EATA Meeting Philadelphia, PA
Jan 10 4-5pm - NYSATA Meeting
EATA Philadelphia, PA
Mar
National Athletic Training Month
Jul 10-12 NYSATA Conference New York University - Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
President’s Report
The President’s Report
President-Elect
Bob O’Malley, MEd, ATC, OTC, CES
Past President
Deanna Errico DPT ATC
Treasurer
David Byrnes MS ATC
Secretary
Jarett A. Rhoads MSEd ATC CSCS
Governmental Affairs
NYSATA Conference
Public Relations Report
Account Balance
Legislative Update
Regional Reports
Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT
NYSATA would like to congratulate Scott Sailor, EdD, ATC,
newly elected NATA president. Scott will take office from Jim
Thornton, MA, ATC, at the June 2015 NATA Clinical Symposia
& AT Expo. Jim, the first NATA President from District 2, has
been an excellent leader and represented our profession well.
We welcome two new Region Representatives: Nicole Hovey,
MS, ATC – Region 1 NYC and James Pierre-Glaude, DPT,
ATC, CSCS – Region 1 Long Island. Both have been eager
to start, and we welcome their new energy and involvement
in NYSATA. There was a bit of a delay as we waited for an
updated list with the new split to the region, and we thank you for your patience
during the transition!
NYSATA would like to thank Koki Takano, ATC, as he steps down from the NYSATA
Ethnic Diversity chair. Koki is returning to Japan, and while we are disappointed
he will be leaving us, we understand how important this move is to him and his
family. We are actively looking for a new chair of this committee; if you are
interested, please contact me before November 7th.
In the upcoming state elections, there are several key legislators who have been
very supportive of NYSATA running for re-election, as well as many open seats.
We will closely watch the results of these elections and encourage you to vote
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this week. Once the legislators are secure in their
appointments, I encourage everyone to continue
their efforts by writing letters to your legislators
and arranging visits to your athletic training rooms.
There may be a number of new legislators (we know
that at least 13 seats are open) who will need to
learn about athletic trainers and this is our chance.
A new legislative session begins in January, but there
is no need to wait!
The EATA conference in Philadelphia (January
9-12, 2015) is fast approaching. The EATA program
committee has done an excellent job obtaining
EBP CEUs – 4 from the General Session and 2
more in a Friday afternoon workshop. NYSATA will
hold a meeting on Saturday from 4-5pm in the
Commonwealth D. Please make plans to join us.
The NYSATA conference will be held July 10-12, 2015
at the Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. Bob
O’Malley, NSYATA President-Elect and Conference
chair, has been working hard to finalize the program,
and it shaping up to be an excellent conference.
David Byrnes, NYSATA Treasurer, continues to work
with our financial advisor, Lisa Quadrini from UBS,
and NYSATA is in a sound financial state. David also
launched a very successful Twitter campaign during
our 2nd NYSATA Athletic Training Recognition Week.
NYSATA’s #WhosYourAT went viral, and was picked
up across the US.
As we look to our future, I would like to encourage
everyone to obtain his or her National Provider
Identification (NPI) number.
Legislators search
for the number of NPI providers for regulatory
decisions. This takes only a few minutes, and does
not cost anything. See the NATA website for more
information.
NYSATA is always looking for involvement from our
membership. If you would like to take an active role,
contact the chair of a committee in which you have
interest. If you would like more direction and are
open to suggestions, please contact me. With our
new legislative session beginning in January, we can
always use help.
Please always feel free to contact me with any
questions or concerns you may have.
Have a great fall, and see you in Philly!
Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT
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Want an opportunity to help our profession
and become a little more active in our state
association? We have an opening for Chair of the
Ethnic Diversity Committee. If interested in the
position or for more information, please email
Aimee Brunelle by Friday, November 7.
Membership and Nominations
Courtney Civitano, MS, ATC - Chair
Nominations
are
open
for
Executive Council Secretary. If
you or a colleague are interested
in running for this position, have
questions, or would like more
info, please email your name and
contact information to Courtney
Civitano, MS, ATC, with NYSATA
Secretary in subject line.
Nominations will be open until
November 14, 2014.
NATM 2015
"We Prepare, You Perform."
Have an idea on how to promote NATM 2015?
Idea for a social media contest? Other?
Please send it to your regional rep.
NYSATA
Governmental Affairs Report
Christine Jenkins, MS, ATC - Chair
Hi everyone! The Governmental
Affairs committee continues to
work hard on the update of our
Practice Act. Here are the updates:
The legislative session will start
again in Albany in January of
2015 and run until June 2015.
Each new session, bills have to be
re-introduced, which is what we
plan to do. Our Assembly sponsor (Charles Lavine
D-Long Island) is still carrying our bill and will be reintroducing it again into the Assembly. Our Senate
sponsor, however, (Mark Grisanti R-Buffalo) did not
win his primary earlier this fall. He is running as an
Independent for the November election, but we are
not guaranteed that he will win. In that case, we'll
have to find a new Senate sponsor to introduce our
bill.
In the meantime, we continue to work behind the
scenes to meet, and educate legislators, and their
staff. This includes meetings in Albany, as well as
Athletic Training Room visits that have taken place
in Albany, and throughout the State. We are also
continuing our discussions with the NY Physical
Therapists Association (which, for the most part
have been productive). Once the 2015 session
starts in January, we'll be working more directly
with legislators to introduce the bills again and lobby
further for them.
