Sideline coverage scenario workshop

Thursday, February 19, 2026

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM AST

Location: Ballroom B 3rd Floor

Course Director(s)

Anusha Lekshminarayanan, MD (she/her/hers)

Attending physician, Sports Medicine
Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College

Faculty(s)

Shane M. Drakes, MD

Assistant Professor/ Sports Medicine Fellowship Director
Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Speaker(s)

Samuel T. Dona, Jr., MD

Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
Bram Newman, MD

Director - Sports Medicine Fellowship
Burke Rehabilitation
Johan Latorre, MD, MS (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Yolanda Pham, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Resident Physician
Montefiore Einstein
YG

Yomiyou Geleta, MD

Resident Physician
ABBEL Research Division, Rehabilitation Institute at Sinai (formerly Sinai Rehabilitation Center), Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

This Sideline Coverage Scenario workshop will serve as Part 2 of the Sideline Coverage Workshop held during the AAP'25 conference. Each station will cover one commonly encountered sideline coverage scenario. This will serve as a drill on how to respond during time crunch situations on the sidelines in possibly challenging environments (limited resources, limited assistance).

Stations:

1. Concussion: Dr. Drakes
2. Spine boarding: Dr. Newman
3. E-FAST: Dr. Lekshminarayanan
4. Autonomic dysreflexia: Dr. Latorre
5. Exercise associated collapse: Dr. Dona, Dr. Geleta, and Dr. Pham