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A unanimous committee selection for induction into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame, Dr. Rob Lloyd-Smith has been the head sport medicine physician for UBC Thunderbird teams since 1982.
Rob has been credited by numerous UBC coaches with making significant contributions to conference and national championship victories by providing top-flight injury treatment to a countless number of UBC student-athletes from across the entire varsity sport portfolio. After completing medical training at McGill University in 1977, Rob ventured west and soon entered general practice. In 1982 he came to UBC to work at the Student Health Service as well as the BC Sports Medicine Clinic (now the Allan McGavin Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre) where he was the first to complete the newly developed Fellowship in Sports Medicine.
Rob began as a clinical instructor in both the UBC Faculty of Medicine and School of Kinesiology in 1984 and earned the designation of clinical professor in 1999. His academic credentials and publications are numerous and his medical consulting experience has spanned a broad spectrum of organizations including Canada's national biathlon, nordic ski and field hockey teams, the FIS (Federation Internationale de Ski) Medical Committee, the NHL Players Association, and the National Ballet of Canada.
Most recently, Rob was chief medical officer at the men's ice hockey venues during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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