Dr.
Bergeron to serve as consultant for executive committeeJennifer Hilliard - 2007 April 10
Dr. Michael F. Bergeron, assistant professor of
physical therapy at the Medical College of Georgia, will serve a three-year
term as a consultant to the Executive Committee of
the American Academy
of Pediatrics Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness.
The council works with pediatric health care providers
to encourage optimal and safe physical activity for children.
Dr. Bergeron, an exercise physiologist who studies the
effects of exercise in the heat, will advise the council on its outreach
programs including education, policy statements and reports, collaborative
partnerships, advocacy work and implementation projects.
A faculty member since 1998, he is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and chairs its Strategic Health Initiative Youth Sports and Health Committee. He is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and the Journal of Athletic Training.