
Sports Care Physicians
Primary care physicians with sports medicine expertise provide on-field injury evaluation and diagnosis, referrals for surgery (when appropriate), and care management during rehabilitation and sport-specific performance training.
Ohio Sports Care Physicians
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Roger Kruse, MD
Medical Director
Board-certified in family medicine with certificate of added qualification in sports medicine
Team Physician: Head team physician, The University of Toledo
Sports Medicine Experience: 1994 Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway; 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta; head physician, 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Nagano, Japan; 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, Utah; oversees all figure skating camps at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; comprehensive drug testing experience, covering national and international events
Affiliations: Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine, American Medical Society of Sports Medicine; assistant clinical professor, Michigan State University Campus System Consortium OPTI; director of sports science, U.S. Figure Skater's Association
Education: The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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Steven Freeman, MD
Associate Medical Director
Board-certified in family medicine with certificate of added qualification in sports medicine
Team Physician: The University of Toledo
Affiliations: Member, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Medical Association
Education: Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
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Luke Ragan, MD
Associate Medical Director
Board-certified in family medicine with certificate of added qualification in sports medicine
Team Physician: Toledo Mud Hens, The University of Toledo, various community events
Affiliations: Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.
Education: Wittenberg University, Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
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Matt Roth, MD
Associate Medical Director
Affiliations: Associate Medical Director, Sports Care; Arrowhead Family Practice
Team Physician: The Toledo Walleye, The University of Toledo
Education: Miami University of Ohio, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship



















