Nick Barringer, PhD, RDN, CSCS, CSSD
Baylor University
Nick Barringer is an expert on nutrition and performance for the tactical athlete. Nick Barringer currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the United States Military-Baylor University Graduate Program in Nutrition. Barringer has a Doctorate degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University and received his undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Georgia. He has presented at both national and international conferences on nutrition and performance for the tactical athlete. Barringer previously served as the Regimental Nutritionist and as member of the Ranger Athlete Warrior (RAW) program at the 75th Ranger Regiment. Previously while working at the United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, he researched Warfighter nutritional requirements in differing environments to include deployed Special Operators. Nick served in the 75th Ranger Regiment as a member of the Ranger Athlete Warrior (RAW) program where he oversaw the nutrition and aspects of the physical training of Rangers. Nick is passionate about improving nutrition and performance in tactical athletes and has the unique perspective of a researcher, teacher, and practitioner who has gone through physically demanding courses such as Ranger School, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape (SERE), Airborne, Air Assault as well as having deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan so he best understands both the academic and applied demands of the tactical athlete. Nick has presented at both national and international conferences on tactical athlete nutrition and performance and his research has appeared in multiple media outlets such as Science Daily and Men’s Journal.
Jim Borchers, MD
Big Ten Conference
Dr. James Borchers is the President and CEO of the U.S. Council for Athletes’ Health, as well as the Chief Medical Officer for the Big Ten Conference, physician and Director for the Division of Sports Medicine at the Wexner Medical Center and a Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Sports Medicine at the OSU College of Medicine. He previously spent 18 years as team physician for the Ohio State Athletics Department, including seven as the head team physician and eighteen working with the football program. Dr. Borchers played football at Ohio State while earning his undergraduate degree in Chemistry, before going on to earn his MD from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and his Master of Public Health from Ohio State. He is board certified in both family medicine and sports medicine and has been named one of the region’s top doctors, as well as one of the Best Doctors in America.
Javier Cardenas, MD
National Football League
Dr. Javier Cárdenas is the director of the Barrow Concussion and Brain Injury Center; an interdisciplinary clinic that is nationally recognized for comprehensive patient care. Since 2009, the Center has treated thousands of individuals suffering from traumatic brain injury due to sports, accidents, and domestic violence. He is also the director of the Barrow Concussion Network, the most comprehensive statewide concussion education, prevention and treatment program in the United States. Dr. Cárdenas provides sideline concussion coverage for Arizona State University and the National Football League. He serves on the NFL’s Head, Neck and Spine Committee, the Sport Medical Advisory Committee of the National Federation of High Schools, is chair of the Arizona Interscholastic Association Sport Medical Advisory Committee and member of the Arizona Governor’s Council on Spinal and Head Injuries. He was awarded Arizona State University’s Young Alumni award in 2014, the 2015 American Academy of Neurology Advocate Year, and the 2016 Chicanos por la Causa Cause for a Change award for his work in concussion prevention. Dr. Cárdenas is committed to the care, treatment and prevention of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury in children and adolescents. Dr. Cárdenas graduated from Arizona State University with highest honors and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. As a special education teacher, he instructed children with traumatic brain injury and developmental disabilities. For 16 years, he volunteered for Special Olympics in Arizona. His background in special education and long history of volunteerism has guided his career, leading him to the field of child neurology. He graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Medicine with honors in Neurology. Dr. Cárdenas completed a residency in pediatrics at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, where he was recognized for his outstanding care of infants and children. He trained in the Department of Child Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute where he received awards for academic presentations and leadership.
Cathleen Crowell, ATC, PhD
Oregon State University
Cathleen Brown Crowell is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the Kinesiology and Masters of Athletic Training programs at Oregon State University. Cathy received her PhD in 2006 from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in Interdisciplinary Human Movement Science. In 2002 she completed her MA in Exercise and Sports Science there and received her BA in 2000 from Willamette University, in Salem, Oregon. Her research applies the tools of motion analysis and postural stability to determine biomechanical factors associated with lower extremity sports injuries, specifically ankle sprains. She has an additional research line on the epidemiology of non-time-loss and overuse injuries in collegiate athletes.
