Dr. Sabrina Sawlani

MLB TPA Secretary

Bio coming soon!

Dr. Michael T. Freehill

MLB TPA Member-At-Large

Michael T. Freehill, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of the Shoulder & Elbow Service at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His clinical practice includes all disorders of the shoulder including; rotator cuff and shoulder instability, shoulder arthritis, and complex shoulder pathology. He additionally is passionate about all throwing-related elbow and shoulder injuries. Dr. Freehill graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of San Diego, where he also played college baseball. After graduation, he was drafted as a pitcher by the California Angels, played 7 years of professional baseball with two years on the Major League 40-Man Roster. Following a shoulder surgery, he signed with the Texas Rangers and again reached the Triple-A level. Following his professional baseball career, Dr. Freehill pursued his medical doctorate at Tulane University School of Medicine. During his orthopaedic residency at Johns Hopkins University, he was honored with the Orthopaedic Residency Research Award. He then went on to pursue fellowships in both Sports Medicine from Stanford University and Shoulder and Elbow Surgery from the Harvard University Shoulder Service.

Dr. Freehill spent 4 ½ years at Wake Forest University, where he was named Director of Sports Medicine, head team physician, and was instrumental in initiating the building of the Wake Forest Pitching Lab, before joining the University of Michigan as an Associate Professor where he spent three years and was a team physician for University of Michigan Athletics, head team physician for Eastern Michigan University baseball, and a team physician for the Detroit Tigers. Dr. Freehill has been funded by Major League Baseball to study pitch counts and intensities in youth baseball players, is a member of the Major League Baseball Team Physician Association, and is a member of the Major League Baseball Research Committee. Dr. Freehill has been elected for two prestigious traveling fellowships; the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine to the Pacific Rim-Asia and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons to Europe, and is a Neer Award winning author. He serves as the Associate Editor for Shoulder for the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Freehill is the Executive Director of the Stanford Baseball Science Core. He serves as a team physician for Stanford Athletics, Head Team Physician for Stanford baseball, and Head Team Physician for the A’s Major League Baseball Team.

Dr. Amy Beacom

MLB TPA Vice President

Bio coming soon!

Dr. Steven Cohen

MLB TPA Past President

Dr. Cohen is a board certified sports medicine surgeon. He is the head team physician to the Philadelphia Phillies He currently serves as the President of the MLB team physicians association and on the medical advisory board for Major League Baseball.

He is a professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University and is the director of sports medicine research at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. He has published and presented research extensively both nationally and internationally and has been an editor of 8 sports medicine books. In 2009, Dr. Cohen was named as a “rising star” by Philadelphia Magazine.

He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University, his medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Virginia. He followed with a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, during which he worked closely with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the University of Pittsburgh athletic program.

Dr. Sean Curtin

MLB TPA Vice President

Dr. Curtin is board certified in internal medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in primary care sports medicine. He has been a Team Physician in the Baltimore Orioles organization since 2002 and the Head Team Physician for the Baltimore Orioles since 2018. He also currently serves as a Team Physician for the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL and the Washington Capitals in the NHL. He is a member of the MLB Team Physicians Association, the NFL Physicians Society and the NHL Team Physicians Society.

Formerly, he served as Team Physician for the US Lacrosse Women’s National Senior Team from 2010-2017, and as Team Physician for the University of Maryland Terrapins and the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays.

He played baseball as an undergraduate at Villanova University where received a degree in chemical engineering. He later received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine before completing a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in primary care sports medicine, both at the University of Maryland Medical System. He works as a physician in the MedStar Health, Department of Sports Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Robert G. Najarian

MLB TPA Treasurer

Dr. Robert G. Najarian is a board-certified orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon. With additional fellowship training in sports medicine and more than 18 years of experience, he specializes in treating the knee, shoulder, and elbow, as well as all sports-related injuries. His area of focus is in the treatment of knee cartilage and ligamentous injury, shoulder instability and rotator cuff repair, and elbow injuries in the throwing athlete (Tommy John Surgery). He has been named a Washingtonian Top Doctor since 2016. Dr. Najarian is an adjunct orthopedic faculty member for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Georgetown University, and the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Dr. Najarian currently serves as the lead team physician for the Washington Nationals (MLB). He has been with the Washington Nationals organization as a team physician since 2016. He also serves as an assistant team physician for DC United (MLS) and DC Defenders (XFL/UFL). From 2009-2013, he was a team physician for The Ohio State University athletics where he was also an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery. Dr. Najarian also provided care to USA Rugby and the Columbus Clippers, the Triple A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians, and winners of the Governor’s Cup International League Championship in 2010 and 2011.

