Athletic Trainer
Jason Mihalik PhD, CAT(C), ATC, FACSM, FNATA, FNAK
Matthew Gfeller Center
📍 Chapel Hill
Rehabilitation/Brain InjuryReturn to Play/Learn
Academic/University Program
Matthew Gfeller Center Concussion Clinic
📍 Chapel Hill, North Carolina · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
Matthew Gfeller Center Concussion Clinic is a concussion service based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is an academic/university program. The practice is part of UNC Health (clinic hosted at UNC THRIVE Program clinic).
The listed clinical focus includes Sports Concussion, Post-Concussion Syndrome, mTBI, Return to Play and Brain Injury. In this directory the listing sits under Rehabilitation/Brain Injury, Multidisciplinary Concussion and Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes and adults.
The Matthew Gfeller Center runs a weekly concussion clinic, held at UNC's THRIVE Program clinic, for people whose sport-related concussion symptoms have lasted beyond about three weeks. A team of physicians, athletic trainers, and Human Movement Science graduate students uses a multimodal assessment to identify concussion-related symptoms and build an individualized treatment plan. Appointments and insurance details are handled through the THRIVE clinic's coordinator.
Services
Rehabilitation/Brain InjuryMultidisciplinary ConcussionReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
Sports ConcussionPost-Concussion SyndromemTBIReturn to PlayBrain Injury
Details
Provider typeAcademic/University Program
Health systemUNC Health (clinic hosted at UNC THRIVE Program clinic)
ServesAthletes/Sports, Adult
InsuranceInsurance information collected at intake scheduling
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Matthew Gfeller Center Concussion Clinic in Chapel Hill usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the 6-step return-to-play protocol — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- why symptoms persist for months after a concussion — When symptoms outlast the expected window, and what actually shortens them.
- concussion ICD-10 coding quick reference — F07.81 and the related S06.0X codes, for clinicians and billing teams.
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Johna K. Register-Mihalik PhD, LAT, ATC, FACSM
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Neuropsychologist
Wesley R. Cole PhD, CBIS
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Academic/University Program
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