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Steve Tisch donates $10 million to UCLA for concussion research

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Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants, has dedicated a $10 million donation to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA for the BrainSPORT Program, according to a UCLA Health System press release.

The BrainSPORT Program provides research-based treatment for sports concussions in school-age to professional athletes.

“Mr. Tisch’s generous gift will be an enormous game-changer, enabling us to create diagnostic tools customized to younger athletes,” Christopher Giza, MD, a professor of neurosurgery and pediatric neurology at the Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, said in the press release. “Currently, young athletes are assessed with adult tests — but kids aren’t little adults. With the right diagnosis and personalized care, kids can recover completely from concussion.”

President Obama announced the donation several weeks ago during a White House summit on youth and sports concussions. The funding will enable UCLA to create the first U.S. fellowship program to train pediatric neurologists who specialize in sports concussions, according to the press release.

“As the father of children who are athletes, and as an NFL owner, I greatly value the positive role that sports play in people’s lives and am personally concerned about sports concussions,” Tisch said in the press release. “UCLA runs one of the best youth concussion programs in the nation, and I’m honored that my gift will allow the program to accelerate and expand its efforts to help kids, parents and coaches understand how to prevent and treat concussions and enjoy the sports that they love.”

Reference: www.ucla.edu.