Oglethorpe Sports Medicine Staff

Dr. Sam A. Labib- Head Team Physician

• Head Team Physician, Oglethorpe University Athletics
• Consulting Team Physician, Georgia Tech Athletics 
• Orthopedic Surgeon, Crawford Long Hospital and Atlanta VAMC 
• Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Emory University
• Completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) in 1991
• Completed a Sports Medicine Surgery Fellowship at University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) in 1992
• Completed a Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute (Birmingham, Ala.) in 1998
• Board Certified By the American and Canadian Orthopedic Boards
• Orthopedic surgery practice since 1991
• Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine - since 1999
• Nominated by his peers - Top Sports Medicine Doctors in Atlanta, Atlanta Magazine, August 2001

Danielle Kasmarik - Head Athletic Trainer

Dani graduated from North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega, Ga., with a B.S. in athletic training. While attending NGCSU she worked with the NCAA Division II women's soccer and men's basketball teams. Prior to coming to Oglethorpe University, she worked in a physical therapy clinic and provided sports medicine coverage to local high schools.  Additionally, she spent two years as the head athletic trainer for Bagataway Lacrosse. Dani is nationally certified and licensed by the state of Georgia as an athletic trainer. She lives in Suwanee with her husband and three children.

Brian Baer - Assistant Athletic Trainer

Brian graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2008 with a B.S. in Athletic Training. He then worked at Young Harris College, in Young Harris, Ga., as an assitant/intern Athletic Trainer while serving as Head Athletic Trainer to Towns County High School in Hiawassee, Ga. in 2009. Most recently, Brian graduated from the University of Central Florida in May of 2011 and received his M.A. in Sport Fitness. There he worked with the men's soccer, men's tennis and rowing. Brian is nationally certified through the NATA BOC and licensed by the state of Georgia as an Athletic Trainer. He and his wife now live in Atlanta, Ga.

Raven Belmonte - Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
Raven attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) where she received her B.S. in Athletic Training with a minor in biology, graduating cum laude. While attending UNCC she worked with a number of teams at all levels of competition including middle and high school sports all the way up to Division I basketball. Raven worked with Hickory Ridge High School, Providence Day School, Davidson College and the Carolinas Rehabilitation Center while completing her studies at UNCC. Currently, she is attending Georgia State University to obtain her masters degree in Sports Medicine. She is set to graduate in May 2012 and is already a Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer.

Cathy Grote, R.N.- Director of Health Services

Cathy Grote has been the director of health services at Oglethorpe University since November of 1999.  She is a graduate of Raymond Walters College in Blue Ash, Ohio, with a degree in applied science.  Her nursing career began in 1976 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was a floor staff nurse, as well as a nurse in the operating room.  In 1992, she moved to Atlanta and began working at the Foot and Leg Medical Center as a surgical supervisor.  Prior to coming to Oglethorpe University, she worked for Deb Rudy and Associates.  As well as serving as director of health services, Cathy is an American Heart Association CPR instructor, a CPR instructor trainer, and an OSHA and first aid instructor.  Cathy and her husband Michael have been married for 25 years, and have two daughters, Lori and Julie, who are pursuing nursing and education careers.

Dr. Liza Hasso - Clinic Physician

Dr. Hasso has been the medical director/clinic physician at Oglethorpe University since January 2003.  Dr. Hasso completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the University Of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia.  Prior to starting a private practice and joining Crawford Long/Emory University Physicians Group and Piedmont Clinic, Dr. Hasso was a hospitalist at Jeans Hospital in Philadelphia (affiliated with Temple University). She has been in private practice since 1998. Dr. Hasso is board certified in internal medicine, specializing in women's health, obesity, travel medicine and preventive medicine.  She is a member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.