Washington Redskins Add Dr. Robin West as Director of Sports Medicine

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — June 15, 2016 — The Washington Redskins are pleased to announce the addition of Robin West, MD as Director of Sports Medicine.

Dr. West is a board-certified orthopedics and sports medicine surgeon and serves as the Medical Director of Inova Sports Medicine. She joined Inova Medical Group in 2014 as the Chairman of the Sports Medicine Institute, where she directs the clinical, strategic, administrative and academic affairs of the program.  With more than 14 years of clinical experience and as an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, she has a special interest in the prevention and management of all athletic injuries.

Dr. West currently serves as the Lead Team Physician for the Washington Nationals.  Prior to joining Inova, she served as team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the University of Pittsburgh athletic department and Carnegie Mellon University.

“We are continually committed to providing our players with the best possible health care and it starts with finding the finest physicians available,” Redskins President Bruce Allen said. “Dr. West’s unique experience dealing with professional and amateur athletes makes her expertise extremely rare and we are glad to add her to our team.”

“I’m excited to be to joining the Redskins’ medical team and helping to provide the highest quality medical care, where we focus to improve performance, decrease injuries and provide immediate access to an elite group of medical specialists,” Dr. West said. “I look forward to helping athletes on the field and being involved in community outreach and initiatives with the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation.”

The Redskins Charitable Foundation is ever-present in the community, constantly working to make a positive and measurable impact in the lives of children that need it most. With a focus on education, children’s health and wellness and preparing them for their future, Dr. West will support successful programs like the “High School Coaches Clinic” and sports physicals for school-aged children.

Redskins Contacts:

Tony Wyllie                                          wylliet@redskins.com                                         703-726-7135
Ross Taylor                                          taylorr@redskins.com                                        703-726-7368
Zena Lewis                                           lewisz@redskins.com                                          703-726-7422
Alexia Grevious                                   greviousa@redskins.com                                   703-726-7077

Inova Contact:
Tracy Connell                                      tracy.connell@inova.org                                    703-289-2087

ABOUT THE REDSKINS: Headquartered at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia, and owned by Daniel Snyder, the historic Washington Redskins Football Club has won five World Championship titles including the 1937 and 1942 National Football League Championship games, as well as Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI. Founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves in Massachusetts, the team changed its name to the Redskins in 1933 and relocated to Washington, D.C., in 1937. Since then, the team has become one of the most recognizable professional sports franchises in history, featuring multiple Hall of Fame coaches, 19 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (with nine others who also were Redskins) and becoming the first team in the NFL with an official marching band and fight song, “Hail to the Redskins.” The Redskins have been owned by Dan Snyder since 1999, and beginning in 1997, began playing their home games at FedExField in Landover, Md.