NEW YORK, NY (June 1, 2023) – At the outset of National CPR and AED Awareness Week, the NFL today announced that it has expanded The Smart Heart Sports Coalition to 26 member organizations. Founded in March 2023 in response to the life-saving emergency care provided to Damar Hamlin, the coalition is advocating for all 50 states to adopt […]
The NFL has expanded a program for minorities and women in sports medicine, aiming to increase diversity among athletic trainers and medical staff across the league in line with similar initiatives for coaches and the front office. The league announced Monday at the spring owners meetings in Minnesota an expansion of the pool to match diverse […]
Joint program with NFL Physicians Society and Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society more than doubles to pair diverse students from 19 medical schools with clubs across the league MINNEAPOLIS (May 22, 2023) – The NFL, together with the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), today announced the league-wide expansion […]
The Ravens have long known they’ve had one of the NFL’s best team physicians with Dr. Andrew Tucker, and the rest of the league has recognized it too. Last week, Dr. Tucker was awarded the prestigious Jerry ‘Hawk’ Rhea Award honoring him as an outstanding NFL team physician by the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society […]
Browns head team physician Dr. James Voos has earned a special award of league-wide recognition for groundbreaking research that could reshape how athletes and doctors treat ACL injuries. Voos, who has been with the Browns since 2014, was given the NFL Physicians Society’s Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence during the NFLPS Scientific Meeting […]
(Indianapolis, IN — March 3, 2023) – The NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) awarded the Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence to Dr. James Voos, Head Team Physician for the Cleveland Browns and NFLPS Board Vice President. His research was presented at the NFLPS Scientific Meeting during the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine in a presentation, […]
(Indianapolis, IN — March 1, 2023) – The NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) applauds Andrew Tucker, M.D. of the Baltimore Ravens for being awarded the prestigious Jerry “Hawk” Rhea Award. Dr. Tucker was recognized as an outstanding NFL team physician by the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) at the NFLPS Annual Scientific Meeting during the […]
(Indianapolis, IN — March 1, 2023) – Todd Toriscelli, Vice President of Sports Medicine for the Tennessee Titans was named “Outstanding NFL Athletic Trainer of the Year” and given the Fain-Cain Memorial Award by the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS). The awards ceremony is held annually at the NFLPS meeting during the NFL Scouting Combine week. […]
Damar Hamlin put NFL medical staff in the spotlight but while they are ready to spring into action during Sunday’s Super Bowl to deal with anything from cardiac arrest to delivering a baby they would much prefer to stay on the sidelines. Emergency medical staff working NFL games operate largely unnoticed until called upon as […]
If Jason Kelce’s wife, Kylie, goes into labor early at Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, the small army of medical personnel on hand at State Farm Stadium could handle it. ‘I have delivered 54 in my car. Not any recently. But this is not the first one,’ said Dr. Jim Ellis, an emergency preparedness consultant […]