Charlotte Sports Medicine
The purpose and responsibilities of the UNCC Sports Medicine program can be described by the five domains of athletic training:
- Prevention of athletic injuries
- Recognition, evaluation, and immediate care of athletic injuries
- Rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic injuries
- Health care administration
- Professional development and responsibility
The sports medicine team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has a primary goal to provide the best medical care possible to its student-athletes. The staff, and its medical team, assumes the primary responsibility of health and injury care, injury prevention, and rehabilitation of student athlete injuries. Our commitment is to provide this quality health care while educating the student athlete in good health practices and injury maintenance. Also, maintaining continuous education, staying aware of new treatment options, and a constant commitment to improving our sports medicine program assists us in offering a high standard of care to our 250 student-athletes.
Charlotte Athletic Health Care Team
- Dr. James Fleischli, Team Physician/Orthopedics - OrthoCarolinas Orthopedic Clinic
- Dr. Michael Dockery, Team Physician/Orthopedics - OrthoCarolinas Orthopedic Clinic
- Dr. Robert Jones, Team Physician/Internal Medicine - Carolina Medical Center Family Practice
- Dr. Michael Duffy, Certified Chiropractic Extremities Practitioner - Greenapple Chiropractic and Sports Medicine
- Duane Albers PT, Physical Therapist - OrthoCarolinas Physical Therapy Clinic
- Drs. Joshua and Elizabeth Damesek, General Dentistry - Damesek and Damesek
And many other specialists and clinics in the Charlotte area
UNC Charlotte Sports Medicine Team
- Carlton Anderson M.Ed., ATC, Head Athletic Trainer - Men's Basketball
- Angie Shepherd, MS, LAT, ATC, Assistant Athletic Trainer - Women's Basketball
- Kristen Johnson, MS, LAT, ATC - Cross Country, Track and Field
Graduate Assistants
Athletic Training Education Program
