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11.14.2005
Congratulations

Congratulations to Angelo Tardio who was inducted into the East Boros Hall of Fame. Angelo is pictured with (left to right), partner John Bonaroti with his wife Stacey, Rosemary Tardio, and friends Margi and Mike Evans.

11.1.2005
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10.01.2005
CONGRATULATIONS ANGELO!


The Staff of ESSMC wishes to congratulate Angelo on his induction into the East Boros Hall of Fame on Thursday October 13, 2005. The article below appeared in the Gateway Newspaper.

     Angelo Tardio began his career as a student athletic trainer at the
University of Pittsburgh from 1971 to 1974. He received his Bachelor of
Arts degree in health and physical education from West Liberty State
College in 1978.
     He was a physcial education teacher and athletic trainer at East
Allegheny High School and retured to the University Pittsburgh to
receive his Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy in 1986.
     As a physical therapy student, Tardio provided athletic trainer
services to East Suburban Sports Medicine Center and Churchill, Norwin
and Plum high schools.
     He was a physical therapist and coordinator of the Sports Medicine
Center at St. Margarets Memorial Hospital from 1986 to 1990, providing
physical therapy services to Fox Chapel, Shaler and Riverview high
schools.
     In 1990, Tardio joined East Suburban Sports Medicine Center and
presently provides physical therapy services at the Penn Hills office.
     He continues to serve as an athletic trainer for Riverview and Plum
and supervises athletic trainer services for Gateway, Plum, Riverview,
Penn Hills, Norwin and Penn-Trafford high schools.
     Tardio is the co-founder of the Tim Kerin Memorial Scholarship at
the University of Pittsburgh and the Wagner Family Charities. He is a
member of the sports and orthopedic section of the American Physical
Therapy Association and the National Athletic Trainers Association.
     He resides in Plum Boro with his wife of 25 years, Rosemary, and
children Nicole and Michael.

Courtesy of Gateway Newspaper

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Larry Cooper, our colleague and Head Athletic Trainer at Penn-Trafford High School, for being awarded the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Society (PATS) Service Award for 2005. The award is given to an individual that has dedicated time and effort to benefit the membership and promote the profession of athletic training in the commonwealth. Larry has been at Penn-Trafford for 15 years and he has been a certified athletic trainer for 22 years. Nice work Larry!

9.01.2005
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7.26-28.2005
Student Athletic Trainer Workshop


Once again ESSMC is offering a Student Athletic Trainer workshop to area high school students. This is the 14th such workshop. Instruction takes place at Penn Trafford High School.

$40 registration includes three days of instruction, complimentary lunch daily, t-shirt and certificate of attendance. Topics covered include anatomy, protective taping, and injury recognition/management. Contact Larry Cooper, ATC, Workshop Coordinator, via email at coopatc@aol.com for more information and a registration form.


7.15.2005
ESSMC Sponsors Penn Twp. Healthy 4 Life Expo


For the third year, we are sponsoring the Health and Fitness Expo at Penn Trafford High School on Saturday July 23rd from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. The focus of our booth is on improving general fitness for children and adults through education. Lori Bemesderfer, PT and Jen Galando, ATC will be available to field questions and to perform flexibility assessments.


6.1.2005
Grand Opening!


We are pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Plum Borough. We are located just off of Route 286 behind McDade's Restaurant in the new Premier Medical building on the bluff. Matthew Gatesman, MPT is the lead therapist. Call 724-733-9899 for an appointment.


3.30.2005
Exciting News!

We are excited to announce that we are opening another office in the Plum/Monroeville area. The building is up and construction is on its way. We plan to open the office May 2005. The location of the office building is off of Route 286 behind McDade's restaurant. Matthew Gatesman, MPT, ATC will be heading that office. Matt has been with us for 18 years and also assists with Athletic Training services for Plum High School. We look forward to serving you at this location or at any of our other five locations.


3.25.2005
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