Robb Rehberg, PhD, ATC, NREMT, FNAP
Senior Medical Advisor and Director of Game Day Medical Operations for the National Football League
Dr. Rehberg serves as Senior Medical Advisor and Director of Game Day Medical Operations for the National Football League (NFL). He is also a tenured professor of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine in the Department of Kinesiology at William Paterson University. Dr. Rehberg’s previous employment includes serving as Chief of Emergency Services and Coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management at Montclair State University, and as Director of Emergency Preparedness Training Program and Development for the National Safety Council.
Dr. Rehberg is the co-founder of Sport Safety International, an organization dedicated to promoting safe participation in sport and physical activity through education, which has trained over 2.5 million coaches, parents, and athletes in 56 countries through its ConcussionWise, CardiacWise, and HeatWise online sport safety education courses. He has also served as a Senior Medical Advisor for the United States Football League (USFL) and United Football League (UFL). He has served as a consultant to the legal and insurance industries in the area of sport safety and risk management and co-founded the Rehberg Konin Group, a consulting firm specializing in consulting in these areas. Dr. Rehberg is also a Courtesy Faculty Member for the Master’s and Doctoral programs in athletic training at Florida International University.
He is an author of several textbooks, online courses, and journal articles, including serving as a contributing author on the original NATA Position Statement on Management of the Spine-Injured Athlete, and was a contributor to the first-ever international first aid guidelines included in the International Guidelines 2000 on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. He is also a frequent speaker at regional, national and international conferences on topics related to concussion, emergency care, sport safety and emergency preparedness. He is a former EMS instructor, and has been a first aid and CPR instructor trainer for over 30 years.
He is a former president of the Athletic Trainers’ Society of New Jersey (ATSNJ) and currently serves on the Society’s Governmental Affairs Committee. He previously served on the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Foundation Board of Directors, and as treasurer of both the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) and NATA District 2. Dr. Rehberg is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice and has been inducted into the Halls of Fame of the NATA, ATSNJ, and the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association. He is the recipient of the Service Award from both the ATSNJ and NATA and was recognized as a Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer by the NATA. He has also received the NATA’s Excellence in Continuing Education award and the William T. Griffin Award for Excellence in Legislative Advocacy. He was also recognized by Montclair State University for his efforts in responding to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11,
Dr. Rehberg earned his Bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training, with a minor in Health Science from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Sport Science degree with an emphasis in Sport Management from the United States Sports Academy, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health Science with a concentration in International Health Research and Education from Touro University International.
