Dr. John Babb, MD: completed his Orthopedic Residency in 2007 at Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tenn. He completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Sports Medicine Clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio, in July 2008. John Babb, MD chose to return to his roots of Goddard, Kan., and joined Mid-America Orthopedics in August of 2008. John Babb, MD was elected to the Kansas Council of Delegates for the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine. He is also the team orthopedic physician for Goddard, Eisenhower, Andover, Andover Central and Douglass high schools.
Nolan Beise, PhD: Dr. Nolan Beise, PhD Founder & CEO, Circl Brain Health Metrics Inc. Dr. Nolan Beise is a neuroscientist with 21 years of research and development experience in brain-computer interfaces, focused on translating EEG and cognitive evoked-potential research into practical applications outside the academic lab. Before founding Circl, Nolan led a neuroinformatics company whose EEG software was adopted by university research laboratories worldwide and used in research collaborations including a NASA Mars-simulation study. His work centers on the P300, a brainwave signal with more than six decades of peer-reviewed validation, and on making this class of measurement accessible to clinicians and patients. He is the founder and CEO of Circl Brain Health Metrics, and holds a PhD in neuroscience. He is based in Victoria, British Columbia.
Logan Clothier, MS BS NSPA: Logan Clothier is an educator, coach, and athletic performance specialist entering his 11th year in education. In the fall of 2026, he will join Trinity Academy as a teacher in the Athletic Performance Department and as an assistant football coach for the Knights. Clothier earned both his bachelor’s degree in education and his Master of Science in Health, Physical Education, and Coaching from Emporia State University. He also holds the Master Sports Performance Coach designation through the National Sports Performance Association and is certified in Reflexive Performance Reset Level 1. A former three-sport athlete at Topeka High School, Clothier played wide receiver at Emporia State University under Head Coach Garin Higgins from 2011 to 2015. Over the past decade, he has developed athletes at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, designing performance programs focused on strength, speed, movement efficiency, injury reduction, and competitive readiness. Clothier is passionate about building systems that develop stronger, faster, and more resilient athletes while instilling confidence, discipline, and lifelong habits for success.
Dr. Lisa Frantz, MD: Dr. Frantz joined Mid-America Orthopedics in 2024. She grew up in the rural Kansas town of Conway Springs. After completing her undergraduate studies at Tabor College, she received a degree in Physician Assistant from WSU and worked for an upper extremity orthopedic surgeon for 9 years. She then achieved her MD degree from University of Kansas – Wichita. The 5 years of orthopedic surgery residency was also completed in Wichita, followed by a busy year at the University of Iowa for hand surgery fellowship. Dr. Frantz is excited to return to the Wichita orthopedic community where she will offer services in hand and upper extremity surgery. She has a special interest in congenital and pediatric hand surgery and well as treating sports and work related injuries in addition to the wide breadth of hand surgery. She will also serve the community with treating patients through hand trauma call.
Randy Fox, MS LAT ATC: born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he completed a degree in Education/Athletic Training in 1986. Following this, he pursued a Master’s degree in Sports Administration at Wichita State University, finishing in 1988. From 1986 to 1988, Randy served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer, working with the football and baseball teams at Wichita State University. He then took on the role of Assistant Athletic Trainer from 1988 to 1990, primarily supporting the baseball team. In 1990, Randy became the Head Athletic Trainer and primarily covered the men’s basketball team at Wichita State, a position he held until 1993. Afterward, he joined St. Joseph Sports Medicine as a Staff Athletic Trainer from 1993 to 1996, covering schools in Mulvane, Garden Plain, and Wichita South and East High Schools. Since 1996, Randy has been serving as a High School Teacher and Athletic Trainer at Mulvane High School, where he continues to make a positive impact in the lives of student-athletes.
Dr. Hayley Jannson, MD: Dr. Jansson is a fellowship trained and board certified orthopaedic surgeon, specialized in adult and pediatric sports medicine. Dr. Jansson is from Wichita, KS, and attended Wichita Collegiate School. She earned her undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, where she competed on the Division I women’s rowing team. She then spent the next nine years in Los Angeles, CA, completing medical school at the University of Southern California and orthopaedic surgery residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Jansson completed fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. For pediatric patients, she has spent additional time training at Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, TX, gaining further education in treating the young athlete and using growth plate sparing techniques. After completing her fellowship, Dr. Jansson served as an active duty physician in the U.S. Air Force. She was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ, serving as staff orthopaedic surgeon and medical director for orthopaedics. Dr. Jansson is thrilled to be returning home to Wichita alongside her husband and two children.
Brad Jones, LAT ATC: is a graduate from Emporia State University. Brad Jones is a Certified Athletic Trainer working for Circle USD, with more than 30 years of experience in Athletic Training. Brad has volunteered for 8 years with the Kansas Athletic Trainers Society Board, 10 years Prairie Fire Marathon, 12 years BSA Scouts of America, and 29 years KSHSAA State Track Meet.
Robert Manske, DPT Med SCS ATC CSCS: Dr. Manske is a professor and former chair in the Doctoral Physical Therapy Program at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from WSU in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, a Master of Physical Therapy degree in 1994, and further earned a Master of Education degree in Physical Education in 2000. Rob completed a year- long sports physical therapy fellowship in 1997 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, WI. He received his DPT from Massachusetts General Institute of Health Professions in 2006. He has been an APTA Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist since 2002 and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and a certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) through the National Athletic Trainers Association. In addition to his full-time faculty appointment, Dr. Manske is a physical therapist and athletic trainer for Ascension Via Christi Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy and serves as a Teaching Associate at the University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Rehabilitation Sciences in Kansas City, and the Department of Community Medicine for the Via Christi Family Practice Sports Medicine Residency Program.
Dr. Andrew Porter, DO: is a board-certified family and sports medicine provider at Ascension Via Christi, KS. He chose this career path because his father suffered from a massive heart attack while Dr. Porter was in high school. He saw how a doctor helped his father and saved his life. Dr. Porter says this event had such a profound impact on his family and his own life. The care his father received motivated him to devote his life to medicine. Dr. Porter is passionate about the work he does because of Ascension Via Christi’s mission and service to others in the way of Christ. Not too many people know Dr. Porter served in the US Army as a physician in Iraq for Operation: Iraqi Freedom. When not caring for patients, Dr. Porter enjoys spending time with his wife and eight children at church, traveling, and going to many sporting events. He loves vacationing at Table Rock Lake and in Destin, Florida. He also enjoys exercising and training for triathlons and marathons, as it is important to him that he has goals that hold accountability.
Phil Vardiman, PhD, LAT ATC CSCS TSAC-F: Dr. Vardiman is an Associate Professor and the Program Director for the Athletic Training Program at Kansas State University in the Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health. He received his undergraduate degree from Park University in 1996, his Masters of Science from Oklahoma State University in 1998, and his PhD from the University of Arkansas in 2006. Dr. Vardiman has been a certified Athletic Trainer since 1996 and a member of the USA Track and Field Sports Medicine Team since 2008. He had the distinction of being an athletic trainer for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and was recently named the Head Athletic Trainer for USA Track and Field for the 2019 Pan American Games. Currently, he serves as the President Elect for the Kansas Athletic Trainers Society, is a board member for the National Athletic Trainers Association Foundation, and is a Faculty Senate Representative for the College of Human Ecology. His research focus is the human response to exercise and therapeutic clinical interventions on muscle quality and physical performance measures. He enjoys spending time with his wife Bethany, and his daughters, Rylie and Hailey.