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Helping You Stay in the Game Led by renowned orthopaedic surgeon Lee Kaplan, M.D. (pictured above), UHealth Sports Medicine is dedicated to nurturing the health, well-being, and performance of active individuals, from aspiring young athletes to weekend warriors. As the only academic based sports medicine program in South Florida that is part of a comprehensive orthopaedics department, UHealth Sports Medicine provides leading-edge therapies and multidisciplinary expertise. No surprise that it’s the official sports medicine provider of the UM Hurricanes, Miami Marlins, and the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team. For more information, call 305-243-3000 or click here.
CHAMPION
When University of Miami alumna Lauryn Williams, BBA ‘05 joined the U.S. bobsled team at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, it was the acclaimed track-and field athlete’s first turn in a true team sport. “I came to Sochi to help Team USA,” says Williams, the first former Miami student-athlete to qualify for a Winter Olympics. “It wasn’t about history for me.” But history is exactly what Williams made. When, with teammate Elana Meyers, she won the silver medal in bobsledding, Williams became one of just five athletes in the world—and the first American woman—to medal in both the Summer and Winter Games. Among many other high-profile achievements, Williams is a two-time sprint medalist in the Summer Olympics. Amazingly, she first climbed into a bobsled just six months before the start of the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Williams accomplished her historic feat with the support of another dedicated team: UHealth Sports Medicine. “When you compete on the world’s biggest stage, you have to seek out every legal competitive advantage you can,” she says. “As a former UM student-athlete, I have been working with Dr. Lee Kaplan and the UHealth Sports Medicine team for quite a while. They constantly got me back into tip-top shape and believed in me when no one else did.”
“Your support (and really warm hat) mean the world to me” - Online shout-out from Lauryn Williams to UHealth Sports Medicine during the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Amy Deem, director of track and field/crosscountry for the Hurricanes, has coached Williams since her time at the U. “For Lauryn to go there and accomplish what she did is a true testament to the type of person and competitor that she is,” Deem says.
A role model for youth who is as dedicated as she is inspiring, Williams recently shared her story and tips for success with Miami-area youth at UHealth Sports Medicine’s fourth annual Student Ambassador Seminar. See more of Lauryn as she stars in a current TV commercial for UHealth Sports Medicine and go behind the scenes at the making of the commercial.
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