Wednesday, September 3, 2014

2014 High School Football Season

The Pinnacle Health Sports Medicine team is excited to kick off the 2014 High School football season. Our team of attending physicians and resident physicians will be working the sidelines of 10 local high schools this fall. The schools that are affiliated with our program this year are:  Big Spring High School, Bishop McDevitt High School, Halifax High School, Harrisburg High School, Line Mountain High School, Newport High School, Steelton-Highspire High School, Susquenita High School, Upper Dauphin High School and Williams Valley High School. 

Our team of attending physicians is comprised of primary care sports medicine physicians and orthopedic surgeons specializing in sports medicine.

Primary care sports medicine attending physicians include:
  • Michael Cordas, DO.  Dr. Cordas is the attending physician for Bishop McDevitt High School, Harrisburg High School, Susquehanna Township High School, Line Mountain High School and Williams Valley High School
  • Amy Zellers, DO:  Dr. Zellers is the attending physician for Harrisburg High School and Central Dauphin East High School
  • Matthew Wilson, DO:  Dr. Wilson is the attending physician for Big Spring High School
  • Dr. Mike Yurkewicz, Sports Medicine Fellow, will be working the sidelines for Bishop McDevitt High School

Orthopedic Surgeons are comprised of orthopedic surgeons from Arlington Orthopedics and the Orthopedic Institute of PA (OIP):
  • Tim Ackerman, DO at Arlington Orthopedics:  Dr. Ackerman is the attending physician for Steelton-Highspire High School. 
  • Jack Frankeny, MD, FACS at Orthopedic Institute of PA: Dr. Frankeny is the attending physician for Newport High School
  • Steven DeLuca, DO at Orthopedic Institute of PA: Dr. DeLuca is the attending physician for Upper Dauphin High School
  • Matthew Kelly, MD at Orthopedic Institute of PA:  Dr. Kelly is the attending physician for Susquenita High School and Palmyra High School
  • Adam Buerk, DO at Orthopedic Institute of PA: Dr. Buerk is the attending physician for Halifax High School

The team of Orthopedic and Family Medicine Residents include:
  • Dr. Michael St. Onge (Big Spring HS)
  • Dr. Chuck Claps (Upper Dauphin HS)
  • Dr. Daniel Kim (Line Mt HS)
  • Dr. Dustin Dyer (Susquenita HS)
  • Dr. Gene Falkowski  (Newport HS)
  • Dr. James Miller (Harrisburg HS)
  • Dr. Lisa O’Brien (Line Mt. HS)
  • Dr. Matt Legel (Steelton-Highspire High School)
  • Dr. Miles Birmingham (Halifax HS)
  • Dr. Tyson Maugle (Line Mt. HS)
  • Dr. Greg Tocks (Steelton-Highspire High School)
  • Dr. Kyle Riganati (Williams Valley HS)

Our entire team is here to support all student athletes in the greater Harrisburg area for their Sports Medicine needs.  We wish everyone a successful and healthy season.  Good Luck!