Mentorship Committee

Committee Chair

​​​​​​​David R. McDuff, M.D. is the long-time sports psychiatrist and mental preparation trainer for the Baltimore Orioles (1996-present) and Baltimore Ravens (1996-2013) and more recently, the Performance Medicine Physician for the Indianapolis Colts (2015-2018). He is also the author of the 2012 book "Sports Psychiatry: Strategies for Life Balance & Peak Performance". In addition, he is a member of the International Olympic Committee's Consensus Panel and Working Group on Mental Health in Elite Athletes. For his work with professional and college teams, he uses an integrated, on-site model providing players, coaches and other staff with specialized performance and mental health services. Finally, he is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine and is board-certified in General & Addiction Psychiatry.