What can our members do? You can continue to write
letters to your home legislators right now. Feel free
to contact me for a template letter you can use
- one letter to your Assembly member and one to
your Senator. If you don’t know who your legislators
are, you can easily find them by typing in your home
address on the NY State Assembly and Senate
websites.
After the November elections some of the legislators
may change, so you should re-check the websites
to see if you have new legislators, and if so, send
new letters to them. Lastly, we encourage all our
members to contact their home legislators and invite
them to come for a visit to your Athletic Training
Room. This is the BEST way for them to see up close
and personal what we do for a living.
In other news, after another lengthy grant
application process, NYSATA was awarded another
NATA Governmental Affairs Grant. This money goes
a long way towards helping to pay for our lobbying
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fees, travel, and all other costs associated with this
process.
Lastly, it’s never too early to start thinking about
lobby day. Our annual pilgrimage to Albany will take
place again in May of 2015. Stay tuned for more
details. Or, feel free to contact me directly!
NY AT Recognition Week
2014
#WhosYourAT
Tweets - 5.9k
Tweet Reach - 2.83M
Retweets - 20.8k
Fundraising
Said Hamdan MS, ATC - Chair
The NYSATA Fundraising Committee
will conduct a shirt sale prior to
and following our State meeting in
Philadelphia on Saturday January
10, 2015. The shirts will showcase
the new NYSATA logo.
In addition, I am in the process of
developing the NYSATA online store
where NYSATA branded items will
be made available for purchase. I
would like to take suggestions from the membership
on items they would be interested in purchasing or
that may be popular to the masses. Suggestions can
be made through our regional representatives. I
plan on having the online store ready for launch at
the January meeting as well.
#WhosYourAT
Contest Winner
Congratulations
to
Carla
Pasquarelli
(@
ATCSquirrel) of Amsterdam. She garnered 1,150
tweets to win the contest and the Gatorade G
Series Performance Package. She edged out Dan
Creedon of Our Lady of the Lourdes who had
1,129 tweets. These two comprised 40% of the
5,900 #WhosYourAT tweets.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the
contest! Special thanks to Henry Schein and
Gatorade for donating the prize for the contest.
NYSATA
Public Relations
Kristy Knechtel Hart, MS, ATC, CSCS - Chair
New York Athletic Training
Recognition Week
The 2nd annual New York
Athletic Training Recognition
Week was held this fall from
Friday, October 17 to Sunday,
October 26, 2014.
With
the addition of the Twitter,
#Who’sYourAT Initiative, AT
Recognition Week 2014 gained
great visibility across NYS and
even nationwide! Dave Byrnes,
who had the vision of this great idea (#Who’sYourAT),
was able to bring it to fruition. Secondary schools
from [nearly] every NYSPHSAA Section, as well as a
variety of colleges, participated by tweeting positive
messages about and “thank-yous” to their athletic
trainers. We even had others around the country
tweeting and were mentioned in the Athletic
Training Weekly write-up that week (scroll all
the way down to 'Make the Call: #Who'sYourAT
Contest set to go Viral'!).
Thanks to all of our NYSATA committee chairs and
members who have reached out to help promote this
event! Please remember to submit your school’s
participation (with recognition other than Twitter) to
NYSATA PR or fill out this survey.
NATM 2015: “We Prepare, You Perform”
If anyone has ideas for new events or feedback on
how to improve previous
events, please share your
ideas directly with NYSATA
PR or via your Region
Rep.
NYSATA Outreach
NYSATA
PR
is
proud
to announce our new
Outreach Coordinator cochairs Sue Dow (Excelsior
Ortho, Buffalo) and Katie Hackenbach (USMA West
Point PE dept.). They have been on task for the past
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few weeks and are already making their mark. A new
outreach opportunity is on the horizon for this fall,
as we will be hosting our exhibit booth at the NYS
Association of School Nurses (NYSASN) conference
on November 8th in Rochester.
We are in the process of updating and recreating our
print materials and our exhibit booth display, and we
need your help. We are looking for a variety of good
quality photos to use in new printed color displays,
depicting ATs positively and professionally in a variety
of roles and domains. If you have any photos that we
can use, please send them to me.
Press Releases (PRWeb)
NYSATA will be renewing their annual contract with
PRWeb for another year of press releases. With new
AT bills to be introduced in the NYS legislature in
January, 2015, we feel as though this is a great
avenue for PR and positive exposure. If anyone has
a lead on a story, and/or would like to offer your skills
and join our writing group please contact NYSATA
PR.
LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET INVOLVED?
With the significant expansion of our outreach and PR
efforts over the past few years, the Public Relations
Committee is on the lookout for enthusiastic,
creative, and collaborative members to join our
expanding PR team. We can work together to find
something that best fits your strengths, interests,
and time availability. Some initiatives are on-going,
others seasonal, and the workload can ebb and flow,
so don’t be afraid to inquire if you have wanted a
way to get involved in professional service.
In addition to adding writers and assistance with press
releases and PRWeb, we are also hoping to expand
into subcommittees for NATM and AT Recognition
Week (ideas, contest guidelines, monitoring events,
promotion, etc.).
As always, if you have a lead on a story or event
going on in your area, a story involving an AT that
would bring positive awareness to our value, and/or
other topics for consideration, please contact us or
forward us the event/article link!
