Education
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at
Dallas, 1994-1998
Residency: Wright State University School of Medicine, 1998-2001
Fellowship:
Sports Medicine, Wright State University/Kettering Medical Center, 2001-2002
Research Interests
Cervical spine injury in athletes, athletic injuries in tactical law enforcement operations, health maintenance for EMS and law enforcement, sports medicine education for residents and emergency physicians, tactical emergency medicine education for residents, self-defense skills for residents.
Professional Activities
Team Physician, Sinclair Community College
Tactical Surgeon, Federal Bureau of Investigation Cincinnati Division SWAT
Funded Research
ACEP Section Grant, 2004-05, to support Sports Medicine CME Lesson
for Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine $3,985.
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed:
Springer B, Clarkson P, “Two Cases of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis Precipitated by Personal Trainers” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2003 Sept; (35)9: 1499-1502.
Richardson C, Singer JI, Springer B, “Subacute Leg Pain” Pediatric Emergency Care, 2005 Jun; 21(6):387-90.
Springer B, Moorehead B, Tytko J, “Sports Medicine in Primary Care” Primary Care Reports, May 2006.
Springer B, McCabe K, Prentice O, “Sports Medicine Emergencies: Managing Ill and Injured Athletes in the Emergency Department” Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine 2007 June, 21(10).
Book Chapters:
Springer B, Janz T, “Hemoptysis” Cardinal Presentation Chapter in Marx-Hockberger-Walls et al (eds.): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed. 6. Mosby 2006.
Springer B, Kleiner D, Wightman J, “Medical Support of the Tactical Athlete” in Schwartz R, McManus J, Swienton R (Eds.) Tactical Emergency Medicine, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2007.
Book Reviews:
Springer B, Review of CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Sports Medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2007 Sept; (50)3: 357.
Abstracts:
Kleiner D, Springer B, “Effectiveness of Video Training Emergency Medicine Physicians on Athletic Spine Injuries” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2003 May Supplement; 35(5); poster presentation at 50th Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, May 2003.
Springer B, Olson J, Dandelet L, Sarlay R, “Reliable Function of a Disposable Transport Ventilator in Extended Use” Proceedings: 16th Annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Midwest Regional Meeting, Sept 25 2006.
Non Peer Reviewed:
Springer B, “Sports Medicine Section Promotes Subspecialty to Emergency Physicians” ACEP News, 2004 Jan; 23(1).
Springer B, “Time Wounds All Heels: Learn to recognize symptoms of common foot injuries before they turn into problems for you or your clients” IDEA Fitness Journal, 2004; 1(4):58-65, 2004.
Sports Medicine Editor, Emergency Physicians’ Monthly 2004-2006: Listing of articles available on request.
Selected Presentations
National:
American College of Emergency Physicians Spring Congress 2006: Sudden Death in Athletes
Regional:
Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine lectures for residents, medical students 1998-present
Grandview Football Injury Conference 2006: Supplements and Ergogenic Aids
Schuster Cardiology Conference 2005: Cardiac Care in the Emergency Department
Critical Thinking in EMS Symposium 2003-2008
WSU Wilderness Medicine Expo 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2008
Greater Dayton Athletic Trainers Association CEU Conference 2003-2005
Personal Information
Emergency medicine and sports medicine are inextricably linked, although this link is rarely acknowledged and seldom capitalized upon. Athletes suffer acute injury and succumb to illness on the field and are quite often whisked to the nearest emergency department. My passion is to smooth out that link, from playing field or training room to the EMS system to the emergency department; the more I can teach emergency physicians and medics about sports medicine, the better the care of the athlete.
Further, our post-9/11 world has mandated an ever-increasing role for EMS and law-enforcement in issues of homeland security. I am working toward a better understanding of fitness demands and athletic injury in the EMS, law-enforcement and special operations communities in an effort to keep them fit for duty. I take these lessons to heart on a regular basis during my interactions with SWAT.
In my spare time, if I am not hiking, cycling, running, shooting or studying Wing Chun Kung Fu, I am probably relaxing at home with my lovely wife Kim.
Dr. Springer and his wife Kim in Utah.
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