Campbell Clinic and Ballet Memphis have been working together for years to keep our company artists healthy and ready to perform. With an on-site clinic in our headquarters on Overton Square, Dr. Quirolgico (known affectionately as Dr. Q) keeps regular appointments with our dancers and attends performances to provide care as needed. Thanks to the team at Campbell Clinic for being Ballet Memphis' choice for physicians.

Dr. Kristina Quirolgico is a physiatrist who is fellowship-trained in primary care sports medicine. She has a special interest in taking care of patients with foot and ankle injuries and specializes in musculoskeletal ultrasound, peripheral joint injections both with and without ultrasound guidance, PRP injections, and extracorporeal shockwave therapy. A former dancer herself, Dr. Quirolgico has experience providing medical care for dancers of all genres. She founded the Performing Arts Medicine Collaborative at the Hospital for Special Surgery where she served as Co-Medical Director. She is passionate about helping artists and athletes of all levels continue to perform, and uses a multi-disciplinary, team-based approach to restoring function and quality of life.

Dr. Quirolgico completed her sports medicine fellowship at Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she also received her medical degree. She did her internship in Internal Medicine at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, and completed her residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at New York Presbyterian – Columbia and Cornell University Medical Centers.

Since joining Campbell Clinic in January 2024, she has been caring for dancers of all genres and levels in the Memphis area. She currently serves as Chair of the Orthobiologics Committee at Campbell Clinic, is on the Program Committee for the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), Research Committee and Ultrasound Committee for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), and Education Committee for the Biologic Association. She is also a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) and Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). She has lectured internationally at the IADMS, PAMA, and AOFAS Annual Symposiums, nationally at the AMSSM Annual Symposium, and regionally.

She is currently involved in clinical research and has been awarded the 2021 AMSSM Young Investigator’s Research Grant in support of her IRB-approved prospective controlled research study comparing focused vs radial shockwave therapy in treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis.