Soccer Heading—Not Collisions—Cognitively Impairs Players
Faculty Profile
Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology)
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Associate Director, Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC)
Areas of Research: Neuroimaging, MRI, Brain, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, Concussion, Image Processing and Analysis, Diffusion Imaging including DTI, NODDI, HARDI, White Matter Microstructure, Cognitive Dysfunction, Clinical Investigation
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Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.R.
Dr. Lipton, a neuroradiologist and neuroscientist, is Associate Director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center and Director of Radiology Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine as well as Medical Director of MRI Services at its University Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, both in New York. He divides his professional time between the clinical practice of neuroradiology, teaching and research. Dr. Lipton’s research broadly addresses the use of advanced noninvasive imaging technology to reveal heretofore-inaccessible substrates of brain dysfunction, particularly in the realms of behavior and cognition. More specifically, his research program has focused for nearly a decade on detecting and characterizing the effects of mild brain injury (AKA concussion). Specific areas of emphasis at present include the understanding of inter-individual differences in the manifestations of brain injury and the cumulative effects of repetitive subconcussive injury in sports. Dr. Lipton’s work on the impact of subconcussive “heading” on brain structure and function in amateur soccer players, funded by the Dana Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, has been reported extensively in the press worldwide.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
MRRC, Room 219C
Bronx, NY 10461
Fax: 718.430.2185
michael.lipton@einstein.yu.edu
In the News
The Telegraph quotes Dr. Michael Lipton about his study that finds soccer ball heading causes more cognitive impairment than unintentional collisions.
Popular Science interviews Dr. Michael Lipton on his research that found women sustain more severe brain injury than men from soccer ball heading.
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