Jennifer Naticchia, MD , is a Virtua sports medicine primary care physician who treats active people of all ages. Providing non-operative treatment of sports-related injuries and conditions, she has a special interest in musculoskeletal injury, joint pain, the female athlete triad and exercise-based injury prevention.

Dr. Naticchia’s medical training began at Jefferson Medical College followed by a family medicine residency and a sports medicine fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She has worked with most of the professional sports teams in the Philadelphia area including the Philadelphia Eagles, Flyers and Kixx. Currently, Dr. Naticchia practices at the first Virtua in-Motion Sports Medicine Center at the Rohrer Center for HealthFitness in Voorhees, NJ.

A lifelong athlete, Dr. Naticchia had a successful field hockey career as a four-year varsity starter on Princeton University’s field hockey team. A fitness enthusiast and avid sports fan, she has also enjoyed playing club field hockey as an adult.

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