Members of our CRI Scientific Advisory Board are recognized experts in their specialty areas. Their credentials include board certification in neurosurgery, neurology, neuropsychology, and certified athletic training. They have extensive experience treating professional, college, and high-school athletes and share a commitment to responsible management of sports-related concussions.

Jon Almquist, ATC
Mr. Almquist is a board-certified athletic trainer and specialist for the Fairfax County Public Schools Athletic Training Program in Fairfax, VA, where he oversees 24 high schools and nearly 50 athletic trainers. In that program, he established an Injury Treatment Tracking System that is compatible with university-level research and is nationally recognized as a model for the data collection of injuries for the high-school athlete. An active member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), he serves as chair of the Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Committee, as a member of the Pronouncements Committee, and as a representative to the NATA Inter-Association Task Force for Appropriate Care of the Spine.

Robert C. Cantu, M.D., FACS, FACSM
Dr. Cantu is a board-certified neurosurgeon with a specialty in sports medicine. Currently, he is chief of neurosurgery and director of sports medicine at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA, and medical director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, an ongoing registry for data collection and analysis of spine and head injuries. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications, including 17 books on neurology and sports medicine, in addition to numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed papers, and educational videos. Dr. Cantu is an associate editor of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and Exercise and Sports Science Reviews. He has served as treasurer and president of the American College of Sports Medicine.

James D. Gossett, ATC
Mr. Gossett is a board-certified athletic trainer. Currently, he is head athletic trainer and an associate in physical education at Columbia University in New York City. A member of the accreditation committee of the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association, Mr. Gossett is a recipient of that association’s Thomas J. Sheehan Sr. Award for outstanding service to the profession of athletic training. He has served as past-president of the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association and is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. Mr. Gossett has held athletic training positions at numerous international sporting events, including the World University Summer Games, the U.S. Olympic Festival, and the Pan American Games.

Barry D. Jordan, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Jordan is a board-certified neurologist and psychiatrist with a specialty in sports medicine. Educated at Harvard and Columbia, he is currently director of the Brain Injury Program at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, NY, and a neurological consultant to the New York State Athletic Commission. The author of three texts, including Sports Neurology, more than 30 articles, 30 book chapters, and 60 presentations, Dr. Jordan has held academic positions at Cornell University Medical College, Charles R. Drew University, and the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Jordan has presided as team physician at numerous international events for the U.S Amateur Boxing Team and as the chief physician at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Boxing Trials.

Kenneth C. Kutner, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Kutner is a board-certified neuropsychologist and a co-author of the Concussion Resolution Index. He completed training at Chicago Medical School and subsequently joined the faculty of UMDNJ/New Jersey Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is co-author of "The Neuropsychology of Sports-Related Head Injury," published by The Clinical Neuropsychologist. Dr. Kutner has been the team neuropsychologist for the New York Giants since 1995. He maintains an independent practice in New Jersey, where his specialties include neuropsychological evaluation, sports neuropsychology, cognitive retraining, and crisis debriefing.

Michael McCrea, Ph.D.
Dr. McCrea is the lead author of the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC). Currently, he is the head of Neuropsychology Service at Waukesha Memorial Hospital and is on the faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Department of Neurology. He has served as a neuropsychological consultant to the Chicago Bears and Chicago Blackhawks. The recipient of more than a dozen grants, Dr. McCrea’s research has focused on investigations into injury assessment, return to play, and outcome following concussion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Football League (NFL) Charities. He frequently lectures on sports concussion and has authored numerous book chapters and other publications.

Robert Voy, M.D.
Dr. Voy is a sports medicine specialist with more than 30 years experience in the field. Currently, he serves as deputy chairman of the International Boxing Association Medical Commission, as a member of the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission on Boxing, as a ringside physician for the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and as a team physician for the Las Vegas Thunder hockey team. He previously served as the Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Director of Sports Medicine and Science at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Dr. Voy is the author of Drugs, Sport, and Politics and of more than 30 articles and 80 presentations on sports medicine topics.

David M. Erlanger, Ph.D.
Dr. Erlanger received his doctorate in psychology from Columbia University and completed training in clinical neuropsychology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is on the faculties of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Hospital and Columbia University/Teachers College and serves as a consultant in research methods and assessment to the New York State Psychiatric Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Daniel J. Feldman, Ph.D.
Dr. Feldman completed training in neuropsychology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Clinically, he has worked primarily doing neuropsychological assessment of adults in outpatient and medical-legal settings. He has published and continues to study in the areas of neuropsychology, personality research, psychometrics, and advanced statistical techniques for the behavioral sciences. At present, he leads pharmaceutical market research in oncology.

Kenneth C. Kutner, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Kutner is also a member of the CRI Scientific Advisory Board. Please see his biography, above.

Michael McCrea, Ph.D.
Dr. McCrea is also a member of the CRI Scientific Advisory Board. Please see his biography, above.