Board Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer

Robert M. Mayerson

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Round Lake, IL 60073 linkedin.com/in/bob-mayerson-809a02170 ***.********@*****.***

Certified Athletic Trainer-Clinical

Professional Profile

• Board-Certified Athletic Trainer that is highly skilled, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and coachable yet adaptable to change with management and leadership experience, and proven ability to handle the fast- paced workload while multitasking.

• Exceptional ability to perform critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving corrective action planning as a Board-Certified Athletic Trainer, Injury Prevention Specialist, Early Injury Intervention Specialist, Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist, Program Manager, Orthopedic Technologist Certified, Registered Orthopedic Technologist, Ergonomic Analysis Engineer, EHS Specialist, Health and Safety Consultant and a Safety and Training Manager.

• Experienced in the healthcare and occupational health settings collaborating with the clients’ Safety Management, Occupational Health Nurses, and engineering managers in providing employees proactive onsite injury prevention, and injury deduction solutions using OHSA first aid-only guidelines and behavioral-based job coaching and material handling training.

• Previous experience with Human Factors behavioral-based and physical/cognitive ergonomic analysis for tool use at workstations and tool design, worksite assembly and workstation design, and retrofitting workstations to eliminate job hazards, and reduce employee injury rate at the retrofitted workstation while also improving the overall efficiency of those employees due to the improved ergonomic workstation.

• Proficient in all aspects of workers’ compensation claims management, pre-employment testing, Fit For Duty and return to work case management, early injury reporting for OHSA 300 log, performing ergonomic assessment, job safety analysis, and physical demands analysis. Previous experience working in a physicians’ clinic assisting fellowship-trained sports medicine and hand, hip, and ankle orthopedic surgeons.

• Significant strengths with strong manual therapy skills, organizational and time management, conflict resolution and communication between clients, employees, management, physicians, clinical staff, nurse case managers, and insurance adjusters.

• Experienced in business development and marketing activities for environmental health and safety professionals within various types of manufacturing, logistics, and distribution center clients, as well as physicians, nurse case managers, and insurance adjusters.

• History of proactively helping client companies decrease manufacturers’ workers’ compensation costs, OHSA TRIC & TRIR Rates, DART Rate, and provide KPI metrics showing a positive Return-on- Investment (ROI) with two companies and 98.9% Customer Satisfaction. Employment History

Rebound Fitness and Rehabilitation, Northbrook, IL. August 2022 - Present Contingent Interim Certified Athletic Trainer

• Provide athletic training services and medical management to 858 student-athletes on a contingent and interim basis for the Fall High School athletics teams’ season.

• Provide medical coverage to all levels of the fall season sports for after-school practices, injury evaluations, treatments, activities, and game-day athletics coverage.

• Effectively manage the annual high school athletic training budget and ordering of supplies. Comprehensive Injury Prevention Solutions, Chicago IL. March 2019-March 2022 Injury Prevention Specialist/ Industrial Athletic Trainer

• Provided embedded contractor injury prevention, health, wellness, and nutrition support services to the local electrical utility employees.

• Performed office, onsite, and telehealth ergonomic assessments, job reintegration, and return to work Evaluations, and physical readiness assessments for the electrical utility employees.

• Provided onsite behavioral-based ergonomic job coaching to client employees, OHSA first aid-only services served as a subject matter expert for injury investigations, and installed and led a daily dynamic pre-shift warm-up stretching program for employees and compliance metrics to management.

• Led daily morning safety meetings, and calls and provided monthly and quarterly health and wellness presentations to utility employee workgroups, and safety councils, and gave quarterly metric reports to management stakeholders.

• Consulted with the employer and performed Functional Demands Analysis & updated job descriptions.

• Provided emergency care as needed to the electrical apprentices at the utility training centers. GSC OnSite Services, Northbrook, IL. October 2017- October 2018 District Manager of Injury Prevention Services

• Hired to start up the Chicagoland office of GSC OnSite Services in Northbrook, IL.

• Grew the GSC OnSite Chicago office to manage one Injury Prevention Specialist and through the The grassroots effort of business development sales cycle and marketing of new clients and proposals for those prospective companies.

• Provided onsite first aid only early intervention services, installed pre-shift warm-up exercises for employees and compliance metrics to management and led safe lifting and material handling training.

• Administered office and manufacturing workstation ergonomic evaluations, and provided personalized client ergonomic recommendations and postural education, root cause determination, employee body mechanics and proper lifting consultation, and worksite job coaching.

• Performed multiple worksite Job Analyses Projects to determine the root cause of high-injury areas for expanded polyethylene Styrofoam and chemical manufacturer, a food, medical device, and surgical sterilization manufacturer, and personal protective equipment and safety manufacturer.

• Used Human Factors behavioral-based and physical/cognitive ergonomic analysis while working with the safety and engineering teams of an expanded polyethylene Styrofoam and chemical manufacturer, gun manufacture, a medical device, orthopedic orthosis, and surgical instrument sterilization manufacturer for upgrading tool use at workstations and tool design, worksite assembly line and workstation design, and retrofitting workstations to eliminate job hazards, and reduce employee injury rate and severity at the retrofitted workstation while also improving the overall efficiency of those employees due to the improved ergonomic workstation.

• Performed internal audits and compliance with the Injury Prevention Programs, Services, and Job Safety Analyses of other Athletic Trainers.

