An elite doctor for elite athletes: Dr. Miho Tanaka, Revs CMO [Video]

Dr. Miho Tanaka, the chief medical officer for the New England Revolution, is one of only two women in Major League Soccer to hold the title of chief medical officer. She joined the Revolution five years ago, bringing experience as a team physician for the Red Sox and the Boston Ballet, orthopedic surgeon, professor and researcher. Tanaka is the first woman to hold the medical director role for the Revolution.”You know, it’s interesting, I never actually really thought of it as being a female surgeon or a female (chief medical officer). I think my job is to really be the absolute best surgeon and physician that I can possibly be that just happens to be female,” she said. “She’s amazing, there’s no other way to put it,” said Eric Schwartz, the club’s director of sports medicine and head athletic trainer. “She walks into the room and you can tell that …