Shannon Sovndal, MD Biography
- Title:
- Emergency Medicine Physician at Boulder Community Hospital and former doctor of the Slipstream cycling team
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Performance Enhancing Drugs (Such as Steroids) Be Accepted in Sports?"
- Reasoning:
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“Athletes these days are often put through the ringer by the drug testing agencies. Their lives are disrupted frequently, even if they never test positive. Since a positive test will likely ruin an athlete’s career, there should be no doubt when delivering a positive test verdict. I have long been a fan of cycling, and am sorry to continually read about new doping scandals. I never thought I’d need my medical degree just to figure out the technology behind the latest and greatest doping techniques.”
“The Hamilton Case: A Doctor Explains Blood Doping,” VeloNews, Sep. 28, 2004
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Emergency Medicine Physician at Boulder Community Hospital, Colorado
- Former Team Doctor, Slipstream cycling team
- Medical Director, American Medical Response (AMR), Colorado
- Physician, General Center For Clinical Research, University of Colorado
- Former Team Doctor, Slipstream cycling team
- Founder, Thrive HFM.com
- Former Resident Doctor, Stanford University Hospital
- Member, American College of Sports Medicine
- Member, American College of Emergency Medicine
- Winner, California/Nevada District Road Cycling Championship
- Education:
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- Resident Doctor, Stanford University Hospital
- MD, Columbia University
- Other:
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- None found