NYSATA
Hall of Fame
Deanna Errico, PT, DPT, ATC - Chair
NYSATA was so pleased to honor
Andy Smith, MS, ATC, in May
with his Hall of Fame award and
Hall of Fame Watch! For those
who attended, you know it was
an emotional ceremony, as
Andy is such a humble athletic
trainer. So if you are ready to
make someone teary....just
kidding... if you are thinking
about nominating someone for
the NYSATA Hall of Fame, the
committee continues to accept nominations through
April 1, 2015. Please contact Deanna with a letter
of nomination for your colleague and we will get the
process started.
Social Media
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NYSATA
Like us on Facebook
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2015 NYSATA Conference
Bob O’Malley, MEd, ATC, OTC, CES - Chair
2015 NYSATA annual meeting in
the Big Apple!
July 10 - 12, 2015
Hosted by New York University
Langone Medical Center.
More information will be posted
on our website in the near
future.
Reimbursement
Susan Geisler, MA, PT, ATC - Chair
The NYSATA Reimbursement
Committee is actively seeking
certified athletic trainers who
would like to join this important
and timely committee.
The
tasks of the committee are to
investigate and formulate plans
and processes towards gaining
reimbursement
for
Athletic
Training Services provided by
certified athletic trainers in
NY State. As a profession in NY, strides are being
made to strengthen The Practice Act and continue
increasing the public’s awareness in the value of care
and services provided by certified athletic trainers.
If we are to further the profession of athletic training
in NY State the next critical step is pursuing and
securing reimbursement for appropriate services
provided by certified athletic trainers in NY State. If
successful, all of us will benefit from this initiative,
and so it’s upon all of us to chip in and help.
If you would like to be a part of the NYSATA
Reimbursement Committee, please contact Susan
Geisler. I also invite you to visit the reimbursement
page on the NYSATA web site for further
information.
We are also on LinkedIn
If you are currently receiving reimbursement for
Athletic training services, the committee would like
to hear from you. Specifically, we would like to know:
• your exact setting type, facility name and location.
• which insurance carriers are reimbursing for AT
services.
• if you are submitting under your NPI number, or
under another provider number.
There is a lot of work yet to be done in securing
reimbursement for ATs in NY State, and the committee
welcomes the input and knowledge from you.
NYSATA
College and University
Shawn McNamara, ATC - Chair
NJCAA Region 3
Kyle Roepnack’s is trying to help institute a Health and Safety Council
for all of the athletic trainers from NJCAA Region 3. Kyle is employed
by Herkimer CC. He has reached out to the other ATs in the region, but
some have not jumped aboard to help his efforts. I recently helped to
facilitate this process by showing what we accomplished in the Skyline
conference. Their situation is eerily similar to this particular venture.
We would like to have all of the ATs within the conference join the effort.
The Council is designed to have a mandated amount of coverage and
supplies to be used for the growth of athletic training within the region.
NYSATA Account Balance
David J. Byrnes, MS, ATC - Treasurer
(as of October 26, 2014)
MUTUAL FUNDS
Blackrock Global Allocation Fund
Franklin Income
American Funds
Fidelity Advisor High Income Fund
Hartford Floating Rate Fund
CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund
U.S. COMMON STOCK
Centurylink
CORPORATE NOTES & BONDS
Petrobas International
Commercial Metals CO NTS
PREFERRED SECURITIES
MetLife Floater Callable
Money Market Account (Checking)
UBS Deposit Account (Investment)
Checking Account
Account Total
$39,290.37
$36,383.10
$10,641.44
$19,832.53
$ 6,301.00
$17,240.00
$17,968.50
$12,270.36
$19,890.00
Welcome 88 New
NYSATA Members
Eric Akalski
Ryan Argy
Christine
Armstrong
Molly Awiszus
Paul Barakat
Christine
Barcavage
Lauren Barry
Mary Baughman
Adam Beck
Kylie Bierman
Lauren Billotti
Katherine Blanford
Jennifer Blum
Michelle Bowen
Paige Boyajian
Gregory Boyle
Adam Brewer
Camille Cappiello
Jennifer Chiu
Devon Connolly
Rebecca Conto
Garrick Conyers
Shane Cooney
Cody Cornelius
Mariana Crevison
Gregory De Luke
Alexis DeClerk
Christopher Deisenroth
Abrianna Donofrio
Marc Drobenko
Robert Ensmenger
Matthew Foote
Jeremy Franclemont
Dana Ganley
Elliot Gilbert
Donald Goss
Robert Greathouse
Hayley Hammer
Abigail Hampson
Nicholas Hart
Evan Haskins
Wade Hebrink
Seiji Hinton
Joshua Honrado
Emma Jackson
Kira Jarrar
Colton Kampa
Yekaterina Kanivets
Scott Kelly
Brian Kennelly
Margaret Klavoon
Nicholas Kostishak
Julie Landrigan
Ryan Laughlin
Catherine LeBlanc
Justin Liberta
Shantell Littlejohn
Terel Marshburn
James McCabe
Terrence McHugh
Paige Merrifield
Christopher Mignogna
Natasha Miller
Shelby Milne
Salvador Moreno
Amanda Off
Megan Pakkala
Patrick Palkowski
Adelyn Passaro
Kristiana Pelizzoli
Carrine Putnam
Phillip Rahr
Matthew Rote
Kalin Russell
Jaclyn Scharfberg
Taylor Sparks
Eric Steinwachs
Taylor Tarajos
Bailey Tay
Jason Taylor
Chelsea Thompson
Joanna Trujillo
Megan Wendt
Sierra Wilde
Rachael Williams
Olivia Wishman
Jessica Young
Matthew Zahn
$10,696.50
$15,352.80
$46,521.64
$78,840.93
$331,229.17
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Welcome!
