University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Sports Medicine Staff
September 5, 2002 | General
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Dr. Sergio Buzzini |
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Dean Crowell |
Marc Davis |
Kevin Guskiewiscz |
Chris Hirth |
Dr. Dan Hooker |
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Dr. Spero G. Karas |
Michael Landers |
C.B. Lehn |
Doug Ludolph |
Sally Mays |
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Andy Notebaert |
Scott Oliaro |
Darin Padua |
Meredith Petschauer |
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Judy Adcock - jadcock@email.unc.edu
Judy Adcock is in her 22nd year with the University. Since 1980 she has worked with all of the Carolina varsity teams.
Adcock received her nursing education from Radford University before attending the Roanoke College and Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley School of Nursing.
In addition to her work with UNC athletic teams, Adcock holds an Adjunct Faculty position with the UNC-CH School of Nursing and she has served with the American Heart Association as a Basic Life Support Instructor and Instructor Trainer since 1983. Adcock is Board Certified in College Health Nursing.
Dr. Tom Brickner - tbrickne@email.unc.edu
Dr. Tom Brickner has been a team physician for the University of North Carolina since 1996.
rickner earned a B.S. degree in biochemistry through St. Joseph's College. He then attended medical school at the Medical College of Ohio and completed a residency in Family Practice at the Toledo Hospital in 1990.
After completing his residency, Brickner served five years in the US Navy, including two years as chief physician and medical department head for the United States Antarctic Program. Following the Navy, he completed a fellowship in primary care sportsmedicine at the Northwest Ohio Center for Sportsmedicine.
rickner is Board certified in Family Practice, with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine and has specialized training in cold weather and diving medicine.
rickner is married to Beth Brickner and has a step-daughter, Emily.
Cathy N. Brown - booher@email.unc.edu
Cathy N. Brown, MA, ATC, is a doctoral student in the Human Movement Science program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is a research assistant in the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory and teaches various classes in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
rown graduated magna cum laude from Willamette University with BA degree in Exercise Science in 2000. She earned her NATA Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) credentials in 2000 and earned an advanced master's in Exercise and Sport Science (athletic training specialization) in 2002 at UNC-Chapel Hill. Brown's research concentrates on the effects of chronic ankle instability on postural stability. She is the staff athletic trainer for the UNC baseball team.
Dr. Sergio Buzzini -
Dr. Sergio Buzzini is a sports medicine fellow at UNC. He currently
serves as the team physician for the Men's Soccer, Women's Gymnastics,
Men's and Women's Track & Field, and Cross Country. In
addition to his duties with the university, Buzzini also serves as the
team physician for East Chapel Hill High School.
uzzini is originally from Brazil where he earned his MD from "Faculdade de Medicina do ABC" and completed a pediatrics residency and sports medicine specialization program at "Escola Paulista de Medicina" and engaged in athletic performance research at "CELAFISCS."
While in the US he completed a three year pediatrics residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, three year adolescent medicine fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and a master's in public health at the University of Pittsburgh.
uzzini and his wife, Dr. Teresa Buzzini, Psy.D. have a son Andrew.
Dr. Mario Ciocca - ciocca@email.unc.edu
Dr. Mario Ciocca is in his seventh season as a team physician for the University of North Carolina.
Ciocca earned a B.S. in biochemical engineering from Columbia University in 1989. He received his MD in 1993 from New Jersey Medical School, completed his residency in internal medicine at UNC in 1996, and completed a sports medicine fellowship at UNC in 1998.He received his MD from the New Jersey Medical School in 1993 and then went on to receive Internal Medicine training at UNC in 1996.
Ciocca is board certified in internal medicine and has a certificate of added qualification in sports medicine.
Dean Crowell
Crowell returns to UNC, where he earned his Master's degree in Athletic Training in 2000. He previously served as an assistant athletic trainer at Rutgers University (2001-2003), and Dartmouth College (2000-2001).
Crowell is a 1997 graduate of Rutgers University, where he earned a B.S. in exercise science, while serving as an undergraduate student athletic trainer for four years. He also served as a training camp intern athletic trainer with the Philadelphia Eagles (1995) and the New York Jets (1996), before returning as a seasonal assistant athletic trainer with the New York Jets for the 1997 season. Upon leaving the New York Jets, Crowell served as the interim head athletic trainer with the New York-New Jersey Metrostars of the MLS in the spring of 1998.
He has been an NATABOC certified athletic trainer since 1997, and resides in Durham.
Marc Davis - davis5@email.unc.edu
Davis received his Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy from the University of North Carolina in 1974. After graduating from Carolina, he worked as a physical therapist at Danville Memorial Hospital in Danville, Va., from October of 1974 to May of 1975. He began his current tenure on the sports medicine staff at Carolina in July of 1975.
Davis, a native of Wilmington, N.C., and alumnus of New Hanover High School, is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the National Athletic Trainers Association.
