Robert Martin, MD Health Hero Is A Sports Medicine Doctor  in Wasilla Alaska and Has Worked  With Olympic Athletes

Personal

• Date of Birth: June 6, 1947, Geenfield, Mass.

• Marital Status: Married, 2 children

Education

• 1965 Greenfield High School 1969 University of Vermont, BS

• 1973 Georgetown University School of Medicine, M.D. 

• 1973 - 74 Providence Hospital, Portland, Or., Internship

Work Experience

• 1974 United Church of Canada,  Bella Coola, B.C. 1974 - 76

• Cascade Health Care, Portland, Or. 1976 - 77

• USPHS,  Kotzebue, Alaska 1977 - 78 

• The Alaska Clinic Anchorage, Alaska 1978 - present 

• Private Practice Sports Medicine & Family Practice, Wasilla, Alaska 1992 - present

• Medical Missionary­ Mercy Ships,  Guinea Bissau, Africa, 1995 

• US Olympic Committee,  Selected to be a volunteer Staff Physician at the US Olympic Training Center at Colorado Springs

• 1997 US Olympic Committee,  Selected to be Team Physician for US Team at World University Games in Muju, Korea

Licensure

• Alaska & Oregon

Post Graduate Training

• 1981, 1982, 1983: The Sports Medicine Clinic 1 & 2 wk rotations, Seattle, WA

• 1982: Northwest Sports Medicine Foundation Symposium

• 1982: University of Hawaii Sports Medicine Course

• 1983: University of Washington Office Gynecology and Orthopedics

• 1984: University of Washington Sports Medicine

• 1985: University of Washington Sports Medicine

• 1986: University of Washington Sports Medicine

• 1986: ACAM Meeting

• 1987: ACAM Meeting

• 1987: University of California Sports Medicine

• 1988: University of California Sports Medicine

• 1989: Michigan State University‑Principles of Manual Medicine

• 1989: Michigan State University, Myofascial Release

• 1989: ACAM Meeting

• 1990: Michigan State University, Cranio‑Sacral Release

• 1990: Michigan State University, Muscle Energy

• 1990: Michigan State University, Joint Play and Spine

• 1990: North American Academy of Musculo-skeletal Medicine

• 1990: AAOM, Proliferative Ligament Reconstruction

• 1991: Michigan State University Direct Action Thrust Technique

• 1991: University of Utah Physical Medicine

• 1992: AAFP Annual Convention

• 1992: CAM Meeting

• 1993: AAFP Spotsmedicine an In-Depth Review

• 1993: University of California‑Sports medicine

• 1993: AAFP Annual Convention

• 1994:Wyoming Academy of Family Physicians

• 1994:American Academy of Sclerotherapy‑Neck and Back Techniques

• 1994: ACAM Meeting

• 1995: Osteopathic Sclerotherapy Course for ligament reconstruction.

• 1995: Michigan State University: Exercise Prescription for Manual Medicine

• 1996: Michigan State University: Manual Medicine Spine and Extremities

• 1996: American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine: Cervical Spine

• 1996: ACAM Meeting 5/96 and 11/96

• 1997: ACAM Meeting 5/97 and 11/97

• 1998: ACAM Meeting 5/98 and 11/98

• 1997: American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine conference

• 1998: American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine conference

Research

• "Goal Oriented Behavior, The Iditarod Experience" 

• "Diet Analysis of an Elite High School Ski Academy "

Athletic Background

• University of Vermont, Varsity letter Ice Hockey
•  Portland Rose Festival Hockey vs Canadian Navy Team
• Portland City League Hockey Runner Up, City Championship
• NBA Hockey Team, Anchorage City Champions
• 1981 Iditarod Sled Dog Race Official Finisher, 25thplace
• International Men's Hockey Tournament, Honolulu, 2nd place
• University of Vermont Alumni Hockey Game 1991, 1992, 1995
• Snoopy's 20th, 26th Annual Senior World Men's Hockey Tournament, 1994, 2000

Alaska Team

• Active participant in running, skiing, hockey, etc.
• University of Vermont Alumni Hockey Game 1995

Involvement

• Team Physician, Wasilla High School Football 1981 - present
• Team Physician,  University of Alaska, Anchorage( primarily Hockey )1984 - 94
• Team Physician, Mat Su Miners Baseball Club, (1987 NBC National Champions)
• Race Physician, Junior Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1984
•  Tournament Physician, Anchorage International Hockey Tournament (1987 USSR, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Norway, etc.)
• Tournament Physician, Anchorage Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament 1988
• Tournament Physician, World Junior Hockey Tournament‑Anchorage 1988
• Assisted in Spring Training Physicals Seattle Mariners Professional Baseball, Club, Tempe, Arizona 1987-88
• Head Physician, USA National Hockey Championships,  Anchorage, AK, 1993
• Physician: Arctic Winter Games 1996, Eagle River, Alaska

Languages

•  Conversationally fluent in French

Travel Experiences

• Africa, Canada ( lived with French speaking family for 2 months ), Caribbean, France ( lived with French family 3 months ), England, Japan ( lived with Japanese family 3 months), Mexico, Switzerland, Korea

Reference

• Keith Peterson, .., The Sports Medicine Clinic, Seattle, WA

• Mitch Storey, DO, The Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, Seattle, WA.

• William Mills, M. D. Team Physician, University of Alaska, Anchorage

• Bill Stearns, Football Coach, Wasilla High School

• Doug Ericson, ATC, University of Alaska‑Anchorage

• Rick Griffin, ATC, The Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, Seattle, WA.

• Dwight Probasco, Principal, Wasilla High School, Wasilla Alaska

• Jenny Stone, ATC  Head Trainer, US Olympic Training Center, Col Springs, Co.

• Ed Ryan, Sports Medicine Director, US Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, CO
   

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