UF Health to continue caring for Team USA athletes through 2028 under extended agreement
University of Florida Health will continue providing expert medical care to Team USA athletes through the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games under an extended agreement with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
The renewal builds on UF Health’s first two years as part of the USOPC Medical Network, during which UF Health specialists treated more than 70 Olympic and Paralympic athletes preparing for global competition.
UF Health is one of just four national medical centers selected by the USOPC to deliver specialized sports medicine and performance care to Team USA athletes. The extended relationship ensures they will continue to benefit from the system’s advanced diagnostics, highly specialized treatments and rehabilitation services as they train and compete at the highest level.
Since UF Health became a national medical center in 2023, physician experts from more than 17 medical departments and areas from Gainesville and Jacksonville have cared for athletes from 18 sports.
UF Health also will continue to collaborate with the USOPC and other Team USA providers on various professional programs, such as a recent traumatic brain injury workshop hosted by the UF Health Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases.
“As a health care leader in the United States and home to many Team USA athletes over the years, we’re thrilled that UF Health will continue to be one of the premier medical providers who care for the unique needs of Team USA athletes,” said Jonathan Finnoff, D.O., FACSM, USOPC chief medical officer.
In 2023, UF Health became the third national medical center member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Medical Network and the first in the southeastern U.S., where many top-caliber athletes live and train. The initial pact built on the academic health system’s long history of caring for athletes from the University of Florida, which has historically produced large numbers of world-class athletes.