Dr. Grant Lum of Metropolis Medical has been appointed to Play It Cool, a charity that is devoted to preventing concussions and spinal injuries in hockey.

Play It Cool provides facilitated teaching to parents, coaches, officials and kids, to change behaviours that lead to injury .  For more information, visit www.playitcoolhockey.com.

"It's a great initiative, and I'll be leading the sports medicine physician team in research, as well as communication of our message to physicians and the public," Lum reports.