Hallie Zwibel | Source | Assistant Dean of Clinical Operations at New York Institute of Technology
Hallie Zwibel
Passionate leader and clinician with a history establishing a burgeoning sports medicine center. History of working as an assistant professor in the medical education industry. Skilled in Microsoft Word, patient care, leadership and research. Strong physician with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and a Masters in Public Health from SUNY Albany.
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As the team physicians for NYIT student-athletes, our core responsibility is to ensure the health and well-being of each and every player. When athletics decided to add esports at the varsity level we searched for the best practices in caring for these players. Usually, the way we do this is by consulting medical journals for research on these topics. However, to our surprise, there was very little information available.
17 January 2022 -
Poor posture can produce exponential forces on your neck, back, shoulder. Eye fatigue is the most commonly reported complaint from these pixelated images that you see when you are playing on a computer. They're making 500 action moves per minute. So there's a lot of high-speed thinking, and I think that fatigues the eyes even further.
17 January 2022
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8 December 2021article
Video Gaming Athletic InjuriesAs competitive video game squads increase at colleges, experts say players are developing hand, neck, and wrist injuries. -
17 January 2022article
Doctors raise the alarm about esports injuriesDoctors say competitive gamers should be treated like other college athletes because they suffer injuries, too
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New York Institute of Technology (Associate Professor of Marketing)
Assistant Dean of Clinical Operations