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Physician Olympians: Do You Know These Athletes?
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Physician Olympians: Do You Know These Athletes?

Albert B. Lowenfels, MD

|Disclosures|July 29, 2016
 

Are you ready for the 2016 Summer Olympics? Can you identify these physicians who have already competed in an Olympics event, or who will be participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games?

A Gold Medalist

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The Olympic participant who won multiple gold medals before beginning a career in surgery was:
J.R. Celski
Michel Mulder
Eric Heiden
Casey FitzRandolph
Joey Cheek

 
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Authors and Disclosures

Author

Albert B. Lowenfels, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery, New York Medical College; Emeritus Attending, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York

Disclosure: Albert B. Lowenfels, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: Eli Lilly and Company; Abbott Laboratories

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