UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Wayne J. Sebastianelli, a longtime leader in sports medicine at Penn State who spent more than three decades caring for student-athletes and advancing research on sports-related injuries, died May 4. He was 68.
Sebastianelli served as director of athletic medicine for Penn State Athletics for more than 30 years and as medical director of Penn State Sports Medicine. A nationally respected orthopaedic surgeon, he was widely known for his work with Penn State football as team physician, and for his leadership in the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries, including concussions. He also served on the Big Ten Sports Med...