Purple Posts People: Dr. Tina Atkinson, PWHL Chief Medical Officer

Have you ever wondered what it takes to manage medical care for a pro women’s hockey league? Today's guest can tell you all about it.

On the first episode of Purple Posts People, host LJ speaks with Dr. Tina Atkinson, the PWHL’s Chief Medical Officer. Throughout their conversation, Dr. Atkinson details her extensive career in sports medicine, the work she and her team do to care for athletes’ physical and mental health, and the challenges and complexities of managing medical systems for a league that spans eight cities across two countries.

Purple Posts People is an interview-focused spinoff of Purple Posts, The Ice Garden’s offbeat women’s hockey history podcast. On each episode, get to know a different person working in women’s hockey in a unique or interesting role, brought to you by the same team behind the rest of The Ice Garden Podcast Network’s great offerings. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today.

Intro and outro music: Found Smoke by Pitx © copyright 2014. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/48064