Dr Thomas Cross (Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist)
- Name
- Dr Thomas Cross
- Qualifications
- FACSP 2004
- MBBS University of Sydney 1994
- Occupation
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
"The role of the Sports Physician is to obtain an early accurate diagnosis and thereafter discuss the best treatment options with the patient".
Sports medicine problems are most commonly injuries to the musculoskeletal system but also may involve medical illnesses that trouble active individuals such as asthma, fatigue, infectious diseases, concussion etc.
Sports medicine patients cover the spectrum of life from very young children to the frail elderly. The patients vary from being sedentary adults who get injured at work or home to full-time elite/professional athletes. The Sports Physician aims to return the patient to their former level of function as soon as practically possible. The Physician should share the patients' love of sport and exercise and try to enable them to make a safe return to their activity." Dr Tom Cross has practised sports medicine for the past 20 years and during that time successfully completed 5 years of specialist post-graduate training in sports medicine and gained fellowship to the ACSP (Australasian College of Sports Physicians, www.acsp.org.au ).
Prior to specializing in sports medicine Dr Cross gained a broad medical experience working as a Resident Doctor for 3 years in the NSW public hospitals, including 1 year specialising in paediatrics at the New Hospital for Children (Westmead) where he gained a Diploma in Child Health.
Dr Cross has broad sports medicine experience caring for recreational athletes (adults and children), musculoskeletal injuries that occur at work or home, elite/professional athletes and also military personnel.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Mater Hospital Sydney
- Affiliated Clinics
- Sydney Stadium Medical
- Stadium Orthopaedics
Practice Locations
Sydney
- Sydney Stadium Medical
- Address
- Sheridan Building
Ground Floor
Moore Park Road
Moore Park NSW 2021
Australia
- Phone
- 02 8323 6500
