Fred H. Brennan, Jr DO

Dr. Fred Brennan is board certified in family medicine. He completed his undergraduate degree in biochemistry/microbiology from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. Dr. Brennan continued his medical education by completing a family medicine residency at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. He then completed a primary care sports medicine fellowship at The Toledo Hospital’s Northwest Ohio Center for Sports Medicine in Toledo, Ohio.

Dr. Brennan knew from a young age that he wanted to become a physician. All through college and for the first two years of medical school he was determined to become an orthopedic surgeon. After spending two months as a medical student with a family medicine residency program he was so impressed with their breath of knowledge and scope of practice that he changed his mind and decided to pursue family and sports medicine. He has never looked back.

Dr. Brennan is a former Division 1 college football player, a two-time Boston Marathon finisher, and an Ironman Triathlon World Championship finisher. He is a chief medical officer at the Boston Marathon and the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. For ten years he was the head team physician for the University of New Hampshire before moving to Florida in 2017. He served over 20 years in the military and retired as a lieutenant colonel having received a Bronze Star Medal as an ER physician in Baghdad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He earned an additional 25 medals while serving his country.

Dr. Brennan is an accomplished author, having contributed numerous peer-reviewed articles in family and sports medicine, for such publications in UpToDate, Current Sports Medicine Reports, and the American Family Physician. Dr. Brennan is certified in advanced cardiac life support, and an instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine and certified in sports medicine (CAQ) with the American Board of Family Medicine.

He currently serves as a team physician for the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the MLB Toronto Blue Jays. Dr. Brennan is part of the faculty of the University of South Florida/Morton Plant Mease Family Medicine Residency Program in Clearwater, Florida.