Physician - Sports Medicine
Rhonda Watkins MD, MPH
UCSF Sports Concussion Program
📍 San Francisco
Multidisciplinary ConcussionReturn to Play/Learn
Children's Hospital Program
UCSF Benioff Children's - Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes (Walnut Creek) Sports Concussion Program
📍 Walnut Creek, California · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-04
About
UCSF Benioff Children's is a concussion service based in Walnut Creek, California. It is a children's hospital program. The practice is part of UCSF Health.
The listed clinical focus includes Sports Concussion, Pediatric Concussion, Return to Play and Return to Learn. In this directory the listing sits under Multidisciplinary Concussion and Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes and children and teenagers.
Part of the UCSF Benioff Children's Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes in Walnut Creek, this program evaluates and treats sports-related concussions in children and teen athletes. The team of sports medicine providers and athletic trainers applies the UCSF Sports Concussion Program's evidence-based approach and works with rehabilitation and neurology specialists when needed. Personalized plans guide each young athlete's safe return to learning and play.
Services
Multidisciplinary ConcussionReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
Sports ConcussionPediatric ConcussionReturn to PlayReturn to Learn
Details
Provider typeChildren's Hospital Program
Health systemUCSF Health
ServesAthletes/Sports, Pediatric/Youth
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact UCSF Benioff Children's - Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes (Walnut Creek) Sports Concussion Program in Walnut Creek usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the graduated return-to-sport steps — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- concussion signs in babies, toddlers and kids — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- testing for a concussion at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
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