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Dr. Michael Stuart

Dr. Michael Stuart is serving as the team physician of the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team for the fourth time. Most recently, Stuart worked as the team physician for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and was in the same capacity for the silver medal-winning 2010 squad. His first Olympic appearance was at the 1994 Winter Games.

The chief medical and safety officer for USA Hockey, Stuart has also served as team physician for the 2000 and 2013 U.S. Men’s National Teams. He performed the same duty for the 2001, 2002 and 2019 U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Teams and the 2003 and 2004 U.S. National Junior Teams. He is a member of the IIHF Medical Committee and has served as the IIHF medical  supervisor at numerous women’s and men’s world championships.

Stuart is professor of Orthopedic Surgery and past Chair of Sports Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. After receiving his medical training at Rush University in Chicago, Stuart completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic, then a fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.

Stuart specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy and knee surgery and holds certifications from the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Arthroscopy Association of North America and the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine.