Summary
I was born and raised in Reno, NV. I attended UNR and played on the baseball team before going to medical school here at UNR Med. In medical school, I met my wife, Leslie Greenberg MD, who is also faculty at the UNR Med Department of Family and Community Medicine. Our wedding was the day after medical school graduation and we moved to Wichita, KS to start our family medicine residency. Then we went to Muncie, IN for a sports medicine fellowship at Ball State University.
After fellowship, we moved back to Wichita, KS in 2000 where I became a faculty member for the family medicine residency program. I also started the sports medicine fellowship program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Family Medicine Residency Program at Via Christi Health. I was the sports medicine director, sports medicine fellowship director and eventually the family medicine residency director as well as the head team physician at Wichita State University.
In 2015, we had the fortunate opportunity to move back home to Reno, and I jumped at the chance. I love being back in Reno with family, friends, and the chance to work and teach at my alma mater.
Some of my accomplishments include being elected by my peers to be the current President of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, being selected as the past Chair of the NCAA Committee on Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport, as well as being the past Chair of the NCAA Drug Test Appeals Subcommittee. I was also a member of the NCAA Concussion Safety Advisory Group, the NCAA Concussion Protocol Review Committee, and the NCAA Covid-19 Advisory Committee.
I was also selected to be a team physician for USA Track and Field for the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil followed by a selection to be a team physician for the USA Paralympic team in Beijing, China in 2008.
I have been blessed with the many opportunities that my UNR education has provided me, and I look forward to many more in the future.
- Passions: My family, Sports, Exercise, Education
- Why University of Nevada, Reno? Alma Mater for Undergrad and Med School, Hometown
Favorite quote:" To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special." --Jim Valvano
- Hometown: Reno, NV
Professional experience
- Sports Medicine Fellowship Director – University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita 2004-2015
- Family Medicine Residency Director - University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita 2010-2015
- Medical Director – Athletic Training Education Program-Wichita State University Dept. of Kinesiology & Sports Studies 2004-2015
- Medical Director – Via Christi Sports Medicine – Wichita, KS 2000-2015
- Head Team Physician – Wichita State University 2000-2015
- Team Physician – Newman University 2000-2015
- Team Physician – University of Nevada, Reno 2015-present
- Team Physician – Kansas City Royals AA Baseball Team – Wichita Wranglers 2000-2008
- Team Physician USA Track & Field – 2007 Pan Am Games – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Team Physician – USA Paralympics – 2008 Beijing, China
- NCAA Committee on Safeguards & Medical Aspects of Sport 2017-2021
- NCAA Concussion Protocol Review Committee 2018-2021
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Board of Directors 2010-2014
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Executive Committee (Second Vice President) 2020-2021, (First Vice President) 2021-2022, (President) April 2022-Present
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Executive Committee (Secretary-Treasurer) 2015-2021
- Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine 2006-present
- Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians 2004-present
- Chair – Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee 2013-2015
- Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Sports Medicine Advisory Committee 2016-2021
- Kansas Medical Society - Kansas Sports Concussion Partnership (2010-2015)
Education
- M.D. - University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- B.S. - University of Nevada, Reno