Jason Dragoo, MD
University of Colorado
Jason L. Dragoo, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs for the CU Department of Orthopaedics, is a pioneer in the field of Biologics and Regenerative Medicine, as well as minimally invasive Sports Medicine procedures. He is the Endowed Chair of Regenerative Medicine and has developed many procedures designed to augment the healing of a patient’s own body. He strongly favors the use of autologous procedures (the use of the patient’s own tissue or cells for the procedure) versus allograft procedures (using tissue and cells from another human). Dr. Dragoo believes that joint restoration techniques, which add tissue back to a damaged joint, should be used whenever possible (eg. cartilage and meniscal transplantation), rather than procedures that are designed to take tissue away (meniscal resection). He approaches standard procedures such as ACL reconstruction, meniscal and tendon repair with a less-invasive approach than commonly performed. A significant number of Dr. Dragoo’s patients are elite athletes (professional, collegiate, or Olympic) but he welcomes athletic patients of all ages and treats them with the same philosophy and surgical or non-surgical techniques. Dr. Dragoo is the Head Team Physician for the Denver Nuggets. He is also a consultant physician for the US Ski Team and was previously the Head Team Physician for the Stanford Football Program for 13 years. Dr. Dragoo grew up in the Napa Valley and is an avid wine collector, outdoor enthusiast, youth football coach and a hot air balloon pilot.
Kostas Economopoulos, MD
Arizona State University
Dr. Economopoulos is fellowship trained in sports medicine, knee, shoulder and hip arthroscopy. He is a team orthopaedic consultant for Arizona State University. At ASU, he participates in sideline management treating on-field injuries and seeing the athletes in the training rooms. Born and raised in Phoenix, he attended Brophy College Preparatory.
He went on to complete his undergraduate degree and medical school at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Returning to Phoenix, he completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. Following his training in Phoenix, he spent a year as a sports medicine fellow at the University of Virginia specializing in shoulder and knee arthroscopy under the guidance of internationally known surgeons Mark Miller and David Diduch. While a fellow at the University of Virginia, he functioned as a team physician taking care of the Division I athletes at the University of Virginia and James Madison University. He completed his training with a 6 month hip arthroscopy fellowship in Melbourne, Australia with John O’Donnell, a pioneer in hip arthroscopy and one of the highest volume hip arthroscopists in the world. Dr. Economopoulos is one of few orthopaedic surgeons in the United States to complete a concentrated fellowship in hip arthroscopy and the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and labral tears. Dr. Economopoulos’ clinical interests include sports injuries and arthroscopic treatment of knee, hip and shoulder injuries. He has special interest in the treatment of hip injuries in the young athlete and specializes in the arthroscopic treatment of FAI and labral tears of the hip and open repairs of hamstring tears. In addition to hip injuries, he is fellowship trained in the arthroscopic treatment of knee and shoulder injuries including ACL and knee ligament reconstruction, meniscal tears, shoulder instability and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. He has completed training in Makoplasty, which uses a robotic arm to perform partial knee replacements in select patients. Dr. Economopoulos has published multiple papers and book chapters on the topics of hip, knee and shoulder disorders in athletes and has presented his research at both national and international sports conferences.
He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy.
Bob Evani, MD
Banner University Health – Phoenix
Dr. Venkata Evani, MD is a General Surgery Specialist in Phoenix, AZ and has over 31 years of experience in the medical field. He received his medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School.
Peter Fino, PhD
University of Utah
Peter Fino earned a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and. PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the University of Utah’s Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Department as well as Mehcanica Engineering. He is also an Assistant Professor for the University of Utah’s Health and Kinesiology department. His research focuses on improving mobility during daily life in people with neurological dysfunction, particularly those with brain injuries. Using core concepts from biomechanics and motor control, his lab concentrates on functionally relevant balance that is typical during daily life. These common, yet complex tasks, such as maintaining balance while changing directions or walking and talking at the same time, require robust, flexible control. The goal is to improve rehabilitation approaches.
