The annual honor is awarded is voted on by fellow sports medicine staff from all 14 SEC schools.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University Athletic Association team physician Dr. Kevin Farmer was named the 2023 SEC Team Physician of the Year, voted on by fellow sports medicine staff at each school in the Southeastern Conference. He was recognized for excellence as an orthopedic surgeon.
This is the second time in the last five years that Florida has received the award with Dr. Jay Clugston being honored in 2018.
“Dr. Farmer is an incredible resource for the Athletic department, “said Athletics Director Scott Stricklin. “We appreciate his commitment to our student-athletes and the high level of care he provides them. His devotion to the Gators is a reminder of the championship experience that we provide and we are pleased to hear that he is being recognized by his peers.”
Farmer will be recognized at the SEC Sports Medicine Meeting in Birmingham in May 2023. The award started in 2003 and is sponsored by the Southern Orthopedic Association. It includes a $1,000 award in the physician’s name donated by DJO Global to the sports medicine department of the physician’s university to be used toward funding for student assistant scholarships in the athletic training rooms.
The annual SEC Team Physician of the Year honor is awarded to a team physician who is recognized for their dedication, commitment and service to their school’s student-athletes and athletics department and is voted on by representatives from all 14 SEC schools. The award rotates annually between recognizing an orthopedic surgeon and a primary care M.D.
Farmer has served as a team physician for the Gators for the last 13 years. After returning in 2009 to complete his second fellowship, he was immediately hired by Florida.
A former baseball player at Duke, he grew in Daytona Beach, Florida and has been attending the NFL Combine as a representative of the Miami Dolphins since 2014.
He has published one book, 12 book chapters and 85 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. Framer recently published “Football Injuries: A Clinical Guide to In-Season Management.”
Farmer earned his medical degree at John Hopkins University of Medicine in 2003 before going on to complete his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and his fellowships in sports medicine and arthroscopy at the Uribe, Hechtman, Zvijac Sports Medicine Institute and shoulder and elbow reconstruction at the University of Florida.
He was elected to membership in the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and American Academy for Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is also a member of several other professional organizations, including the Arthroscopy Association of North America and American College of Sports Medicine. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Florida Orthopaedic Society.
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