RU Football team physician dies

[MrsScrew]

I received word yesterday evening that Dr. Tim Hosea, one of the team physicians for the football team passed away yesterday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest.

I have worked with Tim on and off for almost 25 years and his presence in the Orthopedic and sports medicine community will be greatly missed.

In addition to Tim's accomplishments with the Rutgers Football team where he was always on the sidelines traveling with the team to all of their games, he was, among many other things, the head team physician for US Rowing; the team physician for multiple sports at the Olympics in Australia and London; Chair of the Sports Medicine commission for US Rowing; chair of the NJSIAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and the surgeon for many, many posters on this board.

Today, July 9th would have been his 64th birthday.

RIP Dr Hosea.

 

[jvgrad02]

God bless and my condolences to his family.

 

[mkollar]

RIP Dr. Tim Hosea. Very wonderful person. RIP.

http://www.uoanj.com/physicians-clinicians/timothy-hosea/

 

[Knight_Light]

Prayers go out to all his friends and family.

 

[ru66]

He used to sit behind me at bball games. He was a really well respected Dr. _he was around for a long time wonder how old he was

 

[RUBand]

Condolences to his family.

 

[rutgersal]

R.I.P doc. Prayers sent.

 

[MADHAT1]

RIP Dr. Hosea

 

[RU848789]

Wow, that's horrible. Dr. Hosea was one of the most well-respected orthopedists out there. He was great with my knee, in the sense that he told me to NOT bother with scoping or any other treatments for my meniscus damage, saying it was minor and would likely not be a big problem - and it hasn't been, with regular exercises. So many docs just want to cut. He also did ACL surgeries for several friends who raved about his efforts. He was also treated my wife's broken hand - the ER didn't see the small fracture, but he did. And just a nice guy, too. RIP doc.

 

[Friend of 112]

This is shocking news.

The local area and the country has lost a great person, a forward thinking practitioner, and a tremendously talented surgeon.

Having worked with and around him at many times over the past 24+ years, he was ahead of the curve on many sports medicine issues.

Affectionately referred to as the Zawadsky, Leddy and Coyle practice in the 70's and 80's, that reference of their practice evolved into Hosea, Gatt, and Bechler in the 90's and beyond when someone asked for the "go-to" sports surgeons.
(No offense to Dr Coyle who is still practicing, but these guys were the young bucks...)

A story that I liked to tell (but that doesn't hold as much esteem years later) is that when our former governor McGreevey fractured his femur down in Cape May late night on the beach with his wife (lol!), he was airlifted - not to regional trauma center in Atlantic City, Camden, or Trenton - but to RWJUH New Brunswick to be with his surgeon of choice = Tim Hosea.

RIP

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

RIP

 

[mikefla]

wow...64 is pretty young, RIP sir and thank YOU for your service to Rutgers!

 

[RU4Real]

This is shocking news.

The local area and the country has lost a great person, a forward thinking practitioner, and a tremendously talented surgeon.

Having worked with and around him at many times over the past 24+ years, he was ahead of the curve on many sports medicine issues.

Affectionately referred to as the Zawadsky, Leddy and Coyle practice in the 70's and 80's, that reference of their practice evolved into Hosea, Gatt, and Bechler in the 90's and beyond when someone asked for the "go-to" sports surgeons.
(No offense to Dr Coyle who is still practicing, but these guys were the young bucks...)

A story that I liked to tell (but that doesn't hold as much esteem years later) is that when our former governor McGreevey fractured his femur down in Cape May late night on the beach with his wife (lol!), he was airlifted - not to regional trauma center in Atlantic City, Camden, or Trenton - but to RWJUH New Brunswick to be with his surgeon of choice = Tim Hosea.

RIP

I never knew Dr. Hosea, but Gatt did my own knee about a dozen years ago. I remember being wheeled down the hall and somebody asked which OR we were going to. The tech replied, "main theater". Sure enough, there were at least two dozen people in the room when we got there, all to watch Dr. Gatt do an 8am knee repair.

 

[Piscataway]

I received word yesterday evening that Dr. Tim Hosea, one of the team physicians for the football team passed away yesterday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest.

I have worked with Tim on and off for almost 25 years and his presence in the Orthopedic and sports medicine community will be greatly missed.

In addition to Tim's accomplishments with the Rutgers Football team where he was always on the sidelines traveling with the team to all of their games, he was, among many other things, the head team physician for US Rowing; the team physician for multiple sports at the Olympics in Australia and London; Chair of the Sports Medicine commission for US Rowing; chair of the NJSIAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and the surgeon for many, many posters on this board.

Today, July 9th would have been his 64th birthday.

RIP Dr Hosea.

We really have amazing people associated with our university!

 

[MrsScrew]

We really have amazing people associated with our university!

indeed. A tribute from the US Rowing Association and a little more about Dr. Hosea:

http://www.usrowing.org/news/2015/08/09/in-memory-of-dr.-timothy-m.-hosea

 

[RUSK97]

Thanks Mrs Screw. Dr. Hosea was both team physician and mentor to me. A wonderful man and a tremendous loss.

 

[MrsScrew]

the family is having a private viewing and funeral. I am hoping that there is a memorial service at a later date.