About Sports Medicine

Whether your favorite sport is soccer or snowboarding, OPA’s experts are standing on the sidelines—often literally—to ensure that you and all the athletes in your family can perform at your best, even if an injury has put you on the bench temporarily.

The OPA team includes Alaska’s leading sports medicine specialists and offers some of the latest, most advanced treatment procedures available today.

OPA treats a wide variety of conditions and offers comprehensive treatment options — including many non-surgical solutions, minimally invasive, and total joint replacements. All treatments work to restore pain-free function that allows patients to lead active, fulfilling lives, be it walking pain-free or getting back into athletic action.

Common Conditions

Our team specializes in treating a wide variety of sports injuries including:

Common Treatment Options

There are several surgical and non-surgical treatment options to help patients recover from injury or increase mobility and quality of life. These may include Physical Therapy, Home Exercise, Medication or Lifestyle Modification.

Patients at OPA enjoy individualized care and the support of a whole team of sports medicine specialists all working get you back into and at the top of your game, including:

Alaska’s leading sports medicine physicians with advanced training, certifications and experience in the field — many of whom are athletes themselves.
Physical therapists with extensive sports medicine experience and expertise to get athletes and active people back in action.
Certified athletic trainers working full time in the public schools and throughout the community to prevent and treat athletic injuries, coordinate follow up care, and work with coaches and parents to ensure safe return to play.

Our Sports Medicine Providers

Owen L. Ala, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Rochelle Alemán, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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James P. Alex, MD

Sports and Regenerative Medicine Specialist
- Physician
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Deryk Anderson, DO

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Michael Baxter, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Marc Beck, MD

Musculoskeletal Radiology
- Physician
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Christina (Tina) Bird, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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John Botson, MD, RPh, CCD

Rheumatologist
- Physician
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Tamara Brothers-McNeil, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Eugene Chang, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Cristina Copus, DO

Rheumatologist
- Physician
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Adam Corneliussen, PA-C

Physician Associate
- Physician Assistant
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Michael Craig, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Jared Crawford, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Tucker Drury, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Sean Dunleavy, DPM

Podiatric Surgeon
- Physician
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Mike Dyches, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Iain Elliott, MD

Spine & Trauma Surgeon
- Physician
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Rich Ellis, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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James Eule, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Gene Falkowski, Jr., DO

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Mark Flanum, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Derrick A. Foge, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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M. Patricia Fox, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Rabun Fox, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Andrea Frangiosa, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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James Glenn, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Shawn Hadley, MD

Physiatrist
- Physician
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Kim Hand, MPAS, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Zachary Hartmann, MPA-S, PA-C

Hand | Wrist | Elbow
- Physician Assistant
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Jeffrey R. Hartzell, PA-C, DMSc

Orthopedic Physician Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Bryan Haughom, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Bill Helmick, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Jessie Janowski, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Jennifer Jansma, DPM

Podiatric Surgeon
- Physician
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Zac Johnson, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Yael Klionsky, MD

Rheumatologist
- Physician
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Caitlin Koelling, DPM

Podiatric Surgeon
- Physician
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Erik Kussro, DO

Physiatrist
- Physician
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Dann Laudermilch, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Molly Lewis, PA-C

Physicians Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Laura Luebke, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Christopher Manion, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Peter Marbarger, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Heath McAnally, MD

Pain Medicine Physician
- Physician
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Mikki Milgrim, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Curtis Mina, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Erik Moore, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Kathryn (“Katie”) Newberry, MSPAS, PA-C, MPH
- Physician Assistant
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Kathy Nuttle, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Brian O’Loughlin, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Erik Olson, DO

Physiatrist
- Physician
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Sharon Ong, MD

Physiatrist
- Physician
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Jason Parry, PA-C

PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Thomas Paynter, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Eli Powell, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Beatrice Powers, MS, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Ryan Ragle, MD

Rheumatologist
- Physician
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Meagan Rector, PA-C

Back | Neck | Spine
- Physician Assistant
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John Rexroth, PA-C

Physician Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Jeremy Robinson, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Brittany Sedlacek, PA-C

Rheumatology Physician Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Emily Seidl, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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CJ Smith, PA-C

Physician's Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Rucker Staggers, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
- Physician
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Kylie Street, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Alan Swenson, MD

Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon
- Physician
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Sean Taylor, MD

Physiatrist
- Physician
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Caitlin Temple, PA-C

Physician Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Eva Vaaia, PA-C

Physician's Assistant
- Physician Assistant
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Jonathan Weiser, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Stephanie Wettin, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
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Katrina White, DTCM, L.Ac.

Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Board Certified and Licensed Acupuncturist
- Physician
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