Michael Fredericson, MD
Stanford University
Dr. Fredericson specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) with a unique approach to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports injuries. He is the first physician promoted to Professor of PM&R at Stanford University and is currently Director of PM&R Sports Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, a Principal Investigator with the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance and is Co-Director of the Stanford Longevity Center and Founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Program. He is also Head Team Physician for the Stanford Track & Field and Swimming Teams and the Medical Director for Stanford Club Sports. In addition, he is Founder and Director of the Stanford RunSafe Injury Prevention Program and has volunteered at both a national and international level with USA Track & Field and the International Olympic Committee. Dr. Fredericson has been a featured speaker at numerous national and international sports medicine and rehabilitation symposiums and Visiting Professor at many institutions around the country. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, 38 book chapters and four books focused on an improved understanding and treatment strategies for overuse injuries in athletes. He is currently on the Men's Health Magazine Advisory Board and has also held several scientific editorial appointments, among which are senior founding editor, PM&R, the official scientific journal of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2007 to 2014); associate editor, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (1999 to 2004); and editorial board member, Physician and Sports Medicine (1996 to 1999). Most recently he was appointed Co-Chairman of the Research Task Force for the Sports Medicine and Exercise Science Committee of USA Track & Field and has been honored with several prestigious grants from the Pac-12 Conference Student-Athlete Health & Well-Being Grant Program. Dr. Fredericson created the first ACGME Sports Medicine Fellowship at Stanford University and continues as Fellowship Director. He has received a variety of awards for his efforts to develop and foster musculoskeletal education and research for medical students, residents, and fellows. He founded several programs including courses on Lifestyle Medicine and Sports Medicine for Stanford medical and undergraduates, and a monthly orthopedic consultation service at the Arbor Free Clinic.
Kristen Gravani, MS, RD, CSSD
Stanford University
Kristen Gravani joined Stanford University as the Director of Sports Nutrition in 2015. In her current role, as Director of Olympic Sports Nutrition, she oversees performance nutrition services, staff, education, programmed meals and fueling for all 35 Olympic Sports programs. She works with to improve performance, recovery, and injury prevention, collaborating on both team and individualized student-athlete care.
Prior to her current role, Kristen established the full time Sports Nutrition programs at both University of Washington and Florida State Athletics, the latter of which she coordinated all individual, team, and sideline nutrition for the 2013 Orange Bowl and 2014 BCS Football National Championship seasons. In previous roles, she has worked with Olympic and professional athletes in numerous sports, including Gymnastics, MLB, NHL, and NFL.
Originally from Ithaca, NY, Kristen graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in nutritional sciences, and honors distinction in research. She completed her M.S. in sports nutrition with a dietetic internship at Florida State University, while serving as a graduate assistant with football.
Kristen is a registered dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is an active member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietetic Association (CPSDA). She currently serves as the CPSDA Power 5 Representative for the Pac12.
Kim Harmon, MD
University of Washington
Dr. Harmon is board certified in Family Practice and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. Dr. Harmon is a Professor in the Department of Family Practice and Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. She is also the head of the Sports Medicine section in the Department of Family Medicine. She lectures on a local, regional, and national level, and is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Harmon is active on a national level. She is a past President of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and currently sits on the board of the AMSSM Foundation. She is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the American Academy of Family Practice. She has been a member of the NCAA Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport committee and serves as a consultant to the NCAA on special projects. She also serves as the Pac-12 Research Development Director. She grew up in the Seattle area and then attended the University of Notre Dame where she was a student athletic trainer and played basketball. She attended Indiana University School of Medicine, spending her first two years at the Notre Dame Campus and during that time serving as the head athletic trainer at St. Mary’s College. She completed her residency at Memorial Family Practice Residency in South Bend, IN where she was Chief Resident and received the Mead Johnson Award for Graduate Medical Education. She was the Head Team Physician at St. Mary’s College during that time. She completed the Ball Memorial Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship in Muncie, IN before moving back to Seattle. Since that time, she has worked at the University of Washington and currently practices at the Sports Medicine Center at Husky Stadium. She has been a UW team physician since 1998. Currently, she is the Head Football Team Physician at UW and team physician at Bishop Blanchet High School. Dr. Harmon’s research interests include tendinopathy, the use of ultrasound in sports medicine, sudden death in athletes, and concussions in athletes.
