David R. McDuff, M.D. Dr. McDuff is an experienced behavioral sports medicine physician and mental skills training consultant. Since 1996 he has worked as the senior team assistance physician for the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Ravens. He regularly visits both teams during the pre, playing, and post seasons providing players, coaches, and family members input on team building, stress control, life balance, performance enhancement, injury rehabilitation, substance prevention, supplement use, and mental illness management. In addition to his work at the professional level, Dr. McDuff has worked with Division I University and elite Club and High School athletes and teams. Since 1997, he has served as a consultant to the Athletic Department at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and in 2002 through one of his fellows, he created a comprehensive Athletic Assistance Program for all Teams at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. At UMCP, Dr. McDuff has worked closely with football, baseball, and women's basketball and soccer and has seen individual athletes from several other sports. From his office practice in Ellicott City, Maryland he has worked with track and soccer teams and has seen individual athletes from fifteen different sports. To assist with the rapid development of mental skills specific to each sport, Dr. McDuff utilizes advanced learning technology. He uses biofeedback to accelerate skill acquisition, videotape self-modeling to promote confidence building, and sports specific mental toughness training manuals to promote new learning. He has been married since 1978 and has four children ages 20-26 that are all active in competitive athletics. View his Curriculum Vitae >back