Name and title: Olli J. Heinonen, Professor, MD, PhD, specialist in Sports and Exercise Medicine, senior consultant in Sports & Exercise Medicine
Special areas of expertise: Sports injuries, overuse injuries, youth sports, conservative treatment, rehabilitation, recovery and overtraining, athlete’s infections, athlete’s lung problems, athlete’s heart problems, female athlete’s problems
Additional expertise: Performance, exercise physiology, exercise testing, sports injury prevention, athletic training, pre-participation examination, antidoping issues, laboratory medicine, evidence-based medicine
Education and work history:
- Professor in Sports Medicine, University of Jyväskylä, Finland 1986-87
- Visiting Researcher (Academy of Finland), Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden 1988-89
- Doctor of Medical Sciences, University of Turku 1992
- Chief Physician, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku 1996-
- Director, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku 1998-
- Specialist in Sports & Exercise Medicine, University of Tampere 2005
- Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology, University of Turku, 2007
- Professor in Health & Physical Activity, University of Turku 2008-
- Mehiläinen, several positions 2006-
Patients include: Several international and national athletes and teams, young and recreational athletes in all disciplines
Contact with sports clubs:
- Finnish Olympic Committee
- National team of Orienteering
- Youth national team of Orienteering
- highest level of soccer and hockey clubs, orienteering and track-and-field clubs
Memberships:
- International Orienteering Federation, Chairperson of Medical Commission
- Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee, International Orienteering Federation
- Scandinavian Foundation of Medicine and Science in Sports, past-president and board member
- Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine
- Finnish Society of Sports Medicine, board member
- Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee, FINCIS (Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports)
- Medical Commission, Football Association of Finland
Academic track record:
- Professor
- Associate professor in exercise physiology
- Several duties in international expert panels
- Supervised >10 academic dissertations
- Over 200 scientific publications
- Section Editor Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports; Review Editor. Clinical and Translational Physiology section of Frontiers in Physiology
Contact information: olli.heinonen@sportshospital.com