NYSATA
NYSATA Legislative Update
Mary Ann McLean
McLean Advisory Services
Fall is here and I know that those
of you who are involved with team
sports are especially busy now. The
State Legislature is not currently in
session and all 213 seats (63 in the
Senate and 150 in the Assembly)
will be up for election on November
4th. Both of the sponsors of the AT
licensing bill, Senator Grisanti and
Assemblyman Lavine, are seeking
re-election.
During the break from their duties in Albany, all
these legislators are in their local districts and it
is an ideal time to invite them to visit schools and
colleges to get an “up front and personal” view of
the profession of athletic training. Please contact
Christine Jenkins for tips and materials you should
use for these tours. Time and again, after legislators
do these tours, we hear feedback that they had a
great time and learned a lot. Typically they are very
impressed with both the wide variety of services ATs
perform and the close rapport that you have with
the athletes. These are critical messages to deliver
in order to convince these legislators to support the
licensing bill which will update the AT practice act and
allow you to practice more broadly than the current
law permits.
The bills (Senate 4465 and Assembly 6678) will have
to be re-introduced when the Legislative Session
begins again in January since all legislation is only
active for the two year length of each Session. At
this time, we expect to continue to work with Senator
Grisanti and his excellent staff and Assemblyman
Lavine who has a new person on staff. The bills will
be assigned new bill numbers in both houses and you
will be notified as soon as that occurs.
During the off session I have been maintaining
communication with our sponsors and I was
especially pleased to hear that Assemblyman Lavine
had a great tour at Hofstra with Jayne Ellinger in
September. His staff informed me that he really
enjoyed seeing the program first hand and that he
remains very committed to helping us in Albany.
Jayne indicated it was also a positive experience for
her so I encourage anyone who hasn’t led a tour yet
to contact Jayne as well as Christine Jenkins for
the tips and materials I referenced earlier that you
can use to facilitate the invitation and tour.
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I am also continuing my efforts, along with NYSATA
leadership, to work with the NYS Physical Therapy
Association to smooth out language in our proposed
licensing bill that, if enacted, might have resulted in
unintended consequences in the field. It is common
for language issues to arise when legislation is
drafted by one entity since that person/group knows
what was meant but that language can be considered
vague or even have alternate meanings when it’s
read by others. It’s important to resolve as many
points of concern as possible before the bills are
presented for a vote in each house.
In addition to our licensing bill, I will continue to
review all legislation that is introduced in the new
Legislative Session and inform NYSATA leadership
of any bills that might be of interest or concern to
you. In this way, your leadership is kept aware of
the issues that the Legislature will be discussing over
the next two years.
Furthermore, I will maintain communication with
the staff at the State Education Department who
regulate your profession. Stephen Boese is the
new Executive Secretary to the State Committee for
Athletic Training and he is working hard to learn more
about the profession. He recently reached out to me
for input from NYSATA on an issue, and in response,
information is being compiled for him. Darryl Daily
serves as the curriculum and instruction expert for
SED in physical education for P-12 education and I
met with him in Albany to make sure he knew NYSATA
was available as a resource if he wanted input on any
current issues. I also mentioned to Stephen Boese
that Mr. Daily has had positive experiences with ATs in
his previous roles in school districts so that these two
SED staffers could contact each other if necessary.
It is important to realize that the P-12 “silo” in SED
typically has little to no contact with the Office of the
Professions that directly regulates ATs. And while
Mr. Daily seems much more informed about ATs than
I believe his predecessors were, we want to try to
avoid another situation where a letter goes out to
all Superintendents about the profession without
some communication with Mr. Boese.
Building
these alliances will help prevent misunderstandings
and miscommunications as we seek to address any
concerns SED may have with the passage of the
updated practice act.
I look forward to hearing about additional outreach
and tours around the state with your local Senators
and Assemblymembers. As always, I will follow up
with every legislator who is contacted when they
return to Albany. I know your outreach and visits
will be very helpful to my efforts in the Legislature!
NYSATA
Awards
Andy Smith, MS, ATC - Chair
CALL FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS
The Awards Committee is seeking
nominations for the Thomas J
Sheehan Award, the John Sciera
Service Award and the NYSATA
Kent Scriber Recognition Award. If
you know of a deserving NYSATA
Certified member, please consider
nominating them.
NYSATA Awards
Thomas J Sheehan Award is presented by the
New York State Athletic Trainers Association to the
athletic trainer whose character, commitment and
achievements in the athletic training profession
clearly exemplify the traits of Thomas J. Sheehan Sr.
John Sciera Service Award is awarded to deserving
individuals based on Local Community Activities,
State and National Activities and Promotion of
Athletic Training Profession in NYS.
NYSATA Kent Scriber Recognition Award is an
Executive Council nominated award to individuals or
groups of individuals who are deserving of recognition
for acts, promotion, support and/or service which
positively reflect the goals and mission of NYSATA
and the profession of Athletic Training within New
York State.
