The Edinboro University sports medicine staff provides service to the student-athletes on the Edinboro campus throughout the week. On game day, the staff also provides service to opposing teams, e.g., sideline amenities, as well as emergency medical assistance.

This area of The Fighting Scots Online describes the functioning of the EU sports medicine staff.

Athletic Training Staff

• Gary Hanna, MS, ATC, CES -- Head Athletic Trainer
  ghanna@edinboro.edu
  McComb Fieldhouse
  Office Phone: 814-732-1860
  Cell Phone: 814-434-7931
  FAX: 814-732-2857
  • Bachelor's Degree in Health and Physical Education - Indiana University of PA
  • Master's Degree in Sports Medicine - United States Sports Academy, Mobile, AL
  • Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion; Exercise Science Track - California University of PA
  • Currently enrolled in a Doctorate of Education; Leadership Studies program at Indiana University of PA
  • Has been an athletic trainer at Edinboro University for 17 years
  • 1988 Olympic games in Seoul, South Korea
  • Member of the NATA, EATA, & PATS
  • Former President of Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society
  
  
• Becky Sidener, MS, ATC, CES -- Assistant Athletic Trainer
  rsidener@edinboro.edu
  McComb Fieldhouse
  Office Phone: 814-732-1861
  Cell Phone: 814-434-7933
  FAX: 814-732-2857
  • Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Master's Degree in Athletic Training - West Virginia University
  • Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion; Exercise Science Track - California University of PA
  • 3rd year with Edinboro University
  • Member of the NATA, EATA, & PATS
  
  
• Dr. Thomas J. Fessler -- Team Physician
  Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.
  204 West 26th Street
  Erie, PA 16508
  Office Phone: 814-454-2401
  FAX: 814-459-5992
  • Bachelor's degree and Medical degree - Georgetown University in Washington, DC
  • Chief of Orthopaedic Department 1993-1998
  • Employed at St. Vincent Health Center
  • Team Physician for Edinboro University (Edinboro, PA) and Cathedral Preparatory School (Erie, PA)
  • Member of St. Vincent Health Center, Dept of Sports Medicine
  
  
• Patrick F. Leary, D.O., FAOASM, FACOFP -- Team Physician
  • Patrick Leary is a provider at St Vincent Sports Medicine in Erie, PA. He is a 1976 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he worked as a team physician for the previous ten years. He received his medical degree from the Kansas State University of Medicine and BioScience and post doc training at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital in Akron, OH, his hometown. Dr Leary presently is a team physician for Mercyhurst College and Edinboro University of PA. He has a certification in Family Practice, Sports Medicine, and Geriatrics. He is a faculty provider for the Saint Vincent Sports Medicine Fellowship and mentor to medical students at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Graduate Interns

• Danielle Stuart
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training - California University
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Studies - Clarion University -
• Deana Brink, ATC
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training - Lock Haven University of PA

Graduate Assistant

• Alicia Watkins
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training - University of Pittsburg at Bradford