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Heather Gotha
eather Gotha earned 12 varsity letters at Andover in four different sports: soccer, hockey, softball, and lacrosse. In 1996 and again in 1997, she was elected a Boston Globe NEPSAC All-Star in soccer and selected for the all-state soccer team. An Honorable Mention All-American in lacrosse in 1997, Gotha earned All-American accolades in 1998 and was named Athlete of the Year by The Phillipian. At Harvard, Gotha played soccer and lacrosse. She was a member of the 2000 Crimson Ivy League Championship soccer team as well 4
as the 2001 team that made it to the NCAA soccer round of 16. In lacrosse, she was both an Academic All-American and an All-Ivy Honorable Mention in 2002. After graduating cum laude from Harvard, Gotha pursued a career in medicine at Cornell Medical School. She attended Brown University for her orthopaedic surgery residency and an orthopaedic trauma fellowship, and went to Baylor University to complete a foot and ankle surgery fellowship. In addition to winning the Connie M. Guion Scholarship in 2009, awarded
annually to the most outstanding fourth-year medical student, she won the John Metcalf Polk Prize in medical school, which is awarded to three students who are at the top of their class for scholastic performance throughout medical school. Gotha is currently the orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon for University of Delaware Athletics, Wilmington University Athletics, and other local area colleges. Recently, she was selected by her peers and Delaware Magazine as a 2017 “Top Doc” in orthopaedic surgery.
1997 soccer team: Gotha is front row, center. 5