 Mike Kessock Sports Medicine Center |
The Sports Medicine Team consists of certified athletic trainers, team physicians, consulting physicians and other allied healthcare professionals. The team works together to prevent, manage and rehabilitate all injured student-athletes.
A Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) is a highly educated and skilled professional specializing in sports medicine. Under the direction of the team physician and in cooperation with consulting physicians and other allied healthcare providers, the athletic trainer functions as an integral member of the Sports Medicine Team. All University of Maine certified athletic trainers are certified by and members of the National Athletic Trainers Association.
University of Maine Sports Medicine Directory
 THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SPORTS MEDICINE STAFF Front Row (L to R): Tovan Willey, Jay Asdourian, Amy Adamo. Back Row (L to R): Paul Culina, Paula Linder, Gretchen Benz and Mark Badurak. |
207-581-1071 Paul.Culina@umit.maine.edu
(Men's Ice Hockey)
Paula Linder, Assistant Athletic Trainer
207-581-4068 linder@umit.maine.edu
(Field Hockey, M Basketball)
Ryan Taylor, Assistant Athletic Trainer
207-581-1072 Ryan.Taylor@umit.maine.edu
(Football, Women's Ice Hockey)
Lee Elwell, Assistant Athletic Trainer
207-581-1088 Lee.Elwell@umit.maine.edu
(Football, Swimming, Track and Field)
Amy Adamo, Assistant Athletic Trainer
207-581-1046 Amy.Adamo@umit.maine.edu
(W Soccer, Swimming, Baseball)
Tovan Willey, Assistant Athletic Trainer
207-581-3053 Tovan.Willey@umit.maine.edu
(Volleyball, Women's Basketball)
April Buchheit, Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
207-581-1060 April.Buchheit@umit.maine.edu
(M Soccer, Softball)
Mailing Address
Kessock Sports Medicine Center
5747 Memorial Gym
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207-581-4474 FAX
| Team Physicians | ||
| Center for Family Medicine at Eastern Maine Medical Center | ||
| Dr. John Engle, M.D. | Head Team Physician | 207-581-4015 |
| Michael Rizzo, FNP | Team Nurse Practitioner | 207-581-4015 |
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| Team Orthopedic Surgeon | ||
| Dr. John West | Orthopedic Associates | 207-945-6695 |
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| Consulting Physicians | ||
| Dr. Roy Corbin | Team Podiatrist | 207-990-0060 |
| Dr. John Gaetani | Team Optometrist | 207-827-2616 |
| Dr. Ron Baily | Team Dentist | 207-947-0717 |
| Dr. John Pyne | Down East Orthopedics | 207-941-9550 |
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| Allied Health Care Providers | ||
| Cutler Health Center (On-campus Health Center) | 207-581-4179 | |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center | 207-973-7000 | |
| Orono Medical Center | 207-866-5561 | |
| St. Joseph Hospital | 207-262-1000 | |
This award is presented annually by Mark "Rookie" Letendre, Director of Umpire Medical Services for Major League Baseball, to the outstanding student athletic trainer of the year who best reflects the ideals, dedication, loyalty and commitment to the profession of Athletic Training and the University of Maine.
Past winners include:
1991 Fawn R. Dunphy
1992 Robert J. Kreider
1993 Richard Rosenblum
1994 Debra Smith
1995 Chris Nightengale & Dick Fournier
1996 Joellen Haynes
1997 Joel Chretien
1998 Lisa Mac Donald
1999 Dennis Russell
2000 Ellise Spaulding
2001 Kristy Pooler
2003 Brianna Frye
2004 Meneah Haworth and Sarah Wilder
2006 David Stickney
2007 Darci Dickison
The Athletic Training Department holds an annual golf tournament to raise funds for the department. This year the tournament will be held on Friday, June 8, 2007 at Hermon Meadows Golf Course. Sponsors of the tournament include: First MRI and Healthworks.
For an Information and Registration Form, click here. For more information on being a sponsor of the tournament, click here.
The Athletic Training Department has development emergency plans for all of the facilities that are used by student-athletes at the University of Maine. For a complete list of these emergency plans, click here.
• Click here if you are a first-time student-athlete at UMaine.
• Click here if you are a returning student-athlete at UMaine.
