And the 59th president of The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is…Elizabeth A. Joy, M.D., M.P.H. At the recent installation of new ACSM officers at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, Lawrence A. Armstrong, Ph.D., FACSM, passed the gavel to Dr. Joy, a physician practicing at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City.
Elizabeth A. Joy, M.D. Installed as New President of ACSM
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As indicated in the July 6, 2016 news release, “In addition to serving as medical director for Community Health and Clinical Nutrition at Intermountain Healthcare, Dr. Joy practices family medicine and sports medicine at the Salt Lake LiVe Well Center, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. She has previously served as vice president, and on the Board of Trustees of ACSM, and was on the Board of Trustees for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. She is on the editorial board for the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine and is an associate editor for Current Sports Medicine Reports.”
“Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM, of Georgia State University was installed as president-elect. Holly Benjamin, M.D., FACSM, of University of Chicago and William Kraus, M.D., FACSM of Duke University’s School of Medicine were installed as vice presidents.”
Dr. Joy commented to OTW, “I’m very honored to represent some of the world’s finest sports medicine doctors, exercise scientists, clinicians, researchers and fitness professionals as president of ACSM for the next year. During my tenure, I’m leading efforts to advance health, fitness and sports initiatives for women and girls.”
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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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