To nominate a NYSATA member, email Andy Smith,
NYSATA Awards Chair.
Newsletter
Douglas Sawyer, MS, ATC - Editor
Athletic Trainers, have you
published recently? Have a
news worthy item? If so, we’d
love to know about it so we can
give you the recognition you or
any other AT deserve. Let us
know so we can share it with
the rest of NYSATA. Newsletters
are published February 1st, May
1st, August 1st, and November
1st every year. Submissions are
usually due to your Regional Rep, or Committee
Chair approximately 2 weeks prior to publication.
Committee Chairs
Awards
Andy Smith, MS, ATC
College/University
Shawn McNamara, ATC
Ethnic Diversity
OPEN
Fundraising
Said Hamdan, MS, ATC
Governmental Affairs
Christine Jenkins, MS, ATC
Hall of Fame
Deanna Errico, PT, DPT, ATC
History and Archive
Kent Scriber, EdD, ATC, PT
Joe Abraham Award
Steve Norman, ATC
Membership/Nominations
Courtney Civitano, MS, ATC
Newsletter
Douglas Sawyer, MS, ATC
Public Relations
Kristy Knechtel Hart, MS, ATC, CSCS
Reimbursement Committee
Susan Geisler, MA, ATC, PT
Research/Injury
Tracye Rawls-Martin, MS, ATC
Scholarships
Steve Chouinard, MS, ATC
Secondary School
Paul Lasinski, MS, ATC
Social Media
David Byrnes, MS, ATC
Website
Jenny Keough Petruzzo, MS, ATC, CSCS
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NYSATA
Regional Reps
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Regional Reports
Region 1 NYC
Nicole Hovey, MS, ATC
Thank you for your submissions and I am so very
sorry for the short notice for the newsletter, it is my
goal to stimulate more involvement in the region! I
hope everyone has had a wonderful fall so far.
Region 1 NYC
Suffolk, Nassau, NYC
Nicole Hovey, MS, ATC
Region 1 LI
James Pierre-Glaude, DPT, ATC, CSCS
Region 2
Westchester, Rockland,
Putnam, Sullivan, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster
Michael Mirabella, MS, ATC, CSCS
Region 3
Montgomery, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Otsego,
Saratoga, Albany, Rensslear, Schenectady, Columbia,
Washington, Schoharie, Herkimer
Karen Balter, ATC
Region 4
Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Hamilton,
Clinton, Essex, Warren
Christine Scuderi, MSEd, ATC
Region 5
Chemung, Tioga, Broome, Oswego, Cayuga, Seneca,
Oneida, Cortland, Onondaga, Madison, Tompkins,
Schuyler
Courtney Gray, ATC
Region 6
Livingston, Ontaria, Monroe, Yates,
Stueben, Wayne
Christopher Yartym, MS, ATC
Region 7
Orleans, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Wyoming, Erie,
Niagara, Allegany, Chautauqua
Jeff Sage, MS, ATC, CSCS, PES
From LIU - Brooklyn
Danny O’connor, MS, ATC
LIU Brooklyn Alumni have recently been hired at
several schools around NYC. Paul Cicero, MS, ATC,
was named Assistant AT at St. John’s. Andrew
Levine, MS, ATC, and Julie Flantzer, MS, ATC, were
hired as Assistant ATs at Wagner College. Erica Rabe
MS, ATC, was hired at St. Francis College and Justine
Stevenson, MS, ATC, started at Fordham University,
both as Assistant ATs. Tricia Fratta, MS, ATC, was
hired by LIU Brooklyn as Assistant Athletic Trainer.
Gerald Charles, MS, ATC, was hired by Hospital for
Special Surgery as an Athletic Trainer. Brian Guzman,
MS ATC, started working as an Athletic Trainer in the
Baltimore Orioles system. LIU Brooklyn also hired
Nick Kaltenbronn, ATC, and Gina Siracusano, ATC, as
Graduate Assistant ATs. Chaminade HS Head Athletic
Trainer Mike Moran was recently honored at the
American Heart Association Board and Heart Savers
Awards Dinner.
Region 1 LI
James Pierre-Glaude, DPT, ATC,
CSCS
From Stony Brook University
submitted by Kathy Koshansky,
MS, ATC:
Congratulations to Clinical Assistant
Professor
Jeanine
Engelmann,
EdD, ATC!
On October 13th,
Jeanine
successfully
defended
her dissertation titled: “Accuracy and Reliability of
Peer Assessment of Clinical Skills and Professional
Behaviors Among Undergraduate Athletic Training
Students”. Jeanine worked very hard over the past
7 years to arrive at this milestone. We admire her
drive, determination and poise throughout the entire
process. Congratulations Dr. Engelmann! We are
very proud of your achievement!
On Sunday, September 28th, SBU Athletic Training
Program welcomed back 18 alumni along with current
students, preceptors and faculty. It was a great
occasion celebrating 30 years of Athletic Training
and 10 years of CAATE accreditation at Stony Brook.
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Reminiscing over the years resulted in sharing many
stories and laughs. Honored at the event was longtime (and still going strong) Head Team Physician
and Athletic Training Program Medical Director,
Dr Stu Cherney, for his 30 years of education and
mentorship of athletic training students, and loyal
service to SBU athletics.
