At the 24th American Medical Society for Sports Medicine annual meeting in Hollywood, Fla., Robert B. Kiningham, MD, was awarded the Founders' Award, signifying AMSSM leadership determined he "exemplifies the best that a sports medicine physician can be and do."
Dr. Kiningham is a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan and a team physician for Eastern Michigan University, and has helped grow the AMSSM Research Workshop.
Dr. Kiningham graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio, completed his family practice residency at the University of Michigan Medical School and received a master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of California-Davis. His research interests include sports medicine, menstrual dysfunction and non-surgical orthopedic foot problems.