Chris Jordan, MS, CSCS
J&J Human Performance Institute
Chris Jordan is a recognized international keynote speaker, author and performance coach who trains hundreds of corporate executives of FORTUNE 500 companies each year. As Director of Exercise Physiology at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, he designed and implemented the movement/exercise components of the Corporate Athlete® course, including the widely known Johnson & Johnson Official 7 Minute Workout®. Chris has been interviewed about the workout by ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, The Weather Channel, The Daily Buzz, NPR, CNN, Sirius XM’s Doctor Show and The Laura Ingraham Show, and in many health and fitness publications including Men’s Journal, Men’s Fitness, Women’s Health, Woman’s Day, AARP, Outside, Shape, and more. Chris is an inspirational fitness thought leader who is dedicated to helping leaders reach their personal best. He previously served as Fitness Program Consultant for the U.S. Air Force in Europe, and as exercise physiologist at the British Army Personnel Research Establishment of the Ministry of Defence. He is co-author of Energy Every Day, Your Personal Plan for More Energy and Better Health, and contributing author to The Corporate Athlete® Advantage. His research has been published in the Journal of Sports Sciences and he has contributed to articles for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Best Life, Shape, Health, Outside, US News & World Report, Prevention, and WebMD. Chris has also written over 50 articles for U.S. Air Force and Army Health publications. Chris holds a Master of Science degree in Exercise Physiology with distinction from the Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Biological Sciences from the University of West England in Bristol, United Kingdom. Chris is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), a Certified Exercise Physiologist and Advanced Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and a Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). He also holds Pre and
Post Natal Exercise certifications through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and Desert Southwest Fitness and is an American Red Cross Certified First Aid/CPR/ AED Instructor. He is a full member of the NSCA, ACSM, British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, and the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association.
Roberta Katz, PhD, JD
Stanford University
Roberta Katz was involved in helping to establish the DCI program at Stanford and has been a DCI advisor for many years. She is a Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). She is also a co-author of the book Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age (University of Chicago Press, 2021), which describes the findings from a multi-year, interdisciplinary study of the behaviors and values of American and British Gen Zers and discusses the historical, technological, and social trends that have influenced them. Katz holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Columbia University as well as a JD from the University of Washington. She was in private law practice before becoming the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of McCaw Cellular Corporation (now AT&T Wireless) and, subsequently, Netscape Communications Corporation. Between July 2004 and September 2017, she served directly under Stanford University Presidents John Hennessy and Marc Tessier-Lavigne as their Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning. She also served as President Tessier-Lavigne’s interim Chief of Staff. Katz has been deeply involved in the facilitation of a variety of interdisciplinary research initiatives at Stanford, and she is a current member of various Stanford advisory boards. She is also a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Exploratorium (SF) and the National Parks Conservation Association (DC).
