Big XII Faculty

Summer Ott, PsyD, is a neuropsychologist with extensive clinical and research experience in sports-related concussions. She currently serves as the neuropsychological consultant for most Houston professional sports teams, including the Texans, Rockets, Dynamo, Dash, and SaberCats, as well as many Texas collegiate and school district teams. In addition, her practice includes neuropsychological evaluations of former collegiate and professional athletes and patients with non-sports-related traumatic brain injuries.

Ott also is an associate professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She’s the director of the UTHealth Houston Concussion Program in affiliation with Memorial Hermann | Rockets Sports Medicine Institute.

Ott serves on the medical advisory committees for USA Cheer and Major League Rugby and currently chairs the Sports Neuropsychology Action and Professional Practice committee. She’s a founding member and of the Sports Neuropsychological Society.

Ott has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, The Moody Endowment, and Mission Connect to study concussive injury in adolescent athletes. She has co-authored publications on sports-related concussions. She was a member of the task force that developed verbiage for a sports concussion bill in Texas known as Natasha’s Law, which established return-to-play guidelines for school-aged athletes with concussions.