Chad T.. Carlson, MD, FACSM

    
Chad T.. Carlson, MD, FACSM
 
 

Chad Carlson, MD, FACSM

Dr. Chad Carlson comes to Stadia Sports Medicine from Champaign, Illinois, where he worked for both Carle Clinic Association and the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.  At Illinois, he functioned as one of the team physicians for the Fighting Illini, taking care of athletes in a wide array of sports, from ice hockey to basketball.  Dr. Carlson has covered multiple NCAA National Championship events, as well as national championship events for U.S. Gymnastics and U.S. Swimming and Diving.  Prior to coming to Champaign, he served as one of the team physicians at Ball State University, and has been involved in high school athletic event coverage for 14 years.  His clinical interests include identifying the biomechanical basis for patient injury, office-based fracture and joint injury care/arthritis care, and clinical exercise testing/exercise prescription, including the diagnosis and management of exercise-induce asthma.  He has published clinical articles on various sports medicine subjects, and  is currently involved in clinical research in the spheres of aerobic exercise performance and diagnosis of exercise-induced asthma.  He and his wife Amanda have three children -- Ava, Ian, and Eli.  In his spare time, he enjoys active pursuits with family, reading, golfing, exercising, and church-related activities at Westkirk Presbyterian Church in Urbandale, where he serves as an Elder.

Other biographical information:

  • Undergraduate: University of Nebraska at Lincoln -Dual major, Biology/History, 1986-1990
  • Medical school: University of Nebraska College of Medicine -1990-1994
  • Residency: University of Michigan Hospital at Ann Arbor - Family Medicine, 1994-1997
  • Fellowship: Sports Medicine, Ball Memorial Hospital/Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, 1997-1999
  • Serves on the national Board of Directors of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine -Current chair, Economics Committee, AMSSM.
  • Board certifications in both Family Medicine and Sports Medicine.
  • Fellow status in the American College of Sports Medicine.
  • Associate Editor for Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
  • Serves on the Sports Medicine Committee for the Iowa Medical Association.

Office Location(s):

Stadia Sports Medicine


6000 University Ave
Suite 250
West Des Moines, Iowa   50266
Location Phone: (515) 221-1102
Location Fax: (515) 221-1272

My Phone: (515) 221-1102
Fax: (515) 221-1272

Accepting new patients:
I am accepting new patients.

Primary Specialty:
Sports Medicine

Undergraduate Education:
B.S., History/Biology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln : 1990
University of Nebraska -- Lincoln
Medical Education:
M.D., University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE : 1994
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Residency:
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor -- Department of Family Medicine : 1997

Fellowship:
Sports Medicine : 1999
Ball Memorial Hospital/Central Indiana Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Ball State University  1997-1999


Board Certifications:
Sports Medicine : 1999
Family Medicine : 1998, 2005

Affiliations:
Iowa Methodist Hospital, Mercy Hospital : 2006

Honors and Awards:
Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine : 2004
Public Relations/Economics Committees, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine : 1998-present