NEWARK, Del. -- Dr. Andrew Reisman, who has served as sports medicine physician for the University of Delaware’s athletics program over the past two years, has been given additional responsibilities and will become Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine, UD Director of Athletics Edgar Johnson announced Wednesday.

Reisman (at right) will continue to oversee the UD sports medicine department, but will add supervision of the athletic training program as well as the strength and conditioning program to his daily duties. He will continue to be responsible for the medical care and treatment of all Blue Hens student-athletes, including traveling with the nationally-ranked UD football team. Dr. Geoffrey Gustavsen will remain as Reisman’s assistant.

“I am pleased that Dr. Reisman has graciously accepted this new assignment,” said Johnson. “Having Sports Medicine, Athletics Training and Strength and Conditioning consolidated under his direction and leadership will both improve communication and the coordination of services for all of our student-athletes. This gives us a true Sports Medicine team."

“I am very excited to be taking on this new challenge,” said Reisman, who will become one of the few physicians at the college level to hold this title. “Concentrating the Sports Medicine Services into a defined section will allow us to improve communication between our disciplines and improve the services that we provide to our student athletes.”

A native of Monsey, NY, Reisman earned his degree in chemistry from Haverford College in 1988 and earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1992.

Reisman served an internship and residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH and at the University of Rochester. He then completed a sports medicine fellowship through the Christiana Care Health System.

Reisman, who was named the Top Sports Medicine Physician in Delaware by Delaware Today magazine in 2003, worked six years as a physician at Casscells Orthopedics in Wilmington before joining the UD staff.

Reisman resides in North Wilmington with his wife, Darcy, and their daughter, Ava, and son, Seth. Darcy is currently an assistant professor in the physical therapy department at the University of Delaware.