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comes to Stony Brook by way of Defiance, Northern
Illinois University, USNA and Robert Morris University
(Chicago). Drew is a graduate of Oregon State
University and the University of Florida, spending the
year prior to Stony Brook with Kansas Athletics. Both
are also preceptors in the athletic training program.
Welcome!
Those of you in the
Long Island area watch
for the announcement
of the 2015 Stony
Brook
Orthopaedic
Associates and Division
of Sports Medicine
5th
Annual
Sports
Medicine
Update
program which will be
held in late spring.
30 Years of Athletic Training/
10 Years of Accreditation at
Stony Brook University
Pictured in photo above are: Billy Goodland ’16,
Anthony Castiglione ’16, Aimee Brunelle ATC ’95, Pam
Morrison Wiles ’91, Dr Stu Cherney, Glenda LaSalle
’91, Marissa Fleury ATC ’09, Hannah Kuemmel ATC
’09, Monica Lorenzo, ATC ’08, Stephanie Dunn ATC
’08, Rosalyn Nunez ATC ’09, Kim Garcia ’15, James
Pierre-Glaude ATC ’06, Emily Edwards ’15, Eugene
Lee ’16, Dominick DeStefano ATC ’95, Mariano
Gonzalez ’15, Candice Maglione ATC ’10, Lisa White
ATC ’87, Barima Yeboah ATC ’06, Adam Montes ’16,
Claudine Weiner ATC ’93, Lauren Stephenson ATC,
Paul Lasinski ATC, Jaci Smith ATC ’12, James Fetter
ATC ’11, Eric Lehnert ATC ’96, Kathy Koshansky
ATC, Jeanine Engelmann ATC, Xristos Gaglias ATC;
missing from photo: Donna Romano ATC ’91.
Congratulations to Clinical Coordinator/Assistant
Professor James Pierre-Glaude, DPT, ATC, CSCS in
his new role of serving NYSATA as Region 1 Long
Island Representative.
A long overdue welcome is in order for Craig Burke,
MS, ATC, CES, PES and Drew Stull, MS, ATC, CSCS
who joined the SBU Sports Medicine Staff last
spring. Many of you may remember Craig as an ESG
athletic training student from Defiance College. He
Save the Date
Planning is currently
underway
for
the
fourth annual National
Athletic Training Month
convergence on NYC.
We are hoping for a
warmer visit in 2015,
therefore the date we are targeting is March 13th.
Lauren Stephenson, MEd, ATC, will be coordinating
with all of EATA this year; more information to follow.
Hope you can join us!
Michele Mensch, ATC, CSCS, Jennifer Chimenti, MS,
ATC, Hayley Queller, MD, and SBU ATs met with 7
different Fire/EMS crews (Ridge, Centereach, Wading
River, Riverhead, Middle Island, Yaphank, etc) on
Thursday, October 16th at Ridge Firehouse, and
lectured on helmet/facemask removal and how to
assess head injury/concussion if AT is not around;
will revisit in the spring to review lacrosse helmet
removal.
Region 2
Michael Mirabella, MS, ATC, CSCS
An announcement was made at White Plains HS
for NY athletic training week. Mike Mirabella, White
Plains HS, and Dan Santora, Byrum Hills HS.
An announcement was also made at The Hackly School
during their alumni day football game on October
18th. They recognized athletic trainers as highly
trained sports medicine professionals who work hard
to take care of athletes on and off the field. They
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also thanked their athletic trainers, Douglas Sawyer
and Nick Imhof, and athletic trainers everywhere for
everything they do to keep athletes safe.
John Jay Cross River HS and AT Justin Jacapraro did a
pre-game/halftime PSA during the JJCR vs Yorktown
football game.
David Byrnes did a PSA during Yorktown HS’s first
round playoff football game vs Nyack HS.
Region 5
Courtney Gray, ATC
From Ithaca College
Ithaca College is excited to officially
announce that we have confirmed
an exciting exchange program with
IT Carlow, in Ireland, effective in
2015.
Per the arrangement, a maximum of 2 senior AT
majors from IC and 2 senior Sport Rehab and Athletic
Therapy majors from ITC will exchange places, each
year, with each gaining significant didactic and clinical
education at each other’s institution for semester
long blocks of study and practice.
As such, we will be hosting 2, 4th year students from
IT Carlow (Ireland) in the spring of 2015.
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This is the emergency services group that she works
with if she calls 911 for an injury at Baldwinsville
High School. The EMTs and paramedics tried on the
football equipment and they went through a scenario
where an athlete may need to be spine boarded
while standing. They’ve asked her to come back next
summer to do a mock injury scene.
Region 6
Christopher Yartym, MS, ATC
Nazareth College
Nazareth College sponsored a presentation on
concussion in sports.
The presentation consisted of our team Neurologist,
Dr. Mark Mirabelli (of the University of Rochester)
discussing concussions (a brief history, signs and
symptoms, and the ways he treats them in his clinic
for in need athletes). Peter McCabe, ATC discussed
and broke down the Nazareth College concussion
policy and all steps the Athletic Training department
takes to determine appropriate referral for the athlete
(including but not limited to: initial concussion
screening/tests, impact testing and BESS testing,
RTP guidelines and return to learn guidelines). The
evening concluded with Ray Ciancaglini speaking
about the importance of concussion education and
awareness, as well as the ramifications of playing
with concussion symptoms.
Not only did the athletes at Nazareth College benefit
from the presentation, but, PT, OT and Speech/
Audiology majors and professors also provided
positive feedback.
