Suzanne Atkinson, MD  is an emergency medicine physician, triathlon coach, and life coach.  during residency, Suzanne decided to train for a triathlon in order to reduce stress on her body from running.  After hiring a triathlon coach to help her complete the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, she founded her own triathlon coaching company, Steel City Endurance (steelcityendurance.com).  

Since then she has helped endurance athletes qualify for national & world championships, set national and world records, and achieve the highest level of Triathlon Coaching certification available from USA Triathlon.    

In addition to working in a busy community ER, she created TriCoachAcademy.com a Triathlon Coach Education membership site, hosts a podcast called Tri 2 Listen (Tri2listen.com), and helps stressed out physicians get their mojo back with her physician life coaching program, called Heal U. (suzanneatkinson.me)