Sports & Esports Medicine Physician, KALM Esports Consultancy
Dr. Melita N. Moore is a quadruple board certified physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Brain Injury Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She’s been a team physician for the NBA, WNBA, NBA2K and consulted for the NFL. Dr. Moore was the head team physician for the University of California, Davis, where she oversaw 23 athletic teams. She served as team physician for USA Men’s and Women’s Water Polo for the World University Games in 2019.
Dr. Moore is an international thought leader on health and wellness for gamers and esports athletes. She’s been innovative and instrumental in introducing the new subspecialty of Esports Medicine and is an editor for the Handbook of Esports Medicine - the first documented textbook to be published on this field of study. Being one of a handful of team physicians of a professional esports team in the United States, she is uniquely positioned and well qualified to be cognizant of the mental and physical stress and burnout issues in the gaming community. She is simultaneously honored and humbled to be an active Board Member, Vice President of the Pan Am Esports Development Federation and Chair of the Global Esports Federation's distinguished Health and Wellness Commission.