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.

Yvonne Chow, MD, CAQSM
Albany Medical Center

Dr. Chow is a Board Certified Emergency Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. After completing her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical Center, she pursued fellowship training in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as the assistant team physician for the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Kixx indoor soccer club, and University of Pennsylvania Athletics. She then helped launch a new Emergency Medicine Residency program at a Level 1 Trauma Center in Texas and worked as core faculty for several years before returning to Albany Med.

In addition to her academic sports medicine practice, Dr. Chow is the Associate Program Director for the EM Residency at Albany Med and directs the Simulation education for the Emergency Department. She serves on multiple national committees for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD). Her research interests focus on medical education and training.

Dr. Chow has been involved with the CrossFit community since 2008 as a regional athlete and medical team volunteer. She currently holds a CrossFit Level 1 training certificate and has a special interest in promoting health through functional fitness. She enjoys caring for active individuals of all ages, from youth athletes to retired seniors with new exercise goals. Her personal interests include coffee, nature, and managing her home menagerie of 2 kids, 2 dogs, and flock of backyard chickens.

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.