Dr. Adam Castricum

MBBS, FACSEP, MSportsMed(Res), GAICD

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BIO

Adam is passionate about sport and exercise and takes great satisfaction out of helping all members of the community across all stages of life achieve their goals in a safe, enjoyable and healthy fashion whether they are elite athletes or simply inactive patients wishing to get active and lead a healthier, more rewarding life.

Adam became a Fellow with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP) in 2008 after successfully completing 6 years of training in Melbourne and Sydney. Soon after, he was appointed Chief Medical Officer for Athletics Australia and headed up the medical team for the successful Australian Track and Field team at both the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. From 2014-2017 he worked with the excellent medical and conditioning team at Hawthorn Football Club, with the highlight being the 2014 and 2015 Premierships. In 2015, Adam started his 6 year term on the ACSEP Board as Vice President sitting on the Continuing Professional Development and Practice Accreditation Committees. In 2016, Adam was elected President of ACSEP and held this post for three years. As President, Adam also sat on the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) and strongly advocated for equality and diversity, improving indigenous, regional and remote health outcomes, as well as doctors mental health and making specialist Sport and Exercise Medical care accessible to all members of the community. Adam was an inaugural member of the Health Champions of Change Coalition. Adam is a mentor on the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association mentorship program and is very active in training and educating the next generation of Sport and Exercise Physicians and our allied health community. He is on the Aotearoa NZ OA Summit Committee and member of the RACGP review committee of the non surgical management of hip and knee osteoarthritis. His professional areas of interest include athletics, all codes of football, triathlon, alpine skiing, lower limb injuries, exercise prescription, adolescent injuries, fatigue in athletes and exercise induced asthma, on which he completed his Masters Research in 2008. In clinic, Adam also performs ultrasound-guided interventions. In March 2021, Adam and his young family moved across the Tasman to join the Axis Sports Medicine team in Queenstown, with the goal of exploring the magnificent Aotearoa and all her wonders. Adam is still be available for private telehealth video consultations for his existing OPSMC patients. Adam enjoys trail running, skiing, mountain biking, tennis, hiking , kayaking and exploring everything Aotearoa has to offer with his family. Exercise in nature really is the best medicine!
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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

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"Overuse injuries in Australian Rules Football”

Castricum et al; Medicine Today 2007, Vol 8, No 8: 55-58

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“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

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“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

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“Commitment to prevention “grossly inadequate”

MJA Insight Plus May 29, 2017

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“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

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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

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