Pens, UPMC Sports Medicine working to test young athletes for concussions

The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and UPMC Sports Medicine are teaming up to help local athletes get tested for concussions.From that partnership came the Heads Up Pittsburgh program, an innovative concussion awareness and baseline testing initiative for young athletes throughout western Pennsylvania.Testing for Heads Up Pittsburgh will begin on June 5 and end on Aug. 2. Free neurocognitive baseline testing will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for 2,000 athletes ages 5 and up. The entire testing process takes approximately one hour.The testing will be offered at these sites:• UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex – Cranberry• UPMC Rooney Sports Complex – Pittsburgh• UPMC Bethel Park – Pittsburgh• UPMC Children’s South – South Fayette• Community College Allegheny County North Campus – Pittsburgh• Community College Allegheny County Boyce Campus – Monroeville• Community College Beaver County – Monaca• UPMC Hamot Sterling Square – Erie• UPMC Jameson Hospital – New Castle