Biography
Shelly Fetchen-DiCesaro remains clinically active as a casual call athletic trainer with UPMC, serves as an international team appointed athletic trainer for U.S. Figure Skating and member of the U.S. Figure Skating Sports Science and Medicine Committee.
Fetchen-DiCesaro brings with her clinical and classroom experience having served for fourteen years in a dual appointment as an athletic trainer for a nationally ranked women’s basketball team and a professor of athletic training and health science.
Most recently Fetchen-DiCesaro was elected to the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association as president-elect shortly after completing one year of service to the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Society as a regional representative and president.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in athletic training, California University of Pennsylvania
- Master of Science in clinical exercise physiology, The George Washington University
- Doctor of Philosophy in exercise physiology, University of Pittsburgh
Awards
- Athletic Trainer Service Award – National Athletic Trainers Association
- Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer – National Athletic Trainers Association
Research Interests
- Pediatric Athletic Injuries
- Figure Skating
- Sports Specialization
Publications
- Fetchen-DiCesaro S, Post EG, Valovich McLeod T, Snedden T, Mohrbacher T, Bell D, Zaslow T
- Influence of Education Source on Awareness of Sports Specialization and Injury Prevention Recommendations among Health Care Providers. Internet Journal of Allied Health Science Practice Vol. 22:2, 2024
- Valovich McLeod T, Snedden T, Post G, Fetchen-DiCesaro S, Mohrbacher D, Antoniak K, Bell D, Zaslow T, Pediatric Healthcare Provider Awareness, Perceptions, and Utility of Sports Specialization Recommendations. Journal of Athletic Training, 38. 2023
- King D, Getzin A and Fetchen-DiCesaro S. Udo Schumacher (Reviewing Editor) Self-reported injuries of competitive US figure skaters, Cogent Medicine, 4:1, 2017
Professional Organization Appointments
- Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society
- Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society
- National Athletic Trainers Association
