Academic Advisors

 

We are proud to present our academic advisors from each subject area of the GAASM.

This academic council consists of experts in each field who contribute  to the content of each topic in the GAASM curriculum within their fields of expertise.

 

Dr. Dr. Homayun Gharavi

President and Founder

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Toni Graf-Baumann

Chair Advisory Board

Member of the Sports Medical Committee of FIFA

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper

 

Vice President

German Olympic Sports Federation

 

Prof. Dr. Hanns-Christian Gunga

Scientific Advisor for the European Space Agency (ESA)
Professor of Physiology, Freie Universität/ Charité Berlin

Emphasis:

  • Environmental, Sports and Palaeo physiology
  • Human physiology under extreme circumstances

Prof. Ky Kugler, EdD, ATC

Co-Founder of the GAASM Athletic Training Exchange Program

Director of Athletic Training Education Program, Chapman University

Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education

 

 

Professor Jeff Konin, Ph.D., ATC, PT

Partner University with GAASM International Exchange Program
University of South Florida, Athletic Training Education Program

 

Executive Director of the Sports Medicine and Athletic Related Trauma Institute

 Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Sports Medicine in the Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine.

Jack H. Bauerle, MS, ATC, CSCS

GAASM Academic Council since 2009
Adjunct Professor, Clinical Instructor, Chapman University

 

Head Athletic Trainer and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Chapman  from 1989 to 1993.

Director of the Athletic Training Education Program in 1999.

Co-Owner of Speed Training Centers in Anaheim, CA.

 

Prof. Robert Kersey, PhD, ATC, CSCS

GAASM Academic Council since 2005

 

Athletic Training Education Program Director

Professor
Dept. of Kinesiology and Health Science
California State University, Fullerton, California, USA

 

 

 

Bill Knowles, ATC, CSCS

GAASM Council since 2006
GAASM Speaker since 2006

 

Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Specialist
Founder of the famous rehabilitation porgram "Return to Ski" for the Professional Athlete
Director of iSport Training, Killington Medical Clinic, Vermont
Personal rehabilitation specialist to Tiger Woods