Robert Dimeff, MD | Sports Medicine Physician & Regenerative Specialist in Dallas, Plano, Keller, Weatherford and Fort Worth, TX

TOA Sports Medicine; Dallas-Walnut Hill Lane

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Regenerative Specialist, Sports Medicine Physician

Robert J. Dimeff, MD, is a new addition to Texas Orthopaedic Associates, coming to the practice as a sports medicine physician and a specialist in regenerative medicine and nonoperative orthopaedics. He sees patients at the Walnut Hill Lane location in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Dimeff joins the team after spending 2009 to 2018 as director of Primary Care Sports Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He also currently serves as the team physician for the NHL’s Dallas Stars, consultant physician to the World Olympic Gymnastic Academy, medical director of the Dallas Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon, and member of the United States Anti-Doping Review Board.

After graduating from Kent State University in Ohio, Dr. Dimeff received his medical degree from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, where he was recently given a Distinguished Alumni Award. He then completed a residency in family medicine at Chicago’s Rush Medical Center and a fellowship in primary care sports medicine from the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Dimeff is board-certified in family medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, with a certificate of his qualifications in sports medicine. He is an active member and former president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

Dr. Dimeff has authored over 40 articles and frequently lectures at regional, national, and international medical conferences. He sees patients at the Texas Orthopaedic Associates, Sports Medicine office on Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas.

CERTIFICATION

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1989 to present	Board Certified in Family Medicine
1993 to present	Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine
	American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support

HONORS

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2017	Distinguished Alumni Award, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), formerly NEOUCOM
2003 to present	Top Doctors for Sports Medicine US News and World Report/Castle Connolly
2013	Top Doctors for Sports Medicine 10 Year Anniversary, Castle Connolly
2015 to present	Top Doctors in North Texas/Dallas, Dallas Morning News
2014	Vitals Patients’ Choice Award
2007	Top Men’s Sports Specialist, Men’s Health
2015	First Place, University of Texas at Dallas Department of Bioengineering Senior Design Program
	Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
	Honorary Member, Ohio Athletic Trainers Association
1985	Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Kent State University
1979	Valedictorian, Akron Ellet High School, Akron, Ohio

TRAINING

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1985	Undergraduate Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Degree: Integrated Life Sciences
1982	Undergraduate University of Texas at Austin
1985	Graduate Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio Degree: Doctor of Medicine
1985-6	Internship Transitional – Saint Thomas Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio
1986-1989	Residency Family Medicine – Rush Christ Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
1989-1990	Fellowship Primary Care Sports Medicine – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio