Ironman® World Championship Medical Symposium | October 4-8, 2026 | hcs@healthconsolutions.com
2026 Faculty
Course Chairman
Course Chairman
Course Chairman
Robert Sallis, MD, FACSM, FAAFP
Kaiser Permanente Partner Emeritus
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer; Los Angeles Football Club
Lead Primary Care Physician; Los Angeles Clippers
Past President; American College of Sports Medicine
Course Chairman
Course Chairman
Chad Asplund, MD
Professor, Family Medicine and Orthopedics
Head Team Physician
Georgetown University
Washington DC
Course Chairman
Holly Benjamin, MD, FAAP, FACSM, FAMSSM
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rehabilitation Medicine & Pediatrics
Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine
University of Chicago
Head Team Physician, WNBA Chicago Sky, UChicago Maroons
Team Physician for US Soccer, USAT and Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Louise M Burke OAM, PhD, APD
Chair of Sports Nutrition
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program
Australian Catholic University
Karl B. Fields, MD, CAQSM, FAMSSM
Professor of Family Medicine and Sports Medicine University of North Carolina
Faculty and Emeritus Director Cone Health Sports Medicine Fellowship
Editor in Chief Sports Medicine for UpToDate
Past President AMSSM
Andrew Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery & Pediatrics,
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center
John A. Hawley, PhD
Professor & Director, The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research Head, Exercise & Nutrition Research Program
Australian Catholic University
Carrie A. Jaworski, MD, FAAFP, FACSM
Medical Director, Sports Medicine Wasatch Back
Intermountain Health, Park City, UT
President, American College of Sports Medicine
Carl “ Chip “ Lavie MD, FACC
Medical Director Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology
Director Exercise Laboratories
John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
Ochsner Clinical School -the University of Queensland School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Associate Editor and Cardiovascular Section Editor , Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Associate Editor Heart and Mind
Deputy Editor Archives Medical Sciences
Mark Stovak, MD, FAMSSM, FACSM, FAAFP, CAQSM
Professor–University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Team Physician – UNR Athletics
Member - ACGME Family Medicine Review Committee
Member - ABFM Sports Medicine Advisory Committee
Brett Toresdahl, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
IRONMAN LEGENDS SPEAKER
Greg Welch OAM
ITU Triathlon World Championships (1990)
ITU Duathlon World Championships (1993)
ITU Long Course Triathlon World Championship (1996)
Ironman® World Championship (1994)
Ironman® Hall of Fame, 2004
symposium chairman
Robert (Bob) Sallis, MD, FAAFP, FACSM is the Symposium Chairman and responsible for content and the selection of all faculty.
Dr. Sallis is a family medicine and sports medicine physician practicing as a Partner Emeritus Physician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, California. He previously served as Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program. He is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at both the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine and the University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sports Medicine.
Dr. Sallis served for many years as the head team physician at Pomona College, in Claremont, CA. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for the Los Angeles Football Club (Major League Soccer – MLS) and the Lead Primary Care Team Physician for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Dr. Sallis lectures and publishes extensively on sports medicine topics. He has been a spokesperson for ACSM and frequently provides his expertise and commentary on sports and health news and issues. Among his professional awards, he received the 2008 Community Leadership Award from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the 2009 Leonardo da Vinci award for international leadership in sports medicine from the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine (FMSI) and the 2011 Citation Award from the American College of Sports Medicine.
Ironman Medical Tent Personnel
Medical Tent Director
Medical Tent Coordinator
Medical Tent Director
John Martinez, MD
Medical Tent Coordinator
Medical Tent Director
Medical Tent Coordinator
Medical Tent Coordinator
Medical Tent Coordinator
Amy Matsumoto
Ironman Medical Tent Coordinator