Physician Search
Cleveland Clinic Sports Health offers both Primary Care Sports Medicine Physicians and Orthopaedic Surgeons.To make an appointment with any of the physicians below, call 877.440.TEAM or request an appointment online.
The Directors of Cleveland Clinic include:
Primary Care Sports Physicians»
- Alfred Cianflocco, MD
Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine
Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Location(s): Sports Health Center, Euclid Hospital
Specialty Interests: Neck and back problems, sports medicine, nonoperative othropaedics, conditioning for golf and treatment of golf injuries
- Richard Figler, MD
Location(s): Beachwood, Solon, Sports Health Center
Speciality Interests: Acute and chronic sports-related injuries, medical problems in athletes, sports concussion assessment and management
- Laura Goldberg, MD
Location(s): Avon Lake, Westlake
Specialty Interests: General orthopaedics for all ages, including sports-related and overuse injuries; fracture care (including stress fractures); pediatric orthopaedics
- Susan Joy, MD
Women's Sports Health Director, Cleveland Clinic Sports Health
Location(s): Independence, Sports Health Center
Specialty Interests: Comprehensive stress fracture management, medical problems in athletes, pediatric/adolescent athletic injuries, knee osteoarthritis
- Vernon Patterson, DO
Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedics, Avon; Middleburg Heights
Specialty Interests:Sports medicine and overuse injuries in endurance athletes
- Anne Rex-Torzok, DO
Location(s): Willoughby Hills
Specialty Interests: All sports-related injuries, returning athletes safely to play, adolescent low back pain, spondylolysis
- Kelly Richter, MD
Location(s): Strongsville
Specialty Interests: Sports medicine
Sports Health Orthopaedic Surgeons»
- Mark Schickendantz, MD
Director, Center for Sports Health
Program Director, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship
Location(s): Strongsville, Sports Health Center
Specialty Interests: Sports medicine and athletic injuries; arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and elbow
- Richard D. Parker, MD
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Specialty Interests: sports medicine, arthroscopy, knee surgery
- Thomas Anderson, MD
Location(s): Strongsville, Sports Health Center
Specialty Interests: Upper extremity surgery (exluding the hand)
- Jack T. Andrish, MD
Locations(s): Beachwood, Beachwood JCC, Sports Health Center
Speciality Interests: Athletic knee injuries, patellofemoral problems
- John A. Bergfeld, MD
Director, Operating Room Management Team, Cleveland Clinic
Location(s): Strongsville, Sports Health Center
Speciality Interests: sports medicine, knee joint disorders and replacement, traumatic injuries related to sports activity
- Alan W. Davis, MD
Location(s): Westlake
Specialty Interests: Foot and ankle surgery, sprots medicine, care of the diabetic foot, hockey-related injuries, athroscopy
- Lutul Farrow, MD
Location(s): Sports Health Center, Main Campus, Strongsville
Specialty Interests: Sports medicine
- Anthony Miniaci, MD
Location(s): Sports Health Center
Speciality Interests: Injruies related to sports, shoulder and knee arthroscopy and reconstruction, cartilage and impant joing resurfacing
- James Rosneck, MD
Location(s): Beachwood, Solon, Sports Health Center
Speciality Interests: Arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee, and shoulder
- Paul Saluan, MD
Director, Sports Health Community Affairs
Director, Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic Skills Lab
Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Strongsville, Sports Health Center
Speciality Interests: Pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, arthroscopy, pediatric orthopaedic surgery
The Roster: Meet Dr. Saluan
- Tom Graham, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Othropaedic Surgery
Chief, Cleveland Clinic Innovations
Location(s): Main Campus, Independence
Specialty Interests: Complex reconstructive challenges of the hand and wrist, sophisticated elbow surgery, surgical care of children with congenital hand differences, care of professional athlete's/entertainer's hand a wrist
- Morgan Jones, MD
Location(s): Willoughby Hills, Sports Health Center
Specialty Interests: Sports medicine surgery and arthroscopy of the shoulder, knee, foot and ankle
- Kim Sterns, MD
Location(s): Lutheran Hospital, Strongsville, Middleburg Heights
Specialty Interests: Joint replacement of the hip, knee, shoulder; reconstructive surgery of the knee and shoulder; athroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder; sports medicine
- James S. Williams, MD
Director, Euclid Orthopaedics
Surgical Skills Training Director, Cleveland Clinic Sports Health
Location(s): Euclid Hospital
Speciality Interests: Sports medicine, knee and shoulder arthroscopy, cartilage repair/transplantation
Sports Heath Musculoskeletal Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation»
- Carly Day, MD
Location(s): Twinsburg, Chagrin
Specialty Interests: Sports medicine, overuse injuries, ultrasound-guided injections, viscosupplement injections, joint pain
- Mike Schaefer, MD
Location(s): Main Campus, Westlake Medical Campus, Columbia Rd. - Westlake
Specialty Interests: Musculoskeletal medicine, joint pains, ultrasound-guided and fluoroscopic-guided injections, viscosupplement injections, sports medicine, medical education
Chiropractic Sports Medicine»
- Thomas Torzok, DC
Location(s): Sports Health Center, Willoughby Hills
Specialty Interests: Chiropractic sports medicine, acute and chronic sports-related injuries, sports-induced overuse injuries, shoulder pain and frozen shoulder, peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes
Integrative Sports Medicine»
- Jamie Starkey, LAc
Lead Acupuncturist, Center for Integrative Medicine
Location(s): Sports Health Center, Lyndhurst, Main Campus
Sports acupuncture, women’s health, oncology, acute/chronic pain management, stress related disorders, acupuncture clinical research and general wellbeing
Sports Nutrition»
- Katherine Mone, MEd, RD, LD, CSSD
Location(s): Sports Health Center, Main Campus
Specialty Interests: Sports nutrition, fueling for endurance athletes, nutrition for athletes with diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Sports Performance»
- Frank Iannotti, CPTS, ACSM-HFS
Coordinator of Performance Training Services
Location(s): Sports Health Center
Specialty Interests: Sports Performance, Performance Training Systems (PTS)
Other Sports Health Practitioners»
- Tom Waters, MD
Location(s): Main Campus
Specialty Interests: Emergency medicine, sports medicine, environmental emergencies, wilderness medicine, event medicine
Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy»
- Gary Calabrese, PT
Director, Sports Health and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Beachwood JCC
- Garry Miller, ATc
Coordinator, Athletic Training Services
Location(s): Sports Health Center
Specialty Interests: Athletic Training Management
Cleveland Clinic Sports Health - Florida»
Visit clevelandclinic.org/florida for more information about our Sports Health Staff and Services in Weston and West Palm Beach, Florida.
