Dr. Tracey Viola is a Board Certified Family Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. She is a born-and-raised New Yorker, growing up in Wantagh (Long Island), and completing her undergraduate and master’s work at the University at Albany. She played soccer at Albany, which confirmed her career choice of Sports Medicine. She earned her medical degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed her residency at Albany Medical Center, and Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Viola and her husband moved to Lake Placid to be in the mountains, and spend their winters skiing, and summers running and hiking. Dr. Viola is a consultant to the US Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, and has been team physician for USA Women's Hockey, the 2015 Toronto ParaPanAmerican Games, and the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. She is the Medical Director for Ironman Lake Placid and Ironman 70.3 Lake Placid, and a volunteer on the Physician Ski Patrol at Whiteface Mountain. She is an active member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine and American Academy of Family Physicians.