Tracey Viola, MD

Dr. Tracey Viola is a Board Certified Family Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. She is a born-and-raised New Yorker, growing up in Wantagh (Long Island), and completing her undergraduate and master’s work at the University at Albany, where she also played soccer. She earned her medical degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008, and completed her residency at Albany Medical Center, and Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Viola is a consultant to the US Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, and served as a team physician for the 2015 ParaPan-American Games, and the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She has a passion for planning mass participation events, and is the Medical Director for Ironman Lake Placid and Ironman Lake Placid 70.3, Chief Medical Officer for the 2019 International Children’s Winter Games, and is preparing as the Chief Medical Officer for the 2023 World University Games. She enjoys skiing and running in her spare time, is currently training for her 14th marathon, and looking forward to the winter, where she volunteers on the Physician Ski Patrol at Whiteface Mountain. She is an active member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine and American Academy of Family Physicians.