Frederick Azar, M.D., second vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and team doctor for the Memphis Grizzlies, has been voted Physician of the Year by the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association. The association will present the award in Memphis when the play the Memphis Grizzlies next season.
AAOS Executive Honored by Basketball Association
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Azar, who is chief of staff at Campbell Clinic in Germantown, Tennessee, has been the head team physician for the Grizzlies since the team came to Memphis in 2001. He is also point of contact for other NBA teams soliciting second opinions on injuries and orthopedic needs. He headed up the Hoops for St. Jude efforts for team physicians around the league.
Azar earned his medical degree at Tulane University in New Orleans and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic. His additional training includes a sports medicine fellowship in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine ad the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Azar is also professor and director of the sports medicine fellowship program at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopedic Surgery and serves as team physician for several other area sports teams.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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