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Robert Donatelli, PhD, PT, Orthopedic Certified Specialist PDF Print E-mail

Director of Sports Out Reach Programs, Physiotherapy Associates, Las Vegas, NV Office 702 248 7903 

 

            Dr. Donatelli is presently part of a team that will be consulting with the Chinese National TrainingCenter in Beijing China. They will be working with 14 Olympic teams in the rehabilitation of injuries, development of prevent programs and the initiation of sports performance enhancement programs over the next four years.

 

Since May of 2001 to 2008, Dr. Donatelli has been the physical therapist working with Andy Roddick – ranked in the top 10 on the ATP tour.  Responsibilities include evaluation of Andy’s injuries and development of in season and off-season conditioning and strengthening programs.

 

            Dr. Donatelli was the Director of Medical Services for the Champions Tennis Tour (over 35 professional tennis players) that was also the Masters Tour for ATP 1995-2001.  Responsibilities included:  organization and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries sustained by the tennis professional playing on tour.  Coordinate medical services with local physicians to provide medical coverage for the players.  Jimmy Conners and John MacEnroe were among the players on the Champions Tennis Tour.  Physical Therapist for the ATP tour, Mexico City and the Lipton ATP tennis tournaments in 1996, Germany Open 1997, AT&T Challenge in Atlanta 1985-1999.

 

            From January 2004 Dr. Donatelli has worked on tour with the PGA for 6 months. For the past two year Dr. Donatelli was responsible for the development a performance enhancement program for the PGA players. In 2007 Dr. Donatelli travel on the LPGA tour for two weeks and has worked with several professional golfers including Natalie Gublis, Amy Hung, Kim Hall and Fred Funk.

            Dr. Donatelli served as a member of the PBATS (Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society) Research Committee from 1996-2001.  In addition, he has served as a physical therapy consultant to the Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and Milwaukee Brewers baseball teams.

 

            Dr. Donatelli has worked with numerous professional athletes including Marquis Grissom (San Francisco Giants), Michael Barrett (Chicago Cubs), Brian Jordan (Atlanta Braves), Dale Murphy (Atlanta Braves), Tony Armis (Montreal Expos), Terrance Newman (Dallas Cowboys), Matt Stenchcome (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), David Riske (Milwaukee Brewers), Tyronn Lue ( Orlando Magic) Dahntay Jones (Indiana Pacers), Tayshaun Prince ( Detroit Pistons) Marcus Banks (Toranto Rapers), and many more.

 

            Dr. Donatelli has published three textbooks – Physical Therapy of the Shoulder 4th Ed, Orthopedic Physical Therapy 4thed Bomechanics of the Foot and Ankle 2nd Ed, and Sports Specific Rehabilitation 1st. Dr. Donatelli has published over 25 articles in peer review journals.

Dr. Donatelli lectures throughout the United States, Canada, England, Iceland, Ireland, China, Scotland, Australia, and lectured at the Swedish Foot and Ankle Society. Dr. Donatelli has been the keynote speaker for the Romanian Physical Therapy Association for 2003 - 2007. Dr. Donatelli has been invited to speak in Italy, in 2010, at the International Conference on Manual Therapy and Exercise.