Demetrios Douros, MD, a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, took an unusual path to arrive at his current position, according to a July 26 report from Spectrum News 1.
Dr. Douros has always had a passion for baseball, playing throughout high school and college in his home country of Greece.
In 1999, Greece began assembling a baseball team for the 2004 Olympic games, and Dr. Douros joined.
Dr. Douros went on to compete in the 2004 Olympic Games with the Greek National Baseball team before eventually becoming a surgeon and youth baseball coach in Wisconsin.
"I feel like the experiences I had in my life has made it easier for me to relate and understand where athletes are coming from," Dr. Douros told Spectrum.
Dr. Douros is one of many practitioners that have a background in sports — a class including physicians who have competed for Olympic titles and former NFL players turned orthopedic surgeons.