Our Attendings

Hamish Kerr, MD, MSc, FAAP, FACSM, CAQSM
Fellowship Director, Albany Medical Center

After completing two years of training in Sports Medicine initially back in his native country of Scotland, where he served as the team physician for the men’s youth and women’s national soccer teams, Dr Kerr then completed a Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

Dr. Kerr is currently involved in prevention of concussion, injury surveillance and biomechanics research. He has published articles on tackling in rugby, and heading in soccer.

Dr Kerr is head team physician for the Siena College athletic program who participate in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Division One). He is the Chairperson of the Medical & Risk Committee for the USA Rugby and serves as a team physician.  He is a concussion consultant and tournament team physician for World Rugby and was selected as one of two match day doctors for the rugby competition at the 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympic Games. He is also a United States Olympic Committee team physician. Dr. Kerr is a Senior Medical Educator for World Rugby and trains physicians covering rugby in principles and practice of immediate field side care.

He combines an academic sports medicine practice at Albany Medical Center with practice at Capital Region Orthopaedics. He is a theme leader for the Albany Medical College medical student 2nd year musculoskeletal theme and is heavily involved in graduate medical education with the Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Med-Peds programs at AMC.

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Dr. Shatynski is a Board Certified Family Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. Dr. Shatynski’s originally from the Capital District and graduated from Guilderland High School. He completed his undergraduate work at North Caroline State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. His medical degree was earned from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

He completed family practice residency at St. Vincent Family Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania. He then completed his Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at St. Vincent Sports Medicine and stayed on as faculty for two years prior to returning to the Capital Region. He is an active member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine and American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Shatynski has extensive experience in a wide variety of sports including football, hockey and endurance sports. He serves as team physician for University at Albany, College of Saint Rose and Columbia High School. He is a medical director for the Mohawk-Hudson Marathon each October and travels with Triathlon Australia to world championships every year. In addition, he works annually in the medical tent at Ironman Lake Placid as well as multiple other mass participation events, often as medical director. He also has extensive experience with musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnostic testing and interventional procedures such as platelet rich plasma injections.

He has extensive experience lecturing and presenting at regional and national conferences. His personal interests include spending time with his family as well as participating in running and triathlon events. He has completed multiple marathons and Ironman distance triathlons (including Ironman Hawaii).

Tracey Viola, DO, CAQSM
Adirondack Medical Center, US Olympic Training Center

Dr. Viola is a Board Certified Family Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine.  Dr. Viola is a born-and-raised New Yorker, growing up in Wantagh (Long Island), and completing her undergraduate and masters work at the University at Albany, where she also played soccer.  She earned her medical degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and continued her studies in Primary Care at Albany Medical Center, and Sports Medicine at the University of Connecticut.

Since fellowship, she has practiced at the Lake Placid Health Center in Lake Placid, NY and is a Team Physician for the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid.  She is the Medical Director for Ironman Lake Placid, and a volunteer on the Physician Ski Patrol at Whiteface Mountain.  She is an active member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine and American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Viola has experience in a wide variety of sports including skiing, bobsled, skeleton, luge, football, soccer, hockey and endurance sports.  Her personal interests include spending time with family, running, hiking and skiing.

Our Current Fellow

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Melissa Gerfin, DO

Residency: Albany Medical Center Emergency Medicine
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Our Alumni

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Thomas Barber, DO /2024

Residency: Family Medicine, Somerset, KY
Current Employer: North Country Family Health Center, Watertown NY

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Richard Francesco, DO /2023

Residency: Family Medicine, Somerset, KY
Current Employer: Glen Mills, PA

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Gregory House, MD /2022

Residency: Albany Med Family Medicine
Current Employer: ECU Health, NC

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Michael Grasic, MD /2021

Residency: Family Medicine, Plattsburgh NY
Current Employer: Toronto, Canada

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Bjorn Bakken, MD /2020

Residency: Abbot Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
Current Employer: Allina Health, MN

Brady Bowen, DO /2019

Residency: Albany Med Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Current Employer: Albany Medical College, NY

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Erin Morine, DO /2016

Residency: Albany Med Emergency Medicine
Current Employer: Glens Falls Hospital, NY

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Rushad Juyia, DO /2015

Residency: Albany Med Emergency Medicine
Current Employer: Fast MD Spine and Ortho, FL

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Deborah Light, MD /2014

Residency: Albany Med Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Current Employer: Albany Medical College, NY

Ivette R. Guttmann, MD /2013

Residency: Pediatrics, San Juan City Hospital, PR
Current Employer: Southwestern Vermont Health Care, VT

Richard Kim, MD /2012

Residency: Albany Med Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Current Employer: Private Practice, Saratoga NY