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Faculty
- Michael J.
Mullin, ATC, PTA, OA Performance Therapy,
Portland, ME
- Dinakar Murthi,
MD, NH Orthopaedic Center, Manchester-Nashua,
NH
- John O'Halloran, DPT, PT, ATC, Southeastern
Orthopaedics, Greensboro, NC
- Darin Padua,
PhD, ATC, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC
- James Vailas, MD, NH
Orthopaedic Surgery, Manchester, NH
- TBA
 Michael J. Mullin, ATC, PTA
Mr.
Mullin is
a Certified Athletic Trainer and a registered
Physical Therapy Assistant with 20 years experience.
Michael served as Coordinator of
Rehabilitation Services at The Stone Clinic in San
Francisco during the 90’s before relocating to
Portland, ME where he is a clinical athletic trainer
with OA Centers for Orthopaedics Physical Therapy
Center. He
is on the adjunct faculty at the University of New
England and is a consultant to the Portland Ballet,
Impact Sports Medicine, Cumberland and Seacoast
Soccer Clubs and multiple regional athletic
organizations.
He has also been a sports medicine and
fitness consultant for numerous publications such as
Biomechanics, Advance for Directors in
Rehabilitation, Shape, Women's Sports & Fitness,
Men's Fitness, Skiing, and Windsurfing magazines.
 Dinakar
Murthi, MD
Dr. Murthi graduated from the Yale University
Medical School then did his residency at Albany
Medical Center. His specialty training was completed
in the Spine Fellowship at New England Baptist
Hospital. He currently practices with the New
Hampshire Orthopaedic Center in southern New
Hampshire.
 John O'Halloran, DPT,
PT, OCS, ATC, CSCS, CertMDT
Dr.
O’Halloran is a licensed Physical Therapist and
Athletic Trainer with over twenty years of
experience in the field of rehabilitation. He has
worked in a variety of settings, including the
University of Massachusetts at Boston and Malden
Hospital in Malden, MA. He received his Bachelor of
Science degree from the University of Massachusetts,
his MSPT from Simmons College and his DPT from
Temple University. Mr. O’Halloran also studied in
New Zealand and Australia via a sports medicine
exchange, he is credentialed with the McKenzie
Institute, and he is a certified functional capacity
evaluator in the Blankenship Method. Currently, Mr.
O’Halloran is a director of physical
therapy/Sports Medicine at Southeastern Orthopedics
in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a very active
lecturer.
 Darin Padua,
PhD, ATC
Dr.
Padua is the Director of the Sport Medicine Research
Laboratory and Associate Professor in the Department
of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC-Chapel Hill
where he serves as Director of the Undergraduate
Athletic Training Education Program. He is an
adjunct faculty member in the Departments of
Orthopaedics, Biomedical Engineering, and Allied
Health Sciences. In addition, Dr. Padua serves
as the Director of the National Academy of Sports
Medicine (NASM) Research Institute and is the acting
Chair of the Research Committee for the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association Foundation. Dr.
Padua received his Doctoral Degree from the
University of Virginia (PhD in Sports Medicine).
His primary research interests focus on
neuromuscular control of knee and lumbo-pelvic
stability, identification of risk factors associated
with knee injury (focus on ACL injury),
identification of evidence based prevention
strategies for ACL injury, and validation of
performance enhancement training techniques.
 James
Vailas, MD
Dr. Vailas is an
orthopedic surgeon with NH Orthopaedic Center in
Manchester
,
NH
where he specializes in sports medicine, shoulder and
knee surgery. He is the Medical Director for the
Manchester Monarchs (AHL) and team physician for
Manchester High Schools, Southern NH University and
Saint Anselm College. He is president of NHMI
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