Joseph Congeni MD, FAAP

Joseph A. Congeni, M.D.,F.A.A.P., is the Division Director of the Sports Medicine Center at Akron children's Hospital as well an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). He developed the Primary Care Pediatrics Sports Medicine Fellowship at Akron Children's Hospital, the first of its kind at a pediatric hospital in the U.S.

He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame; and received his medical degree from NEOUCOM. Dr. Congeni is Board Certified in Pediatrics and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. He has served on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness and previously served as co-chairman of the Committee on Adolescent and Sports Medicine in the Ohio A.A.P. office. He currently serves on the Home and School Health Committee for the Ohio A.A.P. as well.

Dr. Congeni is currently a team physician for the University of Akron and Archbishop Hoban High School. He has won several awards including: the Summa Family Practice Teaching Award, Northern Ohio Live Best Doctors in Northern Ohio Award, Ohio High School Athletic Association Respect the Game Award, Ohio A.A.P. Committee Chair of the Year Award, Ohio Athletic Trainer's Association's Team Physician of the Year Award. Most recently, he was named Ohio Outstanding Team Physician by the Ohio State Medical Association.

He has published many papers, with special interest in lumbar spondylolysis, youth baseball injuries and brain injuries in athletes. Dr. Congeni also appears on a weekly radio Sports Medicine segment.

  • Speaking Topics

  • Ergogenic Aids, Performance Enhancing Drugs, and Supplements in Sports

    This discussion includes anabolic steroids and other supplements that young athletes are taking currently. The discussion would also include drug testing, who is at risk, usage pattern, and risk profile of these particular drugs and supplements.

    Course length: 30-60 minutes
    Intended audience: physicians, residents, medical students, physical therapist, athletic trainer, nurses, and nurse practitioners.
  • Adolescent Brain Injury in Concussion:Myths, misinformation, and current guidelines"

    This discussion will make the medical practitioner familiar with the presentation, signs and symptoms of concussion in young patients, particularly athletes. Further this discussion will talk about historical myths and misinformation in the management of brain injuries over all. Management principles including physical and mental rest and return to play will be discussed as well. On site evaluation as well as evaluation in a medical clinic will be a part of this discussion. Principals, prevention, and new frontiers in the approach to brain injury will all be included.

    Course length: 30-60 minutes
    Intended audience: physicians, residents, medical students, paramedics, physical therapist, athletic trainer, nurses, and nurse practitioners.
  • Cervical Spine Injury in Sport: Neck Injuries from the field to clinical diagnosis and treatment principles

    This discussion will describe the initial approach to cervical spine injury and discuss treatment principles from the field to the clinic. The evaluation work up, diagnosis, prognosis and prevention principles would all be components of this discussion.

    Course length: 30-60 minutes
    Intended audience: physicians, residents, medical students, paramedic, physical therapist, athletic trainer, nurses, and nurse practitioners.
  • Overuse Injuries, Stress Fractures:The Good The Bad and The Ugly - Location and recognition is the Key

    This discussion will compare and contrast trauma injuries vs overuse injuries in the pediatric and adolescent setting. This would include the presentation of these fractures to bony and growth plates sites in the body. Injury patterns, mechanisms for injury, diagnosis, prognosis, and prevention principles would be discussed in detail.

    Course length: 30-60 minutes
    Intended audience: physicians, residents, medical students, paramedic, physical therapist, athletic trainer, nurses, and nurse practitioners.

  • Watch a Short Video of Dr. Congeni's Teaching Style

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