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IFAF Medical Committee

IFAF has in place a clear governance structure and governing policies and procedures to guide its work.
The work of the Executive Board and the Secretariat is supported by a series of Standing Committees that ensure that there is appropriate expertise and knowledge to support the development of the sport and the implementation of the Strategic Plan at a global and continental level.

Terms of Reference

Dr. Stefan Nolte

Conservative Orthopedics - Hellersen

President:

Doctor Nolte served as Team Doctor for the German Olympic team in Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016

Dr. Ulrich Schneider

Chief Physician - Hellersen

President:

Chief physician of the sports medicine department at the Hellersen Sports clinic (since 2015), deputy Medical Director of the Hellersen Sports Clinic since 2021 (the sports medicine department is among other things an examination center for elite athletes); Specialist in internal medicine (since 2007), additional qualification in sports medicine and in chiropractic

Dr. James Lally

Team physician - USA Shooting Team

President:

Doctor Lally serves as team physician for the USA Shooting Team and is its Immediate Past President of the Board and is Chairman of the Medical Committee of the International Shooting Sports Federation as well as a member of the International Olympic Medical Commission.

Dr. Sally Arnot

Clinical Assistant Professor

President:

Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina.
Doctor Arnot has supported the USA Shooting team through World Cups, CAT games, national matches, Pan American competitions, and two Olympics Games – London in 2012 and Tokyo 2020. She is also part of the ISSF Medical Committee.

Professor Sinead Harney

TUE committee of the Irish Sports Council

President:

Graduated from UCG in 1994 and did her specialist training in Rheumatology and General Medicine in Dublin. She completed her final training in Oxford in 2005 and was awarded a DPhil by thesis titled “Major Histocompatibility Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis”. Professor Harney joined the rheumatology team in CUH in 2005 as a rheumatology consultant. She completed a Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine in UCC in 2007. Her research interests include the Genetics of inflammatory arthritis and occult cardiovascular disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis. She is a board member of the TUE committee of the Irish Sports Council.

Dr. Zakia Bartagi

ITA TUE Committee

President:

She is the Director of the Tunisian National Anti-Doping Agency and has many years of experience in sports medicine and anti-doping. Notably, she served on numerous medical commissions across different sports, including multiple World Championships. She also works with the ITA TUE Committee.