Dr. Douglas Dengerink, DO

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About

San Diego Sports Medicine & Family Health Center in Grantville is where Dr. Douglas Dengerink treats athletes and active patients at 6699 Alvarado Road, Suite 2100, in the 92120 ZIP. He earned his DO from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2002, completed his family-practice residency at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and finished his sports-medicine fellowship at SDSM before joining the practice in 2012. He holds board certification in family medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. Complex cases requiring operative repair route through referral partners such as Orthopedic Specialists of San Diego in Allied Gardens, where fellowship-trained surgeons handle ACL reconstructions and rotator-cuff repairs that exceed conservative-management thresholds. Dr. Dengerink currently serves as team physician for San Diego State University Athletics and the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, a dual appointment that exposes him to competition-level musculoskeletal injury assessment across track, field, and team-sport disciplines. His clinical toolkit includes musculoskeletal ultrasound for real-time diagnostic imaging and platelet-rich plasma injections for tendon and ligament repair protocols that aim to accelerate healing without surgical intervention. The Alvarado Road office sits in Grantville's medical corridor less than two miles south of SDSU's campus, a proximity that feeds a patient mix of college athletes, recreational runners, and weekend hikers returning from Mission Trails Regional Park. Rehabilitation continuity for post-injury patients frequently involves structured physical-therapy progressions at San Diego Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, co-located in the same Grantville facility. His six years of prior acute-care work at Sharp Rees-Stealy reinforced a diagnostic approach that balances imaging speed with treatment precision across San Diego's active population.