Chicago’s Roosevelt University Athletic Program has announced the selection of Shane Nho, M.D., sports medicine specialist with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, as their new medical provider.
Shane Nho, M.D.:Team Doc for Roosevelt University
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As the new head team physician, Dr. Nho will work to prevent injuries and, when injuries do occur, he will oversee the athletes’ safe return to play. Dr. Nho was previously a member of the Northwestern Men’s Ice Hockey Team, and currently serves as the head team physician for the Chicago Steel Hockey and Morton High School, Cicero.
Dr. Nho told OTW, “My priority as team physician of Roosevelt University is to be sure that we provide the best possible care for the student athletes. We have a team of physicians that can take care of the athletes from head to toe to provide the same expert level of care that we provide to our professional athletes. Communication is critical with all members of the health care team, and the athletic trainers, Michael Hanna and Laujwinae Preacely, have an open door policy when it comes to the care of the athletes. We want to see them, treat them, and allow them to back to the playing field when medically safe to return.”
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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