He was the recipient of the award for the outstanding physical therapist of the year for 1998 by the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association.
Davis' duties at Carolina consist of providing physical therapy and athletic training services to Carolina athletic teams. In addition to the men's basketball team, he also works closely with the football team and he serves as head trainer for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams. He also provides similar services to members of the general student body who are recommended to him by Student Health Service physicians. Davis also works with the basketball coaching staff to coordinate team travel.
Davis is married to the former Paula Gee. They have a 12-year-old daughter, Irma Consuelo.
Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz - gus@email.unc.edu
Kevin is a 1995 graduate of the University of Virginia's doctoral program
in Sports Medicine. His dissertation was titled The effect of mild head
injury on postural stability and cognitive function. He has continued
working on this line of research, and has published articles related to
mild head injury and balance in several journal including Medicine and
Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Athletic Training, Journal of
Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, and Journal of Sport
Rehabilitation. He recently completed two book chapters related to
balance and orthopaedic rehabilitation, and one on Assessment of Mild
Head Injury in Sport. Kevin received his Master of Science degree from
The University of Pittsburgh in 1992, while working as a graduate
assistant athletic trainer for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He earn his
Bachelor of Science degree from West Chester University of
Pennsylvania in 1989.
Kevin serves on the editorial board for three journals and chaired the
NATA's Pronouncement Committee on Mild Head Injury. He has
presented several papers related to concussion in sport. He was the
recipient of the 1997 Kenneth Knight Outstanding Research Manuscript
for the Journal of Athletic Training.
He and his wife Amy have 3 children Jacob, Nathan and Adam.
Chris Hirth - chirth@email.unc.edu
Hirth, a native of Milwuakee, Wis., is now in his eighth year with
Carolina athletics as the staff athletic trainer for men's soccer,
gymnastics and women's lacrosse. He also serves as a staff
physical therapist at the James Taylor Student Health Service.
A guest lecturer in the undergraduate and graduate programs in
athletic training at UNC, Hirth received his B.S. in physical therapy
with a minor in psychology from the University of Wisconsin
LaCrosse in 1989.
He completed his masters degree in human movement science
with a concentration in athletic training here at Carolina in 1994.
Hirth has worked in private practices throughout the Triangle area
in the past, specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine.
He has completed a Performance Enhancement Specialization through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and of the
sports and orthopedic sections of the American Physical Therapy
Association.
Hirth is married to Anna Hirth and has a son, Blake. He enjoys
spending time with his family, exercising and reading.
Dr. Dan Hooker - dhooker@uncaa.unc.edu
In addition to his work with the gridiron Tar Heels, Hooker also coordinates athletic training and physical therapy at Carolina. He has held that position since 1984.
In the summer of 2002, the National Athletic Trainers Association named Hooker the nation's Most Outstanding Athletic Trainer.
Hooker earned his Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1967. He also received a Master of Science degree in secondary education from the University of Southern California in 1971 and Ph.D in education from Carolina in 1981. He has been an NATA Certified Athletic Trainer since 1972 and is licensed as an athletic trainer in North Carolina. He has been a Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist since 1987 and has served the Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Medicine Association as president and secretary.
Dan and his wife, Sharon, have two sons, Sean and Stefan.
Dr. Spero Karas
Dr. Karas received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a varsity monogram in wrestling. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Indiana University. He has lived in the Research Triangle since 1993, when he began his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Duke University. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Karas completed a Shoulder and Sports Medicine Fellowship at the prestigious Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado. While in Colorado, he served as an associate team physician for the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies professional sports teams.
He is the author of numerous publications, presentations, and demonstrational videos. Dr. Karas is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and belongs to numerous societies, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. His practice encompasses the entire spectrum of sports, overuse, and work related injuries, with a primary interest in disorders of the knee, shoulder, and elbow.
Dr. Michael Landers
C.B. Lehn - clehn@email.unc.edu
Lehn graduated from West Chester with a degree in health and physical education in 1973 and received her certificate in physical therapy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. She was a staff athletic trainer at Penn from 1973-75 and arrived in Chapel Hill in 1977.
She traveled to Russia as a trainer with the U.S. Deaf volleyball team in 1992, and in '93 served as a U.S. team trainer at the Deaf Olympics in Bulgaria. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the National Athletic Trainers Association.
Doug Ludolph - ludolph@email.unc.edu
Ludolph earned a B.S. in Physical Education from Illinois State University,
and a M.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois.
Ludolph is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer and certified strength and
conditioning specialist through the NSCA.
Ludolph and his wife, Mary, have a daughter, Sophia.
Sally Mays - smays@email.unc.edu
Sally received a bachelor's degree in secondary education and athletic training from Washington State University in 1986. She then received a masters degree in sports medicine from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989. For five years she was the Head Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She also taught athletic training classes and supervised undergraduate athletic trainers in an internship program.
