I am honored...

Recently, I asked Kaiser Permanente physician Robert E. Sallis, M.D., FACSM, if he would be interested and available to be a contributing writer to this blog and he said yes. Thank you, Dr. Sallis!

I am very pleased about this because Dr. Sallis serves as president of the American College of Sports Medicine and chairs the Exercise is Medicine™ initiative for the College. He wise contributions to this blog will provide great value to me as I train for IM CDA and for any readers who are simply interested in learning more about fitness and exercise! Of course, just having met Dr. Sallis, I Googled him to learn more about his background. Very impressive indeed!...

Dr. Sallis received his Bachelor of Science from the US Air Force Academy and his Medical Degree from Texas A&M University. He completed his residency at Kaiser Permanente Fontana in 1990, where he served as chief resident. He has been the team physician at Pomona College since 1988 and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. He lectures and publishes extensively in the area of sports medicine. He previously received the Irving S. Rasgon, M.D. Award for Excellence in Family Medicine Research. Sallis currently serves as editor-in-chief of Current Sports Medicine Reports and associate editor of ACSM’s scientific journal, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.