About the Program

The Sports Medicine and Performance Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in collaboration with Jefferson 3B Orthopedics, is offering an intense one-year clinical fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine.

The history, expertise and compassion that make Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia unique are also what makes it the best place for medical trainees.

The fellowship provides comprehensive clinical and academic training in primary care sports medicine. Fellowship graduates will be fully prepared and eligible to successfully complete the examination for the Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine (CAQ).

Program snapshot

• Duration: One-year paid clinical fellowship
• Candidates accepted from the following disciplines: Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine
• Application via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
• Application Deadline: Sept. 1
• Fellowship Director: Matthew F. Grady, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FAMSSM

Curriculum

Fellows will gain experience with core faculty in multiple primary care sports medicine disciplines, including pediatrics, family medicine and internal medicine. Core orthopedic faculty include both adult and pediatric sports medicine surgeons. Core adult orthopedic experience is through Jefferson 3B orthopedics with Arthur Bartolozzi, MD. The first half of the year is focused on core sports medicine learning and experience. The second half of the year may incorporate more surgical subspecialty electives and personal electives based on the fellows’ interests and future needs.

• Longitudinal experience in pediatric sports medicine weekly with Dr. Matthew Grady, with a high volume of concussion and general pediatric sports medicine.
• Longitudinal experience in family medicine sports medicine with Dr. Arjun Ramprasad with a high volume of ultrasound guided injections and other procedures.
• Longitudinal experience in orthopedic sports medicine with Dr. Bartolozzi including procedures and operating room observation.
• MSK ultrasound training with hands-on didactics and ultrasound-guided procedures throughout year. Each fellow has hand-held portable ultrasound device for training room coverage and practice.
• Half-day per week in primary specialty office per ACGME guidelines.
• Monthly didactic lectures with core faculty and weekly didactic lectures with Dr. Grady.
• Radiology interpretation on a daily basis with core faculty with elective time with musculoskeletal radiologists within the CHOP/Penn system.
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation experience in the clinic setting, learning both operative and non-operative rehabilitation strategies.
• Experience with orthopedic subspecialty surgeons: foot and ankle, hand and shoulder, spine as part of core rotations.
• Elective rotations available: all pediatric orthopedic subspecialties including spine, hand/elbow, foot/ankle, as well as other experiences in exercise physiology, pulmonary, cardiology.

Coverage experience

• Primary physician for a local high school with football game coverage and weekly athletic training room session.
• Intercollegiate coverage through West Chester University (Division II), Holy Family University (Division III), and University of Pennsylvania (Division I) with weekly training room coverage. Multiple sports covered: football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse.
• Professional experience with the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) with team physician Gary Dorshimer, MD, as professional sports rules allow. Coverage includes physical exams and post-game coverage.
• Assistant medical director for Penn Relays, the largest track and field event in the United States.
• Other mass-coverage includes Philadelphia Escape Triathlon, Philadelphia Marathon, Rock and Roll Marathon, Broad Street Run, and a regional collegiate wrestling tournament at the University of Pennsylvania.

Academic experience

Fellows are required to:

• Participate in and present at regular sports medicine journal clubs
• Present a case or original research at a regional or national sports medicine meeting (American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) or American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM))

Fellows are expected to:

• Participate in educational presentations to the local community as well as residents and fellows in other specialties
• Write an academic article (case report, book chapter, or journal review article)
• Attend the fellows lecture series and relevant CHOP orthopedics resident lecture series

Fellowship core faculty

• Matthew F. Grady, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FAMSSM — Program Director
• Michael Beasley, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FAMSSM — Assistant Program Director
• Arthur Bartolozzi, MD — Adult orthopedic surgeon, Director of Sports Medicine, Jefferson 3B Orthopedics 
• Gary Dorshimer, MD, FACP, FCPP, FACSM — Assistant Program Director
• Christina L. Master, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FAMSSM, FACSM — Director of Research/Concussion Program
• Naomi Brown, MD, FAAP, CAQSM — Director of Ultrasound
• Theodore Ganley, MD — Pediatric orthopedic surgeon, Director of Sports Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Brian Vernau, MD, FAAP, CAQSM
• Edward Re, MD, FAAP, CAQSM

Current fellows