Dr. Julia Alleyne is a Sport Medicine Physician in Toronto,Canada. She is appointed at the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine as an associate clinical professor. In addition, she holds an active license as a Physiotherapist.
She has served on the medical staff for 4 Canadian Olympic teams ( 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010) and is appointed as the Chief Medical Officer for the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team in London, England. Dr. Alleyne has provided care and advocacy for many athletes at all levels of participation including Canadian Chief Medical Officer for the 2005 World University Games in Innsbruk, Austria and as Chief Medical Advisor for Skate Canada ( 2001-2010) and the current Team Physician for the Canadian Trampoline Team. Dr. Alleyne's latest appointment is as the Chief Medical Officer for the 2015 Pan Am Games in Ontario which will be an opportunity to host 42 countries and over 8500 athletes.
Dr. Alleyne is very involved in education at the University of Toronto as Chair of the Sport and Exercise Fellowship program since 2004 and course director of the award-wining 5 Weekend MSK Certificate program for Family Physicians. She is the current Chair of the FIMS Education Commission with a focus on International Team Physician Training.
She is the past President of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (2003) and was honoured by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity as a recipient of the 2003 Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity Award.