Eric McCarty, MD

Dr. Eric McCarty, Professor and Chief of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Head Team Physician for the University of Colorado, Medical Director and Head Team Physician for the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, and the 2025–2026 President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, reflects on growing up in Boulder, playing football in Italy, working with Coach Deion Sanders, his shoulder research with the MOON Group, delivering commencement addresses, the role of faith in his life, and more.