Cheektowaga, N.Y.-based UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine announced Heidi Narins Suffoletto, MD, will rejoin the practice in mid-March.
Here are four things to know:
1. Dr. Suffoletto will treat sports injuries and concussions with a focus on caring for female athletes.
2. Dr. Suffoletto said, "[Female athletes] experience injuries differently than their male counterparts, and it's particularly rewarding to help them overcome those challenges and return to play."
3. She previously practiced at UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine for three years before departing in 2012 to focus on emergency medicine for four years.
4. Dr. Suffoletto is a game-day physician for the Buffalo Sabres and a team physician for the Erie Community College Kats. He is also a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine and clinical professor of orthopaedics at the University of Buffalo (N.Y.) Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
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