Experts
Gary Wadler
World Anti-Doping Agency; NYU School of Medicine
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How should the media cover steroids?
The media is finally grasping the nature of the problem, Wadler says. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Dr. Gary Wadler on the NFL, Steroids, and Roger Goodell
History has passed them by, says Wadler. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Should we test high school athletes?
It should be about deterrence, not punishment, says Wadler. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Do we put too much pressure on athletes?
Is the steroid problem the fans’ fault? Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Dr. Gary Wadler on the George Mitchell Report
Was Congressional involvement appropriate? Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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How can sports ruling bodies to regulate their own athletes?
The consequences of anabolic steroids are not inconsequential, says Wadler. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Is it ever okay to take a performance-enhancing drug?
It’s all about leveling the playing field – and keeping it level. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Dr. Gary Wadler on the Floyd Landis Case
Landis challenged his case. What did that reveal about the testing process? Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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How is the World Anti-Doping Agency preparing for the Olympics?
The complicating case of asthma. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Not everything shows up in urine, says Wadler. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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The Dangers of Taking Steroids
Dr. Wadler explains the health risks pose to both mind and body. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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The Next Generation of Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Historically, the very drugs that have helped patients are being abused by athletes, says Dr. Wadler. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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How does the World Anti-Doping Agency determine what is allowed, and what isn’t? Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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What is the World Anti-Doping Agency?
The single biggest threat to the Olympics is doping. Read More
June 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
Gary I. Wadler, M.D., FACP, FACSM, FACPM, FCP, is an internist with special expertise in the field of drug use in sports. He is the lead author of the internationally acclaimed textbook, Drugs and the Athlete. Dr. Wadler currently serves as the Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Prohibited List and Methods Sub-Committee and serves as an ex-officio member of WADA’s Health, Medicine, and Research Committee. Additionally, he has served as a Medical Advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, a Trustee of the Board of the American College of Sports Medicine and of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Among his other sports medicine activities, he has served as Tournament Physician of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.For his groundbreaking work in the field of drug abuse in sports, Dr Wadler received the International Olympic Committee's President's Prize in 1993. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject and his opinions are widely sought by the print and electronic media nationally and internationally. In 2007, he was selected by the Institute for International Sport as “One of the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America” and serves Chairman of the Communications and Information Committee of the American College of Sports Medicine. In addition, he is Chairman of the American Ballet Theatre's Medical Advisory Board where he oversees the development of medical guidelines for the healthy and sound training of dancers in the United States. Dr. Wadler is the Chairman of the College Council of the State University of New York at Old Westbury. Dr. Wadler maintains a private practice in Internal Medicine and Sports Medicine in Manhasset, New York and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine.
