Course Directors

Walter R. Lowe, M.D.
Co-medical Director, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute
Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Head Team Physician - Houston Texans, University of Houston, Houston Rockets
Houston, Texas

Russell M. Paine, P.T.
Director of Rehabilitation and Research, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute
Team Physical Therapist, Houston Rockets
Houston, Texas


Invited Faculty

Mark Adickes, M.D.
Co-medical Director, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute
Team Physician for the U.S. Ski Team, Houiston Livestock Show and Rodeo and St. Thomas University
Houston, Texas

J.P. Bramhall, M.D.
Sports Medicine Director, Central Texas Sports Medicine and Orthopedics,
Team Physician, Texas A&M University
Bryan, Texas

William J. Bryan, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weil Cornell Medical College
Attending, Foundation Hospital, Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

David Crumbie, M.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Hussein Elkousy M.D.
Orthopedic Surgeon, Fondren Orthopedic Group
Community Faculty, University of Texas Medical Branch –Galveston
Volunteer Faculty, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston and Baylor College of Medicine FOARR Shoulder Fellowship, Fellowship Director
Houston, Texas

David Evans
Head Coach - Houston Heat Baseball
Pitching Coach
Houston, Texas

Anthony Falsone, CSCS
Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Center
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Houston, Texas

Steven Flores, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Ron Johnson, P.T., SCS, LAT, ATC, CSCS

Gulf Coast Rehabilitation
Shiner, Texas

William Mosi Jones, M.D.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Primary Care Sports Medicine, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Andre Labbe – P.T., MOMT

Director of Clinical Services, A & K Physical Therapy
New Orleans, Louisiana

Robert Mangine, M.Ed, P.T., ATC
National Director, Clinical Sports Residency, NovaCare Rehabilitation
Head Football Trainer, University of Cincinnati
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopedics, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Bob Marley, M.A., ATC, LAT, CSCS
Outreach Athletic Trainer, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Ken Mathis M.D.
Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

William McGarvey, M.D.
Associate Professor & Residency Program Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Team Physician for the Houston Rockets - Houston, Texas

Melanie N. McNeal, P.T., CSCS
Facility Manager, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center
Houston, Texas

Keith Meister, M.D.
Director, TMI Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, Arlington, Texas
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Kinesiology,
The University of Texas at Arlington
Head Team Physician for Texas Rangers
Arlington, Texas

Stephen Nicholas M.D.
Founder and  Director, NY Orthopedics
Director, Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma
New York, New York

Stephen Simonich, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgeon, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Timothy F. Tyler, M.S., P.T., ATC
Clinical Research Associate, The Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Owner, PRO Sports Physical Therapy
New York City, New York

Franz Valenzuela, P.T., M.S., OCS, DPT

Physical Therapist, Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute
Houston, Texas

Kevin Varner, M.D.
Vice Chairman, Methodist Center for Orthopedic Surgery, Houston, Texas;
Assistant Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Head Team Physician, Houston Ballet; Team Physician,
the University of Houston and Houston Dynamo
Houston, Texas

Kevin E. Wilk, P.T., DPT
Vice President of Education, Physiotherapy Associates
Associate Clinical Director, Champions Sports Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama

Regan Wong P.T., DPT, OCS, SCS, CSCS
Director of Physical Therapy, TMI Sports Medicine
Arlington, Texas