Sports Medicine Tips to Keep You in the Game

Sports Check Up is a podcast with former New England Patriots Tight End and two-time Super Bowl Champion, Christian Fauria, and one of Boston’s premier sports medicine doctors, and orthopedic surgeon to the pros, Dr. Thomas Gill of Steward Health Care. They discuss everything from professional sports injuries to everyday health tips. Check in each month to Fauria and Dr. Gill as they break down professional sports injuries and talk about ways to improve your health in your everyday life.

Meet Dr. Gill, Chairman of St. Elizabeth's Orthopedics Department

Dr. Gill is the chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at Steward’s St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. In recent years, he served as medical director for the Boston Red Sox, head team physician for the New England Patriots and team physician for the Boston Bruins. Dr. Gill has authored more than 160 scientific articles and chapters on issues involving the knee and shoulder, and has previously written books on complications of shoulder surgery and techniques of knee arthroscopy.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Gill completed his residency at the Harvard Orthopaedics Combined Residency Program. He completed a fellowship in reconstructive surgery in Bern, Switzerland and a fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado. Dr. Gill specializes in ACL surgery/knee arthroscopy, sports medicine injuries, rotator cuff surgery and labral repair surgery.

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