
Dr. Adam Castricum
MBBS, FACSEP, MSportsMed(Res), GAICD
BIO
SPECIALIST AREAS

Sports Medicine

Ultrasound guided interventions

Exercise Medicine
2019
Event Doctor
Ironman World Championships
USA
2014 – 2017
Team Doctor
Hawthorn AFL Football Club
2008 – 2016
Chief Medical Officer
Athletics Australia
Australia
2012
Team Doctor
Australian Athletics Team , Olympic Games
UK
2016
Team Doctor
Australian Athletics Team, Olympic Games
Brazil
2015
Team Doctor
World Athletics Championships
China
2011
Team Doctor
World Athletics Championships
Korea
2009
Team Doctor
World Athletics Championships
Germany
2014
Team Doctor
Commonwealth Games
Scotland
2010
Team Doctor
Commonwealth Games
India
2008
Team Doctor
Australian Junior Athletics Team:World Junior Championships
Poland
2006
Chief Medical Officer
Melbourne Commonwealth Games
Australia
2005 – 2008
Team Doctor
Australian Youth Athletics Team
Australia
2007
Team Doctor
World Youth Championships
Czech Republic
2005
Team Doctor
World Youth Championships
Morocco
2008
Team Doctor
Bendigo Bombers VFL / Essendon AFL Club
Australia
2006
Team Doctor
Sydney Swans AFL Football Club
Czech Republic
2006
Medical Officer
NSW/ACT AFL Academy
Morocco
2005
Team Doctor
Sydney University Rugby Union Team
Australia
2004
Team Doctor
Australian U21 Rugby Union Team, World Cup
Scotland
2003
Team Doctor
Williamstown VFL / Collingwood AFL Football Club
2003
Team Doctor
Collingwood AFL Football Club
Australia
2002
Team Doctor
World Masters Games
Australia
2019
Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors
Melbourne, Australia
2009
Masters of Sports Medicine by Research
Melbourne University
Melbourne, Australia
2008
Fellow of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
“The role of Bronchial Provocation Challenge Tests in the diagnosis of Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction in Elite Swimmers.”
Castricum et al; British Journal of Sports Medicine 2010 44: 736-740
"Overuse injuries in Australian Rules Football”
Castricum et al; Medicine Today 2007, Vol 8, No 8: 55-58
“Change to Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians – position statement: the place of mesenchymal stem / stromal cells therapies in sport and exercise”
Osborne, H; Castricum, A; British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016: 50 (20) 1229-30
“A roundtable on responsible innovation with autologous stem cells in Australia, Japan and Singapore.”
Lysaght, T., Munsie, M., Castricum, A., Hui, J.H., Okada, K., Sato, Y., Sawa, Y., Stewart, C., Tan, L.K., Tan,
L.H. and Sugii, S., 2018. Cytotherapy, 20(9), 1103-1109
“Physical Activity should be safe, for life, for all”
Sport Health 2018: 36 (2), 14-16
“Fifteen minutes of high intensity running can impair performance on concussion testing; Implications for onfield diagnosis in sport”
F. Fronzoni, E.K. Rio, M.A. Girdwood, A. Castricum, Jennifer Batchelor, 2022 Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
AFFILIATIONS
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP)
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine
1996
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine
1996
Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine
1996
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA)
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine
1996