Conférence annuelle de la thérapie du sport (CaTS)

Marc-Antoine Doré is an athletic therapist, a Concordia University graduate (2013) and an advanced emergency care instructor for UQTR’s Athletic Therapy program. On top of his athletic therapy’s experience with several national and international sports (athletics, judo, karate), he works as a first responder for important events (such as marathons, triathlons, etc.). He also works for 911 services for the Côte-Saint-Luc borough. For several years now, Marc-Antoine has been teaching and managing various levels of first aid and traumatology courses addressed to all, from first responders and to police special forces. He is currently working on his master’s degree on prehospital traumatology at Université Laval.

Dr. Xavier Jodoin is an orthopedic surgeon at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu since 2012. He graduated from the medical faculty at Université de Sherbrooke (2002-2006) and then from the orthopedic program Édouard-Samson at Université de Montréal (2006-2011). Between 2011 and 2012, he over-specialized in the lower limb arthroplasty and spinal surgery at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal. Since then, his medical practice revolves around general surgery with over-specialization in lumbar spine surgery for degenerative and traumatic conditions.

Laura Leslie is an athletic therapist and an ostheopath with 30 years of clinical experience working with adult and pediatric concussion patients specializing in the clinical assessment and treatment of concussions and post-concussion syndrome. Laura is an international speaker on the assessment and treatment strategies for concussions in addition of 25 years of teaching on myofascial release and other topics.

Laura is a leader of a National Concussion Committee responsible for the development and implementation of concussion assessment and treatment standards for clinics across Canada. Laura is a clinical consultant to B2Ten, non-profit organization supporting Olympic medal hopeful athletes.  Laura is a part-time faculty member with the Dept. of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at Concordia University.

Scott Livingston is a Master Performance Coach and Reconditioning Professional with 35+ years of practice in the human performance industry working in every conceivable performance environment. He is the co-founder of the practice of Reconditioning, integrating the worlds of therapy, applied neurology, and performance in one powerful operating system. He has trained and reconditioned 10+ Olympic Gold Medallists, Numerous Olympians and World Cup athletes, professional athletes from the NHL, NBA, and MLB over the course of his career and is the lead S+C Coach and Therapist for the NY Islanders, NY Rangers, and Montréal Canadiens.

Scott is renowned for his dedication to building the “whole” athlete, improving performance, and athletic longevity. He is a leading authority in developing integrated support programming for athlete development and seeks to improve how athletes are trained and supported throughout their careers.

He hosts of the groundbreaking podcast Leave Your Mark where he looks inside the lives of successful people in the human performance world. Scott’s purpose is to inspire reflection, make connections, challenge convention, and create change so that others may achieve their best.

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Jonathan Pelletier-Ouellet, kinesiologist (2007) and physiotherapist (2009) from Université Laval, works as strength and conditioning coach, kinesiologist and physiotherapist for the Canadian freestyle skiing team since 2008 and for the long-distance Canadian speed skating team since 2018. He is also the Integrated Support Team’s director for Speed Skating Canada (long distance) and has been working for over 10 years at Excellence Sportive Québec-Lévis. Jonathan was a member of the integrated support team at Vancouver, Sochi and Pyeongchang Olympic Games.

Nour Saadé started his professional journey in private clinics and with Dawson Blues in Montréal. He was also an athletic therapist for UQAM Citadins prior to becoming a clinician teacher at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in 2015. His professional experience leads him to specialize in teaching and collaborate on several research projects, mostly on concussions.