Physician - Sports Medicine
Rhonda Watkins MD, MPH
UCSF Sports Concussion Program
📍 San Francisco
Multidisciplinary ConcussionReturn to Play/Learn
Concussion specialist
Carlin Senter MD
📍 San Francisco, California · ✓ Listing verified 2026-08-30
About
Carlin Senter, MD practices Primary Care Sports Medicine in San Francisco, California, and subspecializes in Sports Concussion. They see patients at UCSF Sports Concussion Program, part of UCSF Health. Their role there is Co-Director.
The listed clinical focus includes Sports Concussion, Return to Play, Return to Learn, Baseline Testing and Vestibular Rehab. In this directory the listing sits under Vestibular/Balance, Physical Therapy and Multidisciplinary Concussion.
The practice sees athletes, children and teenagers and adults.
Based at the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute in San Francisco, this sports concussion program evaluates and treats acute concussions sustained during sports and other physical activity. A team of primary care sports medicine physicians and athletic trainers works alongside specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, and physical therapy. Clinicians follow an evidence-based approach and develop individualized plans to help patients recover and safely return to school, work, and sport, and the program also takes part in clinical research and physician training.
Services
Vestibular/BalancePhysical TherapyMultidisciplinary ConcussionReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
Sports ConcussionConcussionReturn to PlayReturn to LearnBaseline TestingVestibular Rehab
Details
Provider typeAcademic/University Program
SpecialtyPrimary Care Sports Medicine
PracticeUCSF Sports Concussion Program (Orthopaedic Institute)
Health systemUCSF Health
RoleCo-Director, UCSF Sports Concussion Program; Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine
ServesAthletes/Sports, Pediatric/Youth, Adult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Carlin Senter in San Francisco usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- how return-to-play clearance works — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- pediatric concussion warning signs — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- what you can and cannot check at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
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