CHANCELLOR PATRICK GALLAGHER

Patrick Gallagher has served as the University of ’s 18th chancellor since August 2014. In this position, he works to advance the University’s legacy of academic excellence, collaboration and research innovation. Prior to his installation at Pitt, Gallagher spent more than two decades in public service. In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed him to direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology. While in this role, Gallagher also acted as deputy secretary of commerce until leaving for Pitt in the summer of 2014. In addition to performing his duties as chancellor, Gallagher is one of 12 inaugural members appointed by the president to serve on the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. He also is active on a number of community boards, including the United Way of Southwestern , Internet2 and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Gallagher holds a PhD in physics from the and a bachelor’s degree in physics and philosophy from Benedictine College. He and his wife, Karen, are the proud parents of three sons.

The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related university and a world leader in education, research and innovation. Pitt has an annual enrollment of nearly 35,000 undergraduate and graduate students as well as more than 300,000 alumni around the world. Founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, the University is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the nation and has a campus in Pittsburgh, Pa., as well as four regional campuses located throughout Western Pennsylvania.

• The University’s more than 13,000 employees, including more than 5,200 faculty members, serve nearly 35,000 students drawn from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two U.S. territories and 103 foreign countries through the programs of 16 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. • In a reaccreditation report issued in September 2012, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education praised Pitt as a “world class research university” with an “unwavering commitment to excellence” and an “extraordinarily talented and beloved leadership team.” • Pitt students consistently win a significant number of prestigious national awards for academic achievement. Since 1995, Pitt undergraduates have claimed one Gates Cambridge Scholarship, two Churchill Scholarships, four Rhodes Scholarships, six Truman Scholarships, six Marshall Scholarships, nine Udall Scholarships and an astounding 48 Goldwater Scholarships. • Pitt is among the nation’s leading producers of student Fulbright grant winners, with more than 150 undergraduate Fulbright winners since 1995. Pitt also is among the nation’s leading producers of Boren scholars, Whitaker International fellows, A landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Critical Language scholars and Humanity in Action fellows. 535-foot-tall at the University of Pittsburgh is the tallest academic building in the Western Hemisphere.

184 PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 185 MEDIA INFORMATION 2016 PREVIEW COACHING STAFF PLAYER PROFILES 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK PITT HISTORY PRO FOOTBALL THIS IS PITT 185 PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE The Panthers rank fourth among all schools with eight The Panthers rank fourth among gridiron legacy of Fame. Pitt’s inductees in the Pro Football Hall of Famers, 90 first-team All- also includes 24 College Hall championships. America citations and nine national Pitt swimmer or diver to earn Dominic Giordano became the first on the 3-meter board at the a national title as he placed first Swimming and Diving Championships with 2016 NCAA Men’s head diving coach Julian Krug a score of 460.30. Giordano and and ACC Men’s Diver of the Year were named the ACC Men’s for their outstanding respectively, Diving Coach of the Year, efforts during the 2015-16 season. to advance to the NCAA Men’s Pitt is one of only eight programs in 13 of the past 15 seasons (2002-16). Basketball Tournament Pitt became the first team in ACC football history to have both in the the ACC Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year same season. Jordan Whitehead was named the ACC Overall media, while by the league’s and Defensive Rookie of the Year The Qadree Ollison was voted the Offensive Rookie of the Year. honor as Rookie of the Year Overall duo shared the league’s voted on by the ACC coaches. The Pitt gymnastics team made program history as the Panthers scored a season-high 195.675 to win the EAGL Championship for the first time on March 19, 2016, at . Lindsay Offutt led the team, winning titles on beam and in the all-around. Gymnastics Women’s NCAA the for qualified Offutt Lindsay Championships on floor becoming the sixth Pitt gymnast to do in so and the first since 2007 when Andrea Arlotta qualified tied for the all-around. Offutt, a two-time regional qualifier, first overall at the 2016 Ann Arbor regional with a 9.900 on the event and was named Northeast Regional Gymnast of the Year. the and title regional a earn to Panther fifth became the She Tait took home the title on beam. first since 2005 when Leila Three Pitt student-athletes—Artie Rowell (football), Lindsay Orchard (volleyball)—wereAmanda Offutt (gymnastics) and selected as 2016 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipients. They were honored for having performed with distinction in both the classroom and their respective sport while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.

• • • • • • • THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF UNIVERSITY IS THE THIS s “Brilliant 10” list of the brightest young Popular Science’s “Brilliant 10” list of the brightest Pitt boasts a rich Olympic history that includes gold-medal winning performances in track, and silver and bronze medals in diving and basketball. Pitt’s intercollegiate athletics history dates back to 1869, back dates athletics history intercollegiate Pitt’s Today, when the University began to field a baseball team. Pitt sponsors 19 varsity sports with more than 450 student- athletes vying for conference, regional and national honors. Pitt ranks in the top 10 percent in teaching, the top 20 Pitt ranks in the top 10 percent in teaching, the top 20 percent in research and the top 10 percent in citations in the University Higher Education World 2016 edition of the Times universities. top 800 Rankings of the world’s In 2012, Pitt surpassed its goal to raise $2 billion during its In 2012, Pitt surpassed its goal to raise $2 billion during its historic capital campaign. Thanks to generous gifts received from more than 189,000 donors, the University was able to create more than 1,600 new endowments, including more than 600 student scholarships and fellowships and more than 150 new faculty chairs and professorships. In the last decade, Pitt has drawn more than $6 billion in In the last decade, Pitt has drawn more than $6 billion in sponsored research dollars to the Pittsburgh region, with 2015- signifying a 20 percent increase half-billion-dollar mark 16’s in sponsored research from 2006. This is a clear sign that Pitt is building on its proud past, a legacy that includes developing war against polio. the vaccine that won this nation’s In the most recent QS World University Rankings (2015-16), In the most recent QS World 800 universities, the University top a ranking of the world’s of Pittsburgh was ranked among the 40 best in the United University Rankings States and 133rd in the world. QS World by Subject 2016 also gave the top spot in the world to Pitt’s philosophy department. Since the beginning of this century, Pitt alumni have received Since the beginning of this century, in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize Medal of Science, National Pulitzer Prize for fiction, National Prize in Life John Fritz Medal in engineering, Shaw Book Award, Medicine in Prize Center Medical Albany Medicine, and Science and Biomedical Research and many other high honors. In the 2015-16 academic year, faculty members won the Berlin- the won members faculty year, 2015-16 academic the In and Humanities’ Helmholtz Brandenburg Academy of Sciences Outstanding Investigator Medal, the National Cancer Institute’s the American and the Polymer Physics Prize from Award Faculty members also have been named Physical Society. for Psychological Science, “Rising Stars” of the Association for the Advancement of fellows of the American Association of American Physicians, Science, members of the Association for Clinical Investigation and members of the American Society to minds in science. Senior faculty members have been elected to such prestigious prestigious such to elected been have members faculty Senior of Arts Academy of Medicine, American the Institute groups as of the Advancement Association for American & Sciences, National Investigation, for Clinical American Society Science, of Nursing and American Academy Academy of Education, some of of Sciences. And they have claimed National Academy the National prestigious awards, including most the country’s Research Medical Clinical Lasker-DeBakey Science, of Medal Foundation “genius MacArthur John D. and Catherine T. Award, and Andrew S. Mott Prize in cancer research award,” Charles for Achievement Award Mellon Foundation Distinguished W. to humanistic studies. exemplary contributions

• • • • • • • • • PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDEPITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 184 184 ESPN.com and CBSSports.com, in fact, both recently named Pitt’s football uniforms the best in the ACC, with the former ranking the Panthers as one of the five best-looking teams in the “Power 5” conferences along with Michigan, Oregon, Baylor and LSU.

