Two Distinguished Experts will co-chair the Vizbodx Sports Medicine Advisory Board
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Vizbodx Inc., a pioneer in superior thermal imaging options for sports activities and occupational drugs, at this time introduced the launch of its Sports Medicine Advisory Board with the appointments of two NATA Hall of Fame inductees: Ron Courson, ATC, Executive Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Health and Performance on the University of Georgia, and Rod Walters, DA, ATC, National Director of Athlete Safety for Andrews Athlete.
Together, Dr. Courson and Dr. Walters will assist be sure that Vizbodx’s superior thermal imaging options are optimized for sports activities drugs and exceed the scientific and operational expectations of staff physicians and athletic trainers.
Dr. Courson was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2013 and acquired the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2005. He served 30 years because the University of Georgia’s Director of Sports Medicine, setting the usual for athletic coaching and sports activities drugs all through collegiate athletics.
Courson’s worldwide experience contains serving as an athletic coach with the U.S. Olympic Team on the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and as chief athletic coach for observe and subject on the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Courson presently serves on the NFL Health and Safety Committee and the USA Football Medical Advisory Board and has held management positions together with president of the SEC Sports Medicine Committee.
Courson authored the textbook “Athletic Training Emergency Care” and has revealed extensively on sports activities drugs security. He serves as an adjunct teacher within the University of Georgia’s nationally accredited athletic coaching training program.
Dr. Walters was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2005 and acquired NATA’s Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2003. His 27-year profession in collegiate athletics included positions at Lenoir-Rhyne College, Appalachian State University, and the University of South Carolina, the place he served as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine from 1990 to 2007.
In skilled sports activities, Walters has served as a concussion material knowledgeable and spotter for the NFL, together with throughout the 2019 Super Bowl, and as a guide to Major League Baseball Professional Umpires and the Big 12 Conference. Recently, Walters joined Andrews Athlete as National Director of Athlete Safety for the group co-founded by world-renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, the place Dr. Courson additionally serves as an advisor.