Dr. Adam Castricum

Sports and Exercise Physician
MB BS (Monash) FACSP MSpMed(Res)
OPSMC

Adam Castricum gained his Fellowship with the Australasian College of Sports Physicians in 2008, after sucessfully completing 6 years of training in Melbourne and Sydney. He has recently been appointed Medical Director for Athletics Australia.

His professional areas of interest include athletics, all codes of football, alpine skiing, lower limb injuries, exercise prescription, adolescent injuries and exercise induced asthma, on which he completed his Masters Research in 2008.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Monash
• Fellow of the Australian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP)

Involvement With Teams And Events

Current

• Athletics Australia - Medical Coordinator

Past

• World Masters Games, Melbourne (2002)
• Williamstown VFL Football Club (2003)
• Collingwood AFL Football Club (2003)
• Australian U21 Rugby Union Team, World Cup, Scotland (2004)
• Australian Youth Athletics Team, World Youth Championships, Morocco (2005), Czech Republic (2007)
• Sydney University Rugby Union team (2005)
• Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Chief Athletics Medical Officer (2006)
• Sydney Swans AFL Football Club (2006)
• NSW/ACT AFL Academy Medical Officer (2006)
• Bendigo Bombers VFL / Essendon AFL Club (2008)
• Australian Youth Athletics Team (2005-2008)
• Australian Junior Athletics Team, World Junior Championships, Poland (2008)

Research

Masters by Research, Centre for Health and Exercise Medicine,(CHESM) University of Melbourne:
“The role of Bronchial Provocation Challenge Tests in the diagnosis of Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction in Elite Swimmers.”

Greatest Personal Sporting Moments

• 1995 C Grade Reserve VAFA Premiership – Monash Blues
• 2003 E Grade Tuesday Night Albert Park Winter Indoor Soccer Premiership
• 2006 Finishing the Sydney City to Surf

Greatest Professional Sporting Moments

• 2005 World Youth Athletic Championships, in Morocco, where Australia placed 4th overall
• 2006 Athletics Competition at Commonwealth Games, including finish to Women’s Marathon
• 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin - the best result by an Australian team at a major championship, including the remarkable gold to Steve Hooker in the most extraordinary circumstances.