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SCOTT BARNES

Entering his second year as the University of Pittsburgh’s Athletic Director, Scott Barnes continues to drive an ambitious vision for the Panthers. Built on the stated goals of “inspiring pride and building champions,” this vision has mobilized Pitt people nationwide and has the Panthers poised for a new era of athletic and academic excellence. Barnes invested a significant amount of his initial 12 months at Pitt engaging and listening to student-athletes, staff, alumni and supporters. Within days of arriving in Pittsburgh, he launched the inaugural Panthers Fans Experience Committee, a group that has served as the pulse of the Pitt fan. Midway through his first year, Barnes hosted a Pitt Town Hall Meeting, during which he outlined the current state of the athletic department, discussed future goals and answered any and all questions from the nearly 500 people in attendance. The result of Barnes’ wide-ranging internal and external engagement was the development and unveiling of the Plan for Pitt Athletics. With the student-athlete experience serving as its centerpiece, this strategic blueprint details how Pitt will achieve competitive success while maintaining program integrity, develop the finest student-athletes and staff, graduate its student-athletes, strengthen and prioritize its resources, and continue to enhance engagement and communication with the department’s PERSONAL INFORMATION numerous constituencies. In short, it is a plan that will impact the Panthers in the classroom, on the field and in the BORN: June 23, 1962 stands for years to come. HOMETOWN: Spokane, Wash. Barnes has likened collegiate athletics to a “front porch” for universities. “It is not the most ALMA MATER: Fresno State, 1986 important room in the house,” said Barnes. “But it is the most visible, and what comes with FAMILY: Barnes and his wife, Jody, have that are opportunity and responsibility.” two children: daughter Milanna and son Ever cognizant of this responsibility, Barnes has shaped a vision for Pitt Athletics that reflects Isaac. the values of the University and its commitment to the overall development of young people. “We will inspire pride and build champions in academics, in athletics and in life,” Barnes COLLEGIATE ADMINISTRATIVE said. “Our mission is to develop the best athletic programs and serve as a great source of pride in representing the University of Pittsburgh community, the city of Pittsburgh and our EXPERIENCE alumni and friends worldwide.” UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, 1989-90, To best position Pitt Athletics and its people for excellence, Barnes initiated an organizational Director of Athletic Development. restructuring that has dramatically improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC, 1990-94, overall department. Executive Director of the Pacific Athletic From an infrastructure standpoint, the Panthers’ facilities master plan has been completely Foundation and Associate Athletic Director. reenergized. The will be significantly enhanced in 2016-17 with a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1994-95, sparkling new basketball court, LED displays and graphic updates. An expansive renovation of Director of Athletic Development; 1995-97, Trees Pool includes new locker rooms, a student-athlete lounge, a team meeting room and a Associate Athletic Director for Development state-of-the-art video scoreboard. Moreover, football’s Duratz Complex is undergoing a second and Special Projects. phase of improvements, highlighted by a dramatic new entrance, new hydrotherapy room and HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY, 1997-99, Pitt-branded FieldTurf outdoor practice field. Athletic Director. In addition to many impactful administrative initiatives, Barnes’ first year as athletic director was EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, memorable for many other exciting achievements as well. Among the highlights are the following: 1999-2005, Athletic Director. • Under the direction of new head coach Pat Narduzzi, Pitt football achieved an 8-4 regular- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 2005-08, season record—its best 12-game mark since 2009—and a berth in the Military Bowl. The Senior Associate Athletic Director Panthers finished as the runner-up in the ACC Coastal Division with a 6-2 mark, their best for Advancement. conference record ever. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, 2008-15, Athletic • Dominic Giordano became the first Pitt swimmer or diver to win an NCAA championship Director; 2012-15, Vice President. when he took top honors on the 3-meter board. Giordano also earned All-America status UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, on the 1-meter board and was named ACC Diver of the Year. 2015-present, Athletic Director. • The gymnastics team won its first-ever East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) championship. Lindsay Offutt, the EAGL champion on the beam and in the all-around, qualified for the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships. • Men’s basketball advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time in the past 15 seasons, becoming one of only eight programs nationally to accomplish that feat.

