Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic named Frederick M. Azar, MD, head team physician for University of Memphis Tigers Athletics.
Dr. Azar succeeds Campbell Clinic’s Barry Phillips, MD, who served the university and its student-athletes for the past 39 years, according to an Oct. 20 news release.
Dr. Azar has provided team physician coverage for University of Memphis Athletics for more than three decades. He also has more than 25 seasons of experience with the NBA.
He previously served as Campbell Clinic’s chief of staff and currently serves as the Harold B. Boyd Professor and chair of the University of Tennessee Health Science-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. He also directs the clinic’s sports medicine fellowship program. He is a past president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Campbell Clinic physicians Austin T. Hardaway, MD, and J. Houston Dove, MD, will also serve as team physicians. The clinic operates 30 locations and has more than 140 providers and more than 1,200 employees.
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