• Helped design and administered onsite Post Offer Employment Testing and worked with the employees for the Scheduled Return to Work Program. Orthopedic & Sports Therapy Institute, Belvidere, IL June 2016 - October 2017 Occupational Medicine Specialist

• Designed and administered through WorkSteps, a Post Offer Employment, Fit For Duty and Functional Capacity Evaluation Testing Program.

• Provided onsite early injury intervention and employee job coaching for automotive suppliers, And electronic drive and bag manufacturers.

• Used Human Factors behavioral-based and physical/cognitive ergonomic analysis while working with the safety and engineering teams of cereal food and electronic drive manufacturers for upgrading tool use at workstations and tool design, worksite assembly line and workstation design, and retrofitting workstations to eliminate job hazards, and reduce employee injury rate at the retrofitted workstation while also improving the overall efficiency of those employees due to the improved ergonomic workstation.

• Consulted with employers for pre-shift stretching and injury prevention program, as well as performed office and manufacturing ergonomic assessments, Job Site Analysis, and job description design. American Society of Orthopedic Professionals, Seminole, FL January 2014 – December 2017

• Assistant Instructor teaching basic orthopedic casting during a two-day weekend workshop to orthopedic staff in the Chicago and Southern Wisconsin area four times per calendar year. Athletico Physical Therapy/Accelerated Rehabilitation August 2004 – July 2015 Industrial Rehabilitation Specialist /Outreach Athletic Train er

• Maintained physician extender role with increased responsibilities as an industrial rehabilitation specialist and onsite injury prevention athletic trainer.

• Managed and mentored clinical staff for 15 physical therapy clinics for all new and established Workers Compensation clientele for program progression and claims resolution as well as performing clients’ chart audit analysis and responsible for all work conditioning evaluations, re-evaluations, and functional progress notes.

• Implemented worksite weekly employee cumulative trauma screenings, & provided onsite symptom intervention, weekly job coaching, and ergonomic recommendations to factory floor employees, the engineering department, and office personnel resulting in a reduction of musculoskeletal and cumulative injuries for an electronic component manufacturing company.

• Consulted with employers for essential functions testing, defined job descriptions, job hazard analysis, and injury risk assessments.

• Administered employment physical functional evaluations including Pre-Employment, Post Offer Physicals, and Fit-For-Duty evaluations in various formats including WorkSTEPS, Work Well, and OccuPro to ensure employees were functionally capable of job duties.

• Maintained working relationships with referring orthopedic physicians, nurse case managers, and claims adjustors for Work Conditioning clientele. Reduced OHSA injuries from 25 to 5 incidents in 9 months by implementing pre-shift stretching exercises, job rotations, and weekly injury prevention screening, resulting in an ROI of 20%.

• Initially hired as outreach athletic trainer for high schools subsequently moved into a physician extender role providing Physician Extender/Physician Observation services to two orthopedic sports medicine, one orthopedic hand specialist, and three high schools for 11 years.

• Assisted with patient in-take information, patient flow, patient injury history, and post-operative care removal of stitches and staples, fracture management, and casting orthopedic injuries.

• Provided medical management of 858 athletic team members for practice activities and game coverage.

• Effectively managed annual high school athletic training budgets for 3 high schools. Sports Therapy, LLC, Frasier MI

Co-owner/Partner/Clinical Athletic Trainer March 2003 – June 2004

• Performed clinical, operational, and marketing duties for a privately owned physical therapy and athletic training company to referring physicians.

• Scheduled patients and performed daily treatment and documentation of orthopedic and athletic injuries in the clinical setting.

• Successfully provided rehabilitation and return to high school sports for a gymnast with a complex fracture and contracture of the elbow; student returned to sports after seven months of physical therapy. Education

Master of Science in Exercise Science, Health Promotion, Wellness 2007 California University of Pennsylvania, California Pennsylvania, Summa Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine and Athletic Training 1999 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Michigan, Magna Cum Laude Licensures & Certifications

Illinois Athletic Training Licensure # 096******-**** – Present NATABOC Athletic Training Certification Number: 120******-**** – Present National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification, Omaha, NE National Healthcare Provider Identification Number: 123*******-**** – Present Certified in CPR for Healthcare Providers & AED 1999 – Present Functional Capacity Evaluation Certification, WorkSTEPS, Austin, TX 2016 – Present Orthopedic Technologist Certified (OTC) Certification number: 16-0618 2016 – Present National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Technologists (NBCOT), Syracuse, NY Post Offer Employment Testing Certification, WorkSTEPS, Austin, TX 2015 – Present Master Orthopedic Caster Certification 2015 – Present American Society of Orthopedic Technologist, Seminole, FL Orthopedic Brace Technologist (OBT) Certification 2013 – Present National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Brace Technologists (NBCOBT) Registered Orthopedic Technologist (ROT) 2012 – Present American Society of Orthopedic Professionals (ASOP) Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist (CEAS-I) & (CEAS-II) 2009 – Present Back School of Atlanta, GA

Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) Certification, Chandler, AZ 2007 – Present National Academy of Sports Medicine, Chandler, AZ

Occupational Safety Health Administration (OHSA) April 2019 Confined Space Training

Occupational Safety Health Administration (OHSA) June 2021 10-Hour Construction Safety and Health

Affiliations

National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Technologists 2016 – Present Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Alumni Group 2014 – Present National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Brace Technologists 2013 – Present American Society of Orthopedic Technologists 2012 – Present Back School of Atlanta 2009 – Present

National Academy of Sports Medicine 2007 – Present Illinois Athletic Trainers Association 2004 – Present National Athletic Trainers Association 1999 – Present Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association 1999 – Present

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