Dr anthony galea biography of rory

  • Galea was one of the first sports doctors to popularise the use of blood spinning, which involves removing the patient's blood and spinning it.
  • Anthony Galea denies supplying performance-enhancing drugs.
  • The Old Course was defenseless and no one took advantage of it more than Rory McIlroy.

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    Jamal Lewis a longtime patient of Galea

    Galea is not licensed to practice medicine in the United States, even though he has gained notoriety for having treated well-known athletes such as Alex Rodriguez and Tiger Woods. According to documents previously obtained by ESPN.com, Galea's former executive assistant identified 23 athletes she said the doctor treated last summer in the U.S. The majority are believed to be pro football players, though the only player to be previously identified in media reports is Washington Redskins receiver Santana Moss.

    Lewis, the NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2003, is adamant that he was never injected with HGH or any illegal or banned substances. He and other athletes treated by Galea don't face legal issues as a result of the treatments, as federal authorities have been careful to describe them as witnesses and not subjects in their on-going investigation. Lewis and his attorney, Jerry Froelich, declined to say whether he has spoken with federa

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    Woods 'nothing to do' with charges

    Tony Galea's lawyer says Tiger Woods has "absolutely nothing to do" with drugs charges levelled at the doctor.

    Case opens against Canadian doctor who treated world number one

    Troubled Tiger Woods has "absolutely nothing to do" with drugs charges levelled at the doctor who treated the golfer following his knee surgery last year, the lawyer representing Tony Galea has said. The case, which opened in a Toronto court on Friday, sees Galea charged with four violations - selling the unapproved drug Actovegin, conspiracy to import an unapproved drug, conspiracy to export a drug and smuggling goods into Canada. Galea, who was not present for the brief hearing, treated Woods with the controversial but legal "blood-spinning" procedure as the world number one sought to recover his fitness following surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee in 2008. However, his attorney Brian Greenspan stated on the steps of the courthouse: "Dr Galea has not bee
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    Woods denies HGH use

    Woods admitted he had been treated by controversial physician Dr Anthony Galea, who fryst vatten under federal investigation in a drugs case.

    Galea visited Woods at his home during the latter's recovery from knee surgery and Woods acknowledged he had received a treatment known as "blood spinning", saying: "He (Galea) did komma to my house, he never gave me HGH. I had PRP (platelet rich plasma) treatment."

    Asked if federal agents had contacted him in relation to Galea's case, Woods added: "They contacted my agent and will get full cooperation whenever they need me, but right now they haven't asked for my time."

    Woods spoke about a bred range of topics in his first full press conference since revelations about his private life.

    "I'd like to tell all the players after today hopefully they can be left alone to focus on the Masters and their game for this week and going forward," Woods said.

    "I apologise to all of them for having to endure what they've had to endure over