Meet the MedicalStaff WES BROWN
STAFF
ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER Wes Brown is in his fourth season as the assistant athletic trainer for the University of Miami men’s basketball team and is responsible for handling the daily medical needs of the program. Brown joined the UM Athletic Training Staff following a five-year stay at UNC Wilmington where he served as the Director of Sports Medicine for three years. While at UNCW, he served as the athletic trainer for the men’s basketball program, as well as the Seahawk men’s track & field team. Brown is a certified Performance Enhancement Specialist and a Corrective Exercise Specialist. NBA athletic trainers and strength and conditioning specialists hold these specializations due to the effectiveness of these programs in preventing and treating athlete
Scott McGonagle Head Athletic Trainer M.S./A.T.C. Kansas, 1980 Arizona, 1981
Kevin Blaske Brian Boyls-White Assoc. Athletic Trainer Asst. Athletic Trainer M.S./A.T.C M.S./A.T.C./L.A.T./D.E.S. Tulsa, 1992 Longwood, 2005 Plymouth State, 2007
Scott Brooks Asst. Athletic Trainer M.S./A.T.C. Kansas State, 2001 Oklahoma State, 2007
Alana Eichman Asst. Athletic Trainer M.Ed./A.T.C./L.A.T./N.A. UCF, 2003 Auburn, 2007
Ron LeClair Asst. Athletic Trainer M.S.Ed./A.T.C. Northeastern, 2002
Megan Rogers Asst. Athletic Trainer M.S./A.T.C, PT CSCS SUNY Cortland, 2003
Priscilla Dobbs Asst. Athletic Trainer M.S./A.T.C./L.A.T./P.E.S./C.E.S. Nova Southeastern, 2003 California (Pa.), 2008
injuries. Since his implementation of these techniques, UM basketball athletes have only missed time due to acute injuries or illness. A native of Jacksonville, N.C., Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from UNCW in 2000, before earning his masters in athletic training from Old Dominion in 2002.
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MEDICAL STAFF
Richard Mariani, D.D.S. Miami, 1957 Dentistry
Michael Robinson, D.M.D. Miami, 1991 Dentistry
Marco Leyte-Vidal, D.M.D. Miami, 1982 Dentistry
Chris Mariani, D.D.S. Emory, 1981 Dentistry
DR. LEE KAPLAN, M.D. Team Physician
DR. BRYSON LESNIAK, M.D.
DR. CLIFTON PAGE, M.D. Primary Care Physician
Team Physician
CLIFTON PAGE, Larry Brown, D.D.S. Columbia, 1987 Dentistry
Irma Rey, M.D. Miami, 1981 Internal Medicine
Gilbert Concepcion, M.D. Mario R. Villoch, M.D. Central Eastern, 1982 Miami, 1987 Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology Cardiac Electrophysiology
Juan Fernandez, M.D. Miami, 1986 Nephrologist
Stephen Morris, O.D. Miami, 1961 Optometry
George Munoz, M.D. Mount Sinai, 1980 Internal Medicine
Elliott Grusky, D.C. Logan College, 1977 Chiropractic
David Morris, M.D. Miami, 1994 Internal Medicine
Lawrence Grusky, D.C. Palmer College, 1980 Chiropractic
M.D., CAQSM — a Primary Care Sports Medicine specialist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedics and Family Medicine, Division of Sports Medicine — is in his third year working with the University of Miami athletic teams. Board certified in family medicine and sports medicine, Dr. Page’s clinical interests include the non-operative care of sports-related injuries, especially tendinopathies, concussions, general medical conditions in the athlete and sports injury prevention. A 1998 graduate of Notre Dame, he earned his medical degree from Ohio State. While completing a residency in family medicine and a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Ohio State, Dr. Page published a book chapter for Clinics in Sports Medicine, and was an integral part of the sports medicine team providing medical coverage for Ohio State athletic teams. Upon completing his fellowship, Dr. Page moved to Miami and spent three years at the University of Miami Student Health Center, and currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedics and Family Medicine at the UHealth Sports Medicine Center.
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