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Team Physicians:
- Dr. Gary Green, MD
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- Head Team Physician / Board Certified Internal Medicine / Sports Medicine
- Dr. Gary Green has served the Pepperdine athletic program since 1995. He is the former chairman of the NCAA Committee on Drug Testing and Drug Education. In April of 2010, Dr. Green was named medical director for Major League Baseball. He had served as a consultant to MLB on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing substances since 2003. Dr. Green practices family medicine at Providence St. John's in Pacific Palisades.
- Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, MD
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- Head Orthopedic Physician / Adult and Pediatric Sports Medicine
- Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute
- Dr. Bert Mandelbaum practices at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Santa Monica and has worked with the Pepperdine athletics program since 1989. Dr. Mandelbaum has served as a national team physician for U.S. Soccer since 1991. He is currently the Assistant Medical Director for Major League Soccer and is a member of the U.S. Gymnastics Medicine Advisory Board. In 1999 and 2003, Dr. Mandelbaum served as the chief medical officer for the Women's World Cup. Dr. Mandelbaum is well-published in areas of injury prevention and articular cartilage repair. He sits on the FIFA Medical Committee as well as the F-MARC (FIFA Medical Assessment and Research) Committee. In 2007 Dr. Mandelbaum and the Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group were designated by FIFA as a FIFA Medical Center of Excellence. SMOG and Duke University are the only two centers honored with this designation in the USA.
- Dr. Howard F. Liebeskind, DPM
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- Podiatric Medicine and Sports Rehabilitation
- Board Certified in Podiatric Sports Medicine
- Fellow, American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
- MD Affiliate, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- Member, American College of Sports Medicine
- Dr. Howard Liebeskind is a board-certified podiatric sports medicine specialist who provides non-surgical orthopedic care of the foot and ankle to recreational, intercollegiate and professional athletes. He has been working with Pepperdine University Athletics since 1983. The national and international medical communities recognize him as one of his profession's most experienced practitioners and a leader in the field of podiatric sports medicine. Dr. Liebeskind currently serves as the team podiatrist to the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Football Club, Los Angeles Galaxy, Pepperdine University Athletics Department and United States Men's and Women's National Soccer Teams, where he has served the United States Soccer Federation for 28 years. Additionally, Dr. Liebeskind has served as podiatric liaison to many of the world's elite football clubs, including Chelsea F.C., F.C. Internaziolale Milano, Real Madrid C.F. and Manchester United, F.C. during their respective pre-season North American tours since 2007. Past clinical associations during his career have included the UCLA Athletics Department, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, Los Angeles Sol, Los Angeles Avengers, Los Angeles Riptide, USA Field Hockey, Cirque du Soleil and the Los Angeles Ballet. Dr. Liebeskind is a graduate of Syracuse University and the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, where he received BA, BS and DPM degrees, respectively. He later completed a residency in Podiatric Surgery at Van Nuys Community Hospital. Fluent in Spanish, Howard is a regularly sought lecturer nationally in Europe and the Americas. As an expert in the biomechanical design concepts in athletic footgear, Liebeskind's knowledge is often shared with athletic shoe fabricators and members of the sports medicine community. Board certified in Podiatric Sports Medicine by the American Board of Multiple Specialties in Podiatry, Dr. Liebeskind is also an MD Affiliate of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Fellow of the American Academy Podiatric Sports Medicine and Member of the American Academy of Sports Medicine. Dr. Liebeskind maintains an active practice in the San Fernando Valley community of West Hills where he serves Greater Los Angeles.
- Dr. Terry Weyman, DC
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- Sports Chiropractor
- Chiropractic Sports Institute
- Dr. Terry Weyman is a sports chiropractor and has a practice in Westlake Village. Dr. Weyman has been the Clinic Director of the Chiropractic Sports Institute for over 16 years. In 2003 he finished his Sports Medicine internship at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and in August of 2005 he was selected by the USOC to be the Team USA Chiropractor at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey. Dr. Weyman has been the Chief Medical Director of many professional and top amateur athletic events including the Professional Water ski and Wakeboard tour, PRCA Rodeo and Four winds Adventure Race. He has also been the Team Chiropractor for the National cycling team, and Team Luna Women's mountain bike team. In 1994 he was the Norwegian Alpine Ski Team Chiropractor for the 1994 Winter Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway.
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