"Concussion" Doctor = UC Davis Doctor

Yesterday I posted the trailer for the new movie, "Concussion," about the doctor who discovered the link between head injuries found in football players and brain damage.  He's on staff at UC Davis Hospital in Sacramento.

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From the Sacramento Bee and the New York Daily News -

The first trailer for the movie “Concussion,” starring Will Smith, has been released.

The movie is about Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Lodi doctor who first identified chronic brain injury as a common factor in the deaths of several former NFL players. Smith plays Omalu – who also is the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County and associate clinical professor of pathology at UC Davis.

Sacramento Bee reporter Andy Furillo wrote about the doctor in May: “Dr. Bennet Omalu, who cuts open dead people for a living, has distinguished himself in the medical arts through his detailed examination of brains. It was in this practice that his life intersected with the death of Pro Football Hall of Fame center Mike Webster of the Pittsburgh Steelers.”

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/video-break/article33155265.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/video-break/article33155265.html