Wheaton College Athletics

Matthew D. Gimre, M.D. graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He went on to earn his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Gimre completed a three-year residency in family practice at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., followed by a fellowship in sports medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2000.

Dr. Gimre has experience in treating athletes at the high school, college, and professional levels. He focuses on the injuries of physically active patients of all ages and the return of those patients to their desired levels of activity. His practice is an office-based, nonsurgical practice committed to the care of a broad range of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions.

Dr. Gimre is certified by the American Board of Family Physicians, and has earned a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine through the American Board of Family Practice. He is also a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Gimre has been member of the Wheaton College Sports Medicine team since the fall of 2004. He visits the athletic training room on Tuesday evenings to evaluate athletic injuries. He heads up the pre-participation physicals that all incoming athletes receive prior to activity. Dr. Gimre has been responsible for setting several standards and policies for specific medical conditions relating to athletics.


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