Running Medicine
Robert P. Wilder, MD, FACSM, is the Harrison Distinguished Associate Professor and chair of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Virginia. Wilder received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1988. He completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and completed a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the Nirschl Orthopaedic Center sports medicine clinic. From 1993 to 1998, he practiced at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, where he was the director of sports rehabilitation, medical director of the Runner's Clinic at the Tom Landry Sports Medicine and Research Center, and team physician for numerous clubs and schools, including serving as head team physician for the Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer.Since 1998, Wilder has practiced at the University of Virginia, where he directs the Runner's Clinic at UVa and serves as team physician for Ragged Mountain Racing, a post-collegiate Olympic development team. He is event medical director for numerous races, including the Charlottesville Marathon, Charlottesville Ten Miler, and the Charlottesville Women's Four Miler.Francis G. O'Connor, MD, MPH, is currently a professor and chair of the department of military and emergency medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and associate director for the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP). O'Connor has been a leader in sports medicine education and research for the military for over 20 years. He has authored more than 60 articles in scientific journals and numerous book chapters/technical reports/health promotion resources for the military.In addition, O'Connor is an editor of four texts on sports medicine, including Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician (Third Edition) and ACSM's Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review. O'Connor has been on the board of several leading organizations in sports medicine, including the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Athletic Association, and he is a past president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. A colonel in the United States Army, O'Connor is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.Eric M. Magrum, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, is currently a senior physical therapist at the University of Virginia-HealthSouth outpatient sports medicine center and director of the UVA-HealthSouth APTA-accredited orthopedic residency program. Magrum graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1994 and went on to complete an orthopedic manual therapy fellowship program, earning a full fellowship in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. He is also board-certified through the American Physical Therapy Association as an Orthopaedic Specialist.Magrum has published more than 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to writing a number of book chapters. He has also been involved with the planning and development of Running Medicine, an annual symposium at UVA devoted to caring for the running athlete.