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Olympic gold medalist soccer star now doctor helping treat COVID-19

Scripps Mercy HospitalBy KATIE KINDELAN, GMA

(SAN DIEGO) — In 2008, Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke — known at the time as Rachel Buehler — was representing the United States at the Summer Olympics as a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT).

Over a decade later, Van Hollebeke is treating patients as a family medicine resident at a San Diego-area hospital, doing her part as a health care worker amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s an interesting time to be a resident and to be in medicine in general, but it makes us realize how important medical care and public

 

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