Dr. Charles Tator is a Canadian neurosurgeon at Toronto Western

Hospital and a professor of neurosurgery at the University

of Toronto whose research has transformed our understanding of

spinal cord injury and concussions. He is amongst the leaders on sports concussions in the world.

He founded Think-First Canada, an injury-prevention foundation which is now part of

Parachute Canada, where he is also a board member. He is a recipient of the of

of the Order of Canada and has been inducted into the Canadian

Medical Hall of Fame, the Terry Fox Hall of Fame, and Canada’s

Sports Hall of Fame. In 2012, he received USA Hockey’s Excellence

in Safety Award.

In this episode Charles joins Jonah Sigel and talks about all things concussions but especially on the things we can do right now while no sports are being played and of course his rocky relationship with Don Cherry.