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Athletic Training - Staff

Dr. Morrison joined the training staff in the 1996 season as the Team Physician. Dr. Morrison is a general orthopedic surgeon with special interest in foot and ankle problems and in sports medicine. Dr. Morrison holds medical licenses in Oregon and California, and is board certified in orthopedic surgery and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons since 1983. He has served as Chief of Staff of Ashland Community Hospital.
Rob Williams has served the College of the Siskiyous athletes since 1996 as an Orthopedic Physician Assistant. He provides the highest level of Orthopedic consultation and evaluation for the COS student/athletes. Rob received his BS in Psychology from Oregon State University, then attended Yale Medical School where he became a Physician Assistant Certified, (PAC). Rob is one of the most valuable peices to our sports medicine network.
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Joe Champagne is a local Physical Therapist and is also a Certified Athletic Trainer. Joe has been a valuable resource for the athletes at the college working with them at games, and on the COS campus. He also teaches Human Anatomy here at COS as an adjunct instructor. Joe and his wife, Gita, have been in the area for 9+ years and both enjoy gardening and exploring the great outdoors.

Linda Sanchez is the Program Specialist for the Athletic Department. She deals with compliance and eligibility issues. Linda has been the backbone of COS Athletics for 15 years. She is married to former COS Athletic Trainer Robert Sanchez. They enjoy spending time with their two donkeys Kenny and Kelly as well as their dogs Cedric and Matty. Linda and Robert are also very involved in their individual arts.

E-mail Linda at: sanchez@siskiyous.edu

 

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Cyndi Schieber P.T., graduated from the University of California in San Francisco in 1984 and has enjoyed working in the outpatient, orthopedic setting for over 20 years. She worked in a Sacramento private practice for 7years, interacting with injured players from professional basketball and tennis teams. Cyndi has been employed with Mercy Medical Center, Mt. Shasta since 1990. She oversees an outpatient, orthopedic satellite clinic in Weed, CA. Additionally, COS has had the pleasure of a close relationship with Cyndi since 1990. She has been involved with both the Adaptive Physical Education classes and is now the Lead therapist in the college pre-season sports physicals.

Paul Schwartz is a physical therapist who is employed at Mercy Medical Center - Mount Shasta (MMCMS). For the past 17 years he has been the lead therapist at the hospital's outpatient physical therapy office in Mount Shasta and has worked and collaborated with the COS athletic training department and assisted in our pre-season sports physicals during this time. He has been an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and is currently the Orthopedic Service Line coordinator at MMCMS. Paul received his Bachelor's degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1989 and earned his Masters degree at the University of Kentucky in 1993. He has been married to Kim, (a former COS basketball standout) for the past 16 years and they live in Mount Shasta with their two children.
Ron McDowell, MS, PT is the Director of Therapy Services at Mercy Mt. Shasta, where he sees patients in both the inpatient and outpatient clinics with a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems, and is one of the hospital's Spanish interpreters. In addition to his physical therapy degree from University of the Pacific, Ron has a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology from U.C. Davis. Most of Ron's athletic activities currently revolve around keeping up with his three children.

Cindi Titzer, P.T.A., graduated from the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at New Hampshire Vocational Technical College in Claremont, New Hampshire in 1990. She has been employed for Mercy Medical Center, Mount Shasta for the past 17 years. She has an extensive background in the neurologically impaired clientele as well as orthopedics. She shares her time between the Mt. Shasta and Weed satellite clinics and the hospital. She has a previous medical background as an EMT and is a certified massage therapist.




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