Tales from the Outdoor Adventure Medical Tent

Week of December 17, 2022

Tales from the Outdoor Adventure Medical Tent
Brandee Waite shares humorous and harrowing medical tent stories from the world of outdoor adventure: a 7-day, 150-mile trekking/running race across the desert in Egypt; mountains in Nepal Australian outback; glaciers of Antarctica and other extreme locations.  Includes many pictures of scenic, majestic sites.

Busy But Fit: Exercise Strategies for Busy Professionals & Retirees

An Apple a Day Version 2022: Eating and Exercising Your Way out of Medical Problems

Ask Me Anything about Sports Medicine & Joint Health Longevity and Lifestyle-Medicine Intersection
Dr. Waite, a physician advocate for physical activity, will give you a short introduction to Sports Medicine followed by Q & A.

 

Brandee L. Waite, M.D., is a sports medicine physician who strives to keep her patients active.  She has been a medical director for over 20 marathons and ultra-marathons over the past 15 years.  With a dynamic personality, Dr. Waite has a passion for educating her patients, other physicians and the public about relevant sports medicine topics.  She has served as a team physician for the U.S. national track and field program, the Sacramento Kings (NBA) as well as the Sacramento Ballet and now works with professional soccer and Division I NCAA teams.   Dr. Waite currently sees patients and teaches medical students and residents at the University of California, Davis.  Her educational pedigree is impressive, having received her medical training at Stanford, UC San Francisco and Johns Hopkins.  However, she credits her pre-medical years as a fitness instructor at Rancho La Puerta in the 1990’s with shaping the inclusion of sports and fitness into her medical practice.