Dr. Bauer is a Director of Neurosurgery Spine and Tenured Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Bauer received a BA from Johns Hopkins University and earned his MD degree from University of Michigan. He also earned an MBA at Darmouth College. Dr. Bauer is well known for his surgical skills and knowledges as well as compassionate care for his patients.

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Stone Theis, an offensive lineman of football team at Columbia University, class of 2029. Stone graduated in 2025 from Lake Travis High School. He won numerous awards such as four-year letterwinner, Unanimous First Team Offensive All-District, Third Team All-State and was named as team’s most valuable lineman and Austin Area High School Sports Offense Award. He also played track and field and hockey in 2021 and 2022.

Hi everyone. Welcome to the fifth episode of Student Athlete Listening Project, or SALP for short. SALP is a storytelling and listening initiative that focuses on the kind of compassionate listening that creates safe spaces where student-athletes can share their personal experiences, build empathy, and strengthen human connection. I’m Sophia Nguyen, your host.

In order to understand more about the effects of sport injuries among student-athletes, I would like to speak with Ms. Cynthia Griffing, who is a head athletic trainer at our school.