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    Cassidy MacDowell Foley, DO

    Physician
    Provider Profile

    Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

    Biography

    Cassidy Foley Davelaar, DO, FAAP, CAQSM is a Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital trained Sports Medicine and Pediatric Orthopedic physician. She is a part of the Division of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Nemours Children's Health Florida and a medical provider for the United States Tennis Association National Campus. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine where she mentors many students in their research endeavors. Dr. Foley Davelaar earned awards for her research during her fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital and at the University of New England. She has authored several book chapters, written articles in peer-reviewed journals and served as a guest editor for the Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis. Topics she has covered include; young elite athletes, female athletes, tennis medicine, overuse injuries, injury prevention, and concussion. She has been invited to present her research results in podium and poster formats at national and international meetings. She has spoken and/or been interviewed for her specific area of expertise by the Tennis Channel, POINTE Magazine, Bottom Line Health, CJSM Blog, Florida Magazine, and Florida MD Journal. Prior to Nemours, Dr. Foley Davelaar served as the physician for the Atlanta Ballet. She also cared for athletes at the Boston Ballet, the U.S. Figure Skating Association, the Boston Marathon and several high schools. Dr. Foley Davelaar is double board certified in Pediatrics and Sports Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics and she is one of the founding members of Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRISM), serves on the membership committee of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine (AMSSM), on the Council of Sports Medicine and Fitness at the American Academy of Pediatrics and the program planning committee for the Society of Tennis Medicine and Science.

    Fellowship

    • Primary Care Sports Medicine - Boston Children's Hospital, 2014

    Internship Residency

    • Pediatrics - University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2013

    Education

    • Osteopathic Physician - University of New England, 2010

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics/Sports Medicine
    • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

    • Prevalence and Range of Abnormal Laboratory Values in Healthy Athletes During Periods of Intense Training; The Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis; (2022).

    • The United States Tennis Association and Nemours Family Zone's Impact on Youth Tennis; The Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis; (2022).

    • Clinical Practice Patterns of Isthmic Spondylolysis in Young Athletes: A Survey of Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Members.; Current sports medicine reports; (2022).

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    • Physical Literacy in Elementary Physical Education: A Survey of Fundamental Movement Skill Practice Patterns.; Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association; (2022).

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    • Body Image and its Role in Physical Activity: A Systematic Review.; Cureus; (2021).

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    • A Clinical Review of Slipping Rib Syndrome.; Current sports medicine reports; (2021).

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    • Treatment Decisions in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Do Personal and Professional Bias Affect Decision-Making?; Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine; (2021).

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    • PHYSICAL THERAPISTS' PERCEPTIONS OF ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT; Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine; (2021).

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    • Physeal injury in a skeletally immature male athlete. ; BMJ case reports; (2021).

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    • Validation of an Age-Appropriate Screening Tool for Female Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport in Young Athletes; Cureus; (2020).

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    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Slipping Rib Syndrome; Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine; (2019).

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    • Trends in Prevention of Sports Related Injury in the Young Athlete; Sports Medicine in the Pediatric Office; (2018).

    • The Young Female Athlete; Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine; (2016).

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    • Young Age as a Modifying Factor in Sports Concussion Management; Current Sports Medicine Reports; (2014).

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    • Central Diabetes Insipidus Following a Sports-Related Concussion; Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach; (2012).

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    • Induced preference for host plant chemicals in the tobacco hornworm: contribution of olfaction and taste; Journal of Comparative Physiology A; (2009).

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