Carolyn Broderick Explained

Carolyn Broderick
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Known For:Australian Open extreme heat policy
Relations:Elizabeth Broderick
Profession:Sports and exercise physician
Work Institutions:Australian Olympic teamAustralian Open tennis tournament
Research Field:Health issues in youth sports

Carolyn Broderick is an Australian sport and exercise physician, who was the first female Australian Medical Director for an Australian Olympic team,[2] and the Chief Medical Officer for Tennis Australia.[3] [4]

Early life

Broderick grew up in Caringbah, New South Wales, the daughter of a doctor and physiotherapist, Frank and Margot. She has twin older sisters, Elizabeth Broderick, a lawyer and former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Jane Latimer.[5]

Career

Broderick has held an academic position at the University of New South Wales (Associate Professor)[6] since 1994 and has published over 70 papers, including being a co-author on the Lancet series on Heat and Health.[7] [8] Research themes include developing evidence-based guidelines for physical activity in children.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] She co-authored the guidelines for return to sport in a COVID environment in 2020.[15] [16] [17] She is a member of Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Panel[18] and the National Sports Tribunal.[19]

Broderick has been a staff specialist at the Sydney Children's Hospital, Westmead since 2002, one of two sport and exercise medicine physicians to hold a staff specialist position at an Australian public hospital.[20]

Broderick was appointed as the Chief Medical Officer of Tennis Australia in 2017, also acting as the medical director for the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Broderick was appointed as the Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Olympic Team for the Paris Olympics in 2024, becoming the first female physician to be the medical lead for the Australian Olympic team. She was Deputy Medical Director for the Australian Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Games, and was Team Physician at both the 2012 London and 2000 Sydney Games.

Controversies

The Australian Open – along with the US Open – are regularly subject to extreme heat conditions, and at times players and commentators are critical of decisions to continue play. Along with researcher Ollie Jay, Broderick has implemented evidence-based heat guidelines in recent years (Australian Open extreme heat policy) which provide objective decision-making about when to cease play.[21]

In 2022, the Australian Open was the centre of a major controversy involving reigning champion Novak Djokovic, who was taken into quarantine and ultimately forbidden from entering Australian during the coronavirus pandemic for being unvaccinated. Tennis Australia had granted Djokovic a vaccine exemption for participation in the tournament, despite being unvaccinated, due to an expert panel of 3 independent specialists assessing that he met the criteria.[22] [23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolyn Broderick . IOC . 9 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Dr Broderick makes Green and Gold history . Sydney Children's Hospitals Network . 9 September 2023 . en . 13 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Carolyn Broderick . sites.ungeneva.org . 9 September 2023 . en.
  4. Web site: Key appointment announced - Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024 . www.olympics.com.au . Australian Olympic Committee . 9 September 2023.
  5. News: Nixon . Sherrill . Two of us: Elizabeth Broderick and Jane Latimer . The Sydney Morning Herald . 20 December 2013 . en.
  6. Web site: Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick . UNSW Sites . 9 September 2023 . en.
  7. Ebi . KL . Capon . A . Berry . P . Broderick . C . de Dear . R . Havenith . G . Honda . Y . Kovats . RS . Ma . W . Malik . A . Morris . NB . Nybo . L . Seneviratne . SI . Vanos . J . Jay . O . Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks. . Lancet . 21 August 2021 . 398 . 10301 . 698–708 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01208-3 . 34419205. 237235190 . free .
  8. Jay . O . Capon . A . Berry . P . Broderick . C . de Dear . R . Havenith . G . Honda . Y . Kovats . RS . Ma . W . Malik . A . Morris . NB . Nybo . L . Seneviratne . SI . Vanos . J . Ebi . KL . Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities. . Lancet . 21 August 2021 . 398 . 10301 . 709–724 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01209-5 . 34419206. 237235201 . free .
  9. McKay . D . Broderick . C . Steinbeck . K . The Adolescent Athlete: A Developmental Approach to Injury Risk. . Pediatric Exercise Science . November 2016 . 28 . 4 . 488–500 . 10.1123/pes.2016-0021 . 27705538.
  10. de Silva . V . Swain . M . Broderick . C . McKay . D . Does high level youth sports participation increase the risk of femoroacetabular impingement? A review of the current literature. . Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal . 11 March 2016 . 14 . 1 . 16 . 10.1186/s12969-016-0077-5 . 26968690 . 4788845 . free .
  11. Swain . M . Kamper . SJ . Maher . CG . Broderick . C . McKay . D . Henschke . N . Relationship between growth, maturation and musculoskeletal conditions in adolescents: a systematic review. . British Journal of Sports Medicine . October 2018 . 52 . 19 . 1246–1252 . 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098418 . 29559438. 4036328 .
  12. Engel . AC . Broderick . CR . van Doorn . N . Hardy . LL . Parmenter . BJ . Exploring the Relationship Between Fundamental Motor Skill Interventions and Physical Activity Levels in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. . Sports Medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) . August 2018 . 48 . 8 . 1845–1857 . 10.1007/s40279-018-0923-3 . 29687278. 22909153 . 1959.4/unsworks_62344 . free .
  13. Broderick . C . Children, sport and the Olympics: Observations from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. . Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health . September 2013 . 49 . 9 . 701–3 . 10.1111/jpc.12217 . 23627899. 206132614 . free .
  14. Leite . MN . Kamper . SJ . Broderick . C . Yamato . TP . What Works When Treating Children and Adolescents With Low Back Pain? . The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy . July 2022 . 52 . 7 . 419–424 . 10.2519/jospt.2022.10768 . 35584032. 248858032 .
  15. Hughes . DC . Orchard . JW . Partridge . EM . La Gerche . A . Broderick . C . Return to exercise post-COVID-19 infection: A pragmatic approach in mid-2022. . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport . July 2022 . 25 . 7 . 544–547 . 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.06.001 . 35725689. 9170595 .
  16. Mooney . M . Perera . NKP . Broderick . C . Saw . R . Wallett . A . Drew . M . Waddington . G . Hughes . D . A deep dive into testing and management of COVID-19 for Australian high performance and professional sport. . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport . July 2020 . 23 . 7 . 664–669 . 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.05.005 . 32418804. 7204746 .
  17. Hughes . D . Saw . R . Perera . NKP . Mooney . M . Wallett . A . Cooke . J . Coatsworth . N . Broderick . C . The Australian Institute of Sport framework for rebooting sport in a COVID-19 environment. . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport . July 2020 . 23 . 7 . 639–663 . 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.05.004 . 32451268. 7200343 .
  18. Web site: ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE . . 9 September 2023.
  19. Web site: Your guide to the structures, organisations and key people in the Australian Government . Australian Government . 9 September 2023.
  20. News: Sports doctor recruited to unique position in Cairns Hospital . 19 May 2023 . en-AU.
  21. Web site: SMA Position Statements . Sports Medicine Australia . 9 September 2023 . en-AU.
  22. News: Sakkal . Anthony . Galloway . Paul . Letters from federal government cast doubt on Djokovic exemption . The Age . 6 January 2022 . en.
  23. News: Callanan . Tim . How did Novak Djokovic get a COVID-19 vaccination exemption? . ABC News . 5 January 2022 . en-AU.
  24. News: McPherson . Emily . Djokovic's dad's shock threat after star detained at Melbourne airport . www.9news.com.au . 6 January 2022.

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