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Hosted by Steve Kashul and Dr. Brian Cole on Chicago's ESPN 1000 WMVP-AM Radio
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SMW Speakers and Friends
The SMW Speaker & Friends network is comprised of individuals and organizations that offer significant resources in the world of sports medicine. Many of them are listed here with strategic links to valuable information that may be helpful to followers of SMW.
Dr. James Andrews, Consultant for the Washington Redskins and Medical Director for the Tampa Bay Rays. More on Dr. Andrews at Andrews Centers and Andrews Institute. Sports Injury Prevention by Dr. James Andrews, introducing the STOP INITIATIVE, SportsTrauma and Overuse Prevention in young athletes.
Dr. Mellisa Christy, anesthesiologist and member of the teaching faculty at Rush University Medical Center.
Dr. Michael Terry , Northwestern University, Head Team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks and team physician for Northwestern Athletics.
Jeff Thomas, Assistant ATC for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Dylan Chase, a 17 year old hockey player who has played hockey since the age 3 and plays hockey nearly year round.
Dr. Steven Julius, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Player Programs for the Chicago Bulls.
Sue Falsone, PT, MS, SCS, ATC, CSCS, Director of Performance Physical Therapy, Athlete's Performance, Core Performance and Director of Team Sports at Athlete's Performance Education.
Dr. David Williamson, Board Certified Chiropractic Physician, founding partner of Advanced Physical Medicine & Rehab clinics and Director of Clinical Operations.
Dr. Dev Mishra, Orthopedic Surgeon and President of Sideline Sports Doc, teaching sideline injury management methods for coaches, athletic trainers and team doctors.
John Honcharuk, ATC, CSCS, SPARQ, Clinical SportsmetricsTM Instructor from AthletiCo, and Athletic Trainer for the Predator Rugby Club.
Dr. David Orth,Team Ophthalmologist for Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. Pres. Illinois Retina Assoc.
Dave Fairman, 59 year old Team USA Triathlete who recently qualified for the Sept. World Championships in Beijing.
Matt Marzullo, Head Athletic Trainer for Wheaton Warrenville South High School.
Coach Mark Bucciak, Director and Coach of 'Road to Boston' marathon training program.
John Golden, President of Athletes Performance Education. Recovered from double knee transplant surgery to climb Mt. Everest.
Jennifer Maloney, RD, LD, Nutritionist and Dietician with Chicago Endurance Sports.
Dr. Barry Seiller, Ophthalmologist, Owner and President of Visual Fitness Institute and Creator of VizualEdge PerformanceTrainer.
Dr. Ravi Damaraju, Nephrologist with Northwest Kidney Consultants.
Dr. Cale Jacobs, Director of R&D for ERMI Medical Devices.
Herm Schneider, Head Athletic Trainer for the Chicago White Sox.
Dr. Edward Phillips, Director of Outpatient Medical Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School and Director, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr. Kousik Krishnan, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology, Electrophysiology at Rush University Medical Center.
Ashley Bond, Personal Trainer, Fitness Blog-bodybybond, Miss Illiois USA 2009, Luvabull, Fitness Training Sponsor of the Miss Illinois USA and Miss Illinois Teen USA pageants.
David Inserra, Head Football Coach at Maine South High School with 3 state titles, 3 second place finishes and 10 conference championships in Class 8A.
Mike Ditka, Former Chicago Bears Head Football Coach,
Pro Football Hall of Famer and supporter of Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, a nonprofit NFL football charity.
World Champion Logroller and Personal Trainer, Shana Martin. Dedicated supporter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America.
Dr. John Tokish, Orthopaedic Surgeon at US Air Force Academy Hospital.
Mark Crabtree, MS, ATC, CSCS, Athletic Trainer and Director of Sports Performance at the Chicago Bulls-White Sox Training Academy.
Ian Hughes, Director of Instruction and PGA Teaching Professional from GolfTec in Naperville, Illinois.
Dr. Steven Sampson, Clinical Instructor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, founder of Orthohealing Center in LA for cutting edge, non-surgical orthopaedics & sports medicine.
Dr. Vonda Wright, an orhtopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine for athletes over the age of 40.
Dr. Jeff Mjaanes, Team Physisian at DePaul Univ. & US Soccer Federation, Dir. Chicago Sports Concussion Clinic.
Lou Weisbach, Co-founder, The American Center for Cures. Mission to prevent and cure diseases through collaborative clinical research to facilitate a focus on outcomes.
Dr. George Chiampas, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine and Medical Director for the Chicago Marathon.
Dr. Howard Kaufman, Associate Dean and Director, Rush University Cancer Center.
Dr. Walter Virkus, Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon and Oncologist from Midwest Orthopedics at Rush.
Dave Zimmer, Owner of Fleet Feet Sports.
Dr. Adam Bennett from Northwestern Orthopedic Institute.
Dr. Ruta Rao, Breast Oncologist from Rush University Medical Center.
Dr. Frank Spaniol, Professor of Sport Science and Director of the Sport Science Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
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