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Dr. Sandro Corti


is a board certified, fellowship trained Sports Neurologist who is specialized in the treatment of concussion, post-concussion syndrome, and neurological disorders in athletes.



About Dr. Corti

Dr. Sandro Corti is a board certified, fellowship trained Sports Neurologist who is specialized in the treatment of concussion, post-concussion syndrome, and neurological disorders in athletes.

He is a graduate of The College of New Jersey and attended medical school at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. His neurology residency was at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Sports Neurology at The Sports Neurology Clinic in Brighton, Michigan with the NBA Concussion Director and Neurologist for the U.S. Olympic team, Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher.

Dr. Corti is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology. He has research interests in the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussion, as well as the long-term consequences of concussion and repetitive sub-concussive hits in athletes. He has presented concussion research at national medical conferences, including the AAN Sports Concussion Conference and Big Sky Athletic Training Sports Medicine Conference.

Dr. Corti has performed sideline coverage for the evaluation of acute concussions for the Western Michigan University football team, as well as several high school football and hockey teams in New Jersey and Michigan. He has experience as a sports neurologist managing brain injury in athletes at all levels of competition, including current and retired NFL, NHL and NBA athletes.

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