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Andrew M. Tucker, M.D., Medical
Director of the Union Memorial Sports Medicine program at Union Memorial
Hospital (UMH) in Baltimore, Maryland, has over fifteen years experience
providing primary medical care to professional, collegiate, scholastic and
recreational athletes. Under his direction, the UMH program continues to
expand and build on its national reputation.
Dr. Tucker, a prominent sports health expert, is the
Head Team Physician for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football
League (NFL) and serves on several NFL advisory and subcommittees focused
on performance enhancing agents, mild traumatic brain injury, and
cardiovascular health. Starting in 2007, Dr. Tucker will
serve
as the President of the NFL Physicians Society.
In addition to his NFL medical appointments, Dr.
Tucker has an active community-based clinical practice with offices in the
Baltimore metropolitan region. He provides care for active patients of all
ages, including athletes at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Loyola College, and Coppin State College, with sports and
exercise related medical conditions.
Dr. Tucker is a diplomat of the American Academy of
Family Physicians and maintains a certificate of added qualification in sports medicine.
He is published in medical journals and has written book
chapters on a variety of sports health topics, including concussion, preparticipation examinations,
and musculoskeletal injuries and disorders
Prior to joining UMH, Dr. Tucker was the Director of
Primary Care Sports Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center,
and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine. Previously, he served as a team physician
for the Cleveland Browns,
a staff physician in the Department of Orthopedics at
the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Assistant Clinical Professor for Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Tucker
received his medical degree from Southern Illinois University in
Springfield, Illinois and went on to complete two fellowships. He
completed a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the Alabama Sports
Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, and a sports
medicine fellowship at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine/Carolina Baptist
Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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