A native of New York, Dr. Najarian now resides in McLean, Virginia with his wife and three children. In his free time he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.

Dr. Vincent Key

MLB TPA  Past President

Dr. Vincent Key is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery with a sub certification in sports medicine. He completed a fellowship at Wellington Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and completed his residency at Martin Luther King-Drew Medical Center. He decided to become a doctor because he loves to help people.

He grew up around the healthcare field; however, it wasn’t until college that he knew he wanted to pursue sports medicine as a profession. He was no stranger to sports injuries as a college athlete, so he became familiar with orthopedics. He wanted to be able to diagnose and treat athletes and get them back to competing. He has a passion for treating young athletes. With four athletic children of his own, he knows the importance of treating the individual patient, not just the injury. He specializes in arthroscopic procedures and the treatment of shoulder, elbow and knee injuries for professional athletes, young athletes and weekend warriors alike. The injuries for all levels of athletes are similar, and often so are their treatment courses.

Christopher L. Camp, M.D.

MLB TPA Member-At-Large

Dr. Camp is originally from Tennessee where he attended and played baseball at Lee University.  He attended medical school and Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Following residency, he completed two years of fellowship training and research in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York where he worked with the New York Mets. Now, he is a practicing sports medicine surgeon at the Mayo Clinic where he treats athletes of all ages and serves as the Sports Medicine Fellowship Director. His clinical practice focuses on treatment of shoulder, elbow, and knee injuries in athletes. Academically, he has published extensive research on sport related injuries, with a special focus on injuries impacting overhead athletes and baseball players. He is currently the Medical Director and Director of High Performance for the MN Twins Baseball Club, and he serves as the Team Orthopedic Surgeon for the Minnesota Lynx.

Dr. Craig Milhouse

MLB TPA Member-At-Large

Dr. Milhouse graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1980. He works in Orange, CA and specializes in Internal Medicine and Sports Medicine. Dr. Milhouse is affiliated with St Joseph Hospital Of Orange.

Dr. Nikhil Verma

MLB TPA Past President

Dr. Verma specializes in treatment of the shoulder, elbow and knee with an emphasis on advanced arthroscopic reconstructive techniques of the shoulder, shoulder replacement, knee ligament reconstruction and articular cartilage reconstruction and elbow repair and reconstruction.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Verma completed his orthopedic residency at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. While in New York, he served as an assistant team physician for the St. John’s University Athletic Department. He also received specialized training in treatment of shoulder and elbow disorders in the overhead throwing athlete.

Currently, Dr. Verma maintains an active clinical practice performing over 900 procedures per year. He is Director of the Division of Sports Medicine and Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. In addition, he serves as head team physician for the Chicago White Sox and assistant team physician Chicago Bulls. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Verma is actively involved in orthopedic research with interests in basic science, biomechanics and clinical outcomes, and has recently received funding for his work from Major League Baseball. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts in major orthopedic and sports medicine journals, numerous book chapters, and routinely serves as teaching faculty for orthopedic courses on advanced surgical techniques. He frequently serves as an invited speaker or guest surgeon for national and international orthopedic sports medicine meetings.

On the academic front, Dr. Verma serves as Associate Editor of the Arthroscopy Journal, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Knee Surgery. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, American Shoulder and Elbow Society, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Major League Baseball Team Physician Association, and is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has been elected by his peers to “Best Doctors in America” every year since 2007.

Dr. Nikhil Verma was voted among the top 10-15% of Top Doctors in America® by U.S.News & World Report and Castle Connolly. The Top Doctors list is widely regarded as a high-quality reference guide to the medical profession.