Nicky Keay, BA, MA, MB, BChir (Cantab), MRCP
University College London, United Kingdom
As Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Medicine at University College London and previously Research Fellow in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, Dr. Keay conducts clinical research in sports/dance endocrinology. She is a member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the British Menopause Society. She is a speaker on Dance Endocrinology for National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science and International Association of Dance Medicine and Science. She is the author of “Hormones, Health and Human Potential: A guide to understanding your hormones to optimise your health and performance”. She earned a BA in Medical Tripos and medical qualifications MB, BChir from Cambridge University. After passing post graduate medical examinations to become a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), she gained extensive clinical and research experience in Endocrinology and Sport/Dance and Exercise Medicine involving elite athletes, professional ballet dancers and young aspiring athletes. As a Research Fellow at St Thomas’ Hospital, she was part of the international medical team working to develop a test to detect athletes doping with growth hormone, supported by the International Olympic Committee.
Emily Kraus, MD
Stanford University
Dr. Emily Kraus is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. She specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) sports medicine and takes a unique approach to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports injuries in athletes of all ages. She is involved in multiple Stanford IRB-approved research projects, including The Healthy Runner Project, a multicenter prospective interventional study focused on bone stress injury prevention in collegiate middle and long distance runners. Dr. Kraus also spends time performing gait analysis at the Stanford Run Safe Injury Prevention Program and serves as a medical advisors for the Adaptive Sports Injury Prevention Program at the Palo Alto VA. She has research and clinical interests in endurance sports medicine, injury prevention, running biomechanics, the prevention of bone stress injuries in collegiate athletes and the promotion of health and wellness at any age of life.
Andrea Kussman, MD
Stanford University
Andrea Kussman, MD is a board-certified Family Medicine physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine. She is faculty in the Department of Orthopaedics, where she specializes in the non-surgical treatment of orthopedic injuries, management of medical issues in athletes, and Primary Care. Dr. Kussman earned her MD from the University of Michigan Medical School, and completed her Family Medicine Residency at UCLA. After residency she was selected to be the Chief Resident at UCLA. Dr. Kussman then completed her Sports Medicine Fellowship at UCLA, where she served as a Team Physician for UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics and for Santa Monica High School. Dr. Kussman cares for Stanford University athletes at the Lacob Family Sports Medicine Clinic in the Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation, and is the Head Team Physician for Stanford University Women's Volleyball, Men's Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Lacrosse, Softball, Synchronized Swimming, Sailing, Men's Crew, Women's Crew, and Lightweight Crew. Dr. Kussman also enjoys caring for members of the community at her Redwood City Orthopaedic Clinic, where she sees patients of all ages. From weekend warriors to competitive athletes, Dr. Kussman enjoys helping her patients recover, return to their activities, and meet their goals. Dr. Kussman serves as teaching faculty for the Stanford University Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. She is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), and the Female and Male Athlete Triad Coalition.
Angela Lumba-Brown, MD
Stanford University
Dr. Lumba-Brown is an academic pediatric emergency medicine physician with expertise in neuroscience and neurocritical emergencies. She is an Associate Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Research Unit Director (faculty). Dr. Lumba-Brown cares for children and young adults clinically in the pediatric emergency department and is board-specialized in pediatric emergency medicine. She is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics. Dr. Lumba-Brown is a national expert on traumatic brain injury and has led several large clinical care guidelines. She sits on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a federal advisory committee. She is also an appointee to the Pac-12 Brain Trauma Task Force, guiding research and policy in athletes with head injury. Dr. Lumba-Brown is the co-director of the Stanford Brain Performance Center where she works to advance the neuroscience of childhood development, injury, and aging through prevention, novel biomarker discovery and other diagnostics, and treatments.
Paul Mentele, PhD
University of Utah
Paul Mentele is pursuing his Ph.D. in rehabilitation science at the University of Utah after a career spanning multiple different roles in sports, including athletic trainer, strength and conditioning coach, and sports scientist at multiple NCAA universities. His recent research endeavors involve locomotive abnormalities and their impact on clinical outcomes in athletes returning to sport from ACL injury. He currently works as the director of data analytics for the US Speedskating team, establishing frameworks for data-informed decision-making in a sport setting.
