Dr. Jay Stevens earned a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Doctor of Medicine from East Carolina University School of Medicine. He completed a Family Practice Residency at the Fairfax Family Practice Program at the Medical College of Virginia and a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is board certified in both Family Practice and in Sports Medicine. He founded and currently serves as President of Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine with locations in Cary and Raleigh, NC. He serves as Head Medical Team Physician for the 2006 Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League, a position he has held for the last 11 years. In addition, Dr. Stevens is Head Company Physician for the Carolina Ballet, and provides sports medicine services to many area high schools. Dr. Stevens is the 1999 recipient of the Citizen of the Year Award by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of North Carolina, and is a past-member of the Chair's Council of the American Lung Association of North Carolina. Dr. Stevens is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of American Institute of Healthcare & Fitness.