Sports Medicine Fellowship
Faculty

Arnold M. Ramirez, M.D.

  
Arnold M. Ramirez, M.D. is a family physician and sports medicine specialist in the Tampa Bay area. He currently serves as the Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program and Center for Sports Medicine at Bayfront Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and received his medical degree in 1995 at the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. He completed his medical residency in Family Medicine in 1998 and fellowship in Sports Medicine in 1999 both at Bayfront Medical Center. In 2003 he completed a Faculty Development Fellowship at Michigan State University. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. Dr. Ramirez also holds academic appointments at the University Of South Florida College Of Medicine as Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and at Florida State University College of Medicine as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health. On numerous occasions Dr. Ramirez has been invited to speak both nationally and internationally. He has served as team physician for the NHL with the Tampa Bay Lightning and currently serves as team physician for the University of South Florida and Eckerd College. Dr. Ramirez has been recognized several times as one of the “Best Doctors in America” as chosen by his peers. Outside interests include hockey, golf, and music. Arnold M. Ramirez, M.D.

Dr. David Parrish, M.D.

  
David Parrish, M.S., M.D. FAAFP became Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program in November 2001 and has served as Faculty in the residency program since 1987. Dr. Parrish received his B.S. in Education from Alabama’s Auburn University in 1970 and a Masters Degree from UAB in Pathology in 1979. He graduated from the University of Alabama Medical School in Birmingham in 1981, and then spent three years in the Family Medicine Residency Program at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola. He was a U.S. Navy Family Physician for two years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and later served as Director of Residency Training at the Naval Hospital in Charleston. At Bayfront he has coordinated resident recruiting, has lead in the development of residents’ procedural skills including maternal care and delivery, and continues to be active at All Children’s Hospital next door. He has served on multiple boards and committees locally and nationally including the Pinellas County Medical Association, Florida Academy of Family Physicians, and Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors. He served two terms as Chief of the Medical Staff at Bayfront. Dr. Parrish holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine, completed the National Institute for Program Director Development, is AHA ACLS Affiliated Faculty and National Advisory Faculty for ALSO. Dr Parrish has numerous publications and is a well know speaker locally as well as nationally. His many outside interests include scuba diving, jogging and hiking. Dr. David Parrish, M.D.