Author Bios For February Sports Sciences Features

Feb. 1, 2005

Blake Boggess, D.O.
Dr. Boggess is a medical team physician for Duke and North Carolina Central University. He is the assistant director of the Duke Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. He received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, where he ran varsity track for four years. He graduated from the Midwestern University-Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, interned at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and completed a family medicine residency at Duke University. He recently finished completed his primary care sports medicine fellowship at Duke. His interests are non-operative orthopedics and family medicine.

Jeffery R. Bytomski, D.O.
Dr. Bytomski is the director of the primary care sports medicine fellowship program and head medical team physician at Duke University. He graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed family medicine residency at Phoenix Baptist Hospital and sports medicine fellowship training at Duke. He is board certified in sports medicine. He serves on the Board of Directors for the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine and is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. He is an active clinical teacher for the physician assistant program, medical school, and family medicine residency program at Duke University.

Dave Engelhardt, ATC
Dave is in his 23rd year as an athletic trainer at Duke University. He took over as head athletic trainer 12 years ago and oversees the entire staff of nine athletic trainers. A 1973 graduate of Mankato State University with degrees in athletic training and history, Engelhardt worked at the University of Minnesota-Morris for eight years prior to coming to Duke. He has been a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association since 1974. He is currently the president of the ACC Sports Medicine Association.

Robin M. Queen, Ph.D.
Dr. Queen is the Coordinator of Sports Biomechanics in the Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Lab at Duke University. Robin received her B.S. degree in Applied Science with an emphasis in biomaterials from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000). Robin continued her studies at UNC - Chapel Hill where she received both her Masters of Science (2002) as well as Ph.D. (2004), in Biomedical Engineering with an emphasis in biomechanics. Robin's previous research focused on different aspects of sports and rehabilitation biomechanics. Some previous research topics have included studying changes in lower extremity kinematics and kinetics in people with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis as well as analyzing discus throwing for performance enhancement. Robin's focus during her doctoral studies related to examining biomechanical changes in the lower extremity that resulted from alterations in running shoe design and her current work is focusing on the prevention and treatment of fifth metatarsal (Jones) stress fractures. In addition to her research, Robin serves as a research mentor for medical students as well as sports medicine fellows during their time at Duke University. Robin is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine as well as the American Society of Biomechanics and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Biomechanics as well as Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Bryan W. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP
Bryan is the medical consultant for the Atlantic Coast Conference and the editor of the ACC Sports Sciences website. Prior to his duties for the ACC, Dr. Smith was the Head Team Physician at the University of North Carolina for nearly ten years. He has authored approximately fifty scholarly articles and given more than sixty -five invited scholarly lectures. A pediatrician with a doctorate in exercise physiology, Dr. Smith is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a charter member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. He has served as the medical consultant to the NCAA Football Rules Committee, served on the NCAA Baseball Research Panel, and has been a past chairman of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. Currently, Dr. Smith is a member of the United States Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee and a member of the North Carolina Medical Society's Sports Medicine Committee.