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sports medicine 1980 to present kokkola , finland surgeon hospital neo 17 june 1945 surgeon for top athletes sakari orava.jpg sakari orava
 university of oulu sakari orava sports medicine
sakari orava

sakari orava -lrb- born 17 june 1945 -rrb- is a finnish sports medicine surgeon , physician , orthopedist , and professor .
orava has clinics in turku , rome and madrid .
he has been dubbed as `` dr. house of sports '' , and has performed over 20,000 surgeries throughout his career .
orava was the head physician for the finnish olympic team in four consecutive summer olympics between 1988 and 2000 .
