Peter Ove, MD

Dr. Ove completed his professional military career at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis from 1988 to 1995, before joining The Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center, LLC in December 1995. As a former Orthopaedic Surgeon and Team Physician at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Dr Ove specializes in Sports Medicine, especially in the area of arthroscopic surgery and ligament reconstruction of the knee and shoulder, and he continues to practice these specialty in his present private practice. Dr. Ove completed his orthopaedic training at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia with emphasis on trauma and Sports Medicine. Additional medical assignments have included a tour during the Persian Gulf War. He continued his Navy career as a Naval Reserve Officer and as an active consultant at the U.S. Naval Academy and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland until 2004, before retiring fully from the military into civilian life. Dr. Ove is Board certified, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. He holds privileges at the Anne Arundel Medical Center where he is a member of the orthopaedic service.  A native Montanian, Dr. Ove grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978 and 1982. During those years, he became an avid runner, tennis and squash player, and nordic and downhill skier, pursuits he continues to enjoy today.