University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Volleyball
- Title:
- Director of Sports Medicine, Head Team Physician
- Email:
- deena.casiero@uconn.edu
Dr. Deena Casiero is the Director of Sports Medicine and Head Team Physician at the University of Connecticut. Before joining the staff at UConn in 2015 she was the head team physician and medical director of Hofstra University, served as the Tournament Physician and Director of Player Medical Services for the United States Open Tennis Championship and worked as the assistant team physician for the NHL’s New York Islanders from 2010-15.
Dr. Casiero received her undergraduate degree in athletic training from Springfield College in 1999 and graduated with a medical degree from New York Medical College in 2006. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx from 2006-09 and completed her training with a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the University of Connecticut from 2009-2010.
She is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, and serves on the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport.
