Presenter

Sierra Nevada Conservation & Wilderness Medicine Conference

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Tony (Arthur) Islas, MD

Presenter

Arthur (Tony) Islas is one of those guys that has an entire bowl of alphabet soup behind his name. To summarize - Tony is a physician and an educator. He is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Nevada - Reno (UNR). He is dual boarded in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and also holds a Certificate in Travel Health. He is currently the head team physician for the University of Nevada’s athletics program and is the Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program there at UNR. Tonys’ career passion however is in Wilderness Medicine. He was the Medical Director for Guadalupe Mountains National Park and is currently the Medical Director for Great Basin National Park. He is the current/founding Director for the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship program at the University of Nevada-Reno. And lastly, he is an ex-president of the Wilderness Medical Society.

Tony Islas will be leading the following workshop: Musculoskeletal Medicine for the Wilderness Practitioner