Assistant Team Physician
Stephen Paul M.D., M.A., FAMSSM, CAQ-SM is board certified family medicine physician and sports medicine and a professor in the Family and Community Medicine Department. He has supported the athletic medicine efforts of Arizona Athletics in providing first-class care to student-athletes since 1991. Dr. Paul was promoted to Senior Associate A.D. for C.A.T.S. Health, Wellness and Performance in August of 2021.
Dr. Paul earned his medical degree at University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Tx. He completed his residency at the University of Arizona and his fellowship training in sports medicine at the Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics in Phoenix, AZ.
He has served on the Board of Directors for AMSSM for four years and is currently on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for AMSSM. He was recipient of the AMSSM Founders Award in
2010. He currently is on the Pac-12 SAHWI Board (Student Athlete Health Wellness Initiative). He has recently been added to the Big12 Student Athlete Health Advisory Group.
Dr. Paul was the original program director for the UArizona Sports Medicine Fellowship in 2004 and retired that position when he launched a sabbatical in Chile 2015-2016. He was a volunteer medical staff with FIFA under-18 world cup La Serena & Coquimbo Chile in 2016.
Throughout his career, Dr. Paul has covered professional basketball, baseball, and soccer as well as collegiate, high school and club sports. He also oversees medical care for the UArizona Performing Arts, Club sports and ROTC. In addition to other research projects Dr. Paul is the senior editor for the AMSSM CAQ Sports Medicine Study Guide.
