Michael J. Axe, M.D. of First State Orthopaedics, Newark, Del., was presented with the 2012 Robert E. Leach Mr. Sports Medicine award during the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
- Michael Axe
The award is given annually to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the world of sports medicine and includes a $5,000 donation to the winner’s charity of choice. Axe is the 39th recipient.
Axe received his bachelor of science in biology in 1975 from Bucknell University and then his M.D. from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1979. He went on to do an orthopaedic residency at the University of Pittsburgh from 1981-1984 and then an orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship at the Hughston Clinic in Georgia in 1984. He also completed another orthopaedic trauma fellowship at Harborview Hospital in Seattle in 1985.
Axe has been a medical director or consultant for numerous professional, college and high school teams in the area and volunteers with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware.