Nazareth College also recently hired Phil Steckley as
an Assistant Athletic Trainer. Phil is replacing Katie
Sampson who joined the staff at Canisius College.
Becky Rapp, ATC, above, guiding a demonstration
with the Baldwinsville Ambulance Corp.
Syracuse Orthopaedic Specialists
Syracuse Orthopaedic Specialists’ Athletic Trainer,
Becky Rapp, did an “Athletic Trainer Meet & Greet” for
the Greater Baldwinsville Ambulance Corp in August.
Eastridge High
School
The
Eastridge
HS
Varsity
Football
team
has
named
Jarett
Rhoads
the
2014
recipient of the
12th Man Award.
At the end of
their first home
game, when the
team gathered
together,
the
captain removed
the 12th man
sticker from his
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helmet, surprising Jarett with the announcement
that he was this year’s 12th man.
Region 7
Jeff Sage, MS, ATC, CSCS,
PES
Patrick Palkowski, MS, ATC, a
WNY native and Daemen College
MSAT graduate, has recently
returned to the area, and has
accepted a physician extender
position with Dr. Frank Schlehr,
MD, PC, and Dr. Matthew Zinno,
DO. Prior to coming back to
WNY, he served as the Assistant AT for Lewis-Clark
State College and Lewiston HS in Lewiston, Idaho.
In addition, Patrick took part in a 2014 summer
internship with the Seattle Mariners Arizona League
through the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers’
Society (PBATS).
Sherri L. LaShomb, DC, ATC, CCSP, ICCSP, heads out
on Sunday, Oct 26th to serve as the Medical staff for
the USA Taekwondo Poomsae team for the week-long
World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
SAFESport Education, Inc. will host its annual
continuing education course titled Management of
the Potentially Spine Injured Hockey Player. The
course will be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2014
from 8:30am-1:30pm at the Dann Memorial Ice Rink
on the Nichols High School campus, Buffalo, NY.
Email SAFESport Education for more information.
Excelsior Orthopaedics has added the following ATs
to their staff: Jill McAndrew, John Platten, Caitlin
Size, Paul Insalco, and Tim Williams.
Alfred State College
Rebecca Younger, MS, ATC, was hired as a new staff
member at Alfred State College. Becky comes from
the University of South Carolina where she completed
a MS in Physical Education with emphasis in Athletic
Training. She spent the summer as the AT for the
New Jersey Jackals Baseball team.
Canisius College
Canisius College welcomed Assistant Athletic Trainers
Katie Sampson and Jake Janicki and Graduate
Assistant Zach Malecki to the staff. Katie joins
Canisius from Nazereth College, Jake from Western
Michigan and Zach from an Internship with the
Cleveland Browns.
Director of Sports Medicine, Andy Smith, recently
took part in the NCAA Cardiac Task Force, which is
looking at current and future recommendations on
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Cardiac prevention and care of collegiate athletes
and those who provide their care.
Congratulations to AT Program Director Pete
Koehneke, who recently was awarded the Bob and
Lynn Caruthers Award by CAATE for outstanding
service.
Best wishes to Assistant Athletic Trainer Koki Takano,
who will be relocating to Japan. He will be sorely
missed.
Daemen College
The Daemen College Athletic Training Program
recently participated in two community service
events. Along with faculty members, 7 MSAT students
assisted with directing walkers during the Making
Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Buffalo, NY on
October 18th and 11 MSAT students assisted with
forging a new trail in Nature View Park in Amherst,
NY on October 19th.
NYSATA
The Daemen College AT Program will host AT Info
Night on November 13th, 2014 from 6:30-7:30pm.
This is intended for any students interested in
studying athletic training at Daemen College. To
register, please call 716-839-8225.
AT Program Assistant Professor, Lynn Matthews,
MS, ATC, PT, DPT, COMT, completed her Orthopaedic
Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship on June 23,
2014.
The Daemen Department of Athletics promoted its
Athletic Training Staff: Jeff Sage, MS, ATC, Karen
Roehling, MS, ATC, and Mike Wild, MS, ATC, during
their annual Blue Madness event as part of NYS
Athletic Training Recognition Week. Blue Madness
is the College’s ceremonial kick-off to the start of
the men’s and women’s basketball preseason. In
addition to multiple PSAs to increase awareness of
the AT profession, AT Program t-shirts were thrown
to the crowd as a promotion.
Erie Community College
Head Athletic Trainer, Eric Gerth, ATC has announced
that ECC has an immediate opening for a part-time
AT. The job posting can be found on their website.
ECC participated in the NYS Athletic Training
Recognition Week by having PSAs announced
promoting the AT profession during their home
football game on Saturday, October 25th.
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Please help me commend Jeff Green, MS, ATC, for
jumping into action to help save the life of a Grand
Island middle school 8th grader on September 24,
2014 at Grand Island High School.
The female
student participating in gym class collapsed and went
into cardiac arrest on the high school’s athletic field.
The teachers supervising the class called 911 and the
high school office to request an automated external
defibrillator (AED).
Jeff Green, a Niagara Falls
Memorial Medical Center Athletic Trainer assigned
full-time to the Grand Island school district, grabbed
his portable AED and, with another PE teacher, ran
out to the athletic field. Upon arrival, they saw that
CPR had been started by school staff and were told
emergency medical services personnel were on the
way. Jeff and a school nurse attached the AED to the
patient and a shock was advised and delivered. Jeff
continued to perform CPR until he detected a pulse.
