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Dr. Brad McCrady begins his first year as men’s basketball team physician at Virginia
Tech. He has been a team physician in the Virginia Tech Athletics Sports Medicine
department since 2012. Dr. McCrady is on faculty at the Edward Via College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
McCrady has been a southwestern Virginia resident for most of his life. Growing up in
Roanoke, he received his bachelor’s degree from Bridgewater College. He remained in
the area for medical school, graduating in the inaugural class at the Edward Via College
of Osteopathic Medicine. His residency training is in physical medicine & rehabilitation
from Case Western Reserve University where he served as chief resident in his final
year. He returned to the area to complete his fellowship in sports medicine at VCOM/VT.
Dr. McCrady is seeing patients at Academic Primary Care Associates with sports injuries
and orthopedic conditions using a variety of management options including therapeutic,
pharmacologic, injection therapy such as prolotherapy and platelet rich plasma, as well
as osteopathic manipulation. He is also performing nerve conduction studies/EMGs and
musculoskeletal ultrasound.
Dr. Christopher Catterson is in his first year as team orthopedic surgeon for the
Virginia Tech men’s basketball team. He began practicing medicine in 2005 and
has been with Carilion Clinic since 2008. He received his bachelor’s degree from
Pennsylvania State University. He then went to Drexel University College of Medicine
where he received his medical degree. Dr. Catterson completed an Internship and
Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Alleghany General Hospital in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. He then completed his Fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at
American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dr. Catterson is the assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Virginia Tech
School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia. He was also the Clinical Instructor of Athletic
Training Students at Western Carolina University from 2007 until 2013. He is Board
Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
While not in the office, Dr. Catterson enjoys photography, travel, golf, and spending
time with his wife and three children
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