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Jason De Luigi

Sports Medicine ∙ Beaver

Arthur Jason De Luigi lettered in football and baseball at Beaver High School and in rugby and cheerleading at George Washington University, but he has made his mark in sports medicine.

Jason was valedictorian of Beaver High School in 1993, earned undergraduate degrees in biology and chemistry from George Washington University in 1997, and earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2001 from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he earned a Master of Healthcare Administration degree in 2017.

Jason interned and had a residency at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was twice deployed as a battalion surgeon during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jason received numerous awards from the U.S. Army, such as the Army Commendation Medal in 2007 and 2010 and the Bronze Star Medal in 2009. Jason was medical director of the Army Ten Miler in 2009 and 2010 and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Adaptive Sports Medicine Program from 2009 to 2011.

Over his career, Jason has had extensive involvement with professional sports teams, serving as the head team physician for the NBA's Washington Wizards (2014-18) and as physician for the D.C. United Major League Soccer club (2011-18), MLB's Washington Nationals (2012-17), the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (2013-18), the WNBA's Washington Mystics (2015-18), and the Phoenix Rising FC Major League Soccer club (2018-present).

Jason has served as physician for the University of Utah football, basketball, hockey, rugby teams (2007-08), USA Boxing (2007-present), the Salt Lake Bees Minor League Baseball team (2007-08), the United States Olympic Committee (2008-present), the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (2008-present), USA Basketball (2010-11), USA Lacrosse (2012-18), and Team USA at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia (2014). Jason served as head team physician for all 19 NCAA sports teams for Catholic University (2014-17) and provided medical coverage for the Paralympic athletes at the United States Olympic Training Center in 2011.

Jason served as co-medical director of the Salt Lake Marathon (2008), medical director and head team physician of the U.S. Adaptive Alpine Ski Team and Para-Snowboarding Team (2010-present), co-medical director of the Racing the Planet Atacama Desert and Gobi Desert Races (2011), and as a member of the NBA Concussion Committee (2014-18).

Jason currently is chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Director of Sports Medicine for the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, is editor-in-chief of the Alternative & Integrative Medicine medical journal, and has appointments at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

Jason lives in Scottsdale, AZ, with his wife Beata, his son Oscar, and his daughter Cyan.