Gary Wadler

Gary Wadler

World Anti-Doping Agency; NYU School of Medicine

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.

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The media is finally grasping the nature of the problem, Wadler says.
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It should be about deterrence, not punishment, says Wadler.
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The consequences of anabolic steroids are not inconsequential, says Wadler.
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It’s all about leveling the playing field – and keeping it level.
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Landis challenged his case. What did that reveal about the testing process?
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Not everything shows up in urine, says Wadler.
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Dr. Wadler explains the health risks pose to both mind and body.
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Historically, the very drugs that have helped patients are being abused by athletes, says Dr. Wadler.
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How does the World Anti-Doping Agency determine what is allowed, and what isn’t?
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The single biggest threat to the Olympics is doping.