USA BASEBALL NAMES DRS. BLOOM AND OSBAHR CO-CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF NEW MEDICAL OVERSIGHT COMMISSION 03/09/21
USA Baseball named today Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Daryl Osbahr Co-Chief Medical Officers of the newly created USA Baseball Medical Oversight Commission. Additionally, Dr. Bloom has been chosen to assume the role of USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee Chairman from former Chairman Glenn Fleisig, PhD., after serving on the committee since 2010.
The newly created Medical Oversight Commission, which will operate separately from the USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee, is responsible for quality assurance, medical control, scope of practice, medical standards of curricula, and other related issues as assigned by the Board of Directors. In their roles as Co-Chief Medical Officers, Drs. Bloom and Osbahr will ensure that USA Baseball meets all of its responsibilities in order to continue the organization’s commitment to creating a safe, healthy, and secur
briefly complicated efforts to keep covid out, this came as 19 new cases popped up, bringing total infections to more than 100. about 100 of the 613 u.s. athletes are not vaccinated. outside the stadium, protesters demanded the games be canceled, as japan suffers through its highest daily case count since january. doctor kenji shibuya helped direct japan s vaccine roll out. how do you think this will be received? reporter: still the athletes powered on. eddie alvarez of u.s.a. baseball and sue bird of u.s.a. basketball led the u.s. delegation. u.s.a.! u.s.a.! i would have been there, no question. reporter: bird s mother, nancy, had to watch from her new york home because of the tight covid restrictions. even though i would like to be there to hug her, it doesn t take anything away.