Football Legend Willie Brown to Participate in Sports Neurotrauma Symposium at the 2000 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting


WHO:Willie Brown, 1984 Football Hall of Fame Inductee and Assistant Coach of the Oakland Raiders, joins members of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons as a panelist for a Sports Neurotrauma Symposium.

WHAT:Sports Neurotrauma Symposium featuring football legend, Willie Brown, will educate AANS members about the long-term assessment and management of sports-related head and spinal cord injuries, with an emphasis on return-to-play guidelines. The panelists will also differentiate between return-to-play eligibility guidelines applied to high school, collegiate and professional athletes.

WHEN:Thursday, April 13, 2000, from 9:45 a.m. to noon

WHERE:Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Press Room 266, Moscone Convention Center
ROOM:Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 10 -12, and 8:30 to noon on April 13.

CONTACT:AANS Communications staff at (847) 378-0500 or call the Annual Meeting Press Room beginning Sunday, April 9, at (415) 978-3715 (3716).

Note: The meeting press kit can be found in the Media Center Section of the AANS Web site at: www.neurosurgery.org/aans.