About Us
Dr. Michael Czarnota is the Official Neuropsychology Consultant for the Canadian Hockey League (OHL, WHL and QMJHL) and has been extensively involved with Hockey Canada for their U-20 and U-18 national teams. In addition, he serves as the primary consultant and neuropsychology coordinator for the ECHL & USHL, as well as for other hockey organizations that span youth levels, women’s professional hockey and the Professional Hockey Players Association.
TESTIMONIALS
“ImPACT is an excellent tool used to treat and manage concussions. Our medical team is grateful for the added information Dr. Czarnota presents to us when determining when to return a player to the ice. Any athlete who suffers a concussion should turn to this system to insure the safest and healthiest return to action.”
Dennis MacDonald, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer for the Plymouth Whalers
“I was very pleased with the thoroughness of the evaluation. The information shared with me after my daughter’s injury was very helpful in understanding the recovery process.”
Judy – parent
Concussions are different than any other injury. You may feel good a few days later and then symptoms return during activity. Dr. Czarnota carefully tracked my return to baseline, which gave me greater security to begin skating symptom-free. With this system in place, everyone involved from myself to my parents felt much more comfortable with the medical decision to return to play.
M.L. – professional hockey player
“Dr. Czarnota is a key member of our Sports Medicine team. He brings valuable expertise to the management of our athletes with concussion. His experience with athletes of all ages and skill levels contributes to the effective diagnosis, treatment and safe return to play of the concussed athlete.”
Scott Eathorne, M.D.
Providene Hospital – Family and Athletic Medicine
“As a soccer player since the age of 5 I have heard my coaches say many times “to shake it off” after an injury. Dr. Czarnota’s program helped me understand why that is not always possible and the importance of giving in to allowing time for the brain to recover. I would like to see coaching staff become more aware of this program.”
A.C. – collegiate soccer player
Welcome to Our Family Health Clinic
Dr. Czarnota has been involved in several projects and grants aimed at improving concussion education, awareness and services to young athletes, including work with the Ontario Hockey Federation and the Hockey Concussion Neurotrauma Initiative. He has been a featured faculty member of the London (ON) Concussion Summit in 2009, provided a CEU opportunity in conjuction with Docs on Ice in 2009 and is a founding member and Fellow of the Sports Neuropsychology Society(SNS), where he has served as Chair of the Education Committee, been a Member-at-Large to the SNS Board and is now the SNS President-Elect. He was also instrumental in forming SNS-Canada, which was the first international branch to be recognized by SNS and whose mission is to tailor the broader SNS objectives to the specific needs of Canadians.
Dr. Czarnota earned his doctoral degree from Wayne State University, completed his pre-doctoral training at Henry Ford Hospital and then went on to serve a two year Post Doctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Neuropsychology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. In addition to his sports consulting duties Dr. Czarnota also maintains an independent private practice in suburban Detroit He was also instrumental in forming SNS-Canada, which was the first international branch to be recognized by SNS and whose mission is to tailor the broader SNS objectives to the specific needs of Canadians.
Our Mission Is to Provide a Professional & Honest Approach to Concussion Management.
