The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine offers a one-year academic fellowship in Sports Medicine. The fellowship is accredited by the ACGME and after completion allows the graduate to sit for the Sports Medicine CAQ examination. Fellows receive an outstanding clinical experience to develop into well-rounded sports medicine and musculoskeletal physiatrists. The Fellow will gain clinical experience with all aspects of sports medicine (from the pediatric athlete to the active senior and every-one in between), but also general musculoskeletal medicine, musculoskeletal ultrasound and related regenerative procedures, spine interventions, and EMG/NCS.
Hands-on sports medicine experiences include game and side-line coverage, training room experience, the organization of and medical care in mass participation endurance events and premier sports concussion and sports cardiology programs.
The Fellow will work closely with and learn from our fourteen sports, spine, and musculoskeletal faculty within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington located at the four main clinical sites of UW Medicine Sports and Spine.
Sports Medicine Center at Husky Stadium
- Continuity Clinic
- Running Medicine
- Sports Cardiology
- CPET/VO2 Testing
- Compartment Testing
- PRP and TENEX
Sports Medicine Center at Harborview
- Sports Concussion Program
- Casting
- EMG/NCS
- Emergency Cervical Spine Assessment
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Pediatric Sports Medicine
- Casting
- Roosevelt Pain Center Procedure Suites
- Fluoro-guided axial spine/peripheral joint injections
South Lake Union Clinic
- Unique Sports and Spine practice embedded within a UW primary care clinic
Eastside Speciality Center
- Community Setting
- PRP
- EMG/NCS
Read a letter to prospective residents and fellows from UW Byron D. Joyner, MD, MPA, Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO). Due to the breadth of our program and faculty as well as our state of the art Sports Medicine Center at Husky Stadium, there is an abundance of opportunities for a devoted fellow.
The Fellow will also have the opportunity to work with other renowned faculty of the University of Washington, including our sports medicine colleagues in family medicine, orthopaedics, cardiology, and physical therapy, as well as rheumatology, radiology, podiatry, and spine surgery. The Fellow also collaborates with the other UW Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellows in Family Medicine and Pediatrics.
The fellowship experience includes a robust fellowship didactics program, a structured ultrasound curriculum, a sports concussion curriculum, a spine interventions curriculum and multi-disciplinary specialty conferences including Sports Medicine Grand Rounds.
Finally, there will be ample teaching opportunities with residents and medical students as well as opportunities for research and many other scholarly activities.
Procedures Taught:
- Diagnostic and Interventional MSK Ultrasound for peripheral joints, tendons, bursa, muscle
- Regenerative Procedures with US guidance, including tenotomy, ABI, PRP, and Tenex
- Lumbar Spinal Injections with fluoroscopic guidance
- ESWT
Ultrasound Curriculum:
The sports medicine fellow will have dedicated 24/7 access to their own butterfly probe for the year.
Applying
Individuals may apply for the Sports Medicine Fellowship by submitting the following:
- Curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation including one from your residency program director
- Personal statement that addresses the following:
- Explain your primary interest in PM&R and Sports Medicine.
- Why have you chosen UW as a potential for fellowship training?
- What is your ideal practice scenario post-fellowship training?
Application timeline:
Please apply through the ERAS system.
Applicants may begin submitting through ERAS on July 1, and we will begin downloading applications from ERAS on July 20th.
Deadline for accepting completed applications: August 31 Virtual interview dates offered in October-November. (UW policy for the 2022-23 recruitment season is to only hold virtual interviews; thus no on-site interviews will be held.)
The Sports Medicine Fellowship is a part of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) primary care sports medicine fellowship match. Rank lists are due in early December and "Match Day" is in early January.
The University of Washington is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities.
Questions on the fellowship may be director to:
Program Administrative Assistant 3800 Montlake Blvd NE, C110 Seattle, WA 98195 Email: rmsports@uw.edu
Stipends & Benefits
This fellowship offers the stipend and benefit package updated annually by UW Graduate Medical Education.
Previous Fellows
Sports Medicine Fellows | Post-Fellowship Job |
| Ahmed El-Sayed, Do | University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC) |
| Christina Giacomazzi, DO | Kaiser Permanente (San Diego) |
| Sherry Igbinigie, MD | Baylor Scott & White Health |
| Trevor Gessel, MD | Casper Orthopedics (Casper, WY) |
| Chris McMullen, MD | University of Washington |
| Nate Olafsen, MD | Washington University (St Louis) |
| Adrielle Fry, MD | Evergreen Sports & Spine (Kirkland) |
| Steve Gingrich, MD | Pac Med Center (Sports Med-Seattle) |
| Matthew Grierson, MD | Seattle Sports and Spine (Seattle) |
| Brian Liem, MD | University of Washington |
| Dan Colonno, MD | Kaiser (Denver) |
| Leah Concannon, MD | University of Washington |
| Erin Maslowski, MD | Gunderson Lutheran Clinic (WI) |
| Trevin Thurmin, MD | Private Practice (Los Angeles) |
| Kirk Danielson, MD | Providence Med Group (Centralia) |
| Nayna Patel, MD | Scripps / Ortho (San Diego) |
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