Mark Moreno was appointed Head Athletic Trainer at Bellarmine College Preparatory in August of 2007. He has established a strong, reliable and comprehensive sports medicine department, which is responsible for over 1000 student athletes. Mark strives for the Sports Medicine department to not only be on the cutting edge of athletic training at the high school level, but to offer a dependable and encouraging environment for athletes.
Mark is an Approved Clinical Instructor (ACI) for undergraduate level athletic training students. He completed his formal education with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Sonoma State University in 2001. In 2009, he completed a master’s degree in Exercise Science from the California University, Pennsylvania. Certified by the National Athletic Training Association (NATA) since 2002, he also maintains a certification as a Corrective Exercise Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
Michael has experience as an athletic trainer at all levels of sport, including high school, junior college, four-year university and professional. He started his career in Sacramento, working as a high school athletic trainer, and is excited to return to the high school environment after spending seven years as the Clinical Director and an Athletic Trainer at South Bay Sports and Preventative Medicine.
Michael received both his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, with an emphasis in Athletic Training, and his Master of Science in Kinesiology, with an emphasis in Sports Performance, from CSU Sacramento. He is recognized as a Certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainers Association, and as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Harrison is a graduate of The Ohio State University's CAATE-accredited athletic training program. During his time in Ohio, he worked with Ohio State's football, track and field, and cross country teams, in addition to their men's ice hockey and lacrosse teams.
He is recognized through the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification as a Certified Athletic Trainer. A Bay Area native, Harrison is thrilled to be back in California and part of the Bellarmine community.
Team Physician, Anthony Saglimbeni, is board-certified in internal medicine, pediatrics and sports medicine. Dr. Saglimbeni is President of South Bay Sports and Preventive Medicine Associates in San Jose, where he maintains a private practice and acts as team physician for the San Jose Giants. Dr. Saglimbeni is also a medical consultant at West Valley College Student Health and Sports Medicine and Santa Clara University Athletics. He is team physician at Presentation High School in addition to Bellarmine, and is affiliated with various sports programs in the Silicon Valley. His passion for concussion medicine has culminated in the birth of the California Concussion Institute.
Dr. John Kao is a sports orthopedic surgeon who practices at the SOAR clinic in San Jose. He received his orthopedic surgery training at Stanford University and his sports medicine training at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles. In LA, he had the opportunity to work with athletes for the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Rams, Angels and Kings. He has been practicing sports medicine in the Bay Area for the past 22 years and has special interests in arthroscopy and complex issues of the knee, hip, shoulder and elbow. Dr. Kao is also Head Team Physician at West Valley College and a member of the medical staff for Santa Clara University and UC Berkeley.
Dr. Kao is well-published and has given numerous talks and lectures regarding sports medicine. His approach to care for athletes, from the weekend warrior to the high-level competitive athlete, is one that emphasizes empathy and appropriate conservative vs. surgical treatment.