Larry Collins, MPAS, PA-C, ATC

Instructor, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Associate Program Director, Physician Assistant Program

Associate Professor, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Physician Assistant, Sports Medicine

Contact Info 12901 Bruce B Downs BLVD
MDC 5
Tampa FL 33612

Academic Email: collinsl@usf.edu

Academic Phone:8139740634

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Education

Memberships

• Fellow (American Academy of Physician Assistants in Legal Medicine, 2003 - Present)
• Fellow (Physician Assistants in Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000 - Present)
• Fellow (Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, 1990 - Present)
• Distinguished Fellow (American Academy of Physician Assistants, 1990 - Present)
• Certified-Regular (National Athletic trainers Association, 1987 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Cloutier D Hazzard S Dowell C Downie B Collins LH. Sports Medicine Roundtable: Management of a Chronic Retracted Rotator Cuff Tear in a Middle-Aged Woman with Intact Articular Cartilage JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants. 5(1) : 1-5, 2017.
• Kilpatrick MW Greeley SJ Collins L. The Impact of Continuous and Interval Cycle Exercise on Affect and Enjoyment Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 86(3) : 244-251, 2015.
• Schaal, C., Collins, L., Ashley, C. Cardiorespiratory Responses to Underwater Treadmill Running Versus Land-Based Treadmill Running. International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education.. 6(1) : 35-45, 2012.
• Ashley, C., Schaal, C., Collins, L. Comparison of Underwater and Land-based Treadmill Running. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 42(5) : S494, 2010.
• Schaal, C., Ashley, C., Collins, L. Comparison of Maximal Oxygen Consumption During Underwater Treadmill Running and Land-based Treadmill Running. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.. 42(5) : S360, 2010.
• Leffers D, Collins L. An Overview of the Use of Bone Scintigraphy in Sports Medicine. Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review.. 17(1) : 21-24, 2009.
• Collins LH. Performing preparticipation physical exams. Advance for Physician Assistants.. 7(9) : 33-38, 1999.
• Collins LH. Atraumatic knee pain in an adolescent tennis player. Surgical Physician Assistant.. 2(7) : 28-31, 1996.
• Collins LH. Alternatives to knee immobilization J American Academy of Physician Assistants.. 8(8) : 81-85, 1995.
• Collins LH. Shoulder pain in the overhand athlete J American Academy of Physician Assistants.. 7(6) : 415-423, 1994.
• Collins LH. Doping in sports: a critical overview. J American Academy of Physician Assistants.. 6(7) : 465-476, 1993.

Positions Held

• Instructor (Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 2005 - 2011)
• Physician Assistant (Sports Medicine, Florida Orthopaedic Institute 1990 - 2005)

Awards/Honors

• Athletic Training Service Award (University of South Florida Athletic Training Program - 2014)
• Distinguished Fellow (American Academy of Physician Assistants - 2007)
• Sports Medicine Person of the Year (Athletic Trainers' Association of Florida - 2004)
• Upjohn Student Writing Award (Association of Physician Assistant Programs - 1991)
• Medical Writing Award (Yale University School of Medicine Physician Associate Program - 1990)