CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball named today Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Daryl Osbahr Co-Chief Medical Officers of the newly created USA Baseball Medical Oversight Commission. Additionally, Dr. Bloom has been chosen to assume the role of USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee Chairman from former Chairman Glenn Fleisig, PhD., after serving on the committee since 2010.
The newly created Medical Oversight Commission, which will operate separately from the USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee, is responsible for quality assurance, medical control, scope of practice, medical standards of curricula, and other related issues as assigned by the Board of Directors. In their roles as Co-Chief Medical Officers, Drs. Bloom and Osbahr will ensure that USA Baseball meets all of its responsibilities in order to continue the organization’s commitment to creating a safe, healthy, and secure environment for all athletes within the sport of baseball.
“Collectively, Doctors Bloom and Osbahr have been integral to the success of our national teams, programs, and events for more than twenty years,” said Paul Seiler, USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO. “Both have worked tirelessly to ensure the health and safety of USA Baseball athletes and staff, and they bring an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience to these positions after working with a variety of teams, leagues, sports, and events in their careers. We could not be more excited to have them at the helm of our new Medical Oversight Commission.”
Bloom has served as Head Team Physician for USA Baseball since 2005, where he is responsible for the oversight of medical and athletic training personnel, domestic and international game and event coverage, and medical care of players, coaches, and staff. He has also been a partner physician at Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine since 2004, has served as the Medical Director of the Carolina Sports Concussion Clinic since 2008, and has been the Team Physician for Apex Friendship High School (N.C.) and Cary High School (N.C.) since 2005 and 2015, respectively. In addition to those roles, Bloom started working with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes in 2005 as a team physician before assuming his current role with the team as Medical Director and Head Medical Team Physician in 2014. His responsibilities with the Hurricanes include medical care of players and staff, oversight of the medical and athletic training team, and management of the team’s concussion program.
Additionally, Bloom serves on the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and the NHL Concussion Sub-Committee, while also holding clinical positions in the Department of Family Medicine at UNC School of Medicine and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Duke University.
Bloom attended Tulane University School of Medicine, where he also earned a master’s degree in Public Health, before completing his Family Practice Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. Prior to medical school, Bloom received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, where he was an Academic All-American linebacker and was honored by the National Football Foundation as one of the top 15 scholar football players in America in 1994.
Osbahr has served as a USA Baseball Team Physician and a member of the USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee since 2013, and is currently the Managing Director & Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute in Florida. Additionally, Osbahr is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at AdventHealth in Central Florida, a professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Florida State University College of Medicine.
In addition to his role as a USA Baseball Team Physician, Osbahr has served in a variety of roles for a wide range of teams and events throughout his career. He has a long history of working with Major League Baseball (MLB), including his roles as Team Physician and Affiliate Team Physician for the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves, Taiwan Venue Team Physician at the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and member of the MLB Shoulder Research Committee. Furthermore, Osbahr has been an Orthopedic Consultant for the Professional Golf Association (PGA), the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), and the Symetra Tour. In addition to those roles, Osbahr has served as a Network Team Physician for U.S. Soccer, including his role as a Team Physician for the U.S. Soccer Men’s National Team.
Osbahr earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina in 1997 before graduating from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 2005. Following graduation, he completed an Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, New York, and an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship at American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama.
For more information on the USA Baseball Medical Oversight Body and the USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee, please visit USABaseball.com.
