(From left) Drs. Feinberg, Souza and Moossavi |
For the past 10 years, the West Campus
Sports Council has served as the primary
sports care provider at the Sea Otter
Classic, a four-day annual event that
brings nearly 10,000 world-class competitors
to Monterey, Calif., for what is regarded
as the world’s premier cycling festival.
During the decade of Sports Council care
at the Sea Otter, West Campus faculty
member and Sports Council clinician
Mehdi Moossavi, D.C., CCSP (West ’92),
has participated as a clinician each day
at every event. Dr. Moossavi was recently
honored for his “decade of dedication,”
and was presented with a plaque
in recognition of his “exemplary dedication
to excellence.”
“I was honored to receive the award,”
says Dr. Moossavi, who has served as
a Sports Council clinician at many
events since his 1993 appointment to
the West Campus faculty. “I take enormous
pride in serving as one of the
most active Sports Council clinicians.
Although we had great enthusiasm and
confidence in the beginning (1994),
I could not have imagined the Sports
Council becoming the preeminent
student sports chiropractic program.
Credit goes to the students, to Dr. Ed
Feinberg (Sports Council faculty advisor),
Dr. Tom Souza (dean of Academic
Affairs/past Sports Council co-advisor)
and Dr. Greg Snow (dean of Clinics),
and the College administration.”
Providing care at an event the size of the
Sea Otter requires a Sports Council team
that averages three to five clinicians and
approximately 50 students. In addition to
the competitors, many of the nearly
50,000 spectators also visit the Sports
Council tent during the course of the
event for chiropractic care and minor
first-aid.