Dr. Greg Stewart selected as 2023 Healthcare Hero

New Orleans City Business selected Dr. Gregory Stewart as one of this year’s Health Care Heroes. The designation honors health care professionals in the New Orleans area in the following categories: nursing, physicians, professionals and volunteers. Honorees are selected based on industry achievement and community involvement.

Dr. Greg Stewart is a nationally recognized expert in the non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in adults. He also specializes in disability prevention, rehabilitative medicine, sports medicine, and has a particular interest in sports concussion. Dr. Stewart is the director of the Sports Concussion Management Program, he is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at the Tulane School of Medicine, and he is the team physician for the Tulane Department of Athletics. He has served as team physician for professional, collegiate and high school teams for more than 30 years.

In addition to co-directing the Center for Sport, Dr. Stewart currently spends most of his time working with former professional athletes. As Medical Director of the Professional Athlete Care Team at Tulane University, he leads the NFL Benefits Neurological Care Program, NFL Player Care Foundation Healthy Body and Mind Screening Program, and the Trust (powered by the NFLPA) Brain and Body and Milestone Wellness Assessment programs.

This year’s Health Care Heroes’ honorees will be celebrated at an in-person event on Monday, Oct. 9 at the New Orleans Museum of Art from 4–6 p.m.

(Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)

Read more about the 2023 health care heroes.