Dr. Joanne Fava serves as Chief Medical Officer at Nathan Benderson Park and has covered national and local championships for years. That work includes the unglamorous parts: heat, collisions, and, in 2025, a cardiac event on the water that the medical team was prepared to treat.
Patients sometimes ask why event coverage matters if they just want their knee fixed. It matters because the clinic already practices under time pressure, with other providers, and with athletes who need a decision — play, modify, or go to the ER — not a brochure.
The same judgment shows up in the Venice and University Park offices: clear plans, no mystery, and a bias toward getting you back to the thing you came from.