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Health Services

  • Adam Grier, ATC/L- Head Athletic Trainer

  • Dr. Sam A. Labib- Head Team Physician

  • Cathy Grote, R.N.- Director of Health Services

  • Dr. Lisa Hasso - Clinic Physician


Adam Grier, ATC/L- Head Athletic Trainer

 Adam Grier joined the Oglethorpe University staff as Head Athletic Trainer in 2002.  He brings a wealth of experience with him including one year tenure with the Atlanta Braves during their 1999 season and World Series appearance, and three years as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Atlanta Silverbacks.  He also has had the opportunity to work as the on-site athletic trainer during the filming of "Remember the Titans", and with the Hughston Clinic Sports Medicine Foundation. Adam is a graduate of Georgia Southern University, and he holds national certification as well as state licensure as an athletic trainer.  He and his wife, Julie, live in Duluth, GA

 

Dr. Sam A. Labib- Head Team Physician

  • Head Team Physician, Oglethorpe University Athletics
  • Consulting Team Physician, Georgia-Tech Athletics 
  • Orthopedic Surgeon- Crawford Long Hospital and Atlanta VAMC 
  • Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Emory University
  • Completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) in 1991.
  • Completed a Sports Medicine Surgery Fellowship at University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario) in 1992.
  • Completed a Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship at The American Sports Medicine Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) in 1998.
  • Board Certified By the American and Canadian Orthopedic Boards.
  • Orthopedic surgery practice since 1991.
  • Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine since 1999.
  • Nominated by his peers - Top Sports Medicine Doctors in Atlanta. Atlanta Magazine, August 2001.

Jennifer Carlson - Assistant Athletic Trainer

A graduate of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, Jennifer received her bachelor of arts in athletic training in 2004.

She then proceeded to Northern Illinois University where she studied exercise physiology and worked as a graduate assistant.

A three-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball and softball) in high school in her hometown, Chicago suburb Hickory Hills, Jennifer changed her focus from playing on the field to keeping others playing. The high school third baseman had originally planned to play but changed her mind.

Before she had earned her degree, she had worked with all the teams at Northern Central College.
“Part of our program was we had to spend time working with all the teams,” she explained
Before coming to Oglethorpe, Jennifer worked as the head athletic trainer for two years at Sycamore High School in Illinois.

She and her husband, John, an IT professional with South-wire in Carrollton and yellow lab, Abby, live in Newnan, Georgia, where they just purchased a new home.

 

Cathy Grote, R.N.- Director of Health Services

Cathy Grote has been the Director of Health Services at Oglethorpe University since November of 1999.  She is a graduate of Raymond Walters College in Blue Ash, Ohio with a degree in Applied Science.  Her nursing career began in 1976 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH where she was a floor staff nurse, as well as a nurse in the operating room.  In 1992, she moved to Atlanta and began working at the Foot and Leg Medical Center as a Surgical Supervisor.  Prior to coming to Oglethorpe University, she worked for Deb Rudy and Associates.  As well as serving as Director of Health Services, Cathy is an American Heart Association CPR instructor, a CPR instructor trainer, and an OSHA and First Aid Instructor.  Cathy and her Husband Michael have been married for 25 years, and have 2 daughters, Lori and Julie, who are pursuing nursing and education careers.

Dr. Liza Hasso - Clinic Physician

Dr. Hasso has been the Medical Director/Clinic Physician at Oglethorpe University since January 2003.  Dr. Hasso completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University Of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia.  Prior to starting a private practice and joining Crawford Long/Emory University Physicians Group and Piedmont Clinic, Dr. Hasso was a Hospitalist at Jeans Hospital in Philadelphia (affiliated with Temple University). She has been in private practice since 1998. Dr. Hasso is board certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Women's Health, Obesity, Travel Medicine, and Preventive Medicine.  She is a member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians

 

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