{"id":1300,"date":"2011-12-05T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2011-12-05T11:04:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T11:04:05","slug":"wsh-dr-chandran-signs-on-as-chief-medical-officer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1300","title":{"rendered":"WSH: Dr Chandran signs on as Chief Medical Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mumbai: <\/strong>Dr. PSM Chandran, a distinguished doctor who has been  involved with multiple sports at the international level for more than  three decades, has come on board as Chief Medical Officer for World  Series Hockey.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his role,  he will be primarily responsible for the health of the athletes taking  part in the newest global sports league in the world. He is currently  the Chief Medical Officer for Hockey India and was the programme officer  of the Commonwealth Games in 2010. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Chandran has been  involved in organizing Sports Medical Cover and Doping Control to more  than 100 National and International Sports meets including World Cups,  World Championships, Asia Cup, Asian Games, Asian Championships,\u00a0  Commonwealth Games,\u00a0 Davis Cup\u00a0 Tennis, Champions Trophy Hockey, IPL and  National Games. <\/p>\n<p>He was responsible for establishing the sports  medicine centre at the Sports Authority of India in 1984 and was the  director of the institute for 25 years. He also served as the contingent  doctor for India in multiple Olympics and Asian Games and was the  International Hockey Federation\u2019s (FIH) appointed Medical Officer for  several international hockey events, including the Champions Trophy in  2004, 2005 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chandran said, &#8220;Hockey is my first love. I  played state level hockey as a youngster and I\u2019ve been involved with  the medical side of the sport since 1984. Having been a medical officer  in international hockey events in the past, I\u2019m excited to be involved  with a global event like World Series Hockey I look forward to ensuring  that the players are in the best of health throughout the tournament\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Harendra  Singh, ex-coach of the Indian hockey team and one of the 8 coaches for  World Series Hockey, said, \u201cFor the players, top quality medical health  is an extremely important aspect of playing in an international  tournament. It ensures that their physical well being will be well taken  care, leaving them to focus solely on playing at their best. Dr  Chandran has been involved with hockey at the international level for  many years and his presence will surely serve as a big boost to the  confidence of the players participating in World Series Hockey.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Dennis  Meredith, Technical Director of World Series Hockey, said \u201cThe  appointment of Dr Chandran as Chief Medical Officer is a pointer towards  the seriousness with which World Series Hockey is approaching the well  being of its players. Dr Chandran\u2019s vast experience in this area will be  much appreciated and will ensure that the tournament is conducted on  par with global standards as far as medical support is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mumbai: <\/strong>Dr. PSM Chandran, a distinguished doctor who has been  involved with multiple sports at the international level for more than  three decades, has come on board as Chief Medical Officer for World  Series Hockey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-hockey-hockey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WSH: Dr Chandran signs on as Chief Medical Officer - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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