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Carolyn Broderick

Carolyn Broderick is an Australian sport and exercise physician, who was the first female Australian Medical Director for an Australian Olympic team,[2][3] and the Chief Medical Officer for Tennis Australia.[4][5]

Carolyn Broderick
Broderick in 2023
Born1965 (age 58–59)[1]
Sydney, Australia
Education
Known forAustralian Open extreme heat policy
RelativesElizabeth Broderick
Medical career
ProfessionSports and exercise physician
InstitutionsAustralian Olympic team Australian Open tennis tournament
ResearchHealth issues in youth sports
Scholia has a profile for Carolyn Broderick (Q122363516).

Early life

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Broderick grew up in Caringbah, New South Wales, the daughter of a doctor and physiotherapist, Frank and Margot. She has twin older sisters, Elizabeth Broderick, a lawyer and former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Jane Latimer.[6]

Broderick undertook a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at University of New South Wales and holds a PhD from University of Sydney.[7]

Career

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Broderick has held an academic position at the University of New South Wales (Associate Professor)[7] since 1994 and has published over 70 papers, including being a co-author on the Lancet series on Heat and Health.[8][9] Research themes include developing evidence-based guidelines for physical activity in children.[10][11][12][13][14][15] She co-authored the guidelines for return to sport in a COVID environment in 2020.[16][17][18] She is a member of Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Panel[19] and the National Sports Tribunal.[20]

Broderick has been a staff specialist at The Children's Hospital at Westmead since 2002, one of two sport and exercise medicine physicians to hold a staff specialist position at an Australian public hospital.[21]

Broderick was appointed as the Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Olympic Team for the Paris Olympics in 2024, becoming the first female physician to be the medical lead for the Australian Olympic team.[citation needed]

Controversies

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The Australian Open – along with the US Open – are regularly subject to extreme heat conditions, and at times players and commentators are critical of decisions to continue play. Along with researcher Ollie Jay, Broderick has implemented evidence-based heat guidelines in recent years (Australian Open extreme heat policy) which provide objective decision-making about when to cease play.[22]

In 2022, the Australian Open was the centre of a major controversy involving reigning champion Novak Djokovic, who was taken into quarantine and ultimately forbidden from entering Australian during the coronavirus pandemic for being unvaccinated. Tennis Australia had granted Djokovic a vaccine exemption for participation in the tournament, despite being unvaccinated, due to an expert panel of 3 independent specialists assessing that he met the criteria.[23][24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "Carolyn Broderick". IOC. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Key appointment announced - Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Dr Broderick makes Green and Gold history". Sydney Children's Hospitals Network. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Carolyn Broderick". sites.ungeneva.org. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Key appointment announced - Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024". www.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ^ Nixon, Sherrill (20 December 2013). "Two of us: Elizabeth Broderick and Jane Latimer". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ^ a b "Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick". UNSW Sites. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ^ Ebi, KL; Capon, A; Berry, P; Broderick, C; de Dear, R; Havenith, G; Honda, Y; Kovats, RS; Ma, W; Malik, A; Morris, NB; Nybo, L; Seneviratne, SI; Vanos, J; Jay, O (21 August 2021). "Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks". Lancet. 398 (10301): 698–708. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01208-3. PMID 34419205. S2CID 237235190.
  9. ^ Jay, O; Capon, A; Berry, P; Broderick, C; de Dear, R; Havenith, G; Honda, Y; Kovats, RS; Ma, W; Malik, A; Morris, NB; Nybo, L; Seneviratne, SI; Vanos, J; Ebi, KL (21 August 2021). "Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities". Lancet. 398 (10301): 709–724. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01209-5. PMID 34419206. S2CID 237235201.
  10. ^ McKay, D; Broderick, C; Steinbeck, K (November 2016). "The Adolescent Athlete: A Developmental Approach to Injury Risk". Pediatric Exercise Science. 28 (4): 488–500. doi:10.1123/pes.2016-0021. PMID 27705538.
  11. ^ de Silva, V; Swain, M; Broderick, C; McKay, D (11 March 2016). "Does high level youth sports participation increase the risk of femoroacetabular impingement? A review of the current literature". Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal. 14 (1): 16. doi:10.1186/s12969-016-0077-5. PMC 4788845. PMID 26968690.
  12. ^ Swain, M; Kamper, SJ; Maher, CG; Broderick, C; McKay, D; Henschke, N (October 2018). "Relationship between growth, maturation and musculoskeletal conditions in adolescents: a systematic review". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 52 (19): 1246–1252. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098418. PMID 29559438. S2CID 4036328.
  13. ^ Engel, AC; Broderick, CR; van Doorn, N; Hardy, LL; Parmenter, BJ (August 2018). "Exploring the Relationship Between Fundamental Motor Skill Interventions and Physical Activity Levels in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis". Sports Medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). 48 (8): 1845–1857. doi:10.1007/s40279-018-0923-3. hdl:1959.4/unsworks_62344. PMID 29687278. S2CID 22909153.
  14. ^ Broderick, C (September 2013). "Children, sport and the Olympics: Observations from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London". Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 49 (9): 701–3. doi:10.1111/jpc.12217. PMID 23627899. S2CID 206132614.
  15. ^ Leite, MN; Kamper, SJ; Broderick, C; Yamato, TP (July 2022). "What Works When Treating Children and Adolescents With Low Back Pain?". The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 52 (7): 419–424. doi:10.2519/jospt.2022.10768. PMID 35584032. S2CID 248858032.
  16. ^ Hughes, DC; Orchard, JW; Partridge, EM; La Gerche, A; Broderick, C (July 2022). "Return to exercise post-COVID-19 infection: A pragmatic approach in mid-2022". Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 25 (7): 544–547. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2022.06.001. PMC 9170595. PMID 35725689.
  17. ^ Mooney, M; Perera, NKP; Broderick, C; Saw, R; Wallett, A; Drew, M; Waddington, G; Hughes, D (July 2020). "A deep dive into testing and management of COVID-19 for Australian high performance and professional sport". Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 23 (7): 664–669. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2020.05.005. PMC 7204746. PMID 32418804.
  18. ^ Hughes, D; Saw, R; Perera, NKP; Mooney, M; Wallett, A; Cooke, J; Coatsworth, N; Broderick, C (July 2020). "The Australian Institute of Sport framework for rebooting sport in a COVID-19 environment". Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 23 (7): 639–663. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2020.05.004. PMC 7200343. PMID 32451268.
  19. ^ "ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE". Sport Integrity Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Your guide to the structures, organisations and key people in the Australian Government". Australian Government. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Sports doctor recruited to unique position in Cairns Hospital". 19 May 2023.
  22. ^ "SMA Position Statements". Sports Medicine Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  23. ^ Sakkal, Anthony; Galloway, Paul (6 January 2022). "Letters from federal government cast doubt on Djokovic exemption". The Age.
  24. ^ Callanan, Tim (5 January 2022). "How did Novak Djokovic get a COVID-19 vaccination exemption?". ABC News.
  25. ^ McPherson, Emily (6 January 2022). "Djokovic's dad's shock threat after star detained at Melbourne airport". www.9news.com.au.
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