2011 National Conference

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Dr. Bailes

Strategies & Management of Concussions

Julian E. Bailes, Jr, M.D. received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, neurosurgical residency at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, and a cerebrovascular and stroke fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. From 1988 until 1997, he was Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and later at Celebration Health Hospital in Orlando, where he was also the Director of Emergency Medical Services at both the city and county levels from 1998-2000.

In 2000, Dr. Bailes assumed the position of Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown. The department has experienced significant growth with currently nine faculty members and subspecialty expertise in all areas of neuroscience, and provides care for neurological conditions and injuries.

Dr. Bailes has special interest in neurological athletic injuries, and has been a team physician at either the NFL or collegiate level for 22 years. Since 1992, he has been the neurological consultant to the NFL Players? Association (NFLPA), which has sponsored his research on the effects of head injuries on professional athletes. He is the Medical Director of the Center for Study of Retired Athletes, which is affiliated with the NFLPA and the University of North Carolina. Dr. Bailes is the Chairman of Sports Medicine for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). He has had over 100 publications concerning various aspects of neurological surgery, including three books on neurological sports medicine, and performs editorial duties for numerous medical journals. Dr. Bailes has been honored as one of the U.S. best neurosurgeons for eight consecutive years in America?s Best Doctors 2001-11, and U.S. Top Surgeons 2006-11. He is the Chairman of the Board West Virginia Health Information Network, responsible for the computerization of all medical records and transactions in the state. Dr. Bailes also serves as the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of Pop Warner Football. He is a member of NFLPA Brain Injury Committee and Director of NFLPA?s Second Opinion Network. Dr. Bailes is the Founder and Director of the Brain Injury Research Institute, and has been an advisor to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for brain injury in collegiate sports.