Reimagining How Sports Medicine Is Delivered

Reimagining How Sports Medicine Is Delivered

The NewYork-Presbyterian Sports Performance Institute brings together sports medicine doctors, physical therapists, and athletic trainers — all under one roof.

“High school and college athletes may receive extreme coaching, but they don’t have the same access to injury prevention coupled with their performance,” says Dr. Christopher Ahmad, chief of sports medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia; professor of orthopedic surgery and vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; and head team physician for New York Yankees and New York City Football Club. “We are changing that paradigm.”