Guthrie Post-Concussion Support Group to Meet Sept. 15

The Guthrie Post-Concussion Support Group will hold a meeting on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. in the 4 Blue Conference Room located on the fourth floor of the Guthrie Medical Group in Sayre. 

The meeting will feature guest speaker Claire Lepat, who last spoke to the support group in March 2018. Since then, Claire has graduated from high school and is currently attending the University of Pittsburgh. She will talk about her 20+ concussions and focus on how she has adjusted to college while dealing with post-concussion syndrome.

The Guthrie Post-Concussion Support Group features speakers who share their personal journeys in dealing with sports related post-concussion syndrome. The group is free and all are welcome.

For more information, please contact Steven Hicks, MS, ATC by email at Steven.Hicks@guthrie.org. The group also maintains a Facebook page, Twin Tiers Sports Post-Concussion Support Group.

Guthrie is a non-profit integrated health system located in north central Pennsylvania and upstate New York, serving patients from a twelve-county service area. Guthrie is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network and is the first health system based in Pennsylvania and New York to join this network. Guthrie is comprised of a research institute, home care/hospice, hospitals in Sayre, Pa., Corning, N.Y., Towanda, Pa., Troy, Pa. and Cortland, N.Y., as well as a multi-specialty group practice of more than 325 physicians and 210 advanced practice providers offering 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities in Pennsylvania and New York. In addition, Guthrie offers home medical equipment and respiratory therapy products at seven convenient Med Supply Depot locations. Guthrie provides a wide range of services and programs to enhance the health and well-being of those it serves.