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August 18, 2026

UConn Health

August 18, 2026 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)

‘Healthy Rounds’: Concussions and Sports Neurology

Dr. Stephanie Alessi-LaRosa, sports neurologist, joins Dr. Anthony Alessi’s podcast

collage Drs. Stephanie Alessi-LaRosa and Anthony Alessi — Dr. Stephanie Alessi-LaRosa (left), assistant professor of neurology in the UConn School of Medicine, joins Dr. Anthony Alessi on his “Healthy Rounds” podcast at UConn Health. (File photos)

"Healthy Rounds Podcast with Dr. Anthony Alessi, UConn Health" graphic with portrait of Dr. Alessi — Dr. Anthony Alessi’s “Healthy Rounds” radio program is now a UConn Health podcast. (Tina Encarnacion/ UConn Health photo)

As we get ready for football season, Dr. Anthony Alessi(opens in new tab) brings on a fellow expert in sports neurology, Dr. Stephanie Alessi-LaRosa(opens in new tab), program director of the UConn Health Sports Neurology Fellowship. They discuss not only concussions (which is more than just a football issue) but also other conditions they see in the sports context, how more folks seem be active for longer, the perspective of a team physician on the sideline, ways to possibly reduce injury risk, and other specialties involved in sports neurology.

What we’re finding actually clinically is having a stronger neck… more balanced out musculature can actually prevent the biomechanical force that’s imparted to the brain, and that would be preventive. — Dr. Stephanie Alessi-LaRosa

Listen now:

Find the transcript on Podbean.(opens in new tab)

Submit questions for “Healthy Rounds” to healthyrounds@uchc.edu.

Support comes from UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Coverys(opens in new tab).

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