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Dr. Carey, who was also inducted into the West Branch Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 2021, recently retired from his active practice at UPMC after serving as an orthopedic surgeon and practitioner of sports medicine in North Central Pennsylvania since 1990. He served as Lycoming College athletics' team physician for 32 years, beginning in 1990. He earned the 2020 Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society Team Physician Honorary Member Award after being nominated by the Lycoming training staff.
 
"Doc really cares about all of his patients," Lycoming's former head athletic trainer Andi Lucas said. "He goes above and beyond, especially with our student-athletes. He makes himself available and gives access to world-class medical treatment that many Division III programs in areas like ours just don't get access to. That's really what makes him so special."
 
A 2018 honoree from Irish America in its Annual Healthcare & Life Sciences 50, Carey served as a sports medicine consultant for both the Williamsport Crosscutters and the Little League World Series. Before his career as a doctor, Carey was a two-year starting quarterback at Central Bucks West (1971-72), going 22-0 as a starter and earning all-state honors as a senior. He then became a three-year starting quarterback at Temple University (1975-77), leading Owls to two winning seasons.
 
Carey, and wife, Maureen, reside in Williamsport. His sons, Patrick and Shane, were both outstanding athletes in their own right. Patrick, who served as an assistant football coach for two seasons, played professionally in Europe as a quarterback after a highly successful career at Bloomsburg University. Shane was a pitcher for Division I St. Joseph's University.