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Author Bios For August Sports Sciences Features

Philip Arnold, D.O.
Dr. Arnold is currently a sports medicine fellow at Virginia Tech in the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. After receiving his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Des Moines University in 2001, Dr. Arnold completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Wisconsin. He is a nationally certified kayak instructor.

Delmas Bolin, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr.Bolin has served as a team physician with Virginia Tech Athletics since 2002. He is board certified in Family and Sports Medicine and in 2004 was named a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Prior to coming to Virginia Tech, Dr Bolin served as the Co-Director of the University of Pittsburgh - St Margaret's Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship. In addition to his appointment at Virginia Tech, Dr. Bolin is an Associate Professor of Family and Sports Medicine at The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and has a private practice in Salem, Virginia.

P. Gunnar Brolinson, D.O., FAOASM, FAAFP
Dr. Brolinson is the Head Team Physician at Virginia Tech, the Chair and Fellowship Director for Sports Medicine at the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Head Team Physician for the United States Freestyle Ski Team. He is a fellow and past president of the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine, a charter member and past board member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. He is a senior associate editor for the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine as well as an editorial board member of the Physician and Sportsmedicine and Current Sports Medicine Reports. Dr. Brolinson is well known at national sports medicine meetings for his lectures on osteopathic manipulative therapy for athletic injuries. He has published numerous scholarly articles and continues to be heavily involved in sports medicine research.

Kevin Domboski, MS, ATC
Kevin is entering his second year as the assistant athletic trainer for football. He was a graduate assistant for two years with Virginia Tech's Sports Medicine department working with football and lacrosse prior to being hired on full time. Kevin graduated from Salisbury University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in athletic training and physical education. He has earned his master's degree in health promotions from Virginia Tech in 2003. Domboski also oversees the care of the Virginia Tech golf team and helps coordinate the sports medicine graduate assistant program.

Mike Goforth, MS, ATC
Mike is in his sixth year as the director of athletic training and seventh year on Virginia Tech's athletic training staff. He graduated from East Tennessee State University in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in physical education with a concentration in athletic training. He earned his master's in sport management from Virginia Tech in 1995. Mike currently over sees the Virginia Tech football team in addition to his duties as the director of athletic training.

Dan Elliott, D.O.
Dr. Elliott is one of the current sports medicine fellows at Virginia Tech and the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He received his osteopathic medicine degree in 2002 from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. From there he traveled to Newport News, Virginia, where he recently completed his family medicine residency at Riverside Regional Medical Center. His wife, Joy, is also a family physician, and they enjoy spending time with their 5 year old daughter, Hannah.

Bryan W. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP
Dr. Smith 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. He is a consultant to the United States Anti-Doping Agency and to the NCAA Drug Testing and Drug Education Subcommittee.

 
 
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