Allan V. Abbott
- Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
Expertise Summary
Expert in sports medicine
Expertise
- medical student education and continuing medical education
- sports medicine
- the role of physical activity in disease prevention
- exercise prescription, counseling and promotion
- how much physical activity is enough? (what can be learned from traditional populations that don't get coronary artery disease)
- cycling and human-powered vehicles
Additional Information
- Author of Human-Powered Vehicles(1995)
- Board-certified in family medicine and sports medicine
- Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
- First human in history to sustain flight on a human-powered hydrofoil watercraft
- Former holder of cycling world records for speed