Adventist Health Simi Valley has hired Dr. Casey Batten, lead primary care sports medicine physician for the Los Angeles Rams, as medical director of the hospital’s athletic training program.
“Dr. Batten’s involvement as the medical director of our athletic training program will be key in ensuring student athletes receive the highest quality care in our community, the same orthopedic care the pros choose,” Adventist Health Simi Valley President Jennifer Swenson said in a statement.
The program includes six Ventura County and Los Angeles County schools and provides a full-time athletic trainer at each partner school. The trainers are involved in educating and helping students get interested in health care related careers in addition to keeping student athletes healthy and safe.
In addition to being a doctor for the Super Bowl champions, Batten is also the director of the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship.
“Adventist Health Simi Valley is going directly into the community to provide care outside the walls of the hospital,” Batten said in a statement. “Having outreach programs combined with the expertise of the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute will benefit each school’s student athletes by providing them access to the latest evidence-based care.”