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• already distinguished himselfBarnes arrived in Pittsburgh having in collegiate athletics. Prior to Pitt,as one of the top administrators Director at Utah State, addinghe spent seven years as Athletic Aggiesthe direction, his Under 2012. in President Vice of title the academic and fundraising success.enjoyed unprecedented athletic, 20 conference team championships.During his tenure, Utah State won perennially produced all-conference, USU student-athletes Individually, All-America and all-academic performances. aFrom 2012-15, the Utah State football program averaged 10 wins The Aggies compiled a 30-11 mark during that span and won year. a school-record three consecutive bowls. (Prior to this three-year ofperiod, USU owned just one bowl victory in its first 114 seasons competition.) In 2012, Utah State went 11-2, the winningest season and finished 16th in the final Associated Press poll. in school history, academicby mirrored was arenas athletic in success USU’s theachievement, including an 87% Graduation Success Rate (GSR) last year of Barnes’ tenure. HeUtah State achieved all-time fundraising records under Barnes. cultivated the two largest lead gifts in USU Athletics history: $5.25 Estes Center (a basketball practice facility million for the Wayne ICONand volleyball competition venue) and $3.7 million for the andSports Performance Center (which serves 16 sports programs more than 400 student-athletes). He additionally increased private funding to the football program by $2.5 million through the Merlin Olsen Fund for Football Competitive Excellence. With fundraising at an all-time high, Barnes oversaw the completion of the $6.5 million 26,329-square-foot ICON Sports Performance Center in 2013 and the $9.7 million 32,000-square-foot Wayne Estes Center in 2014. He also announced a long-term naming rights $36 million partnership that provided key funding for Utah State’s forfootball stadium renovation project scheduled to be completed the 2016 season. Barnes not only built significant momentum for Utah State Athletics USU was lauded as the most but did so in a fiscally prudent way. 2009economically efficient athletic department in the nation in Laboratory for the Study of A&M’s following a study done by Texas studies, Utah StateIntercollegiate Athletics. In four subsequent including three times in the top six. finished in the top 20 each year, • • ESPN.com and CBSSports.com, in fact, both recently named Pitt’s football uniforms the best in the ACC, with the best in the football uniforms recently named Pitt’s in fact, both and CBSSports.com, ESPN.com along “Power 5” conferences teams in the five best-looking as one of the ranking the Panthers the former and LSU. Oregon, Baylor with Michigan, PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDEPITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 186 186 FACTS

Owner: Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Playing Surface: The turf is a blend of four varieties of Kentucky Allegheny County Bluegrass, covering just over two acres. The soil is a 12-inch, sand- based root zone, meeting USGA specifications for particle size. Under Tenants: University of Pittsburgh and the root zone, approximately 40 miles of ¾ inch piping heat the soil. Architect: HOK Sports Below the heating system there is a four-inch layer of pea gravel Construction Manager: Hunt Construction Group/Mascaro which contains drain pipes that empty into a 22-inch collector pipe (A Joint Venture) surrounding the perimeter of the field. Ground Breaking: June 18, 1999 Sight Lines: 60 feet from sideline to first row and 25 feet from end zone to first row Square Footage: 1.49 million square feet Escalators: Five Seating Capacity: 68,400 seats Elevators: There are seven passenger and two freight elevators. Club Seating: 8,610 seats Pedestrian Ramps: Four Suites: 136 FedEx Great Hall: Located on the ground level of the East side Club Lounges: 4 — UPMC Club and West Club approximately of Heinz Field, the FedEx Great Hall is home to Pitt Panthers and 45,000 square feet, Champion’s Club 20,000 square feet, and Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia, Hall of Fame artifacts, Quaker the North Club Lounge 11,000 square feet Steak & Lube and Primanti Brothers. Restrooms: 25 men’s, 25 women’s and eight family High School Murals: Throughout Heinz Field there are 60 murals Concessions: 50 concession stands from area high schools that have won a WPIAL or City League football championship. Merchandise: 16 novelty locations, six gift shops, five program stands and four merchandise locations WPIAL Champions at Heinz Field: Opened for the 2014 season, the display honors every WPIAL football champion since 2001, the first Locker Rooms: The Panthers’ locker room is 4,600 square feet, year of Heinz Field. the Steelers’ locker room is 6,000 square feet and both visiting locker rooms are 2,600 square feet. Television Sets: 650

