Mark E. Lavallee, M.D.

Mark E. Lavallee, M.D., C.S.C.S., F.A.C.S.M., received both his undergraduate and medical school degrees from Pennsylvania State University.  After completing a family medicine residency at York Hospital in York, PA, and a sports medicine fellowship at the Crozer-Keystone Health System in Philadelphia, PA, he acquired the C.A.Q. in sports medicine and his certification as Strength and Condition Specialist from the NSCA. In 1998, He was recruited by the Memorial Family Medicine Residency to start the South Bend Sports Medicine Fellowship, where he currently acts as its co-director. Dr. Lavallee is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, has served on the board of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (2004-2008), associate editor of the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (2004-2008), and had a faculty appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Indiana University College of Medicine. While in South Bend, Dr. Lavallee was the team physician for numerous South Bend area high school athletic programs, head team physician for Indiana University South Bend and Holy Cross College, medical director of the Sunburst Race (1999-2013), and was one of the  team physicians for University of Notre Dame men’s soccer team. Since relocating back to York, PA, Dr. Lavallee continues to cover numerous local high school, college, and semi-professional athletics.  Dr. Lavallee has authored numerous papers and book chapters on various topics in sports medicine. He has been doing musculoskeletal ultrasound in since 1998 and blood product injections (platelet-rich plasma or autologous blood) since 1999, the FAST by Tenex (percutaneous tenotomy procedure) since 2013. On a national and international level, Dr. Lavallee has been the IWF medical director for the World Masters Weightlifting championships in Glascow, Scotland (1999), Orlando, Florida (2000), Kefalonia, Greece (2001), the World Masters Games in Melbourne, Australia (2002) Savannah, GA (2003), Vienna, Austria (2004), World Masters Games in Edmonton, Alberta (2005), Bordeaux, France, (2006) Karcinbarcika, Hungary (2007), Kefalonia, Greece (2008), Sydeny, Austalia (2009) and Chiechenow, Poland (2010) and Lviv, Ukraine (2012) and the 2013 World Masters Games in Turin, Italy (2013). As a US team physician (1998-present), co-chairman (2007- 20012), and chairman 2012-present) for USA Weightlifting, he has covered numerous national and international events for our national Junior and Senior teams, including the IWF World Weightlifting Championships in 2003 in Vancouver, B.C., and in 2007 in Chang Mai, Thailand. He also covered the Olympic Team trials prior to the Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer Games, and our World Junior Women’s Team Champions in Thessaloniki, Greece (2001). In 2011, the USOC invited Dr. Lavallee to cover the Pan-Am Games in Guadalhara, Mexico. He was imbedded with USA Rowing, USA Weightlifting and USA Judo.  Dr. Lavallee also has served as medical director for US Fencing National Championship (2000), Jr/Cadet World Championship (2000), Olympic Trials in whitewater canoe and kayaking (2004), Junior National Championships (2006 US Boxing). He was an active member of AMSSM board member and chairman of the fellowship committee from 2004-2008. He covers Boxing for USA Boxing and Professional Boxing matches. Dr. Lavallee sees both family medicine and sports medicine patients in his practice sites at the Thomas Hart Family Practice Center (1001 South George Street, York, PA) and at the WellSpan Orthopedics and Sports Medicine office (25 Monument Drive, York, PA) When not at work, he enjoys distance swimming, weightlifting, collecting coins, working on his old jeeps, Scouting and spending time with his wife, Tara and his two sons.