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John Zuluaga of University of Central Oklahoma chats with Pradeep about his AT education and his time since graduating Nova Southeastern's program.

Dr. Frank Walters joins Pradeep and his ATSO officers for a great conversation.  It's good to hear this NATA Hall of Famer member share his experiences and wisdom with the next generation of AT's!

Kim and Matt Bressler are Certified Athletic Trainers working at Clover High School in Clover, SC.  They speak to Tusculum senior Robbie Robinson about sharing their married life in a professional setting.

Dr. Monique Mokha is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she instructs AT students in the areas of kinesiology and biomechanics.  She spoke with Dr. Pradeep Vanguri and a panel of NSU's ATSO officers about her career and experiences in athletic training and academia.  A very fun episode!

Volunteer High School's Audrey Stanley spoke with ATPodcast from the school's Athletic Training Room in Church Hill, Tennessee. Audrey is in her eighth year at VHS after her educational career at Ohio University.  She also serves as President of Mountain Athletic Trainers Society.

Mars Hill University Head Athletic Trainer Allen Shelley speaks with David Montes of Tusculum.  He shares his experiences accumulated over the past 20 years in the college athletic training setting.

Ben Cleveland serves as Assistant Athletic Training and Instructor at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee.  He met with me one fine March day to talk about his experiences in athletic training and some upcoming projects.  Sorry about the mild wind noise... it was too nice to sit inside for the interview!

Jessica DeWitt is in her first year as Head Athletic Trainer at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.  She speaks with Tusculum College senior Athletic Training Student Andrea Wilcox.  A great episode!

Wingate University's Director of Sports Medicine Tim Singleton talks about his career and athletic training experiences--among many other things--in this very special episode of ATPodcast.

Pradeep convened several officers from Nova Southeastern's Athletic Training Student Organization to discuss their experiences in athletic training and to talk about what "We've Got Your Back" means to them.  Some audio issues with this recording, but great content.  Thanks to these future Certified Athletic Trainers!   Cristina Mesa Candice Drake Cassie Garcia Frankie Lanzana Cynthia Hernandez Christian Requena  

Tusculum College Athletic Training Student Amanda Grempel interviews NATA Hall of Fame member John Lopez about his career and experiences in Athletic Training.  John currently serves as Newberry College's (SC) Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Training.

Kevin King is finishing his first full year with the Carolina Panthers.  He checked in with ATPodcast after returning from the NFL combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jeff Bodenhamer serves as Rehabilitation Coordinator for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club.  He talked with ATPodcast about his education and career including his work at various levels of professional baseball.

Nova Southeastern's Dustin Gatens joins us again for a discussion on some new things going on at NSU as well as in athletic training education.  We also talk a bit about some developments in NCAA D-II and tell some embarassing Pradeep Vanguri stories...

Several Certified Athletic Trainers joined ATPodcast for a roundtable discussion of the NATA's Executive Committee on Education white paper report and recommendations of the entry-level master's degree as the most appropriate degree for professional preparation of AT's.  Sara Brown, former chair of the ECE was able to join us and was helpful in providing insight into the process and decisions behind the recommendation.  Also, Dr. Michael McGee of Lenoir Rhyne University talked about the transition his program made to ELM a couple years ago.  A very informative episode.  Thanks also to Dr. Pradeep Vanguri, Todd Hirsch, Brad Morgan, Kristi Messina, and Ryan Wantz for their participation!

I asked selected speakers at the Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society Symptosium in Nashville, Tennessee this weekend to summarize their presentations.  Dr. David Liddle of Vanderbilt University Medical Center summarizes his presentation on running injuries.  Dr. Gary Solomon, clinical neuropsychologist for the Nashville Predators and Tennessee Titan and co-director of the Vanderbilt Sport Concussion Center discusses current research in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Emergency physician Dr. Warne Fitch describes some take-home points from his presentation, "Little Known Signs of Well Known Problems". Finally, Dr. Richard Duroucher discusses visual impairments and activity.

Pradeep and I talk reflect upon our 2013 and the direction of the podcast in 2014.  I sing a little Julio Iglasias.  Minimal educational content in this one... hey, it's not like you're getting CEU's for this anyway!  Enjoy!

Jessika Hunt is in her seventh year at University of California Riverside.  Prior to that, she served for three years as Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer at Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmetsburg, Maryland.  Jessika talks about her rewarding career as a Certified Athletic Trainer.

Jeremy Jackson is an athletic trainer and teacher at Pasadena High School just outside of Houston, TX.  He and his Sports Medicine students produce a series of interviews with athletic trainers and guests talking about sports medicine-related issues and I joined him to compare notes.  His series can be found here: sportsmedicinebroadcast.com

Pretty much just me talking about me.  Better content next time.  This episode ends with a montage of recognition previous podcast subjects have given their mentors.