JUDGE PROFILE
Spotlighting Alumni and Members of Our Judge Memorial Family
Utah Jazz and Judge Alumni By Oliver Laughlin ‘24 and Damarco Soutor ‘24
The Utah Jazz has been Salt Lake City’s own NBA team since 1974. Throughout that time, several members of the Judge community have helped support them. Currently, they are third in the Western Conference and we are proud to share that the following three Judge alumni are assisting with their success.
Dr. Travis Maak ‘97 Orthopedic Surgeon and Utah Jazz Team Physician Dr. Travis Maak received his un-
they were at Judge. They fell in
dergraduate degree from Stanford
love and decided to move back to
University and completed his med-
Utah together where Travis could
ical degree from Yale’s
pursue a career with the
School of Medicine. He
Utah Jazz. He has been
was surprised by how
working with the Jazz
different the two schools
ever since.
were from each other but
Dr. Travis Maak loved
he liked them both. “To-
his experience at Judge
tally different perspectives, Yale was a bit of a big city and Stanford was
Travis Maak ‘97
more of a small town. I enjoyed the east coast, I liked the different people and the different perspectives, so I decided to stay there.”
Memorial, and says it
opportunities and the diverse back-
really impacted his life.
grounds of the student body. It
“I think the biggest thing
was a long commute but worth it.”
that Judge offers, is a
Travis believes Judge instills a lot
diverse experience and a student
of different perspectives, thought
body that is motivated. Interesting-
processes and provides a great
ly, I think in life it’s not so much
education.
ties that you have, and you either
Travis decided to specialize in
take advantage of them, or you
sports medicine, and for a short
don’t. “I commuted from Heber
time worked for the New York
City, I believe my parents sent me
Knicks and the New York Giants.
to Judge because of the academic
“Working for the New York Giants was a pretty cool experience be-
Dr. Travis Maak ‘97 M.D., 2006 Yale University School of Medicine B.S. Biology, 2001 Stanford University Utah Jazz Head Orthopaedic Team Physician, 2014 present
cause that was the year they won the Super Bowl, and I was on the sidelines for all of the Super Bowl.
University of Utah Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, 2012-present
That was pretty awesome.” While in Manhattan, Dr. Maak met a woman who was also a Judge alumnus
New York Football Giants Assistant Team Physician 2011-2012
from his same class (Dr. Michelle didn’t know her very well when
T M S t
what you learn as the opportuni-
After completing his residency,
Kennedy Maak ‘97) although he
Dr. Maak ‘97 focuses on sports medicine and arthroscopic treatment of the hip and knee.
Dr. Maak giving the Utah Jazz Injury Report CONNECTIONS
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