The mission of the UCSD Athletic Training/Sports Medicine program is to provide the prevention, management and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. It is our goal to provide high quality health care in an educationally progressive atmosphere.

The UC San Diego Intercollegiate Athletic Training Department is comprised of three full-time ATCs, four intern ATCs and roughly 15 athletic training students (ATS). The ATS consist of students from San Diego State and UCSD. The UCSD Athletic Training Room is a clinical site for the San Diego State (SDSU) Accredited Athletic Training Education Program, as well as home to the UCSD athletic training internship program.

*UCSD athletic training internships are available to third and fourth year UCSD students. Please contact Carolyn Dartt at 858.822.7904 for more information.

Educational Materials
Click here to view some important sports medicine educational materials from the NCAA.

Athletic Trainers

	Vanessa Yang MS, ATC, CES Head Athletic Trainer Vanessa Yang was named UCSD's head athletic trainer in July of 2013. She began her tenure with UCSD Athletics in 2007 as an assistant athletic trainer. Prior to joining the Triton family, she served two years as the head athletic trainer for the Sports Clubs program at UC San Diego. Yang has also spent time at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix and at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. While at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, she worked with athletes in several sports, including wrestling, gymnastics, weightlifting and speed skating. Yang is an approved Graston Technique Provider, a certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and an American Heart Association Basic Life Support instructor. In addition, she is a preceptor for the San Diego State University Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP). Yang also serves on several committees, including the Far West Athletic Trainers Association College/University Athletic Trainers Committee and the National Athletic Trainers Association Executive Committee for Education Professional Education Degree Work Group. Yang received a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Pennsylvania State University before earning a master's in sports health care at A.T. Still University. Sport assignments: men's rowing, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's volleyball
	Allison Pastor MS, ATC, CES Assistant Athletic Trainer Allison Pastor was named an assistant athletic trainer at UC San Diego in July of 2013 after spending the previous year as a graduate assistant with the Tritons. Over the 2012-13 school year, she worked with the UCSD cross country and baseball teams while also serving as a preceptor for the San Diego State Athletic Training Education Program. Prior to coming to La Jolla, Pastor was at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where she worked with the women's volleyball and baseball programs. Also in North Carolina, Pastor worked with the Northern Guilford High School state champion football squad as well as the Winston-Salem Dash, a High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, as part of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainer's Society. Pastor received her B.S. in exercise and wellness from Arizona State University in 2010 and her M.S. in athletic training from the UNCG in May of 2012. Sport assignments: women's basketball, women's rowing, men's tennis, women's volleyball
	Eli Bisnett-Cobb MS, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainer Eli Bisnett-Cobb was named an assistant athletic trainer at UCSD in July of 2014. Prior to joining the Triton staff, Bisnett-Cobb spent four seasons in the NFL with the Washington Redskins as an assistant athletic trainer. From 2008-10, he was an assistant athletic trainer at the University of San Diego, where his primary duties included coverage of the baseball, cross country and men's soccer programs. Bisnett-Cobb was also an intern with the Minnesota Vikings and a graduate assistant athletic trainer at The George Washington University, where he worked closely with the baseball and women's volleyball teams. Bisnett-Cobb graduated from Marist College in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in athletic training. He earned a master's degree in exercise science from George Washington in 2006.
	Nolan Hartzell ATC Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer TBA
	Jesse Purcell MS, ATC Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer TBA
	John Pukstas ATC Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer Sport assignments: women's rowing, men's soccer, women's tennis
	Helena Russell MS, ATC Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer Sport assignments: women's soccer, men's and women's track & field, women's water polo

The ICA Athletic Training Department at UCSD shares its facility with the Athletic Trainers for the Sports Club teams.

Map to the UCSD Athletic Training Room

Acupuncture (Mondays from 1 pm - 5 pm; Wednesdays from 9 am - 1 pm)

• Matt Callison, MS, L.Ac.
• Lili Gould, L.Ac., C.SMA

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Chiropractor

• Kayleigh Knudson, DC, CSCS, ART
• Alicia Oswald, DC, CCSP, CSCS

Team Physicians

Family Practice / Sports Medicine Physicians

• Suraj Achar, M.D.
• David Bazzo, M.D.
• Eric Skoblar, M.D.
• Ken Taylor, M.D.

Orthopedic Physicians

• Sonya Ahmed, MD
• Catherine Robertson, M.D.
• Christopher Wahl, MD

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• National Athletic Trainers' Association
• National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification
• National Academy of Sports Medicine
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• National Strength and Conditioning Association
• American College of Sports Medicine
• SDSU Athletic Training Program
• Graston Technique