Para and Adaptive Sports Medicine for the Winter Athlete: Live from Milano Cortina

4 March 2026 17:00-19:30 CET

Programme

 

Chairs:

Cheri Blauwet – Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Wayne Derman – Professor & Executive Head of the Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine & Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Stellenbosch University

Stephanie Tow – Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado

Departments of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and Orthopedics Institute – Sports Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital Colorado

 

17:00-17:20 CET
Emergency scenarios in Paralympic Winter Sports and Extrication Considerations – Sled Hockey

Mike Uihlein – Team Physician, US Para Ice Hockey Team

Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical college of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Associate Chief of Emergency Medicine for Education and Co-Director Adaptive Sports Clinic, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Center, Milwaukee, WI

 

17:20-17:30 CET
Para Alpine Sit Ski Extrication Considerations

Meredith Ehn, Head Team Physician, US Para Snowboarding Team

 

17:30-17:50 CET
MSK Injuries in the Winter Games Setting

Kristina Fagher – Associate Professor, PhD

Physiotherapist, Specialist in Sports Medicine and Physical Activity

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden, Parasport Sweden

 

17:50-18:00 CET
Q&A

 

18:00-18:20 CET
Care of the Athlete With Spinal Cord Injury in a Winter Games Environment

Nick Webborn – CBE, UK Sport

 

18:20-18:40 CET
Keeping Your Team Illness Free in the Cold

Marit Valtonen – Chief Medical Officer, Finland Olympic Team; Medical Director, Finnish Institute of High Performance Sport (KIHU)

 

18:30-18:50 CET
Q&A


18:50-19:10 CET
Update on Brain Health in the Para Athlete (SCAT modifications, new concussion data)

Cheri Blauwet – Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

 

19:10-19:30 CET
A day in the life of a CMO

Dr Julie Milmine – Chief Medical Officer, Team New Zealand

Dr Andy Marshall – Chief Medical Officer, Team Canada

 

19:30-19:40 CET
Q&A

 

Organised by:

In partnership with:

AMSSM

In collaboration wth:

International Paralympics Committee  AAPM&R