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Heinz Field has two Daktronics HD LED video boards. Heinz Field has two Daktronics HD LED are a mixture of general reserved seating, club seating and an additional five suites. The South Plaza also offers three new Pizza. “Mac N’at” and Papa John’s premium concessions: Burgatory, Approximately 4,500 footballs could fit into each scoreboard Approximately 4,500 footballs could fit into each scoreboard ketchup bottle. South Plaza Expansion: Heinz Field prior to the start of the 2015 season. The new seats they would contain 1,664,000 fluid ounces each. That is enough they would contain 1,664,000 fluid ounces each. That is enough to give each person seated at Heinz Field at least one 14-ounce the bottle of ketchup to take home. If both bottles were emptied, entire football field would be covered in ¾ of an inch of ketchup. emitting diodes (LEDs). Each Heinz Ketchup Bottle measures 35 emitting diodes (LEDs). Each Heinz Ketchup Bottle measures feet x 9 feet and each weighs 8,000 pounds, both totaling 16,000 300 weigh linemen who each 53 of equivalent pounds—the pounds. If the Heinz Ketchup bottles were filled with Heinz Ketchup, Heinz Ketchup Scoreboard Bottles Facts: neck—of the replicas—down to the embossed “57” on the bottle’s 8,000 includes bottle. Each bottle glass Ketchup 14-ounce Heinz light- 20,500 and tubing neon of feet 375 fiberglass, of pounds corner of the stadium. The new board features a 13HD pixel layout corner of the stadium. The new board features a 13HD pixel layout end and gives fans who have a limited view of the main (south zone) Daktronics board a perfect vantage point. Scoreboard: 2014 The video board in the south end zone is 28’x96’. During the offseason, a 35’x72’ video board was installed in the northwest PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 188 188 UPMC SPORTS MEDICINE

