SPORTS MEDICINE DEPARTMENT GOALS AND PHILOSOPHY
The Duquesne University Sports Medicine staff provides athletic training services to the student athletes of Duquesne University. The sports medicine staff is committed to providing the best quality health care for student athletes. This commitment is achieved through using the most modern techniques, skills and equipment available and by consistently seeking the best ways to deliver quality and timely health care to our student-athletes.
The services provided by the sports medicine staff are divided into five domains established by the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer. The domains are: (1.) Risk Reduction, Wellness and Health Literacy, (2.) Assessment, Evaluation and Diagnosis, (3.) Critical Incident Management, (4.) Therapeutic Intervention and (5.) Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility.
The main goal and philosophy of the sports medicine staff is to make the health care needs of the student athletes our first priority. Also, the certified athletic trainers who provide health care will practice with the highest standards of quality consistent with the Code of Ethics established by the National Athletic Trainers' Association. The Duquesne University Sports Medicine staff will not tolerate the practice of illegal discrimination on the basis of race, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, social status, financial status, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.
ABOUT DUQUESNE SPORTS MEDICINE
Duquesne University Sports Medicine is committed to providing comprehensive medical care, personalized attention, injury prevention, and rehabilitative services to all Duquesne University Division I student-athletes.
Under the oversight of the Director of Sports Medicine, Jessica Johns, MEd, ATC, LAT the department has grown to a team of 10 full-time athletic trainers.
Through its affiliation with UPMC Sports Medicine, physicians who specialize in sports medicine oversee the practice of the athletic training staff. The team of physicians is headed by primary care/sports medicine physician Dr. Eric Anish. Working with Dr. Anish are Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Albert Lin and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians Dr. Ryan Nussbaum and Dr. Jenny Chiang. In addition to these outstanding physicians, our athletes have access to over 50 specialists and consultants throughout the Pittsburgh area.
All of Duquesne's athletic trainers serve as Approved Clinical Instructors for the CAATE accredited Athletic Training Education Program in the Rangos School of Health Sciences. The athletic training students work with our full-time staff as part of their educational experience and clinical requirements of their academic program.
