Faculty
As a University of Toledo Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow, you will learn from some of the best sports medicine physicians in the game, each with a diverse playbook of knowledge to share. Their mentorship will give you great advantages that will allow you to develop your skills to the fullest potential.
Learn more about our faculty by reading their biographies below.
Roger Kruse, M.D.
Medical Director
Education: The Ohio State University
Graduate Medical Education: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, W.W. Knight Family Practice Residency Program
Affiliations: Medical Director, the University of Toledo Sports Medicine Fellowship; board-certified in family medicine; fellow, American College of Sports Medicine and member of American Medical Society of Sports Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Michigan State University; Team Physician U.S. Figure Skating Association; Chair of drug testing committee NCAA competitive safeguards 2014-2018
Team Physician: Head team physician, University of Toledo Athletics
Related Experience: 1994 Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway; 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta; head physician, 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Nagano, Japan; 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, Utah; 2007 ISU Grand Prix Final, Torino, Italy; 2008 ISU Grand Prix Final, Seoul, Korea; oversees all figure skating camps at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; comprehensive drug testing experience, covering national and international events
Matthew Rennels, D.O.
Osteopathic Program Director
Education: Miami University
Graduate Medical Education: Midwestern University, The Toledo Hospital W.W. Knight Family Medicine Residency, ProMedica Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: ProMedica Physicians Wildwood Family Practice, ProMedica Physicians Sports Care, the University of Toledo Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Team Physician: University of Toledo Athletics
Matt Roth, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
Education: Miami University of Ohio, the Ohio State University College of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital W.W. Knight Family Medicine Residency, ProMedica Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: ProMedica Physicians Cantor & Freeman Family Practice, ProMedica Physicians Sports Care, the University of Toledo Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, board-certified in CAQ Sports Medicine
Team Physician: Toledo Walleye
Ryan Szepiela, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
Education: Heidelberg University, University of Toledo Medical Center
Graduate Medical Education: University of Toledo Medical Center Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, ProMedica Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: ProMedica Physicians Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, ProMedica Physicians Sports Care Physicians, the University of Toledo Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Member; American College of Sports Medicine, International Spine Intervention Society, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with certificate of added qualification in Sports Medicine,
Team Physician: Lourdes University, Associate team physician for University of Toledo Athletics, Toledo Mud Hens
Kevin Dankert, D.O.
Associate Medical Director
Education: University of Toledo Medical Center
Graduate Medical Education: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Toledo Medical Center Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, ProMedica Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: ProMedica Physicians Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, ProMedica Physicians Sports Care Physicians, the University of Toledo Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Toledo Athletics
Team Physician: Associate team physician for University of Toledo Athletics, Toledo Mud Hens
Erica Martin, MD
Education: The University of Toledo College of Health and Life Sciences
Graduate Medical Education: University of Michigan, Residency, Family Medicine and University of Michigan, Fellowship, Sports Medicine
Affiliations: ProMedica Physicians Family Medicine | Sports Medicine, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, The University of Toledo College of Health and Life Sciences
Team Physician: Associated team physician for University of Toledo Athletics