David Mikula, LCSW
University of Oregon
David Mikula is a licensed psychotherapist that has been working with Oregon Student Athletes since 2001. He began his career in the behavioral health field in 1987, and has deep roots in the our community’s system of care. David is also a national and state certified addiction specialist, and has comprehensive expertise in addressing problems regarding Substance Abuse, Co-Occurring Disorders, Mood Disturbance, Impulse Control/Anger Management, Major Mental Health Disorders, Grief-Loss, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, Stress Management and Developmental Complications. David has a deep appreciation for working with student athletes, as he was one himself, and it merges his passion for athletics, wellness and psychology.
Kelli Moran-Miller, PhD
Stanford University
Dr. Kelli Moran-Miller is a licensed psychologist and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. She joined Stanford Athletics as the Director of Sport Psychology in 2015 and is a Clinical Professor in the Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Prior to Stanford, Kelli served as the Director of Counseling and Sport Psychology for Athletics at the University of Iowa. She earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology (specialty in Sport Psychology) from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has a graduate minor in Multicultural Psychology and is passionate about promoting mental health and wellness among underserved communities. She completed her predoctoral internship at Colorado State University, where she was part of the Sport and Performance Program. Her post-doctoral residency was at Virginia Tech, where she provided clinical services and sport psychology consultation under Dr. Gary Bennett.
Aurelia Nattiv, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Nattiv became a full time faculty member in the Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery in 1994, serving as Director of the UCLA Osteoporosis Center. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Nattiv served on faculty at the University of Utah, and then was in private practice in Santa Monica. Her areas of research include assessment of bone health in young athletes with amenorrhea, disordered eating and stress fractures, as well as risk taking behaviors in athletes. Dr. Nattiv is a team physician at UCLA, USA Track and Field, and is the medical representative for the U.S.A. Gymnatics National Health Care Advisory Board. She has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, and is a member of the
American College of Sports Medicine and the U.S. Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Society.
Steve Poon, MD
Arizona State University
Dr. Poon is a certified specialist in sports medicine with a particular focus in the diagnosis, management and non-operative treatment of bone, joint, tendon and soft tissue injuries. He currently serves as a Team Physician for Arizona State University Sun Devil Athletics as well as Sun Devil Club Sports. Dr. Poon completed his undergraduate and MD degree at Tufts University in Boston, MA. He then went on to complete a residency in Family Medicine at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) where he earned the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teacher Award for his work in advancing primary care as well as medical student and resident education. Following residency, Dr. Poon completed his fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, WA) under the tutelage of world renowned experts
in Sports Medicine and Sports Cardiology and is trained in advanced ultrasound diagnostic and interventional care, athlete ECG interpretation and medical care of athletes. Dr. Poon has previously served as a team physician for the Winston-Salem Dash minor league professional baseball team, Winston-Salem State University athletics, University of Washington athletics as well as multiple high schools. He believes in a comprehensive bio-psycho-social model of care that addresses the physical and mental well-being of all his patients while providing high level quality care. Dr. Poon is also passionate about the prevention of sudden cardiac death in athletes and has presented nationally on this topic as well as volunteering with the Nick of Time Foundation to avert tragic cardiac events.
Sourav Poddar, MD
University of Colorado
Dr. Sourav Poddar is his 22nd year working with the CU athletic program, his 20th with the football program as a team physician and his sixth as the athletic department’s medical director, for which he was named on July 1, 2016. Poddar, 49, is an associate professor in the departments of Family Medicine and Orthopedics at the CU School of Medicine, and sees patients at the CU Sports Medicine Center. He also serves as the Director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine (PCSM) Program. He has served in leadership roles for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the AMSSM Foundation. He has also served on the NCAA’s Competitive Safeguards Committee and currently sits on the Pac-12’s Brain Trauma Task Force, serving as the chair for the latter. He is board certified in family practice, with a CAQ certificate in sports medicine. His specific areas of medical interest within the realm of sports medicine include heat illnesses. sports-related concussion and special expertise in the management of acute and chronic joint and soft tissue injury, including novel approaches using biologic therapies. In addition to primary care, he specializes in the non-operative management of sports medicine injuries, as well as injury prevention, and novel approaches to treat overuse injuries. He graduated from Rice University in 1993 with a degree in biochemistry, and then completed medical school at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1997. At Rice, he was a member of the soccer team. Poddar completed his residency in family practice at the UCHSC-Rose in Denver (he was chief resident during his third year in residency), and subsequently completed a fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Colorado.
