Dr. Willem Meeuwisse

Dr. Meeuwisse is the Medical Director of the National Hockey League, and a sport medicine physician with clinical interests that range from recreational to elite athletes.  He has had a long career in research on sport health screening, risk analysis and injury prevention.  He is the founder of the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary, which is part of the IOC Medical Research Network. He is also a founding member of the Concussion in Sport Group and recently Co-Chaired the 5th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport.  He currently serves as a Senior Associate Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine -Injury Prevention and Health Protection. 

Peer Reviewed

1. Russell K, Meeuwisse W, Nettel-Aguirre A, Emery CA, Gushue S, Wishart J, Romanow N, Rowe BH, Goulet C, Hagel BE. “Listening to a personal music player is associated with fewer but more serious injuries among snowboarders in a terrain park: a case-control study.” Br J Sports Med 2014 Jul 8 [Epub ahead of print] doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-093487.
2. Schneider K, Meeuwisse WH, Boyd L, Barlow K, Nettel-Aguirre A, Kang J, Emery CA. “Cervicovestibular rehabilitation in sport-related concussion: a randomised controlled trial.” Br J Sports Med 48(17):1294-1298, 2014. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093267.
3. Engebretsen L, Bahr R, Cook JL, Derman W, Emery CA, Finch CF, Meeuwisse WH, Schwellnus M, Steffen K. The IOC Centres of Excellence bring prevention to sports medicine. Br J Sports Med 48(17):1270-5, 2014. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093992.
4. Roberts WO, Löllgen H, Matheson GO, Royalty AB, Meeuwisse WH, Levine B, Hutchinson MR, Coleman N, Benjamin HJ, Spataro A, Debruyne A, Bachl N, Pigozzi F. Advancing the preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE): an ACSM and FIMS joint consensus statement. Curr Sports Med Rep 13(6):395-401, 2014. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000100.
5. Roberts WO, Löllgen H, Matheson GO, Royalty AB, Meeuwisse WH, Levine B, Hutchinson MR, Coleman N, Benjamin HJ, Spataro A, Debruyne A, Bachl N, Pigozzi F. Advancing the preparticipation physical evaluation: an ACSM and FIMS joint consensus statement. Clin J Sport Med 24(6):442-7, 2014. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000168.
6. McKay CD, Meeuwisse WH, Emery CA. Informing body checking policy in youth ice hockey in Canada: A?discussion meeting with researchers and community stakeholders. Can J Public Health 105(6):e445-9, 2014.
7. Woollings KY, McKay CD, Kang J, Meeuwisse WH, Emery CA. Incidence, mechanism and risk factors for injury in youth rock climbers. Br J Sports Med 49(1):44-50, 2015. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094067
8. Samuels C, James L, Lawson D, Meeuwisse W. “The Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire: A new tool for assessing and managing sleep in elite athletes” Br J Sports Med 2015 May 22. pii: bjsports-2014-094332. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094332. [Epub ahead of print]
9. Soligard T, Steffen K, Palmer-Green D, Aubry M, Grant ME, Meeuwisse W, Mountjoy M, Budgett R, Engebretsen L.  Sports injuries and illnesses in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Apr;49(7):441-7. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094538. Epub 2015 Jan 28
10. Engebretsen L, Bahr R, Cook JL, Derman W, Emery CA, Finch CF, Meeuwisse WH, Schwellnus M, Steffen K.  The IOC Centres of Excellence bring prevention to sports medicine.  Br J Sports Med. 2014 Sep;48(17):1270-5. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093992.