William Meehan, MD
Children's Hospital Boston
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Certifications (Specialties):
Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Sports Medicine
Affiliations (Positions):
Children's Hospital Boston
Director, Sports Concussion Clinic
Education:
College:
Boston College, Boston, MA
Medical School:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Residency:
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston
Fellowship:
Sports Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Clinical Interests:
Concussions
Pediatric emergency medicine
Sports medicine
Introduction - Meet William Meehan, MD
related videos
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“For an athlete who has a concussion, how long does it take to return to normal?”
When someone gets a concussion, there are several steps they can take right
away that will help them get better faster. ADDED SEP 4TH, 2010 -
“How do concussions affect memory?”
Athletes who have a concussion will often have a loss of memory for the event.
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“How long do concussion symptoms usually last?”
For most athletes, a sport-related concussion recovers very rapidly. Their symptoms last for a matter of hours to days. For others, it goes on for a long period of time. ADDED SEP 4TH, 2010
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“Do athletes with concussions feel pressure to return to sports prematurely?”
ADDED AUG 11TH, 2010
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“How did you get interested in sports medicine and concussions?”
I initially trained in emergency medicine. There was a patient who came into the emergency room one day who had a concussion in a motor vehicle accident. She was hoping to return to her sport and could not find a doctor who sort of knew enough about it to guide her back into sports. ADDED JUL 25TH, 2010
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“How would you describe yourself as physician?”
I hope that I’m a nice guy. I read a lot about science and medicine just to try to help concussive brain injury. ADDED JUL 25TH, 2010
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“What do you seek to accomplish as a specialist in concussions?”
Two goals I have in the concussion clinic are to take care of patients who have traumatic brain injury and to discover better treatments and therapies. ADDED JUL 25TH, 2010
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“What role does Children's Hospital Concussion clinic play in treating patients?”
We have a couple separate entities all under the hospices of the brain injury program, The program includes people who have expertise in brain injury from all different specialties. ADDED JUL 25TH, 2010