Faculty

Philip Friere Skiba, DO, PhD, FACSM
Fellowship Program Director

Dr. Skiba is a world-renowned expert in elite athletic performance. Board-certified in primary care sports medicine, Dr. Skiba previously served as the Program Director for Sports and Exercise Medicine at The University of Exeter, in the United Kingdom. His practice focuses on the non-surgical management of sports injuries, as well as athlete training, health, rehabilitation and wellness. He works clinically, on the sidelines, and in the training rooms with high school, collegiate and professional athletes. With a PhD in exercise physiology, Dr. Skiba maintains an extensive research program which focuses on oxygen use and the determinants of athletic performance. His work has been used by athletes in amateur and elite sports on a regular basis, including the 2012 Olympic Games. Notably, Dr. Skiba has also coached a number of national champion, world-class and World Champion triathletes. Dr. Skiba was a consultant on the Nike Breaking 2 project, and traveled the world working with the world’s best marathon runners.  He also appeared in the National Geographic Documentary, Breaking 2. Dr. Skiba serves as the Medical Director of Dare2tri, empowering athletes of all ability levels from beginner to elite to be physically active, engaged with their community, and set and reach goals. He is the associate editor Medicine for the European Journal of Sports Science.

Selected Scholarly Publications and Lectures:

• Skiba PF, Clarke DC. The W' Balance Model: Mathematical and Methodological Considerations. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2021 Nov 1;16(11):1561-1572. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2021-0205. Epub 2021 Oct 22. PMID: 34686611.
• Townsend NE, Nichols DS, Skiba, PF, Racinais S, Périard JD.  Prediction of Critical Power and W’ in Hypoxia:  Application to Work-Balance Modelling.  Front Physiol. 2017 Mar23;8:180.
• Broxterman RM, Skiba PF, Craig JC, Wilcox SL, Ade CJ, Barstow TJ.  W’ expenditure and reconstitution during severe intensity constant power exercise:  mechanistic insight into the determinants of W’.  Physiol Rep. October 2016.
• Skiba, PF, Fulford J, Clarke DC, Vanhatalo A, Jones AM.  Intramuscular determinants of the ability to recover work capacity above critical power.  Eur J Appl Physiol.2015 Apr;115(4):703-13.
• Skiba PF, Clarke D, Vanhatalo A, Jones AM.  Validation of a Novel Intermittent WD Model for Cycling Using Field Data.  Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2014 Nov;9(6):900-4.
• Parker Simpson L, Jones, AM, Skiba PF, Vanhatalo A, Wilkerson D.  Influence of Hypoxia on the Power-duration Relationship during High-intensity Exercise.  Int J Sports Med. 2015 Feb;36(2):113-9.
• Jones, Andrew M, Anni Vanhatalo, David Poole and Philip Friere Skiba. Critical Power: Cardiovascular and Muscle Metabolic Determinants of Oxygen Uptake. Symposium. ACSM Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. May 30, 2013.
• Skiba PF, Chidnok W, Vanhatalo A, Jones AM. Modeling the expenditure and reconstitution of work capacity above critical power. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Aug;44(8):1526-32.
• Skiba, Philip Friere. Unusual hamstring and pelvic pain in an adolescent soccer player. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 44(5). Supplement. May 2012.
• Skiba, Philip Friere. The Fatigued Athlete: An Overview From Math To Medicine. Keynote lecture, AOASM Annual Conference. April 2012.
• Skiba, Philip Friere and Andrew M. Jones. Commentary on: VIEWPOINT: Michael J. Joyner, Jonatan R. Ruiz, and Alejandro Lucia. The Two-Hour Marathon: Who and When?. J Appl Physiol, January 2011.

Sarah Pierotti, DO
Fellowship Associate Program Director
Dr. Pierotti is board certified in Pediatrics and completed her Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Advocate Lutheran General. Sarah specializes in acute/chronic sports injuries and prevention, concussion management, and non-operative pediatric orthopedic/fracture management.