2011– 12 Men's and woMen's Tennis - GoHofstra.com
2011– 12 Men's and woMen's Tennis - GoHofstra.com
2011– 12 Men's and woMen's Tennis - GoHofstra.com
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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 />
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