Cleveland Clinic Sports Health - Toronto, Ontario, Canada»
The multi-disciplinary Sports Health team at Cleveland Clinic Canada includes experts in sports medici ne, orthopaedic surgery, bracing, sports nutrition, exercise physiology, physiotherapy and chiropractic care.
Visit clevelandclinic.org/canada for more information about our Sports Health Stafff and Services in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Consultants»
- Anesthesiology
Marguerite Group, MD
Bob Helfand, MD
Ali Jahan, MD
- Craniofacial/ Plastic Surgery
Frank A. Papay, MD
- Drug/Alcohol Abuse Treatment
Gregory Collins, MD
Joseph Janesz. PhD
- Ear, Nose and Throat Care
Tom Abelson, MD
- Endocrinology
Angelo Licata, MD, PhD
Adi Mehta, MD
S. Sethu Reddy, MD
Mario Skugor, MD
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
Brian G.Donley, MD
James J. Sferra, MD
- Fracture Care
Michael Joyce, MD
- Gastroenterology
Jean-Paul Achkar, MD
David Barnes, MD
Gregory Zuccaro, MD
- General Internal Medicine
Harry J. Isaacson, MD
Richard Lang, MPH
- General Surgery
David Baringer, MD
William O'Brien, MD
- Hand and Upper Extremity Center
Peter Evans, MD, PhD
Steven Maschke, MD
- Hypertension/ Nephrology
Martin Schreiber, MD
- Neurology
Kerry Levin, MD
Robert Shields, MD
Patrick Sweeney, MD
Neil Cherian, MD, (Headache and Pain)
- neuropsychology
Richard Naugle, PhD
- Neurosurgery
William Bingaman, MD
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Marjan Attaran, MD
Marie Fidela Paraiso, MD
Julian Peskin, MD
Womack Stokes, MD,
Michael Anderson, MD
- Optometry
David Barnhart, OD
- Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
Gary D. Williams, MD
- Pediatric Behavioral Medicine
Gerard Banez, PhD
- Community Pediatrics, Solon
John Lampe, MD
- Pediatric Neurology
David Rothner, MD
- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
John Carl, MD
- Plastic Surgery
Frank Papay, MD
- Pulmonary Medicine
Herbert Wiedemann, MD
- Radiology
Stephen Hatem, MD
Joshua Polster, MD
Brad Richmond, MD
Jean Schils
Naveen Subas
- Rheumatology/ Immunology
Abby Abelson, MD
Leonard Calabrese, MD
Brian Mandell, MD, PhD
- Sleep Medicine
Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO
- Spine Health
Gordon Bell, MD
- Sports Cardiology
Lon Castle, MD
Richard Sterba, MD
Kenneth Zahka, MD
- Dentistry
Todd Coy, DMD
- Dermatology
William Bergfeld, MD
Dave Hamrock, MD
Kenneth Tomecki, MD
- Ophthalmology
Peter Kaiser, MD
Gregory Kosmorsky, Do
Jonathon Sears, MD
- Sports Psychology/Psychiatry
Scott Bea, PsyD
Gregory Collins, MD
Joseph Janesz, PhD
Donald Malone, MD
Michael G. McKee, PhD
George Tesar, MD
- Urology
Anthony Thomas, MD
Our staff directory is also available in PDF format.
What is the difference between Primary Care Sports Medicine Physicians and Orthopaedic Surgeons?
Primary Care Sports Medicine Physicians specialize in the non-operative medical treatment of musculoskeletal sports conditions. Orthopedic surgeons are also trained in the operative treatment of these conditions. Approximately 90% of all sports injuries are non-surgical, and Sports Medicine Physicians can expedite referral to an orthopedic/sports surgeon when indicated, and can help guide referrals to appropriate rehabilitative care and ancillary services as needed. Common examples of musculoskeletal problems in sports include:
- Acute injuries (such as ankle sprains, muscle strains, knee & shoulder injuries, and fractures)
- Overuse injuries (such as tendonitis, stress fractures )
- Mild traumatic brain injury and other head injuries
- Athletes with chronic or acute illness (such as infectious mononucleosis, asthma or diabetes)
- Nutrition, supplements, ergogenic aids and performance issues
- Exercise prescription for patients who want to increase their fitness
- Injury prevention
- "Return to play" decisions in the sick or injured athlete
- Strength training and conditioning
- Healthy lifestyle promotion
