Emory Healthcare, Atlanta Track Club To Serve Olympic Athletes

GEORGIA — Atlanta Track Club is partnering with Emory Healthcare as the official sports medicine and physical therapy providers for its Olympic Development Team.

“Emory Sports Medicine is thrilled to partner with Atlanta Track Club Elite to provide high-quality sports medicine care to help its athletes perform at their very best, to pursue their Olympic dreams,” said Scott D. Boden, MD, vice president of business innovation for Emory Healthcare and chief medical/quality officer for Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital.

The partnership provides Atlanta Track Club Elite with comprehensive, world-class sports medicine care from Emory Healthcare’s orthopaedics, sports and spine doctors.

Amadeus Mason, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedics and family medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Sports Medicine physician will serve as medical director for Atlanta Track Club Elite. Emory Healthcare physicians Courtney Gleason, MD, Jonathan Kim, MD, and Sara Raiser, MD will also provide sports medicine care.

“Our team of physicians, certified athletic trainers and physical therapists are equipped to deliver outstanding musculoskeletal care and physical therapy services to ensure athletes achieve the best possible outcome after a sports injury,” Mason said.

Atlanta Track Club’s executive director, Rich Kenah says the elite athletes are training to compete against the best athletes in the world.

The athletes will have priority access to Emory Healthcare’s 11 hospitals, advanced imaging equipment and physicians in more than 70 medical specialties. This may also include video telemedicine consults as a quicker first step to ensure any subsequent in-person visit has the proper diagnostics and is more efficient.

“Having access to best-in-class doctors, therapists and facilities will not only ensure they are on the start line healthy, but also go a long way toward making sure they get to the finish line first,” Kenah said.

Emory Healthcare is the official team health care provider for the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Braves, and the Atlanta Dream, in addition to several collegiate and high school athletic programs.