Mo Mortazavi

Dr. Mortazavi joins staff of UA Pediatrics Department

Dr. Mo Mortazavi has joined the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics and the UA Health Network as an assistant professor in general pediatrics.

A board-certified pediatric sports medicine physician, Mortazavi is developing the first dedicated pediatric sports medicine program in Tucson, scheduled to launch Tuesday at the UAHN Children’s Multi-Specialty Clinic at Wilmot.

He received his medical degree and completed his pediatrics residency at the University of California, Davis, and a fellowship at Children’s Colorado in Denver.

His practice includes musculoskeletal injuries; concussion care; pediatric fractures; exercise prescriptions for athletes with chronic illness; sports nutrition and injury-prevention programs.

As an undergraduate at UC Davis, Mortazavi played Division IAA football for four years. He spent two years in the European Football League as a player-coach, and later worked in Italy as an assistant sports physician.

His current research interests include concussion prevention and prevention of sudden cardiac death in athletes.

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