Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus North Carolina Central on December 3, 2025 , Win , 67, to, 62
MBB
Final
James Madison
67
vs North Carolina Central
62
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About Sports Medicine
6/25/2014 5:50:00 PM | Sports Medicine
JMU Sports Medicine: Â "Setting The Standard"
The student-athletes at JMU benefit from the quality of services provided by an experienced and caring staff of athletic trainers, physicians and other allied health professionals. The sports medicine department places a high value in its people and our student-athletes have access to an outstanding group of professionals. The staff consists of 15 staff athletic trainers, six physicians, a chiropractor, sports dietician, two graduate assistants and a full-time administrative assistant/insurance coordinator. Staff collaboration is stressed as well as the professional development and continuing education of the group. In addition, the sports medicine staff, in an effort to continue to "set the standard" for student-athlete healthcare, conducts a bi-annual retreat with the intent to provide a time for the staff to reflect on the past year and review goals and objectives for the upcoming year.
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The sports medicine department is led by Associate Athletic Director for Integrated Health and Sports Performance Tom Kuster (JMU '95), who is in his 20th year at JMU in 2018-19. Kuster is active in the profession of athletic training having presented on various topics at the state, regional and national levels. In his role, Kuster supervises and coordinates the services dedicated to student-athlete health, well-being, and performance development to include sports medicine, strength and conditioning, sports nutrition and sport/clinical psychology.  He formerly served as the President of the Virginia Athletic Trainers' Association and is the recipient of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association Service Award in 2012 and the 2015 College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year from the Virginia Athletic Trainers' Association.Â
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Dr. Robert Kennedy joined the team for 2018-19 and serves as the team physician for JMU. Before coming to Harrisonburg, his residency and fellowship training were complete in South Bend, Indiana, where he was an assistant team physician at Notre Dame. Dr. Kennedy is a board-certified family physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. He is a full-time employee at JMU devoting all his professional time to our student-athletes.  Dr. Kennedy provides an exceptional service to our student-athletes through his incredible accessibility and daily on campus medical clinic.
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Through a formal relationship with the University of Virginia Health System, JMU student-athletes have access to a myriad of specialist care, most notably orthopaedic services provided by Dr. Brian Werner. Dr. Werner is a sports medicine and shoulder surgeon at the University of Virginia. He completed his internship and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia. He then completed his fellowship training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, where he was a team physician for the New York Football Giants and New York Red Bulls. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery and is a nationally recognized expert in orthopaedic sports medicine. Dr. Werner has over 160 peer-reviewed publications and over 250 national and international research presentations. In addition to Dr. Werner, numerous other orthopaedic specialists including Dr. Winston Gwathmey (sports medicine and hip surgery), Dr. Rashard Dacus (hand surgery) and Dr. Minton Cooper (foot and ankle surgery) regularly care for JMU athletes.
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