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News Briefs... October 16, 2006 "IU School of Medicine Sports Medicine Specialist Will Care for Ironman Participants"
Dr. McKeag, who also is director of the IU Center for Sports Medicine, was previously invited as a course physician in 1999. The Ironman event includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and 26.2 mile marathon run. Medical tents along the route are staffed with medical personnel overseen by a course physician. Dr. McKeag will be the course physician at the final tent. In addition, Dr. McKeag has been invited to present at the 18th Annual Official Ironman Sports Medicine Conference, October 15-19. He will be presenting on topics such as shoulder pain in the athlete, overuse injuries and arthritis and exercise. # # # Media Contact: Eric
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INDIANAPOLIS
-- Douglas B. McKeag, MD, OneAmerica Professor of Preventive Health
Medicine and chair of the Department of Family Medicine and the
Indiana University School of Medicine, is one of six physicians
invited to be a course physician for the 2006 Ford Ironman World
Championship on Oct. 21, 2006, in Hawaii.