Professor
Director, St. John's Hospital Residency Program
651-772-3461
rober037@umn.edu
Primary Research Theme: Ice hockey injury, marathon injury, exertional heat stroke.
Education Activities: University of Minnesota Medical School: instructor, Physician and Patient II; instructor, Musculoskeletal Exam Bell Ringer Workshops; Family Medicine Residents Sports Medicine Day: lecturer, Physical Therapy in Primary Care
Selected Publications
Roberts, WO. Fractured fairy tales: Hyponatremia and the ACSM fluid recommendations. Br. J. Sports Med., 2007; 41: 109.
Byers JB, Roberts WO. Shoulder pain: A case study of acute injury in a collegiate hockey player. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2006;5:281-283.
Roberts WO. Exertional heat stroke during a cool weather marathon: A case study. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2006;38(7):1197-1203.
Roberts WO. Exertional heat stroke: Life-saving recognition and onsite treatment in athletic settings. Revista Brazileira de Medicina do Esporta. 2005;11(6): 329-332.
Roberts WO. Common threads in a random tapestry: Another viewpoint on exertional heatstroke. Physician and Sportsmedicine 2005;33(10):42-49.
Roberts WO, BJ Maron. Evidence for decreasing occurrence of sudden cardiac death associated with the marathon. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46(7):1373-4.
Casa DC, Clarkson PM, Roberts WO. American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on hydration and physical activity: Consensus statements. Current Sports Medicine Reports 2005;4(3):115-127.
Education
MD, University of Minnesota, 1978
MS, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1981
Selected Professional Activities
American College of Sports Medicine Citation Award, recognizing significant contributions to sports medicine and exercise science, 2008
Who’s Who in America, 2007 Edition, Marquis LLC, New Providence, NJ
Past president, fellow, and Past Presidents Committee chair, American College of Sports Medicine
Charter member, American Medical Society of Sports Medicine
Founding member, American Road Race Medical Society
Medical director, Twin Cities Marathon, 1985-present; Silver Service Award (25 year Twin Cities Marathon volunteer), 2006
Minneapolis-St Paul magazine Top Docs list for sports medicine (peer-nominated list), 2006, 2007
Member, sports medicine advisory committees for Minnesota State High School League and USA Soccer Cup
Editor-in-chief, McGraw Hill health care information projects
Senior associate editor, The Physician and Sports Medicine
Editorial board member, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, and Current Sports Medicine Reports
2005-2006 Best Doctors in America, (peer-nominated list), Best Doctors, Inc., Aiken, SC
Minnesota Distance Running Association Distinguished Service Award, 2006
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