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Agenda
The agenda below is from our 2024 summit. Details for our next summit will be added when available.
“I am excited to be a part of the 2024 Female Athlete Summit where I’ll be presenting on a crucial topic: ‘The Crisis in Girls Sports: Take Back the Game.’ I look forward to engaging with a wide variety of female athlete professionals to bring awareness of this issue and advance the future of women’s athletics.” – Linda Flanagan
Meet our speakers and planning committee
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:15am | Registration, Breakfast, Vendors
8:00am | Welcome
8:10am – 8:30am | Opening Keynote
- Why Focus on the Female Athlete – Heather Bergeson, MD, CAQSM; Nicole LaVoi, PhD
8:30am – 10:05am | Session 1 | Youth Athletes (Pre-Puberty <12)
- The Crisis in Girls Sports: Take Back the Game – Linda Flanagan
- Sport Specialization & Injury Prevention Strategies – Lisa Woodroffe, MD, CAQSM
- Coaching Girls: Challenging the Status Quo – Courtney Boucher, PhD
- Panel Discussion: Can We Change Youth Sports Culture?
10:20am – 11:45am | Session 2 | Adolescent Athlete (13-22)
- The TRIAD & REDs in Adolescent Athletes – Suzanne Hecht, MD, CAQSM
- Nourishing the Female Athlete – Kaitlyn Pscodna, RDN, LDN
- Body Image & Eating Disorders in Sport: The Impact of Weight Bias – Hannah Silva-Breen, M.S.
- The Power to Play, Period. Understanding How Menstrual Health Impacts Girls in Sport – Sarah Zipp, PhD
11:45am – 12:10pm | Session 3 | Prevention Programs
- How to Incorporate an ACL Prevention Program – Vincent Minjares, PhD
12:10pm – 12:55pm | Lunch Keynote (in person attendees only)
- Amplifying the Female Voice – Ethelind Kaba; Lea B. Olsen
12:55pm – 2:10pm | Session 4 | Adults (23-45)
- Bone Stress Injuries: Optimizing Bone Health for Life – Kristin Popp, PhD
- Pregnancy and the Athlete – Tiffany Etterman, DO
- Boob Ball – Katherine Rizzone, MD, MPH
2:10pm – 2:35pm | Session 5 | Multidisciplinary Care for Female Athletes
- Case Based Panel Discussion – Liza Arendt, MD; Alicia Harrison, MD; Pete Larson, PT, DPT, OCS; Jillian Tholen, RD, LD
2:50pm – 4:25pm | Session 6 | Senior Athlete (Peri/Post Menopause)
- Athletic Aging and Menopausal Hormone Treatment – Carla DiGirolamo, MD, PhD, MSCP, CFL1, PN1
- Empowering Women Getting Strong: Why Muscle Matters – Heather Cichanowski, MD, CAQSM
- Pelvic Floor Considerations – Diane Muenchow, PT, DPT
- Body Image and the Perimenopausal Transition: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Erin Ayala, PhD, LP, CMPC
Q&A Sessions
There will be a live Q&A immediately following each session that includes all speakers from the current session.
Objectives
Following this event, attendees will be able to
- Identify common injuries female athletes sustain and treatment interventions to get them back to their sport.
- Describe evaluation, unique considerations, and management of female athletes that may impact recovery and return to sport.
- List five potential members of a multidisciplinary care team for a female athlete.
