sports xx medicine JMU Staff “Sets The Standard” for Student-Athlete Care JMU student-athletes have access to outstanding athletic training room venues, medical facilities and medical care. Scott Cook is the football team’s head athletic trainer, and he oversees all aspects of the players’ healthcare needs. Cook is a West Virginia graduate, and he received a master’s degree from Purdue. Before joining the JMU staff, he was an athletic trainer at Notre Dame and Illinois. JMU teams also are served by team physician Dr. Kent Diduch and team orthopedic specialist Dr. Mark Miller. Dr. Diduch came to JMU in 2007-08 and is a Virginia native who graduated from William & Mary and The University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Diduch is a board certified family physician and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He also serves JMU as an associate professor in the health sciences and as medical director for the athletic training and physician assistant academic programs. Dr. Miller is the S. Ward Casscells Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of the Sports Medicine Division at the University of Virginia. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Miller completed his fellowship training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine and is a nationally recognized expert in orthopedic sports medicine. This is his seventh year as a team physician for JMU. The assistant athletics director for sports medicine is Tom Kuster, who is in his 12th JMU year. A JMU graduate, Kuster received his master’s degree from West Virginia, and he is responsible for the overall administration and operation of the sports medicine department. Certified athletic trainers Jackie Downar, John Kaltenborn, Jon Leonard, Chris Smith, Lisa Friesen, Nell Morgan, Dr. Paula Maxwell, Dr. Connie Peterson and Dr. Jamie Frye complete an experienced sports medicine staff that is assisted by graduate assistant certified athletic trainers and undergraduate athletic training students. JMU has a long tradition of athletic training and possesses one of the nation’s finer athletic training education programs, assisting the sports medicine team in setting the standard for student-athlete care.
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