Sports Medicine Vision
The University of North Georgia’s Sports Medicine Department seeks to provide all university sponsored athletic teams with comprehensive, high quality athletic training resources. We aim to treat athletes with a holistic view, focusing on all levels including physical, emotional, and mental aspects of injury. As a sports medicine department, we use our various experiences, expertise and backgrounds to build cohesive relationships to ensure optimum care for our student athletes. We are continuously working towards staying up to date in evidence-based studies and practicing within new, updated and modern care. We are committed to providing time efficient rehabilitation for each athlete we work with.
Sports Medicine Mission
The University of North Georgia’s Sports Medicine Department’s primary mission is to support and care for every student athlete by utilizing an evidence-based multi-disciplinary approach to promote injury prevention, wellness education and effective management of athletic injuries and illnesses. We are also committed to providing student-athletes with the tools they need to grow athletically, academically, and professionally.
The purpose of our department is to:
• Reduce the risk of injury
• Assure efficient and safe emergency procedures are in place
• Allow easy access to sports medicine services
• Provide immediate first response to athletic related medical emergencies
• Enable our student-athletes to return to participation quickly and safely
We are committed to providing the highest standard of care for our student-athletes. In addition, we stand behind the values and beliefs of the University of North Georgia, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Code of Professional Practice and the regulations set forth by the state of Georgia.
| SPORTS MEDICINE STAFF |
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| Adam Daum |
Assistant AD, Sports Medicine & Performance |
706-864-1669 |
adam.daum@ung.edu |
Men's Soccer, Rifle, Corps of Cadets |
| Kathryn Fonseca |
Associate Athletic Trainer |
706-864-1669 |
kathryn.fonseca@ung.edu |
Basketball (M&W), Tennis (M&W) |
| Madison Amborski |
Assistant Athletic Trainer |
706-864-1669 |
madison.amborski@ung.edu |
Women's Soccer, Tennis (M&W) |
| Michael Martin |
Assistant Athletic Trainer |
706-864-1669 |
michael.martin@ung.edu |
XC/Track, Baseball |
| Rylee Shimmin |
Assistant Athletic Trainer |
706-864-1669 |
rylee.shimmin@ung.edu |
Softball, Golf (M&W) |
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| MEDICAL STAFF |
| Dr. Chris Huckle |
Team Physician |
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| Dr. Allison Turk |
Team Physician |
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| Dr. Brett Meeks |
Orthopedic Surgery |
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| Dr. Veerappan Subramaniyam |
Team Cardiologist |
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NCAA Injury Surveillance Program: The University of North Georgia is part of a new task force in Division II that is looking to boost awareness — and ultimately, participation — in a long-standing NCAA data-collection program that informs decisions around student-athlete health and safety. The task force is the brainchild of the Division II Management and Presidents Councils, formed after the groups learned during their spring meetings that just 6 percent of Division II schools are participating in the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program. The Association-wide program, which has existed in some form since 1986, relies on schools' voluntary submissions to build a repository of data on student-athlete injuries and illnesses. The data is used by an array of committees, task forces and outside organizations that consider college athlete health and safety implications in their policy decisions.
Services: Services in the athletic training room include state of the art modalities such as ultrasound, electrical muscle stimulation, as well as other treatment methods to alleviate pain and swelling, increase strength and flexibility, and decrease risk of re-injury in the athletes treated there. Treatment and rehabilitation take place in the 1,000 square foot athletic training room at Memorial Hall, as well as a smaller satellite facilities located in Coleman Field House and the UNG Convocation Center. A member of the athletic training staff is available at every practice and competition for the UNG teams throughout their respective seasons.
Visiting Teams: Please notify the Head Athletic Trainer if your team will be traveling without a certified athletic trainer so we can better accommodate your team’s needs. If you need to make any special arrangements for treatments please send written request with your athletes. Various modalities can be made available upon request. Please send all necessary medical supplies (tape, etc.) with your teams and please make emergency information available on all of your athletes in the event it is needed. Due to COVID-19 changes, certain accommodations for visiting teams may change or no longer be offered. Please contact our Head Athletic Trainer for further clarification or if you will not be traveling with an ATC. Visiting Team Information Guide
Team Physician: A physician is on call for all home athletic contests. Our local staff includes a General Medical physician and an Orthopedic physician.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Physical Address: 495 Georgia Hwy. 400, Dahlonega, Georgia, 30533
Phone: 770-219-9000
