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SPORTS MEDICINE/ATHLETIC TRAINING<br />

Through a <strong>com</strong>prehensive athletic training program,<br />

Hofstra University student-athletes are provided<br />

excellent health care during their time at the University.<br />

A coordinated effort between the University Health <strong>and</strong><br />

Wellness Center, the Athletic Department <strong>and</strong> outside health<br />

care providers ensures every student-athlete the best medical<br />

attention possible.<br />

University student-athletes have direct access to a myriad<br />

of health care services. Managing the coverage of every<br />

practice <strong>and</strong> <strong>com</strong>petition event is Hofstra University’s athletic<br />

training staff, which is led by ninth-year Head Athletic Trainer<br />

Evan Malings <strong>and</strong> features six full-time athletic trainers <strong>and</strong><br />

numerous student athletic trainers. The athletic trainers provide<br />

injury management, rehabilitation <strong>and</strong> treatment to the entire<br />

Athletic program. Utilizing three state-of-the-art athletic<br />

training rooms, these professionals work tirelessly to ensure<br />

the safe participation of Hofstra’s student-athletes <strong>and</strong> to return<br />

injured athletes to play quickly <strong>and</strong> safely.<br />

team. Yorio is an internist with specialized training in sports<br />

medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree at Villanova<br />

University, <strong>and</strong> received his medical degree from the SUNY<br />

Health Science Center in Syracuse. Yorio previously served<br />

as a sports medicine fellow with the University of Maryl<strong>and</strong><br />

Orthopedics. Prior to that, he was a resident physician in<br />

internal medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte,<br />

North Carolina.<br />

Yorio was named the Director of Player Medical Services for<br />

the 2008 U.S. Open <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament in Flushing, New York,<br />

<strong>and</strong> is on the medical staff for the New York Isl<strong>and</strong>ers. He also<br />

worked as a team physician for the University of Maryl<strong>and</strong><br />

from 2003 to 2005.<br />

Hofstra University sponsors a fully accredited, highly<br />

<strong>com</strong>petitive undergraduate degree program for athletic training<br />

majors, in which Hofstra student athletic trainers participate in<br />

all aspects of the health care system.<br />

Supporting the athletic trainers is team physician Dr. Michael<br />

Yorio. Dr. Yorio, a physician with Pro Health Care, Inc. in Lake<br />

Success, New York, is in his third year on Hofstra’s medical<br />

Evan Malings<br />

Head Athletic Trainer<br />

Dr. Michael Yorio<br />

Team Physician<br />

2011-<strong>12</strong> Men’s <strong>and</strong> Women’s <strong>Tennis</strong> 23

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