Joint Advisory Committee

 

The Ohio High School Athletic Association
Joint Advisory Committee on Sports Medicine

 

History

The OHSAA’s sports medicine committee, named the Joint Advisory Committee on Sports Medicine (JACSM), was established in 1958 by the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) to assist the member schools of the OHSAA to protect the health and safety of student athletes in the interscholastic athletics programs in Ohio’s secondary schools. The JACSM is the longest serving sports medicine committee that works with state athletic associations in the United States.

Original membership consisted exclusively of physicians who were members of the OSMA. Members from the Ohio Athletic Trainers Association were added in the 1980s.

 

Mission

The stated mission of the JACSM is to serve in an advisory capacity to the OHSAA Board of Directors. The committee serves to promote the health and safety of Ohio’s interscholastic athletes through close cooperation with the Ohio High School Athletic Association, Ohio Athletic Trainers Association and other sports medicine organizations. The primary focus is to address policy issues in sports medicine and to provide physician coverage of OHSAA's state tournaments and playoffs. Additionally, the Committee brings special recognition to volunteer physicians for long and dedicated service to interscholastic athletes.

The current committee makeup includes physicians, M.D.s and D.O.s, athletic trainers, a researcher, a staff liaison to the OSMA and the sports medicine liaison on staff at the OHSAA.

The committee meets periodically to address items of business as coordinated through the Committee Chair and the OHSAA sports medicine staff liaison.

 

Current Members

The following individuals currently serve on the JACSM:

Mr. Ryan Weible – OATA President
Robert Flannery, MD - Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician & Director of Community Outreach/Education (University Hospitals Drusinky Sports Medicine Institute); Assistant Team Physician for the Cleveland Browns
Randall R. Wroble, MD – Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedic ONE – Chair
Anne Albers, MD – Cardiologist, OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians
Mr. Todd Baker – Staff Liaison, OSMA, OSMA CEO
Matthew Beran, MD – Nationwide Children's Hospital
Kenneth Cayce, MD – Family and Sports Medicine, OhioHealth MAX Sports Medicine
Joe Congeni, MD – Medical Director, Sports Medicine- Akron Children’s Hospital
Steven Cuff, MD – Pediatrics and Sports Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Sports Medicine
Kirk Davis, DO – Mercy Health
Tom Hospel, MD – Family and Sports Medicine, OhioHealth MAX Sports Medicine
Ms. Siobhan Fagan, A.T. – Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association President, Wright State University Athletic Training Program
Richard Figler, MD – Cleveland Clinic Sports
Jeff Johnston, MD – Mercy Health
 Mrs. Katie LaRue-Martin – OATA Past-President
Kelsey Logan, MD – Sports Medicine, Director, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Ms. Emily Mason – OHSAA Senior Sports Administrator
Kendra McCamey, MD – Sports Medicine, The Ohio State University
Mr. Kurt McClurg, A.T. – Maumee High School
Jacqueline McGowan, MD – Central Ohio Primary Care Sports Medicine
James Moore, MD – Family and Sports Medicine, Dover
Jonathan Napolitano, MD – Nationwide Children's Hospital
Jimmy Onate, PhD – Associate Professor, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University
Tom Pommering, DO – Sports Medicine, Chief, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Mr. John Smith – AT Manager, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Mr. Larry Sutton, A.T. – South-Western City School District
Bryant Walrod, MD – The Ohio State University
David Weldy, MD – Family and Sports Medicine, University of Toledo
Mr. Stu Wilson, A.T. – Monroe Jr./Sr. High School, OATA Secondary School Committee Chair
Mr. Jayson Wolshire, A.T. – Ohio Health Sports Medicine

 

Projects

JACSM has been integral in advising the OHSAA Board with the following initiatives:

  • Hydration and prevention of exertional heat stroke
  • Concussion protocols and policy
  • Athletic Emergency Action Plans
  • Communicable Disease policy
  • Lightning and Severe Weather policy
  • Drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention policies
  • Policy on nutritional supplements
  • Development of materials for team physicians and athletic trainers
  • Health and safety considerations for the interscholastic wrestler
  • Recommendation on policies for minimizing head impact exposure and concussion risk in football
  • Recommendation for the adoption of the Privit Profile – the nation’s first electronic PPE to be used in the high school environment

 

For More Information:

Contact Emily Mason, Senior Sport Administrator and Sports Medicine Liaison for the OHSAA