Sports Medicine Fellowship Description

Fellowship Description

The St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center/Arizona State University Primary Care Fellowship is an ACGME accredited, one-year, primary care sports medicine fellowship. This one year fellowship offers a well rounded experience with exposure to high school and division I athletics. Additionally, opportunities are available for professional athletic experience. The fellow covers a variety of sporting teams and events including a local high school, ASU athletics and mass participation events. They also attend and participate in a monthly lecture series and participate in both primary care and orthopedic clinics with a variety of primary care and orthopedic faculty.

Sports medicine experience (half days per week)

Campus Health Service sports medicine clinic (2)
Intercollegiate athletics office and training room (5)
Orthopedics (2)
- includes longitudinal exposure to knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, foot/ankle
Additional time may be spent in areas of interest
spine, general
Continuity (1-2) in FP, IM, IM/Peds
High school training room and games
Sports medicine clinic St Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center

Event coverage:

Arizona State University Division I intercollegiate athletics
Local high school (games and training room)
ASU hosted tournaments in all sports
P.F. Chang's Rock & Roll Marathon-medical coordination
Opportunity to shadow team physicians for Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Suns.
Pat's Run

Events covered by recent fellows:

State of Arizona Judo Championships March 2007
Pat's Run, First Annual Pat Tillman Memorial Run, April 2005-Present
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Phoenix Regional, March 2004, 2008, 2009
NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, First and Second Round, March 2004
NBA All-Star Weekend 2009
Pacific 10 Men's Wrestling Championships, February 2004
Pacific 10 Women's Swimming Championships, February 2004
NCAA Men's Baseball Regionals 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
NCAA Men's Baseball SuperRegionals 2007, 2008, 2009
NCAA Women's Softball Regionals 2008, 2009
NCAA Women's Softball SuperRegionals 2008, 2009
Major League Baseball Umpire physicals, February 2004-Present
Arizona Diamondbacks and minor league pre-participation physicals, February 2004-Present
Medical Coordinator, Inaugural P.F. Chang's Rock & Roll Marathon, January 2004, 2005
Team Captain, P.F. Chang's Rock & Roll Marathon, January 2004-Present
Sun Devil Duals, Wrestling event physician, January 2004, 2005
Wells Fargo Holiday Classic Women's Basketball Tournament, December 2003-Present
NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament, First and Second Round, November 2003
Arizona State Invitational, Cross Country, Event Physician, October 2003-Present
Canyon West Invitational, Cross Country, Event Physician, October 2003, 2004
Sunkist Kids/ASU Wrestling Invitational, Event Physician, October 2003, 2004
Sun Devil Invitational, Women's Soccer, September 2003
MPSF Women's Water Polo Championships 2004, 2007
NCAA Womens Basketball Regional, March 2005
Pac-10 Track and Field Championships May 2008

Pre-participation examinations:

Arizona State University intercollegiate athletes (in office)
Various local high schools (mass physical)
- including but not limited to Desert Vista, Mountain Pointe, Chandler and Hamilton
Arizona Diamondbacks organization physicals
Major League Baseball Umpires