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SPORTS MEDICINE/ATHLETIC TRAINING
Yorio is an internist with specialized training in
sports medicine. He earned his undergraduate
degree at Villanova University, and received his
medical degree from the SUNY Health Science
Center in Syracuse. Yorio previously served as
a sports medicine fellow with the University
of Maryland Orthopedics. Prior to that, he was
a resident physician in internal medicine at
Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
Yorio was named the Director of Player
Medical Services for the 2008 U.S. Open
Tennis Tournament in Flushing, New York,
and is on the medical staff for the New York
Islanders. He also worked as a team physician
for the University of Maryland from 2003 to
2005.
Through a comprehensive athletic training program, Hofstra
University student-athletes are provided excellent health
care during their time at the University. A coordinated effort
between the University Health and Wellness Center, the Athletic
Department and outside health care providers ensures every
student-athlete the best medical attention possible.
Hofstra University sponsors a fully accredited,
highly competitive undergraduate degree
program for athletic training majors, in which
Hofstra student athletic trainers participate in
all aspects of the health care system.
University student-athletes have direct access to a myriad of
health care services. Managing the coverage of every practice
and competition event is Hofstra University’s athletic training
staff, which is led by ninth-year Head Athletic Trainer Evan
Malings and features six full-time athletic trainers and numerous
student athletic trainers. The athletic trainers provide injury
management, rehabilitation and treatment to the entire Athletic
program. Utilizing three state-of-the-art athletic training rooms,
these professionals work tirelessly to ensure the safe participation
of Hofstra’s student-athletes and to return injured athletes to play
quickly and safely.
Supporting the athletic trainers is team physician Dr. Michael
Yorio. Dr. Yorio, a physician with Pro Health Care, Inc. in Lake
Success, New York, is in his third year on Hofstra’s medical team.
Evan Malings
Head Athletic
Trainer
Dr. Michael
Yorio
Team Physician
jesica brown
Athletic Trainer
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