Dr Richard Weiler treats all musculoskeletal conditions and sports injuries at any age and level of activity and has a particular interest in lower limb and joint rehabilitation following injury or surgery, tendon injuries and groin pain. His focus is on helping patients holistically to return to function and reach their goals. He has wide experience in the non-operative management of sports injuries, rehabilitating athletes of all abilities, from Olympic and Paralympic athletes to International and Premier League footballers, Track & Field athletes, rugby players, cricketers and dancers. He also sees non-athletes with musculoskeletal conditions, such as back and joint pain, assisting their rehabilitation through working closely with healthcare professional teams.

He has worked as a FIFA Medical Officer since Qatar winter World Cup 2022 , including 2 further FIFA World Cups (U20 World Cup Argentina and Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023) and the Paris Olympics 2024. 

He is Lead Doctor at West Ham United Football Club, Chief Medical Officer for British Bobsleigh, has assisted Surrey County Cricket Club 1st team in T20 matches and has worked for Team GB with sliders and skiers at the Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in between slipping over on live TV himself! 

He is Lead Performance Doctor for England Para Football at the Football Association. He has worked three Paralympic cycles with GB Para Football - London 2012 Paralympics, Preparation Camp Medical Lead Paralympics Rio 2016. He supported British Athletics preparation for Tokyo 2021 Olympics.

Dr Richard Weiler qualified from the University of Bristol in 1999, gained a distinction in his Royal College Membership exams for General Practice and then completed an MSc with distinction in Sports & Exercise Medicine from UCL in 2008. He defended his PhD thesis in 2023 at the Vrije University, Amsterdam on ‘improving para sport concussion care’.  

Current appointments

• Lead Medical Officer, West Ham United FC 
• British Bobsleigh Chief Medical Officer 
• Co-Chair Concussion in Para Sport Group (CIPS) 
• IBSA Medical Committee
• FIFA Medical Officer (2022 World Cup, 2023 U20 World Cup & Women’s World Cup & 2024 Paris Olympics)
• Honorary Associate Professor in Sport & Exercise Medicine, UCL
• Team GB Medical Officer Winter Olympics 2018 Pyeongchang and 2022 Beijing
• Paralympics GB Medical Officer London 2012 for Blind and Cerebral Palsy Football, Medical Lead for 2016 Rio Preparation Camp
• Sits on the FIFA Expert group on heading in football
• Medicolegal advisory

Recent appointments

• FIFA Expert group on heading in football
• British Athletics Medical Officer 
• Medical Officer Paralympics GB (London 2012 and Rio 2016) 
• Chief Medical Officer, England and Team GB Disability Football, The Football Association 
• Honorary Consultant, University College London Hospitals 
• Consultant Sport and Exercise Medicine, West Hertfordshire NHS 
• Lecturer and external tutor, UCL Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health 
• Board of Trustees, American College of Sport Medicine 
• Board Member, The Institute of Sports Medicine 
• Fellows Board, Map of Medicine 
• Patron, Wheelchair Dance Sport Association 
• Ambassador DT38 Foundation 
• Board of Trustees and Member American College of Sports Medicine

Publications, lectures and teaching

• Former specialty advisor for Sport and Exercise Medicine and physical activity to UK Department of Health. The results of some of this work can be found at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/05/sport-medicine/
• Author of over 80 peer reviewed articles on sports medicine and physical activity: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard-Weiler/research

Society memberships

• Fellow Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine
• Member British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Fellow Higher Education Academy