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Dr. James Goff Receives Award From OATA
Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association Honors Goff with Team Physician Award

Canton, Ohio: James D. Goff, D.O., medical director of Mercy Medical Center Sports Medicine, received one of three Team Physician Awards from the Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association (OATA) on May 9 at the organization's 2008 Hall of Fame Awards Banquet in Akron.

Dr. Goff, a member of Mercy's active medical staff since 2003, is team physician for Malone College in Canton and Massillon Washington High School in Massillon.

"The Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association 'Team Physician of the Year' Award is a great honor," said Goff. "I truly appreciate working with many fine athletic trainers, and it's awesome to be selected by OATA for this award."   

Board certified by the American Board of Family Practice and Sports Medicine, Goff is a graduate of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition to an internship at Doctors Hospital in Massillon and a residency with Aultman Family Practice, he completed a sports medicine fellowship at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville and North Canton. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay. For more information, see www.cantonmercy.com.