David T. Applegate II, M.D.

Certification: Board Certified in Family Medicine

David T Applegate II, M.D.  graduated high school in Detroit, Michigan and attended The Ohio State University as a National Merit Scholar.  Active in Helix Biological Honor Society (Pres 1981), Ohio Staters, Inc. (Pres 1982), Ohio Unions Activities and many others, he was presented a 1981 Outstanding Senior Award by the OSU Alumni Association.  He earned his BS in Biochemistry and continued graduate work in Biochemistry.   He graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1988 before completing a residency in Family Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospitals.  He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and is in private practice at COPC/ Marysville Primary Care.  He is a Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Family Medicine, in the OSU College of Medicine.  He is on the medical staffs at Memorial Hospital of Union County, Riverside Methodist Hospitals and Dublin Methodist Hospital. He served as Chairman, Department of Medicine for Memorial Hospital (1993-2001).  After delivering more than 1600 babies, he retired the obstetrical portion of his practice in 2001.  Just prior in 2000, he was elected Coroner of Union County (Marysville, OH).  He currently is President of the Ohio State Coroners Association and has served on their Board of Directors for the last 5 years.  He is a past president of the Charles B. Mills Center Board of Directors (Mental Health facility).  He currently serves as Medical Director for the Union County Sheriff’s Office and 6 Union County Fire Departments.  He currently serves on the boards for the Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians (COPC) and the Medical Group of Ohio (MGO).  He enjoys volunteering as a Team Physician (football) and medical advisor for the Marysville Exempted Village School District.  He belongs to the Ohio State University President’s Club.  He is active in his church as lector, Eucharistic minister, sacristan and co-coordinator of altar servers.  He serves in the ecumenical Central Ohio Emmaus community as well.  He is an instrument-rated pilot and received the National Aeronautical Association’s prestigious Volunteer of the Year Award in 2004 for flying blood from Oklahoma City to New York City on the night of September 11, 2001.  In 2004, his peers selected him as OAFP’s Family Physician of the Year and since 2005 he is listed in the prestigious “Best Doctors in America” register.  He resides with his lovely wife, Dr. Mary Applegate, and their 3 children in Marysville, OH.