Meet the Akron doctor who helps U.S. Olympic skiers go for gold

Last November, Dr. Emre Eren found himself at the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup in Austria with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team, playing Yahtzee with Olympians.

“It’s not something that I ever expected that I’d be doing if you asked me five years ago, but now that I’m doing it, I can’t really imagine not,” Eren said of working with the team.

As an associate team physician for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team, Eren carves out a couple of weeks each year to work and travel with the team, providing sideline care as needed. Full-time, he is an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at Summa Health in Akron…

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