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I’m Dr Derrick Burgess, board certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Sportsmedicine specialist, and host of TimeOut With The SportsDr Podcast. This is the show where life, sports and medicine intersect!
Are you a young professional who is successful but not fulfilled? Are you interested in changing the trajectory of your family for future generations? Do you feel that everything you know about money is just enough to keep you caught in the rat race?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, this podcast is for you. Join in every week to gain practical tips about how to strengthen your mindset, grow your assets and achieve the level of success that you desire. I want to share what I’ve learned and been able to accomplish with you.
Because,….if I can do it, you can too!...
Black History In The Making
July 4, 2022
Heavy is a price of a dream but it's the fruit that makes all the weight worth it. Though the world is advanced in many different aspects we cannot still eliminate the existence of poverty. While having this fact, we recogn…
June 27, 2022
What does it takes to begin and do something that allows you to achieve a thing that you’re passionate about? How helpful podcast is in our present time in different fields? It has been said that “The secret of getting ahead…
June 20, 2022
How important is it for us to have a good relationship with our money? Why should we be comfortable enough to educate ourselves and talk about it? Most people are taught to fear money and to hold on to it real tight, while…
June 13, 2022
Are you an entrepreneur and/or a creative who has already found your God-given purpose but is still having a hard time getting traction and results? Just like the ambitious person that you are, today’s guest also dreamt of…
June 6, 2022
In this episode, Derek “Spike” Richards joins the Timeout With The SportsDr podcast. Spike has been around athletics his whole life; from a standout baseball player to an Olympic power lifter. He then used his knowledge abou…
May 29, 2022
How do you break barriers and defy the odds when it feels like the world is trying to stop you from achieving your desires? When people get a hold of the fact that you’re trying to pursue medicine, most of them usually tell …
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Orthopedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine
Dr. Derrick Burgess is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and specialist in Sports Medicine and shoulder surgery. Dr. Burgess is Co-Captain with his wife Myeasha, pediatric dentist, in building a winning team with their three beautiful children.
It was in high school that Dr. Burgess, a Muscle Shoals, Alabama native, realized his interest in orthopaedics. After suffering an injury in football, Burgess discovered a mentor that would be a catalyst for his pursuit in medicine. He embodies the same passion to impact other young people to "Dream Big" to achieve their wildest desires.
After high school, he continued his education at Xavier University of Louisiana as a biology pre-med major. After graduating summa cum laude, Dr. Burgess attended Howard University in Washington, DC for both his medical school training and orthopaedic surgery residency. He subsequently completed his sports medicine specialty training under world-renowned surgeon Dr. Frank Noyes at Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center. There, he trained extensively in arthroscopic surgery of the knee, hip and shoulder, ligament reconstruction, cartilage transplantation, meniscal transplantation, osteotomies and shoulder replacement, including the reverse ball and socket arthroplasty. He served as associate team physician for the Cincinnati Bengals as well as team physician for Milford High School. Dr. Burgess is a Fellow of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
He is currently South Central Sports Medicine medical director in Laurel, Mississippi. He participates in providing world class care for his patients and athletes in South Mississippi. Dr. Burgess is a top motivational speaker and shares his talents to inspire others to achieve their goals despite the obstacles in their way.
