Kevin Elder, MD

Dr. Kevin Elder is Board Certified in Family Practice with Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine.  He received his undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University and earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical University of Ohio/University of Toledo.  He served his Family Practice Residency, as well as his Sports Medicine Fellowship, at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Elder practices both Family Medicine and Sports Medicine.  His training in the latter encompassed the care of young and older athletes, as well as the treatment of common overuse injuries, fracture casting and management, joint injections and the treatment of many non-operative orthopedic sports medicine problems.  Dr. Elder’s past experience includes providing medical coverage or team physician responsibilities for professional football, boxing, volleyball, soccer, baseball and hockey teams.  His has also volunteered for several community sports medicine events and races in Tampa Bay including volunteering as a team physician for Tampa Catholic High School for seven years.

Dr. Elder is currently Team Physician for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Additionally, he is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Family Medicine for the University of South Florida, teaching medical students and residents while also serving as a voluntary faculty preceptor for the Bayfront Medical Center and Morton Plant Mease Family Practice residencies' primary care sports medicine fellowship programs.

Dr. Elder has published book chapters related to exercise stress testing, including a recent chapter in Exercise Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine Physicians.  He has also given numerous lectures on sports medicine topics, including wilderness medicine.

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