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Concussion program begins work

KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES (ABOVE), MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (ABOVE LEFT) The Pan Am Concussion Program, led by Dr. Michael Ellis (left), has opened a clinic that solely focuses on treating and researching youth head injuries.

Clinic will treat kids’ head injuries, conduct research

A unique city clinic for treating concussions in children and youth expects to receive at least 25 new patients a week.

The Pan Am Clinic program, located in the MTS Iceplex, began taking patients earlier this month. There’s not another facility like it in Canada, if not North America.

“I think what sets us apart is the magnitude of our team and the cumulative experience that we have in traumatic brain injury,” said Dr. Michael Ellis, a neurosurgeon and the program’s leader.

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