In 1994 she accepted a position as the Director of Athletic Training and Performance Enhancement for the University of Minnesota overseeing a staff of five athletic trainers, twenty five undergraduate students and three strength and conditioning coaches while coordinating and instructing the undergraduate athletic training internship program.
Sally joins her co-workers in presenting and speaking nationally on a variety of topics, primarily rehabilitation and preventative health care programs that are athletic performance based.
In 1996 she was named to the United States Olympic Team Medical Staff working with USA Volleyball in Atlanta, Georgia. She has also worked the US Olympic Festival in 1995 with USA Basketball and US World's Figure Skating Championships in 1998.
Sally is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Massage Therapist.
Scott Oliaro - soliaro@uncaa.unc.edu
In addition, Oliaro has presented a variety of topics at national,
district and local levels. He currently serves as the program
director for the UNC football Athletic Trainer's conference held
annually at Carolina.
Oliaro is a 1993 graduate of Cornell University where he earned a B.S. in nutritional sciences. At Cornell he was a three-year football letterwinner, a two-time captain and a two-year Ivy League selection at tailback. A native of Lansing, Mich., Oliaro grew up in Burlington, Vt. In 1999, Sports Illustrated named Oliaro Vermont's 42nd best athlete of all-time.
Oliaro earned a Master's degree in athletic training from North Carolina in 1996. Oliaro is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer and a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. In 1996, he worked the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Prior to coming to UNC, Scott spent two years as an assistant athletic trainer for American University and the Washington Capitals. He and his wife, the former Jeri Dorezas, reside in Durham.
Dr. Bill Prentice - prentice@email.unc.edu
Dr. Prentice is also a professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC, teaching graduate courses in sports medicine, athletic training, and first aid.
Throughout his career, Dr. Prentice has won the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer and the Distinguished Athletic Training Educator awards from the NATA. He has also been selected to serve as an athletic trainer at several United States Olympic Committee events.
Prentice earned both a bachelor's and Master's degree in athletic training and physical education from the University of Delaware and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in sports medicine and applied physiology from the University of Virginia. He also received a Bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the University of North Carolina.
Dean Crowell enters his first year as a staff athletic trainer with Football and Fencing. He also will assist the UNC undergraduate and graduate sports medicine education programs as a clinical supervisor.
Marc Davis serves as the head trainer for the University of North Carolina men's basketball team, a position he has held since the 1977-78 season.
Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., A.T.C. was hired by the Department
Exercise and Sport Science in July 1995. Since that time he has served
as the director of the Undergraduate Athletic Training Education
Program,Director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory,
and Director of Graduate Studies. His teaching responsibilities
include Cadaver Anatomy (graduate), Therapeutic Modalities, Injury
Evaluation and Human Anatomy.
Dan Hooker is in his 14th season as head athletic trainer for the University of North Carolina football team. Hooker has been on the Carolina athletic training staff since 1972.
Spero G. Karas, MD joined the University of North Carolina Department of Orthopaedics on September 1, 2000 as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. He was named Director of the UNC Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship in 2001, and became Chief of the University of North Carolina Shoulder and Elbow Service in September, 2002. He has served as a consultant for UNC varsity athletics since 2000.
Dr. Michael Landers, a Sports Medicine fellow in the Sports Medicine
Clinic, specializes in both sports medicine and family practice. A
native of Okemah, Oklahoma, he received his biochemistry degree from the
University of Oklahoma. He attended Medical School at Oklahoma Stat
University- College of Osteopathic Medicine, and graduated in 2000. He
then completed his Family Practice Residency at Tulsa Regional Medical
Center, and Oklahoma State University Student Health Center.
Clairbeth Lehn, better known as C.B., has been on the UNC sports medicine staff since 1977. She has worked with the women's basketball team since her arrival in Chapel Hill, overseeing the rehabilitation of musculo-skeletal injuries as well as administering first aid. She also serves as the head trainer for volleyball and baseball and instructs graduate and undergraduate student trainers.
Doug Ludolph is in his first year as the staff athletic trainer for women's
volleyball. He is in his third year as a research associate for the Sports
Medicine Research Laboratory, and as a lecturer for anatomy and gross
anatomy in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
Sally Mays is entering her sixth year at UNC as staff athletic trainer and supervisor for Fetzer Athletic Training Room which provides sports medicine services for twenty four varsity sports. She specifically works with wrestling, volleyball and men's and women's tennis.
Scott Oliaro is in his fifth season as Assistant Football Athletic Trainer.Oliaro assists the education
program as a lecturer for both the undergraduate and graduate
athletic training programs. He has authored several articles in
various medical journals, including the Journal of Athletic Training.
Dr. Bill Prentice is currently the athletic trainer and physical therapist for the women's soccer team, which has won 17 NCAA Championships.
