-- Courtesy of NJCU Athletics

JERSEY CITY, NJ --- Brian Hainline, M.D., a Senior Vice President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the NCAA's Chief Medical Officer, will be a special guest speaker at New Jersey City University on Friday, September 15.
 
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Gothic Lounge located in Hepburn Hall Room 202. Admission is free. He will be the special guest of Dr. Sue Henderson, NJCU's President and a member of the Division III Presidents Council.
 
Dr. Hainline, the NCAA's first chief medical officer, oversees the NCAA's Sport Science Institute and has done extensive research on concussions, their causes and appropriate treatments.
 
As part of the NCAA's commitment to increasing student-athlete health and wellness, Dr. Hainline periodically travels to institutions around the country, visiting with presidents, athletic directors, athletic trainers, coaches, collegiate athletics personnel, and student-athletes to further education on best practices and research while learning more about what is being done on campuses.
 
With more than a quarter century of expertise in sports medicine, Dr. Hainline has played a pivotal role in the development of drug testing and education protocols worldwide. He is the co-author of Drugs and the Athlete. He has served on the New York State Athletic Commission, the United States Olympic Committee's Sports Medicine Committee and was a founding member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Neurology Sports Neurology Section, where he serves as vice chair.
 
Dr. Hainline has also been instrumental in the development of health and safety standards in tennis, both nationally and internationally. He was chief medical officer of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships for 16 years, and then served as chief medical officer of the United States Tennis Association before moving to the NCAA. He is chair of the International Tennis Federation Sport Science and Medicine Commission, and oversaw the rollout of international wheelchair tennis competition, for which he wrote the rules of eligibility for both para- and quad-tennis.
 
He is a clinical professor of neurology at both the New York University School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine, and an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Indiana University School of Public Health.