Dr. Aaron Rubin (2017) - UC Riverside Athletics Hall of Fame

Dr. Aaron Rubin

Induction:
2017

Dr. Aaron Rubin started his Sports Medicine Fellowship in 1991 and was assigned to UC Riverside. He became the Highlanders' head team physician after he completed his fellowship in 1992. Since then, Dr. Rubin has served as the program director for Kaiser Fontana's Sports Medicine Fellowship program.

Through the fellowship, Dr. Rubin has supervised the fellows assigned to UC Riverside who have provided more than 3,500 in-house medical exams to expedite our athletes return to play.

Dr. Rubin has also provided medical coverage for more than 330 basketball home games, 60 cross country meets, and over 30 home track meets. Dr. Rubin has also overseen more than 5,000 physical exams. In all, Dr. Rubin's efforts have saved the athletics department nearly three-quarters of a million dollars over the past 25 years. .

Ten years ago, Dr. Rubin was appointed as the head physician for the Big West Conference Basketball Championships. He and his team have provided medical coverage for every championship basketball game played at the Anaheim Convention Center and Honda Center over the past 10 years. In addition they have provided medical coverage for every championship event hosted on UC Riverside's campus.