Dr Larissa Trease

Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician
MB BS (Hons) BMedSci(Hons) FACSP
OPSMC

Dr Lari Trease is a Sport & Exercise Medicine Physican who has returned to Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre after time away working at the Australian Institute of Sport and for the Australian Paralympic Committee. She was the Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Beijing Paralympic Team and has worked closely with able bodied and disabled athletes in the world sporting arena.

Lari is currently The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Doctor for rowing and travels with the Australian Under 23 Rowing team.

Her other professional interests include adolescent and female sports medicine problems, winter sports, athletes with a disability and multidiscipline & endurance races.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery MBBS (Hons), Monash 2002
• Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons), Monash 2002
• Fellow of Australian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP)

Involvement With Teams And Events

Current

• VIS Rowing Doctor
• Rowing Australia, U23 World Championship Team, Amsterdamn July 2011
• Rowing Australia, U23 World Championship Team, Belarus July 2010

Past

• Australian Paralympic Team, Chief Medical Officer, Beijing 2008
• Australian 'Rollers' Men's Wheel Chair Basketball Team, Team Doctor 2007 - 08
• Australian 'Gems' U19 Women, World Championship Team, Doctor 2007 - 09
• Darters, AIS Netball Team 2007
• Alice Springs Masters 2006
• FESPIC games for the disabled, Kuala Lumpur 2006
• Gymnastics Victoria, Competition Doctor 2006
• Commonwealth Games, Doctor - Squash, Table Tennis, Netball & Gymnastics
  

Research & Publications

• Groin pain in Athletes; Medicine Today, Nov 2008
• Evaluation of exercise Tl-201 SPECT in patients with chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg; European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2001

Greatest Personal Sporting Moments

• Riding the Tour de France climbs - Mt Ventoux, Alpe Du Huez, Col du Tourmalet 2009
• Skiing in the Rockies, The Alps and the Australian High Plains
• Padi certified SCUBA diver