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About Our Department
Mission Statement
We support the ongoing education of Varsity and
Junior Varsity Student Athletes through the Harvard University
Athletics Department Mission with a commitment to
the student athlete’s physical, mental, and emotional well
being.
The Sports Medicine Department is dedicated towards providing a safe, effective, high quality health care system for the student athlete with a focus on accurate diagnosis and treatment grounded in evidence based foundations. This is achieved through the Athletic Training staff’s and physicians’ accessibility, appropriate referral, restoration and improvement of health and well being, enhancement of student-athlete performance, and the implementation of collaborative preventative measures.
It is also a priority of the Sports Medicine Department and the Harvard Athletics Department for the Sports Medicine Department to provide opportunities for professional growth in the fields of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine. We strive to provide an excellent clinical education environment for our Athletic Training students, Physical Therapy students, orthopedic fellows, and internal medicine medical students through a commitment to their respective university affiliations and our role as approved clinical instructors. This instruction is integrated into our daily operation and delivery of care allowing us, as a department, to offer additional health care services and increased care to our student-athletes. Additionally, we feel a responsibility in leadership within the Boston community by providing educational opportunities to our fellow medical professionals within our area. We offer sports medicine related educational programs throughout the year to facilitate professional growth, conversation, and discussion to stay current with the continually evolving field of sports medicine in an effort to provide the highest quality of care to our student-athletes.
Our purpose is to provide health care, to teach and to lead and collaborate.
Therapy Approach
We offer a multidisciplinary approach based on practice of
medicine which includes functional rehabilitation, various manual
therapy specialties and performance enhancement.
Staff
Dr. Arthur
Boland, Team Physician Emeritus
Dr. Frank Wang,
Head Team Physician
Dr. Mark Steiner
'72, Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Lars
Richardson '91, Orthopedic Surgeon
Brant
Berkstresser, Assistant Director of Athletics - Head Athletic
Trainer
Gary Geissler,
Clinical Director of Rehabilitation
Craig
Fafara Athletic Trainer
Megan Finn Athletic Trainer
TK
Kennedy Athletic Trainer
Chad
Krawiec Athletic Trainer
Yumi
Kuscher Athletic Trainer
Niki Rybko Athletic Trainer
Diana
Priestman Athletic Traner
Tim
Smith Athletic Trainer
Matt
Whalen Athletic Trainer
