The 2008 Annual Drum Corps Medical Summit is scheduled in Orlando, Florida - ALL DAY Saturday, January 26, 2008 in conjunction with the 2008 DCI Winter Meeting. Over fifty representatives of various drum corps and other interested participants attended the First Medical Summit in Atlanta at the 2007 DCI Winter Meeting.The Keynote speaker is William Dawson, M.D., Emeritus Professor Northwestern University Medical School, and Immediate Past President of The Performing Arts Medicine Association [PAMA] His topic is:

• The Director's Role in Recognizing and Preventing Medical Problems in Corps Personnel

Other invited faculty and their topics:

• Hearing damage and prevention in the marching performer (invited faculty Kris Chesky, PhD, University of North Texas and board member of PAMA)
• Pre-season Conditioning and Strengthening Programs (invited faculty Wendi Weimar, PhD, Auburn University)
• Performance anxiety and performance enhancement techniques (invited faculty Jacob Levy, PhD, University of Tennessee)
• Nutrition and Food preparation-serving-hygiene (invited faculty Genevieve Geisler, M.P.H.)

The remainder of the day is concentrated into lectures and breakout sessions ending in the late afternoon with a round table discussion summarizing the days topics. Presentation topics include the following and include facilitators and speakers from a variety of drum corps:

• How to develop a corps medical program
• The ten most critical injuries / illnesses and how they might be prevented or minimized
• Medical-legal aspects of volunteer medical programs
• First aid / injury treatment modalities

For those interested in these topics and attending, DCMP would appreciate your acknowledgment by contacting us via e-mail address info.dcmp@gmail.com. For hotel and registration information please contact Lauren Sobanski, Travel & Meeting Coordinator, Drum Corps International at 630-628-7888 ext 26 or via e-mail address lsobanski@dci.org.