Team Doc: Pressure from Players & Coaches

Guest: Bert Mandelbaum, MD

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

When a team's best player gets injured in the final minutes of a crucial playoff game, the most pivotal person in the stadium may be that team's lead physician. How does the responsibilities of a team physician change based on the specific injury, the player and the game situation? What are the responsibilities of that same team physician who may be aware of players on his team who are involved with illegal, performance-enhancing substances? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill speaks with Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, practicing orthopedic surgeon and president of the Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Research Foundation in Santa Monica, California, who draws on the perspective of his work with the U.S. Men's Soccer National Team since 1991, including his service as team physician during the World Cup in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.