DR. FREDDIE H. FU DR. VOLKER MUSAHL DR. AARON V. MARES DR. JEANNE DOPERAK DR. BRYSON LESNIAK DR. VONDA WRIGHT DR. STEPHEN RABUCK HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN CO-HEAD CO-HEAD ASSOCIATE HEAD CO-HEAD ASSOCIATE HEAD ASSISTANT TEAM PHYSICIAN TEAM PHYSICIAN TEAM PHYSICIAN TEAM PHYSICIAN TEAM PHYSICIAN TEAM PHYSICIAN FREDDIE FU, MD, is now in his 30th year as the head team physician and VONDA WRIGHT, MD, is the Medical Director of the UPMC Lemieux Sports orthopaedic surgeon for the University of Pittsburgh athletic department. Complex in Cranberry Township, Pa. She is a UPMC orthopaedic surgeon and an Dr. Fu has been the David Silver Professor and chair of the Department of associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine. Dr. Fu Orthopaedic Surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine since 1997. named her Associate Head Team Physician for basketball and Olympic sports in In the summer of 2014, Dr. Fu was honored in Europe, in Japan and 2014-15 and she serves as head team physician for Pitt’s women’s basketball, across North America for his research and pioneering surgical techniques to men’s and women’s soccer, baseball and softball teams. She also serves as treat sports-related injuries to the knee and shoulder and for his extensive team physician for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. In addition to being an author, scientific and clinical research in the biomechanics of such injuries. Dr. Fu researcher and prominent physician in the area of mobility, she directs UPMC’s was inducted to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Hall Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA). Dr. Wright, of Fame in July 2016. He is lauded especially for his scientific research and who specializes in sports medicine, hip injuries and athletes over 40, sees clinical expertise in treating the commonly injured anterior cruciate ligament patients at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex and at UPMC . (ACL), the main stabilizing ligament of the knee. Because of his reputation, STEPHEN RABUCK, MD, is a UPMC orthopaedic surgeon and assistant Dr. Fu attracts both athletic and nonathletic patients from all over the globe team physician for all Pitt sports. He is a clinical assistant professor in the and is frequently sought after as an expert by top national and international Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Rabuck completed fellowship training media covering sports, medicine and science. at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine from 2011-12. Additionally, he serves Dr. Fu sees patients in his clinic at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine— as a physician for U.S. Soccer, providing coverage to U.S. Soccer developmental one of the world’s largest, most comprehensive facilities of its kind—located teams. Dr. Rabuck specializes in sports medicine, shoulder and knee surgery, within the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Partly designed by Dr. Fu, the and sees patients at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and Monroeville offices. complex also houses the indoor and outdoor training facilities of the Pitt Panthers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. UPMC SPORTS MEDICINE VOLKER MUSAHL, MD, is Medical Director at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. More than 500 Pitt student-athletes receive medical care provided by UPMC He is a UPMC orthopaedic surgeon and co-head team physician for the Pitt Sports Medicine’s athletic training program. Panthers football team. He serves as associate professor of orthopaedic The University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine and of bioengineering at Pitt’s Swanson has a proud tradition of athletic training education. The undergraduate School of Engineering. Additionally, he holds appointments as co-director of program is accredited by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), and the Orthopaedic Robotics Laboratory and associate editor for the journal Knee the school also provides graduate education at the master’s and doctoral levels. Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. Dr. Musahl, who specializes in Established in 1975, the athletic training program prepares students for a sports medicine, shoulder surgery and knee ligament injuries, sees patients at career in the multidisciplinary field of sports medicine. Upon completion of the the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and Monroeville office. While he also works as athletic training education program, students are eligible to take the NATA- a team physician in other collegiate and high school sports, he and Dr. Mares administered certification examination. serve as the primary day-to-day Pitt football physicians. Pitt athletes receive treatment in two athletic training rooms. Each sport has AARON V. MARES, MD, specializes in the non-operative care of sports-related a full-time certified athletic trainer or certified graduate assistant and student and musculoskeletal injuries, general medical conditions in the athlete, and athletic trainers assigned to provide medical coverage during all practices sports injury prevention at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Dr. Mares serves and games. The staff is dedicated to providing all aspects of prevention, as the co-head team physician for the University of Pittsburgh football team and evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses. a medical consultant for several local high school teams. He is the associate The sports medicine staff also runs a sports medicine clinic at the UPMC medical director of the and has served as a lead physician Rooney Sports Complex at which all athletes can be evaluated by one of the for many other running and extreme sporting events. Additionally, Dr. Mares sports medicine physicians. The structure, which includes the UPMC is an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Center for Sports Medicine, an indoor practice facility, and four outdoor practice Dr. Mares is also trained in ultrasound guided non-operative procedures. fields, combines the resources of a major academic and clinical system with professional and collegiate sports team programs. This clinic provides athletes JEANNE DOPERAK, DO, a UPMC primary care sports medicine physician, sees with an opportunity to be seen by specialists and provides student athletic patients at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and Monroeville and Greensburg trainers with an outstanding learning environment. satellite offices. She is a general physician for the athletic departments of both The UPMC Sports Medicine clinic for Pitt athletes is led by Dr. Freddie Fu, the University of Pittsburgh and Saint Vincent College and most recently served Pitt head team physician. Various team physicians include Drs. Volker Musahl, as assistant team physician for the Pitt Panthers men’s basketball team. Dr. Aaron Mares, Jeanne Doperak, Bryson Lesniak and Vonda Wright. Also caring Doperak is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of for athletes are assistant team physician Stephen Rabuck and sports medicine Medicine and a primary care sports medicine fellowship director at UPMC St. fellow Jeremy Burnham. Margaret. Dr. Fu named her associate head team physician for basketball and The world-renowned UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program is also available Olympic sports in 2014-15. to Pitt athletes. The program is led by neuropsychologist Dr. Michael Collins. BRYSON LESNIAK, MD, is a UPMC orthopaedic surgeon and will assist Dr. Doperak In addition, a comprehensive staff of consulting specialists from throughout as a co-head team physician for the Pitt men’s basketball team. Dr. Lesniak is an UPMC is part of the sports medicine team caring for all Pitt student-athletes. associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine. He previously practiced and taught at the , where he served as the team physician for the Miami Marlins baseball franchise. Dr. Lesniak sees patients at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and South Hills offices in Bethel Park.

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