An Evening with Dr. Julian Bailes

Date: June 9, 2017 (7:00 PM) - June 9, 2017 (9:00 PM)

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine will host concussion expert Julian E. Bailes, M.D., for a community event at 7 p.m. Friday, June 9, in the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center on Marshall’s Huntington campus. 

"An Evening with Dr. Julian Bailes," presented by the Marshall Sports Medicine Institute, and sponsored by Radon Medical Imaging, will feature a presentation on understanding and preventing brain injury in sports by Bailes, a nationally recognized neurosurgeon who was portrayed by actor Alec Baldwin in the 2015 movie "Concussion."

Attendees will also hear from local physician Andy Gilliland, M.D., an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, on how programs throughout the Tri-State region are implementing cultural changes to better prevent, identify and treat concussions. Gilliland practices primary care sports medicine at King’s Daughters Medical Center and the Marshall Sports Medicine Institute.

Tickets are $50 per person or $400 for a reserved table of eight. Sponsorships are available. All proceeds go to support research scholarships for students at the School of Medicine. To make a reservation, contact Tami Fletcher by phone at 304-691-1701 or by e-mail at fletcher@marshall.edu

Who: Dr. Julian Bailes
What: Lectures on Concussion
When:  7 p.m., Friday, June 9
Where:  Don Morris Room, Memorial Student Center

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