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Mark Chassay, M.D.

Mark Chassay, M.D.

Mark Chassay, M.D.is Medical Director for the ATEP. Dr. Chassay is co-manager of Texas Sports & Family Medicine, PLLC along with Mark Hutchens, M.D. and Robyn McCarty, M.D. He has practiced sports and family medicine since 1995. Previously, he worked in college health at University Health Services on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin from 1996-2003. From August 1996 until January 2005, he served as Team Physician and Coordinator of Sports Medicine for Women's Athletics at the University of Texas at Austin. In February 2005, he was promoted to Head Team Physician for Intercollegiate Athletics, a position he continues to hold. In addition, Dr. Chassay has been the Team Medical Physician for the Austin Wranglers Arena Football League franchise since its inaugural season in 2003. Dr. Chassay is also involved in the United States Olympic Committee Volunteer Program. In September 2003, he completed the United States Olympic Committee Level I Volunteer Program at the Chula Visit (California) Training Center. In May 2005, he served as Chief Medical Officer for the United States at the VISA World Paralympic Cup in Manchester, England. Dr. Chassay served as a Medical Officer at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2007 and for Team USA at the XXIX Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China in August 2008.

 

Mark Hutchens, M.D.

Mark Hutchens, M.D. served as the Director of Athletic Medicine and Team Physician for The University of Texas at Austin (1991-2001) and continues in the role of team physician for local high school, college, and professional sports. He completed a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama in 1991. Prior to his fellowship he served three years in the Indian Health Service at the Choctaw Nation Indian Hospital in Talihina, Oklahoma. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 1984 and completed a family practice residency program at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Hutchens received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1980.

   

Robyn McCarty, M.D.

Robyn McCarty, M.D. was a team Physician for Men’s Athletics at the University of Texas at Austin from 2001-2007. Dr. McCarty completed a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the University of Michigan in 1998. Prior to her fellowship she was in private practice for two years in Georgia and did locum tenens for 1 year. She received her medical degree at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1991 and completed a family practice residency program at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis in 1994. Dr. McCarty received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1986.
   

 

Timothy Vachris, M.D.

Timothy Vachris, M.D.

Timothy Vachris, M.D. was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He attended St. Thomas with a B.A. in Biology and Spanish. He went on to earn his Medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2005. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at Memorial Southwest Family Medicine Residency in Sugarland, Texas. While in residency, he developed an interest in Sports Medicine, and helped with the care of the athletes at the Univerity of St. Thomas.
After completing his residency in 2008, he moved to Rancho Cucamonga, California to complete a primary care sports medicine fellowship at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California. While in Southern California, Dr. Vachris provided sports medicine coverage at Team Physician for Claremont McKenna College, Cal State University, San Bernardino in addition to Los Osos High School.
In August 2009, he started practicing at Texas Sports & Family Medicine. Dr. Vachris has also been appointed Assistant Team Physician for Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Texas at Austin. He will be working specifically with Women's Basketball while also providing coverage for other events.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Vachris enjoys running, watching movies, and attending concets. He recently married the former Amy Lee Ann Sonnen of Houston, Texas in June 2010.