Sports Medicine Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC’s) are the liaison between the student-athlete and the medical community. The primary goal of the sports medicine staff is to provide health care for student-athletes competing at the intercollegiate level for Stony Brook University. The Seawolves sports medicine staff consists of BOC (Board of Certification) certified athletic trainers and athletic training students from the Athletic Training Education Program who are under the supervision and direction of Dr. Stuart Cherney, Head Team Physician, In addition, the Stony Brook Student Health Service and many medical specialists in the community assist the athletic trainers and team physicians in providing quality health care for the Seawolves. Athletic trainers are an integral part of every intercollegiate athletic program to ensure that student-athletes are competing in a safe and healthy environment. Each Stony Brook student-athlete is monitored with yearly athletic physicals, medical questionnaires, and orthopaedic baseline examinations. On a daily basis, the sports medicine staff directly supervises all high-risk sport activities and serves as the primary healthcare practitioner for all student-athletes. Preventive measures are taken to reduce the risk of injury and/or reinjury. Should a student-athlete become injured, the certified athletic trainer recognizes and diagnoses the injury, provides immediate care, makes a timely referral (if necessary), initiates treatment and develops/directs a rehabilitation plan for all injuries. Education of student-athletes is extremely important in the areas of injury prevention, nutrition, hygiene, substance abuse, etc. This is coordinated through the done through the sports medicine staff. Stony Brook University has two (2) Athletic Training Rooms. Both have state of the art equipment for injury treatment, such as cold compression units, electrical modalities and emergency equipment. The Intercollegiate Athletic Training Room is located in the Indoor Sports Complex just off the Arena floor to the rear of the building. It houses more specialized rehabilitation devices such as: Biodex, treadmill, exercise bikes, balance devices, and Exogen units; as well as a diagnostic Flouroscan machine. The Stadium Athletic Training Room is located on the field level of the LaValle Stadium. Both facilities are fully equipped and functional for everyday practice and game-day operations. Stony Brook University, through the School of Health Technology and Management, offers an Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP), which became CAATE accredited in September 2004. The program has four full time faculty members in addition to several adjunct professors with an Athletic Training Lab to help guide the ATEP students towards becoming Certified Athletic Trainers. A notable alumnus of the Stony Brook athletic training program is Lisa White, MA, ATC, Stony Brook ‘87, inducted into the Stony Brook Hall of Fame in May ‘98. Lisa is the Head Athletic Trainer with the WNBA New York Liberty. Lisa was a superb student athletic trainer during her undergraduate years at Stony Brook, where she also excelled in Women’s Basketball. In addition, several other alumni of the Athletic Training program have gone on to become certified athletic trainers at the high school, college and clinic levels, as well as entered other allied health care professions such as: medical doctor, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy and respiratory therapy.
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2010 Stony Brook Lacrosse
Kathy Koshansky
Assistant AD for Sports Medicine
Kathy Koshansky was named assistant director of athletics for sports medicine in November of 2004. A member of the Stony Brook athletic training staff since 1983, Koshansky serves as the Seawolves head athletic trainer and athletic training education program director. Koshansky is the primary athletic trainer for men’s lacrosse and is responsible for the overall operation of the athletic training room at Stony Brook. A tenured associate professor and the Athletic Training Education Program Director at Stony Brook, Koshansky received the prestigious President’s and Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching in 1989. The newly CAAHEP accredited Athletic Training Education Program, which is offered through the School of Health Technology and Management at the Stony Brook Health Science Center, was developed by Koshansky. Koshansky, who has been a National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification (NATABOC) certified athletic trainer since 1983, became a New York State certified athletic trainer in 1999 and has served as treasurer and president of the NYSATA. Koshansky was recently named the Head Athletic Trainer for the Empire State Games. The largest competition of its kind in the nation, the Games is a multisport event for amateur athletes patterned after the Olympic program. In January of 2005, Koshansky was awarded the Thomas J. Sheehan Award by the New York State Athletic Trainers Association (NYSATA). The award, which is the highest given out by the NYSATA, is presented to the athletic trainer whose character, commitment and achievements in the athletic training profession clearly exemplify the traits of Thomas J. Sheehan Sr., the long-time Head Athletic Trainer at RPI and one of the founding fathers of the athletic training profession and NYSATA. In June 2000, Koshansky was selected to volunteer as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY. On behalf of the United States Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Division and Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, Koshansky was also selected as a member of the USA Medical Staff for the 2003 Pan American Games held Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She is a graduate of Cortland State with a bachelor’s degree in physical education/athletic training and the University of Illinois with a master’s degree in physical education/exercise physiology.