American Medical Society for Sports Medicine explained

Formation:1991
Status:Non-profit
Purpose:Education, training, standards and advocacy of sports medicine physicians
Headquarters:Leawood
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Tracy Ray, MD
Abbreviation:AMSSM
Region Served:United States
Membership:Doctors (MDs)

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) is a large sports medicine membership organization, representing over 3000 physicians in the United States, established in 1991.[1] AMSSM includes members who serve as team physicians at the youth level, NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, MLS, and NHL, as well as with Olympic and Paralympic teams.[2]

Sports medicine practice in the United States

Sports medicine is a subspecialty area of medicine in the USA. The AMSSM represents non-surgical sports medicine physicians (MDs) practicing primary care sports medicine. The primary specialty options for non-surgical sports medicine practice in the USA are multiple, including family practice, physiatry, pediatrics, internal medicine and emergency medicine.

Sport and exercise medicine physicians are able to prescribe pharmaceuticals, use diagnostic ultrasound and order other radiological imaging and blood tests, perform minor surgical procedures as well as advising on exercise prescription. Branches of particular interest include concussion in sport and sports cardiology.

The AMSSM is differentiated from other sports medicine organizations in the US as follows:

Position Statements

The AMSSM publishes multiple Position Statements including on concussion,[3] cardiac screening of athletes,[4] mental health,[5] cardiac consequences of COVID in sport,[6] ultrasound [7] and sexual violence in sport.[8]

It also shares and endorses consensus statements of/with other organizations.[9] [10]

History

The AMSSM was established in 1991, when sports medicine was officially recognized as a subspecialty branch of medicine in the USA.Past Presidents include Jonathan Drezner, Chad Asplund, Katherine Dec, Cindy Chang, Kimberley Harmon, Robert Dimeff, James Puffer, Doug McKeag and John Lombardo.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Sports Med Today Sports Medicine Today . www.sportsmedtoday.com . 23 March 2021.
  2. Web site: COVID-19 spurs new research on cardiac health of college athletes . American Heart Association . 23 March 2021 . en-us.
  3. Harmon . Kimberly G. . Clugston . James R. . Dec . Katherine . Hainline . Brian . Herring . Stanley . Kane . Shawn F. . Kontos . Anthony P. . Leddy . John J. . McCrea . Michael . Poddar . Sourav K. . Putukian . Margot . Wilson . Julie C. . Roberts . William O. . American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement on concussion in sport . British Journal of Sports Medicine . February 2019 . 53 . 4 . 213–225 . 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100338 . 30705232 . 73432768 . 23 March 2021 . 1473-0480.
  4. Drezner . Jonathan A. . O'Connor . Francis G. . Harmon . Kimberly G. . Fields . Karl B. . Asplund . Chad A. . Asif . Irfan M. . Price . David E. . Dimeff . Robert J. . Bernhardt . David T. . Roberts . William O. . AMSSM Position Statement on Cardiovascular Preparticipation Screening in Athletes: Current evidence, knowledge gaps, recommendations and future directions . British Journal of Sports Medicine . February 2017 . 51 . 3 . 153–167 . 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096781 . 27660369 . 1473-0480. free .
  5. Web site: AMSSM position statement on mental health issues and psychological factors in athletes released . News-Medical.net . 23 March 2021 . en . 12 February 2020.
  6. Web site: AMSSM - American Medical Society for Sports Medicine . www.amssm.org . 23 March 2021.
  7. Finnoff . Jonathan T. . Berkoff . David . Brennan . Fred . DiFiori . John . Hall . Mederic M. . Harmon . Kimberly . Lavallee . Mark . Martin . Sean . Smith . Jay . Stovak . Mark . American Medical Society for Sports Medicine recommended sports ultrasound curriculum for sports medicine fellowships . Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine . January 2015 . 25 . 1 . 23–29 . 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000176 . 25536482 . 39153992 . 23 March 2021 . 1536-3724. free .
  8. Web site: AMSSM - American Medical Society for Sports Medicine . www.amssm.org . 23 March 2021.
  9. The team physician and conditioning of athletes for sports: a consensus statement . Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise . October 2001 . 33 . 10 . 1789–1793 . 10.1097/00005768-200110000-00027 . 11581568 . 0195-9131. free . American Academy of Family Physicians . American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons . American College of Sports Medicine . American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine . American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine . American Medical Society for Sports Medicine .
  10. Chang . Cindy J. . Weston . Timothy . Higgs . Jessica D. . Ohkubo . Monica . Sauls . Amy . Tedeschi . Fred . White . Marianne . Young . Craig C. . Inter-Association Consensus Statement: The Management of Medications by the Sports Medicine Team . Journal of Athletic Training . November 2018 . 53 . 11 . 1103–1112 . 10.4085/1062-6050-53-11 . 30525936 . 6333221 . 1938-162X. free .

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