Jonathan Ravarino, PhD
University of Utah
Dr. Jonathan Ravarino joined Utah Athletics in 2015 as the Director of Psychology and Wellness. After completing his graduate work at the University of Utah, Jonathan worked in three college counseling centers; Duke University (2007-2008), University of North Carolina - Greensboro (2008-2010), and the University of Utah's Counseling Center (2010-2015). While at the UCC, Jonathan started the Mindfulness Clinic, which continues to assist students in learning meditation to help in managing mental health concerns. Jonathan is an avid ultra-racer / triathlete and successfully completed the 2015 Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI. Jonathan and his wife/partner, Harmonie, have 2 children.
Miguel Rueda, MS, ATC
University of Colorado
Miguel Rueda is in 17th year in the CU athletic department, his fifth as the senior associate athletic director for health and performance; he had been the associate AD over the same area since being promoted to the position in February 2015. He previously had served nine-plus years as the head athletic trainer for football. A member of athletic director Rick George’s executive team, he is also the chair of the Pac-12 Student Athlete Health and Well-Being Initiative (SAHWBI), the conference’s medical board (he previously served as the vice-chair). In 2020, he was heavily involved in developing the Pac-12’s regulations, policies and protocols concerning the coronavirus pandemic. He has been CU’s institutional representative for the Pac-12’s student health conference since shortly after CU joined the league in 2011, and in that role, he organizes the annual meeting for all sports medicine officials from each league school. n his role, he oversees the entire training staff as well as serves as the school’s liaison with the CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center, housed in the athletic department’s Champions Center. He also oversees the strength and conditioning and sports nutrition areas as well as CU’s sports psychologist and works closely with campus on research initiatives. With CU’s move to the Pac-12 Conference, he was named the Education Director for the Pac-12 annual sports medicine meeting, a role he performed in the 2011-12 academic year and will continue to serve in for at least the 2012-13 year as well. He received his undergraduate degree in athletic training from Boston University in 1994, and his master’s degree from Fresno State in 1997.
Steve Rowson, PhD
Virginia Tech University
Dr. Rowson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. His expertise is in injury biomechanics, concussion, and safe product design and assessment. In this work, he relies heavily on his technical background and education in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and data science. He is the director of the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab. His research area is primarily in injury biomechanics. The overarching rationale of this work is that if you understand the mechanical forces that cause injury to the human body, interventions can be developed to prevent injury from occurring. He has worked on projects in automotive and military spaces, but his current focus is on reducing concussion in sports. His funded research projects have totaled over $14M and he has authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers that have been cited over 3000 times. He is particularly interested in translational research that results in new interventions to reduce injury across the population. He runs and maintains the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings, which he co-developed with Stefan Duma. The ratings provide consumers with an objective assessment of relative helmet performance and have resulted in a paradigm shift in the way helmets are sold and designed. Some of his other work has resulted in new rules to reduce concussion in youth football and led to improved safety analyses for drone operations over people.
Kelly Schloredt, PhD
University of Washington
Mental Health Professional Physician Representative
Kelly A. Schloredt, PhD, ABPP, is Attending Clinical Psychologist in Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Director of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and is Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UW. Dr. Schloredt is actively engaged in professional activities including management and administration, teaching, patient care, and supervision and training. She was a research therapist on the Adolescent BA Program study led by Elizabeth McCauley.
