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    **NEW** AMSSM Minority Research Grant Award: AMSSM is excited to announce a new research grant opportunity geared specifically for researchers identifying as underrepresented minorities. This research grant award will replace the previous Clinical Research Grant. This restructured grant builds on the efforts and priorities of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Presidential Task Force. More information will be released later this Fall with an anticipated due date of February 15, 2021.
    
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  - Christina Master, MD past recipient of the Young Investigator's Research Grant shares how receiving the AMSSM grant helped take her research efforts to new heights:
    
    "When I first started out in sports medicine practice and saw kids with concussion, it seemed like visual problems were really common and substantially affected their quality of life, but not much had been described in the literature. That investment led to an entire line of investigation of visual problems after concussion in children.
    
    AMSSM's initial investment in my research eventually led to work in fNIRS in concussion while performing a visual task which won the best research award at the 2017 AMSSM Annual Meeting and helped me obtain NIH R01 funding for my research that most recently resulted in a publication in JAMA Ophthalmology on the potential utility of pupillary light reflex metrics as a diagnostic for concussion. I will always be grateful that AMSSM was willing to take a risk on a young investigator at a critical juncture in my career.
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ABOUT AMSSM

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) was formed in 1991 to fill a void that has existed in sports medicine from its earliest beginnings. The Founders, most recognized and expert sports medicine specialists, realized that while there were several physician organizations which supported sports medicine, there was not a forum specific for primary care non-surgical sports medicine physicians.

MISSION STATEMENT
AMSSM provides a forum to foster professional relationships among sports medicine physicians to advance the discipline of sports medicine through education, research, advocacy and excellence in patient care.

VALUES STATEMENT
AMSSM is committed to the following values:

Service ▼

Honesty, Integrity and Respect  ▼

Quality and Excellence  ▼

Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork  ▼

VISION STATEMENT
AMSSM will be a worldwide leader in sports medicine.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Education - Serve as the premier educational resource for sports medicine physicians
Research - Advance sports medicine research and scholarship through funding support, collaboration and partnerships
Advocacy - Uphold and promote priority issues in sports medicine affecting members, patients, and their communities
Patient Care - Foster excellence in the care and safety of sports medicine patients
Communications - Exchange information with members and the public effectively
Infrastructure - Optimize resources to support the AMSSM mission, goals and objectives
Collaboration - Develop and utilize mutual relationships to enhance the AMSSM mission, goals and objectives

AMSSM HISTORY...(more ▾)

In 1991, five family physicians with strong self-learned sports medicine training and experience, Drs. David Hough, John Lombardo, Doug McKeag, Jim Puffer and Lee Rice, sought to find a medical organization that would represent themselves and other like-minded physicians. After exploring options to integrate with other national organizations, it became clear the best option was to start a new specialized organization that would adequately represent and support their sports medicine interests. They each invested $7,000 of their personal savings into a seed fund for this new organization. The 20 Founders of AMSSM included:

Randall Eichner, MD, Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Gallup, MD, JD, Family Medicine (Deceased)
Brian Halpern, MD, Family Medicine
Jack Harvey, MD, Pediatrics
John Henderson, DO, Family Medicine
Stan Herring, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehab
David Hough, MD, Family Medicine (Deceased)
Robert Johnson, MD, Family Medicine
Greg Landry, MD, Pediatrics
John Lombardo, MD, Family Medicine
Doug McKeag, MD, Family Medicine
Larry McLain, MD, Pediatrics (Deceased)
Robert Murphy, MD, Internal Medicine (Deceased)
James Puffer, MD, Family Medicine
Lee Rice, DO, Family Medicine
Douglas Shaw, MD, Emergency Medicine
Deborah Squire, MD, Pediatrics
Mitch Storey, DO, Family Medicine
Richard Strauss, MD, Internal and Preventive Medicine (Deceased)
Jeffrey Tanji, MD, Family Medicine

AMSSM's 1st Annual Meeting was held in San Diego in July 1992, with Brian Halpern, MD as the guarantor, which held him personally responsible if the meeting failed monetarily. The rest of the Founders all verbally agreed to help cover any losses. However, this first meeting was a success! The approximately 120 physicians who attended, all trained in primary care specialties, had finally found an organization which supported their beliefs that they had a central role in providing high quality sports medicine care. By the 20th Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2011, over 1,000 physicians attended the conference, and the AMSSM membership had more than 2,000 members. Thanks to the early vision and strong commitment of the dedicated Founders, AMSSM has become a strong, vital, multi-disciplinary organization of physicians.

ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020

STRATEGIC PLAN 2018-2020

UPCOMING EVENTS

DECEMBER 2020
12/01/2020

Deadline for Research Abstract Submissions

JANUARY 2021
01/06/2021

Deadline for Resident/Student Scholarship Applications

APRIL 2021
4/13/2021-4/18/2021

AMSSM 2021 Annual Meeting

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