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\u201cI\u2019m not making a big deal out of it,\u201d Chao said. \u201cI wish the best for Ryan. I\u2019m not sure why over the 10 years here at Radio Row, I\u2019ve seen him dozens of times, this is the first time he\u2019s ever said anything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chao, also known among fans as \u201cPro Football Doc,\u201d was the San Diego Chargers\u2019 team doctor from 1997 to 2013, coinciding with Leaf\u2019s time in San Diego from 1998 to 2000. Leaf, 49, filed a malpractice suit against Chao in 2002 over how he treated the quarterback\u2019s injuries when he was with the Chargers, but he eventually dropped the suit.<\/p>\n
The controversial doctor faced additional malpractice lawsuits, which cost him more than $8 million, according to a 2013 report from USA Today<\/em>. The NFL Players Association sought to have him removed from his position and the Medical Board of California attempted to revoke his medical license. A 2010 investigation by the DEA also found he had written over 100 prescriptions to himself.<\/p>\nHe came under more scrutiny in 2012 when former Charger Junior Seau<\/strong><\/a> died by suicide when it was discovered Chao had been prescribing him Ambien. The Medical Board accused him of gross negligence and he was placed on probation for four years beginning in 2017.<\/p>\nLeaf allegedly called him out about it on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been accusing me of, \u2018Why did you go to Gina Seau<\/strong>\u2019s house to convince her not to study Junior\u2019s brain.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Well, you have the facts wrong, Ryan,\u2019\u201d Chao continued. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the only thing I said to him. Gina and her oldest daughter came to my house the day after Junior died and asked me for advice on how to get the brain studied and I got the brain studied at the NIH.\u201d<\/p>\nSeau\u2019s family eventually sent his brain tissue to the National Institute of Health to study for signs of CTE<\/a>. The NIH has not made the results public.<\/p>\nWhile Kaplan called Leaf\u2019s confrontation \u201ccompletely unprofessional,\u201d Chao said he was ready to move on from the incident.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSnitches get stitches,\u201d he said. \u201cI am not gonna report Ryan to anyone. It didn\u2019t get physical, it was words. Was it inappropriate? You be the judge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though Chao said this was the first time Leaf had ever confronted him in person, the ex quarterback has called him out on social media multiple times, including in December 2025, when he commented on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes<\/strong> having the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 team doctor perform his ACL surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cWish we did this back in the day, going to the best Dr available instead of having to be butchered on by @ProFootballDoc #FakeDr Chao if you were a @chargers player,\u201d he wrote via X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
He came under more scrutiny in 2012 when former Charger Junior Seau<\/strong><\/a> died by suicide when it was discovered Chao had been prescribing him Ambien. The Medical Board accused him of gross negligence and he was placed on probation for four years beginning in 2017.<\/p>\n Leaf allegedly called him out about it on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been accusing me of, \u2018Why did you go to Gina Seau<\/strong>\u2019s house to convince her not to study Junior\u2019s brain.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Well, you have the facts wrong, Ryan,\u2019\u201d Chao continued. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the only thing I said to him. Gina and her oldest daughter came to my house the day after Junior died and asked me for advice on how to get the brain studied and I got the brain studied at the NIH.\u201d<\/p>\n Seau\u2019s family eventually sent his brain tissue to the National Institute of Health to study for signs of CTE<\/a>. The NIH has not made the results public.<\/p>\n While Kaplan called Leaf\u2019s confrontation \u201ccompletely unprofessional,\u201d Chao said he was ready to move on from the incident.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u201cSnitches get stitches,\u201d he said. \u201cI am not gonna report Ryan to anyone. It didn\u2019t get physical, it was words. Was it inappropriate? You be the judge.\u201d<\/p>\n Though Chao said this was the first time Leaf had ever confronted him in person, the ex quarterback has called him out on social media multiple times, including in December 2025, when he commented on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes<\/strong> having the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 team doctor perform his ACL surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWish we did this back in the day, going to the best Dr available instead of having to be butchered on by @ProFootballDoc #FakeDr Chao if you were a @chargers player,\u201d he wrote via X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n