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Rams Doctor To Oversee Agoura Hills Student-Athletes

The lead sports medicine physician for the Los Angels Rams is moving on to oversee student-athletes in and around Agoura Hills

The lead sports medicine physician for the Super Bowl-winning Los Angels Rams is moving on to the Adventist Health Simi Valley Athletic Training Program.
The lead sports medicine physician for the Super Bowl-winning Los Angels Rams is moving on to the Adventist Health Simi Valley Athletic Training Program. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)

AGOURA HILLS, CA — Straight from the Super Bowl and into Simi Valley — the lead physician for the Los Angeles Rams is moving over to help train Agoura Hills student-athletes.

Casey G. Batten will oversee the Adventist Health Simi Valley Athletic Training Program, which helps bring full-time athletic trainers to schools in the Simi Valley, Las Virgenes and Moorpark unified school districts and the Ventura County Community College District.

“Dr. Batten’s involvement as the medical director of our athletic training program will be key in ensuring student athletes receive the highest quality care in our community, the same orthopedic care the pros choose," Adventist Health Simi Valley President Jennifer Swenson said in a news release.

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Batten has also worked with professional athletes at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan Jobe Institute, according to Adventist Health.

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