The Sports Medicine Series Powered by Sports Business Classroom is designed for anyone interested in better understanding the performance and health of athletes. It brings together professionals and students across sports medicine, performance, and science—whether you’re already working in and around the NBA or aspiring to do so.

This includes:

• Physical Therapists
• Athletic Trainers
• Team Executives & Basketball Operations Professionals
• Sports Performance & Strength Coaches
• Sport Scientists Physicians
• Rehabilitation Specialists
• Agents
• Athletes
• Students and early-career professionals pursuing roles in these areas

Whether you’re already embedded in the league or seeking pathways into professional basketball, this series offers a unique opportunity to learn directly from leaders shaping athlete care and performance at the highest level.

The Sports Medicine Series Powered by Sports Business Classroom will be taking place inside the Thomas & Mack Center during NBA Summer League.

DATES:

Sunday, July 13, 2025: 10:00AM – 4:00PM
Monday, July 14, 2025: 10:00AM – 4:00PM

** Networking Event to Follow Monday’s Session
** Note: Lunch Will Not Be Provided

LOCATION:

Thomas & Mack Center – NBA Summer League
4905 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV 89154

QUESTIONS?:

Contact Us: sportsmedicineseries@vegassummerleagueevents.com

Los Angeles Clippers
Center

Orlando Magic
Shooting Guard

UFC
Senior Director of Sports Medicine

VP of Basketball Engagement
Sacramento Kings

NBA
Biomechanics & Engineering Specialist

Life Sports Agency
Founder & CEO

President of Performance Health and Wellness
LA Clippers

30 Year NBA Executive / Executive Leadership Coach

Golden State Warriors
Player Rehabilitation Manager

Charlotte Hornets
Senior Performance and Development Scientist

Boston Celtics
Executive Director of Performance

Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute of Las Vegas
Founder & Director

Infinite Potential
Founder

Golden State Valkyries
Vice President

NBA Experience /
Neuroscience of Movement Development Coach

Golden State Warriors
Data Analyst

Canada Soccer MNT
Sports PT Lead

Yamamoto Wellness
Founder

University of Texas at Austin –
Lead Biomechanist /
Gears Sports – Director of Biomechanics

LINKPro
Performance Doctor

P3
President

ORRECO
Sports Scientist

*Schedule is subject to change

SUNDAY – JULY 13, 2025 (Each Session after Panel will allow for 5 minutes of questions)

• 10:00AM-10:45AM: Tommy Sheppard, Brook Lopez, Vanja Cernivec, Phil Coles, and More:
  Worldwide Playbook: Basketball Athlete Management Across Cultures (Panel)
• 10:45AM-11:30AM: Kait Jackson: Perception, Motion, and Performance:A Multi-System Approach to Shooting
• 11:30AM-12:15PM: Greg Bay: Functional Movement Systems
• 12:15PM-1:00PM: Alicia Yamamoto: Stability Beyond Strength: A Neuroresponsive Approach to Hypermobile Athletes
• 1:00PM-1:45PM: Lunch
• 1:45PM-2:30PM: Randa Bascharon: Regenerative Orthopedics: Bridging the Gap forInjury and Recovery and Sport Performance
• 2:30PM-3:15PM: Heather Linden: Keeping Athletes in the Game: Bridging Conservative Care and Surgery Through Orthobiologics
• 3:15PM-4:00PM: Lorna Crawford: Practical Monitoring of Recovery Biomarkers in a Premier League Setting
• 4:00PM-4:45PM: Jason Amstutz: What Are We Missing in Fascia and Orthopedics?

MONDAY – JULY 14, 2025 (Each Session after Panel will allow for 5 minutes of questions)

• 10:00AM-10:45AM: Tommy Sheppard, Alvin Gentry, Maggie Bryant, Todd Ramasar and More: From Hardwood to Head Office: The Power of Unified Communication (Panel)
• 10:45AM-11:30AM: Hannah Heiring: Trust the Performance, Respect the Data
• 11:30AM-12:15PM: Harjiv Singh: Rehabilitation as Learning: A Motor Control Perspective
• 12:15PM-1:00PM: Courtney Chaaban: Movement, Measured: A Standardized Biomechanics Assessment in the NBA
• 1:00PM-1:45PM: Lunch
• 1:45PM-2:30PM: Eric Leidersdorf: Biomechanical Applications, P3 Testing
• 2:30PM-3:30PM: Fernando Pereira: Neuroscience of Movement and Basketball
• 3:30PM-4:30PM: Vivek Shah: Communication + Culture = Connection
• 4:30PM-6:30PM: Social