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Military Sports Medicine: A Winning Career!

Military Sports Medicine: A Winning Career!. Kevin deWeber, MD, FAAFP, FACSM Colonel, US Army Medical Corps Sports Medicine Physician. Overview. Careers in Sports Medicine Military Sports Medicine My experiences. Sports Medicine.

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Military Sports Medicine: A Winning Career!

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  1. Military Sports Medicine:A Winning Career! Kevin deWeber, MD, FAAFP, FACSM Colonel, US Army Medical Corps Sports Medicine Physician

  2. Overview • Careers in Sports Medicine • Military Sports Medicine • My experiences

  3. Sports Medicine • “The field of medicine dealing with injuries sustained in athletic activities and/or illnesses impacting sport performance.”

  4. Military Sports Medicine • Injury treatment and prevention • “Game” medical care

  5. Types of Doctors in Sports Medicine • Family Physician (most common) • Orthopedic Surgery • Emergency Medicine • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation • Pediatrician • Internal Medicine (very rare)

  6. What education is required for Primary Care Sports Medicine? • Primary Care Residency • 1-year Sports Medicine Fellowship • Military Fellowship, Bethesda, MD • Navy Fellowship, San Diego, CA • Any of 100+ civilian fellowships

  7. My Experiences

  8. Medical School at USUHS

  9. Family Medicine ResidencyMadigan Army Med Ctr, Tacoma, WA

  10. Schweinfurt, Germany

  11. American University

  12. Montgomery College

  13. Races

  14. Washington D.C. Divas

  15. Washington Redskins

  16. Ft. Carson, Colorado Springs

  17. Army World Class Athlete Program

  18. Boxing National Championships

  19. Wrestling National Championships

  20. Some interesting injuries

  21. Air Force Academy

  22. World Military Wrestling Champ’s, Lithuania

  23. Operation Iraqi Freedom

  24. 5th Military World GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil

  25. 2012 World Military Taekwondo ChampionshipHo Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

  26. When I “grow up”….

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