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DR. SOURAV PODDAR
Team Physician
Dr. Sourav Poddar is his fifth year working
with the CU athletic program as a team
physician, his fourth with the football program.
He is also directing the Optimum
Performance Team in its first year.
Poddar, 32, is an assistant professor at
the University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center, and is on staff at the CU Sports
Medicine Clinic as well as the University
Medicine-Westminster. He is also the associate
director of the Primary Care Sports
Medicine Fellowship at the UCHSC.
He is board certified in family practice,
with a CAQ certificate in sports medicine.
His specific areas of medical interest are sports medicine, heat illnesses
and concussions.
He graduated from Rice University in 1993 with a degree in biochemistry,
and then completed medical school at the University of
Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1997. At Rice, he was a
member of the soccer team.
Sourav completed his residency in family practice at the UCHSC-
Rose in Denver (he was chief resident during his third year in
residency), and subsequently completed a fellowship in sports medicine
at the University of Colorado, working with former CU team
physician Rob Loeffler.
Born April 15, 1972 in Bombay, India, his family moved to the United
States when he was a two-year old; he graduated from Clear Lake High
School in Houston, where he lettered in soccer. He is married to the former
Emily Aldeen. (His name is pronounced Shuh-rav Poe-dar.)
DR. REED BARTZ
Team Physician
Dr. Reed Bartz is in his second year as a
Colorado team physician, as he joined the
Buff sports medicine staff of physicians in
July 2003.
Bartz, 36, comes to CU from the prestigious
Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail,
Colo. He joined the CU Sports Medicine
program, which is coordinated by the
Health Sciences Center in Denver. Bartz,
along with Eric McCarty, share offices in
both Boulder and Denver.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1990
in economics from Southern Methodist
University, where he was a member of the
baseball team, and received his M.D. from the University of Texas in
1994. He performed his orthopedic residency at the Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, and then received a sports medicine fellowship at
Steadman-Hawkins Clinic.
During his residency and fellowship, he worked with baseball’s
Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies, as well as the NFL’s Denver
Broncos.
He has had articles published in the American Journal of Sports
Medicine, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review and the Journal of
Bone and Joint Surgery. He has won several research awards, including
the Paul Harrington Award, the Herodicus Society Award, and the
Houston Orthopedic Society Research Award.
Born April 2, 1968 in Houston, Texas, he graduated from Houston’s
St. John’s High School in 1986, where he lettered in football, baseball
and tennis. He is married to the former Jennifer Kristen Vaughan, a
Boulder native, and the couple has three children, daughters Claire (7)
and Kassie (3), and son Jay (6).
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DR. PETER EWING
Team Physician Emeritus
Dr. Peter Ewing is in his 32nd season as
CU’s team physician, though in recent
years he has owned “emeritus” status and
is more or less activated upon request.
Ewing attended most football practices and
took care of general illness and orthopedic
screening for years, and remains an active
participant on game days. In 2001, he was
presented with the Honorary “C” Club
Award for his long-time association with
the Buffaloes.
He is a member of the Dakota Ridge
Medical Center staff in Boulder.
Born in Portchester, N.Y., Ewing graduated
from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. in 1965 with a bachelor of
art degree in modern language. He graduated from the Albany Medical
College, in Albany, N.Y., in 1969. He first came to Boulder as an intern in
the CU-Denver Family Residency program, and has practiced in Boulder
since 1972. He is married (Mary Jean) and is the father of two children.
The Sports Medicine Department also recognizes
the following medical professionals who
provide valuable health care services to
CU’s student-athletes:
Jackie Berning Team Nutritionist
Dr. Lisa Brone Team Physician
Dr. Dave Hestera Team Chiropractor
Dr. Bryce Holland Team Optometrist
Dr. Lindy Winkelbauer Team Chiropractor
Boulder School of Massage Therapy