About

NFL Alumni Health Mission

Improve the health of NFL Alumni members and mobilize them as beacons of trust and inspiration to elevate the health of our communities.

Achieving Our Purpose

NFLAH achieves it’s purpose by first offering alumni access to curated, high-quality healthcare resources, expanding their access to unique medical research initiatives, networking members on similar medical journeys and building their healthcare knowledge with evidence-based tools. In parallel, NFLAH also empowers alumni to become active, vocal members of the broader healthcare community to help influence community health initiatives. By participating in the national NFLAH ‘Huddle for Health’ campaigns and the ‘Locker Room’ community engagement forums, alumni can serve as powerful, informative spokesman for healthcare initiatives aiming to improve public health.
 

Our History

The NFL Alumni Association (NFL Alumni) was founded in 1967 and is the oldest and most recognizable national organization of retired professional athletes. NFL Alumni consists of former NFL players, coaches, executives, spouses, and cheerleaders. Members of the public are also able to join NFL Alumni as Associate Members.

NFL Alumni Health (NFLAH) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NFL Alumni. Initiated in 2018, the purpose of NFLAH is two-fold:

  • Improve NFL alumni access to healthcare and wellness services
  • Empower NFL alumni to become beacons of trust and inspiration within their communities to improve healthcare outcomes

NFLAH Leadership Team

Kyle Richardson

Billy Davis

Tom Groom

Uri Kerbel

Player Advisory Committee

Emmitt Smith

Former Player Advisor
NFL 1990-2004

Rolf Benirschke

Former Player Advisor
NFL 1977-1986

Ray Lewis

Former Player Advisor
NFL 1996-2012

NFLAH Medical Advisory Committee

Dr. Holly Geyer

Dr. Holly Geyer is a physician with Mayo Clinic. She is dual board certified in Addiction Medicine and Hospital Internal Medicine and oversees both the Mayo Clinic Arizona Opioid Stewardship Program and Occupational Health Services.

She has authored more than 200 journal articles, book chapters, educational pieces and abstracts and is also the author of “Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic’s Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use.” She is a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of opioids and addiction and is active in state and national opioid policy development.

Jaime R. Garza, MD, DDS, FACS

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Professor of Otolaryngology, and Director of Human Regenerative Cell Trials at Tulane University School of Medicine; Professor of Surgery and Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Texas – San Antonio, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Former NFL Player and NFL Alumni Member

James Kovach, MD

Chief Innovation Officer, Aggie Square (UC-Davis Sacramento Innovation Center) and Director of Translational Entrepreneurship and Industry Research Relationships, University of California – Davis, Former NFL Player and NFL Alumni Member

Dr. Lee Rice

Dr. Lee Rice is an internationally known authority in sports medicine, wellness and preventive medicine. In 1980 he founded the San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center, one of the first privately owned truly comprehensive sports medicine centers in the country, and originated one of the first fellowship training programs in primary care sports medicine.

Robin Smith, MD

Robin L. Smith, M.D., MBA, is the founder, president and chairman Cura Foundation and Stem for Life, vice president and director of the Science and Faith (STOQ) Foundation at the Vatican, member of executive board of trustees of Sanford Health, the board of overseers of the New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, and a board member of the Alliance for Cell Therapy Now and OPA Health, co-author “Cells Are the New Cure” (2017) and “The Healing Cell: How the Greatest Revolution in Medical History Is Changing Your Life” (2013), clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School on boards of directors of Celularity Inc , Western Acquisition Ventures Corp., Spiritus Therapeutics and Vcinity Inc