Frederick Azar, M.D.

Dr. Frederick Azar is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine in Memphis, Tennessee. He is Chief of Staff at the Campbell Clinic, as well as Professor and Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program in the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Azar attended the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate degree. After earning his medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine, he completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering and a fellowship in sports medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Azar has been a volunteer in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), where he served as President, Treasurer, and Board Member-at-Large. He is currently a Director-Elect for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS), in addition to maintaining an active role in several other national and international professional societies.

He has authored and edited numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles, and is a participant in a number of community philanthropic organizations.

Specialities:
Elbow
Knee
Shoulder
Sports Medicine
Locations

Education:
University of Notre Dame, 1982
Med School: Tulane University School of Medicine, 1989
Residency: UT-Campbell Clinic, 1994

Locations:
Germantown

Joined Staff:
August 1995

Fellowships:
Sports Medicine, 1995, American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Traveling Fellowship, 1999
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Leadership Fellows Program, 2002

Board of Certification:
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine