World Wheelchair Rugby is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Christopher White as its new Chief Medical Officer.
Dr White is Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his medical degree at the University of Oklahoma, followed by specialist training in Internal Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
He has worked across a range of clinical settings, including Baylor Scott and White in Dallas, Froedtert Hospital, and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, with a career focused on spinal cord injury care, rehabilitation, and adaptive sport. He is also committed to educating future specialists in the field.
Dr White has extensive experience in adaptive sport at the local, national, and international level. He regularly provides medical coverage to his local adaptive sports partners including coverage for wheelchair basketball, American football, lacrosse, pickleball, and of course, his favourite adaptive sport, Wheelchair Rugby of which he is also a Level 1 Classifier. He has served on the medical team for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games and as a member of the National Classification team for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games as well. As a member of the USA Wheelchair Football Classification team, he was involved in establishing the classification scheme as the new sport was established. He remains actively involved in clinical research related to adaptive athletes including collision/impact studies for wheelchair rugby athletes and concussion testing for adaptive athletes
As CMO, Dr White will provide strategic medical guidance to WWR, supporting athlete welfare, anti-doping, and medical best practice across wheelchair rugby.
WWR looks forward to Dr White’s contribution to the continued development of the sport.