Founder and Board Chairman, Texas Sports Medicine Foundation Director, Texas Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Group - Dallas Head Team Physician, Dallas Mavericks Member, NFL/ NFL Players Association Board of Neutral Physicians ESPN Radio Talk Show Host Clinical Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

T.O. Souryal, M.D. is recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and treatment, and is one of the nation’s few orthopaedists dedicated solely to the practice of sports medicine. Graduating from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1982, Dr. Souryal completed an orthopaedic internship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, then elected to pursue additional training in sports medicine by studying under some of the biggest names in the field.

Upon his return to Dallas in 1987, Dr. Souryal launched his private practice and was an assistant team physician for the Dallas Mavericks. In 1992, he was asked to serve as the Head Team Physician, a post he has held for 8 seasons. In addition to his work with the Dallas Mavericks, he has held similar positions with other professional teams including the Dallas Burn (Major League Soccer), the Dallas Freeze (Central Hockey League), and the Dallas Texans (arena football). In 2004, Dr. Souryal was one of a handful of orthopaedic surgeons hand-picked to serve on the NFL Players’ Association’s Board of Neutral Physicians, for which he assesses the short- and long-term medical needs of retiring NFL athletes.

Dr. Souryal has developed revolutionary treatment protocols that have made headlines within and beyond the medical community and, as a clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, he continues to advance the practice of sports medicine as a distinct specialty within the field of orthopaedics.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Souryal hosts a weekly show for ESPN Radio called “Inside Sports Medicine” that airs in Dallas, Chicago, Miami and northern California, with plans to expand nationwide. Additionally, his book, The Weekend Warrior’s Guide To Sports Injuries, is being published by M. Evans and will be released in 2006.

He established the Texas Sports Medicine Foundation in 2005 after a 15-year relationship providing pro bono medical care and treatment to economically disadvantaged student athletes at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas.