Athletic Training
It is Penn Sports Medicine's mission to provide the highest quality of care to Carroll student-athletes. Their team of athletic trainers, physicians and physical therapists work together to ensure high quality care and safe return to sport. The first priority is the health and safety of all students throughout their athletic endeavors. Go Patriots!
Meet the Staff
Tara Johnson, MS, LAT, ATC is the athletic trainer at Archbishop John Carroll High School. She attended Temple University where she graduated with her B.S. in Athletic Training in 2015. She obtained an M.S. in Advanced Athletic Training at USF in 2021 with a focus on pediatric sports medicine. As a graduate of Hallahan High School, she is excited to join the Carroll community and be back in the Catholic League! Tara can be reached at [email protected].
John Vasudevan, MD is the Head Team Physician for Carroll Athletics. Also, an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he is Board-Certified in PM&R and Sports Medicine and is the Medical Director of both the Philadelphia Triathlon and Philadelphia Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon, while providing care as part of the Regenerative Medicine program at Penn Medicine.
Dr. Vasudevan provides non-operative management of musculoskeletal conditions affecting athletes and active individuals of all levels, and combines injury rehabilitation with injury prevention. He sees patients at Penn Medicine at Radnor, the Penn Sports Medicine Center at Weightman Hall, as well as the Philadelphia Veterans Administration hospital. Dr. Vasudevan attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. He completed residency in PM&R at Thomas Jefferson University and Sports Medicine fellowship at Stanford University. He has been in practice at the University of Pennsylvania since 2012.
Hours and Locations
235 S. 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Reporting Injuries
Physical Therapy and Rehab
Known as the EAP for short, the Emergency Action Plan gives coaches a detailed plan of what to do in an emergency situation, and how to handle said situation if the athletic trainer is not around. Each coach will be given an EAP at the coaches meeting at the beginning of every sports season. These will be updated annually. Below is a copy of Carroll's EAP.
