Academic/University Program
Penn State Sports Medicine (State College) - Concussion Care
📍 State College
Return to Play/Learn
Concussion specialist
Wayne Sebastianelli MD
📍 State College, Pennsylvania · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
Wayne Sebastianelli, MD is a State College, Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Surgery / Sports Medicine specialist whose subspecialty is Sports-Related Brain Injury. They see patients at Penn State Sports Medicine, part of Penn State Health. Their role there is Medical Director.
Areas of concussion focus include Sports Concussion and Return to Play. In this directory the listing sits under Rehabilitation/Brain Injury and Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes and adults.
This entry reflects the Penn State Athletics staff profile of Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, who served as Penn State's Director of Athletic Medicine and an orthopaedic surgeon. His concussion-related work included serving as an investigator on NIH-funded traumatic brain injury research and co-authoring texts on sports-related brain injuries and concussion in athletics.
Services
Rehabilitation/Brain InjuryReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
ConcussionSports ConcussionReturn to Play
Details
Provider typePhysician - Sports Medicine
SpecialtyOrthopaedic Surgery / Sports Medicine
PracticePenn State Sports Medicine (State College)
Health systemPenn State Health
RoleMedical Director, Penn State Sports Medicine; Director of Athletic Medicine, Penn State University; Associate CMO Penn State Health Centre County
ServesAthletes/Sports, Adult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Wayne Sebastianelli in State College 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.
- a realistic concussion recovery timeline — A stage-by-stage timeline, and what should be happening at each one.
- concussion ICD-10 coding quick reference — F07.81 and the related S06.0X codes, for clinicians and billing teams.
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