Kendall Stewart, DAT, MS, ATC
Arizona State University
Kendall Stewart joined the Sun Devil Sports Medicine staff in 2018. He serves as the athletic trainer for the Volleyball and Beach Volleyball programs. Prior to his arrival in Arizona, Kendall spent time at Temple University, Washington State University and Michigan State University. Born in Cardiff, California, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies from San Diego State University in 2012. Following his time in Southern California, Kendall completed his Master of Science in Kinesiology in 2014 from Michigan State University and his Clinical Doctorate in Athletic Training from Temple University in 2018. He is a certified and licensed athletic trainer and a NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist. Along with these, he is a National Academy of Sports Medicine Corrective Exercise Specialist and Performance Enhancement Specialist. He is certified in HawkGrip Principles of IASTM, Myokinematic Restoration of the Pelvis and Postural Respiration through the Postural Restoration Institute, Gaston Technique M1, Myofascial Decompression Level 1 and Level 2, Kinesiotape Assessments, Owens Recovery Science Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation and holds a FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine. Kendall is professional member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Soccer Athletic Trainers’ Society.
Daniel Taylor, PhD
University of Arizona
Dr. Taylor is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona. He is a licensed psychologist and is a Diplomate of both
Sleep Medicine and
Behavioral Sleep Medicine. He has significant expertise in both the epidemiology and treatment of comorbid sleep disorders, primarily insomnia, nightmares and circadian rhythm disorders. His past federally funded observational research has examined the interface of insomnia and sleep disturbance with inflammation, disease risk, and immune function (5R01HL109340, 1R15AI085558, 1R15AI085558). His past clinical trial research has focused on the efficacy and effectiveness of treating insomnia comorbid with other disorders. Dr. Taylor is currently the PI of an NIH R01 investigating “Sleep and Vaccine Response in Nurses (SAV-RN)” a DoD grant "Web-based provider training for cognitive behavioral therapy of insomnia (CBTi)" and a PAC-12 grant "The PAC-12 Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being Mental Health Coordinating Unit (MHCU)".
Rachel Webb, EdD
University of Arizona
Dr. Rachel Webb is responsible for providing mental health services and performance consultations to student-athletes. She will also consult and collaborate with coaches and sport programs regarding issues related to sport performance, safety, and wellness. Webb earned her bachelor’s degree from California State University, Northridge, moving on to obtain her Master’s in Counseling with a specialization in Sport and Health Psychology at Adler University. She furthered her education by obtaining her Doctorate of Education in Performance Psychology from University of Western States. Her dissertation at UWS was on the relationship between stress, burnout, and negative thinking in student-athlete populations. Webb has spent much of her professional experience assisting in the development of individualized outpatient programming for the treatment of eating disorders and mood. During her time in Chicago, Webb also worked with an array of athletes at the youth, colligate, and professional levels. Webb’s engagement with the Chicago Bulls, Olympic weightlifters, and multiple division one Universities ultimately brought her back to the West Coast, excitedly integrating into the Wildcats family in 2019.
Bridget Whelan, MPH
University of Washington
Bridget (she/her) joined the University of Washington in 2018 as the research coordinator for the NCAA-DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium study. Since then, she has become UW’s data coordinator for the Pac-12 CARE Affiliated Project (CAP), Mental Health Coordinating
Unit, and Healthy Runner Study. Additionally, she is a research scientist in the Family Medicine Sports Medicine Section at UW, working on projects around concussion, women’s health, orthobiologics outcomes, and mental health.
Bridget became the Director of the Pac-12 Concussion Coordinating Unit in 2022, working with the Brain Trauma Task Force. In this role, she works with data coordinators to oversee concussion data collection at each Pac-12 institution, conducts QA/QC of data, and is a liaison between the Pac-12 and the athletic
medical record vendors used by the conference. Bridget’s research interests are in the acute diagnosis of concussion, accuracy of diagnostic tools for concussion, epidemiology of mental health in athletes, and the effect of mental health on injury recovery.
Bridget earned her bachelor’s from the University of Puget Sound and her master’s in public health from the University of Washington.