Gary Hartstein
Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Gary Hartstein (born 17 May 1955)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an American sports physician who served as the FIA Medical Delegate for Formula One between Template:F1 and Template:F1, later serving as the series' Medical Rescue Coordinator from Template:F1 until Template:F1.
Career
Hartstein was born in Staten Island, New York. After finishing his undergraduate study at the University of Rochester, Hartstein to study medicine in Liège, Belgium during the late 1970s. In 1983, he returned to New York to undergo training in anaesthesiology and critical care medicine.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1989, Hartstein returned to Belgium and began working at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps as part of the local medical team attending races.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1990, Hartstein was assigned to the medical car containing Professor Sid Watkins for a Formula One race.<ref name=":0" />
Hartstein became Watkins' full-time deputy in Template:F1 to assist with medical response during Formula One races. When Watkins retired at the end of the Template:F1 season, Hartstein was promoted to the role of FIA Medical Delegate for Template:F1 onwards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He continued in the role for Template:F1 and Template:F1, but was replaced by Jean-Charles Piette prior to the Template:F1 season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hartstein was instead given the role of Medical Rescue Coordinator, which meant that he would still be the doctor responsible for being in the medical car and responding to incidents on track.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> At the end of the Template:F1 season, his contract was not renewed by the FIA, being replaced by Ian Roberts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>