Kimberly G. Harmon

Kimberly G. Harmon, MD is the section head of sports medicine at UW Medicine and a UW professor of family medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine. She has been a UW team physician since 1998, and currently serves as Head Football Team Physician while also covering Women’s Basketball.

Dr. Harmon’s dedication to sports medicine began in her undergraduate days at the University of Notre Dame, where she was a student athletic trainer and basketball player. Since then, she’s made a name for herself lecturing on a local, regional and national level, and through roles such as president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine from 2009–2010.

In addition to her regular practice, Dr. Harmon presently serves on the medical advisory board for the NBA Players Association and the Nick of Time Foundation. She is an associate editor for the British Journal of Sports Medicine, and consults for the NCAA and the U.S. Department of Defense. Her research interests include sudden cardiac death in athletes, the use of biologics such as platelet rich plasma in musculoskeletal medicine, concussions and sickle cell trait in athletes.