Roger Kruse, MD -
Team Physician
Roger
Kruse, M.D. — Head Team Physician, is Board Certified in Family Medicine and a
member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical
Society of Sports Medicine. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Ohio State
University and his medical training from the University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine. Dr. Kruse is the Program Director a Primary Care Fellowship where
three physicians train each year to become sports medicine specialists. Dr.
Kruse has extensive Olympic experience and has been involved in the 1994 Winter
Olympic Games in Lillihammer, Norway, the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta,
1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in
Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Kruse served as Head Physician for the United States
Olympic Team in Nagano, Japan in 1998.
Dr. Kruse has also been in charge of drug testing at many major national and
international events. He has served as Drug Crew Chief for the Boston and New
York Marathons and Track and Field during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
Dr. Kruse is also the Director of Sports Science for the United States Figure
Skating Association and is in charge of all figure skating camps at the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs. His field of expertise is performance
enhancement programs and he writes many of the programs for the Olympic figure
skaters.