Grand Island Fire Co. personnel then worked with
Jeff and school staff to continue CPR and prepare
her for transport to Women & Children’s Hospital
of Buffalo. The patient later underwent surgery for
an implantable defibrillator and has since returned
home. Job well done!
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Niagara University
Diana Hults, ATC was hired in September in a dual
role working with NU Club Sports/Student Health
Services and also with NU Division I Athletics.
UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Merle Cortellucci, MS, ATC, has completed her first
year as the Head Athletic Trainer for the WNY Flash
with rave reviews. The WNY Flash competes in the
9 team National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
Merle also set up the WNY Flash to serve as a clinical
site for Daemen College AT students. Merle is now
back providing sideline medical coverage for the
Buffalo Public Schools until the WNY Flash training
camp in April 2015.
This past summer, UBMD Ortho collaborated with
ECMC and Kaleida Health to offer athletic training
services to a number of high schools in the greater
Buffalo area. As a result, UBMD Ortho hired five
new ATs: Shane Cooney, MS, ATC, Jessica PrestonJohnson, ATC, Tim Kennedy, MS, ATC, Katie Miller,
ATC and Kyle Turner, ATC. They join a team that
has developed a system to care for student athletes,
including direct access to one of three UB OrthoCare
urgent care facilities. UBMD Ortho now cares for 23
greater Buffalo area high school athletic programs.
UBMD Ortho has been providing sideline medical
coverage for 15 WNY Southern Tier high school
football programs through a separate partnership
during the 2014 football season.
Vanessa Wacht, MS, ATC, assisted by Merle
Cortellucci, MS, ATC, promoted Athletic training
during NYS Athletic Training Recognition Week by
speaking to 3 health classes at Hutchinson Technical
High School. They explained what an Athletic Trainer
is, demonstrated stretching and rehab techniques,
and gave an overview of some common injuries. UB/
MD Ortho & Sports Medicine also provided concussion
pamphlets and give-a-ways for the students.
NYS PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Section Reports
From Section One
Athletic Trainers’
Society (SOATS)
David Byrnes, MS, ATC
SOATS would like to
welcome our new athletic
trainers to Section One:
Andrea
Zambrano
at
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Bronxville HS, Patrick Kilcarr at Eastchester HS, Yoko
Koike at Irvington HS, Becky Schwartzman at New
Rochelle HS, Ruth Gillespie at Pelham, and Katie
Aylward at Rye HS. Welcome to Section One and we
hope your first year with us is off to a great start!
From Section Eight Athletic Trainers
Society (SEATS)
Paul Zlatniski, ATC
Greetings from the
Section Eight Athletic
Trainer’s Society
(SEATS)
SEATS has had a very
exciting start to the
2014 -2015 school year.
Our organization is now
closing on its 3rd anniversary this coming November
22nd and continues to grow in membership.
Nina VanErk, Executive Director for Section
8 athletics, has continued her support of our
organization. Last spring, a motion was made during
an Athletic Director’s meeting to have the dues for
members of SEATS paid by their respective school
districts through BOCES. We are thrilled to say this
motion was voted on and passed with 33 districts
covering the dues for their athletic trainers. A total
of $680.00 was paid to SEATS. With this, ADs have
asked for updates of our upcoming meetings as well
as having access to SEATS minutes via email. We
would also like to acknowledge Kevin LaPlatney and
the Mineola school district. Mineola has agreed to
pay for the postage for flyers that will be sent to
each school notifying Athletic Directors and Athletic
Trainers of upcoming meetings which Kevin will be
distributing.
Over the summer SEATS member Chris Napoli, with
the help of Craig LoNigro, designed a new logo for
our organization. This new logo now rests on the
left lapel of our Section Eight T-shirt or what we
call our work shirts. These shirts will be worn for
every Section Eight playoff event that our ATs will be
covering.
On November 5th Karen Acompora will be attending
our next SEATS meeting with the Anyone Can Save
A Life Program. This meeting will be held at BOCES
at 7:30PM. SEATS will also host a Lacrosse Sports
Medicine Symposium at Nassau University Medical
Center on March 7th, 2015. This should be an exciting
event with 7 CEs to be awarded for attending. SEATS
member Mike Spreckles has coordinated this event
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and has done a fantastic job. Thank you Mike!
SEATS would like to formally introduce Sue Wisla
as SEATS treasurer. Also, SEATS would like to
congratulate James Pierre-Glaude, our new NYSATA
Region 1 Long Island representative. We look forward
to working with James and wish him luck in his new
position. See you at the EATA meeting.
Sincerely,
The Executive Board of SEATS
Bob Gariglio, ATC, President
Paul Zlatniski, ATC, Vice President
Mike McCrystal, ATC, Secretary
Sue Wisla, ATC, Treasurer
Scholarships
Steve Chouinard, MS, ATC - Chair
NYSATA Scholarships Applications
are now being accepted. Instructions
can be found on the NYSATA
website. Deadline for submission of
applications is November 1, 2014.
The NYSATA Newsletter
This electronic newsletter is published quarterly by
the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association
Newsletter Committee to the NYSATA member. For
information contained in this newsletter or to submit
articles/ideas, please contact the NYSATA Newsletter
Committee Chair:
Douglas Sawyer
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