EDUCATION: Undergraduate: University of Michigan Graduate: University of Kentucky Masters of Science, Athletic Training Fellowship: Steadman Clinic – Vail, CO LICENSURE: NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer NBOTC Certified Orthopaedic Technologist Licensed athletic trainer in GA PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: National Athletic Trainers Association AREAS OF CLINICAL INTEREST: Treatment of Athletic Injuries Sports Medicine Research SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN: S. Clifton Willimon, M.D.

Melissa Leake, AT-C

Melissa attended University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she obtained her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in Athletic Training. She became a board certified athletic trainer in 2008. Then she completed a graduate assistantship at the University of Kentucky and she obtained a Masters of Science in Athletic Training.

During her time with the Kentucky Wildcats, she worked primarily with the men's and women's varsity cross-country and track and field teams while completing her Master's thesis.

Immediately following school, Melissa was accepted to a year-long athletic training fellowship at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado. During her time there, Melissa participated in sports medicine research, worked closely with the orthopaedic surgeons, and worked event coverage including: the Mountain Dew Action Sports Summer and Winter tours, Goretex Transrockies run, and Vail recreation district mountain bike summer race series.

As a native of Marietta, Melissa returned to Georgia in the summer of 2011 to join Children’s Orthopaedics of Atlanta and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as a joint employee in the Sports Medicine Program. She assists orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. S. Clifton Willimon, in his practice as well as helping to build a research foundation with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She looks forward to enhancing the lives of children with excellent patient care and research.