Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

September 4 NASCAR press conference with Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Dr. Micky Collins and Team co-owner Rick Hendrick.

Earnhardt Jr. Said Lingering Symptoms Kept Him From Racing

Earnhardt Jr. Said Lingering Symptoms Kept Him From Racing

Source: New York Times via AP

Sept. 4, 2016

Dr. Micky Collins, medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Concussion Program, also treated Earnhardt four years ago.

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 'I definitely don't belong in a race car today'

http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/17465032/dale-earnhardt-jr-feels-better-belong-race-car

Source: ESPN

Sept. 4, 2016

"We're doing what we're doing right now to make sure we get Dale's systems rehabbed to the point where not only does he feel normal but hopefully to the point where we don't see less force causes [them] to come back," said Dr. Micky Collins of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program.