Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Fellowship Programs
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Our one-year fellowship program trains fellows in special diagnosis management and research skills, both surgical and nonsurgical, that are particular to athletes and their specific injuries.
Fellows perform extensive duties covering teams and athletes from all sports. We provide team physician coverage for nearly 50 area high schools as well as four universities:
Professional team coverage includes:
Our affiliation with the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission also affords us the opportunity to provide care for athletes involved in large annual events such as national and international events like the Senior Games, Gay Games, and Transplant Games. Research is also an integral part of our program. Fellows develop an understanding of evidence-based medicine and clinical research design, and are guided to complete a publication-quality research project during their fellowship. |
Benefits of Training
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Expert staff
Many of the physicians in our program are international leaders in their fields. Exposure to high-level sports health authorities Cleveland Clinic physicians speak at numerous international and national conferences and meetings. In addition, fellows are exposed to Cleveland Clinic-hosted meetings with top speakers from around the world. Extensive team coverage With access to four professional teams, four collegiate teams, nearly 50 high schools, as well as various national and international sporting events, fellows gain experience in treating all types of athletic injuries at all performance levels. Join the Cleveland Guardians during spring training in sunny Arizona - a unique training experience that is an exciting highlight of the fellowship. Learn about the team physician experience while being right in the middle of the action. Fellows participate in pre-season physical examinations, help provide game coverage, and assist our athletic training staff in taking care of these elite athletes. International reach Our program has had fellows from all over the world: Canada, Brazil, Ghana, Australia, Singapore, Cairo, Spain, Argentina, and Guam, to name a few. A professional network Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows gain membership into the Warthog Society, the alumni group of Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine. Membership benefits include professional networking and social opportunities, and access to some of the leading sports health physicians in the world. |
Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Center
The Sports Medicine Center is an ideally located central hub for fellows as they train, and is shared by orthopaedic and primary care sports health fellows. The Sports Medicine Center is a comprehensive facility offering rehab, imaging, surgical services and more - all under one roof.
The Sports Medicine Center is an ideally located central hub for fellows as they train, and is shared by orthopaedic and primary care sports health fellows. The Sports Medicine Center is a comprehensive facility offering rehab, imaging, surgical services and more - all under one roof.
Important research
Fellows have an opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research in basic sciences, clinical medicine, biomedical engineering and outcomes research. Numerous research projects are ongoing at any given time.
Ongoing multicenter studies
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation is a founding site of the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON). MOON was established in 2001 to look at how people do after undergoing an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. This NIH-funded consortium consists of 18 sports medicine physicians across 7 sites, including Vanderbilt University, Washington University, The Ohio State University, and the University of Colorado.
The results have been published in more than 35 peer-review publications and defined the prognosis and risk factors for worse outcomes. The 10-year follow-up is ongoing and many opportunities exist to analyze clinically relevant outcomes.
The Cleveland Clinic is also a part of:
Fellows have an opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research in basic sciences, clinical medicine, biomedical engineering and outcomes research. Numerous research projects are ongoing at any given time.
Ongoing multicenter studies
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation is a founding site of the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON). MOON was established in 2001 to look at how people do after undergoing an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. This NIH-funded consortium consists of 18 sports medicine physicians across 7 sites, including Vanderbilt University, Washington University, The Ohio State University, and the University of Colorado.
The results have been published in more than 35 peer-review publications and defined the prognosis and risk factors for worse outcomes. The 10-year follow-up is ongoing and many opportunities exist to analyze clinically relevant outcomes.
The Cleveland Clinic is also a part of:
- Multicenter ACL Revision Study (MARS)
- BEAR MOON: Multicenter study looking at bridge-enhanced ACL repair versus bone-patellar-tendon-bone autograft ACL reconstruction.
- CoMeT: Study evaluating long-acting corticosteroid vs. placedo at the time of partial meniscectomy
- Meniscus Tears in Osteoarthritis Research (MeTeOR) Collaboration: comparing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus rehabilitation in patients with meniscus tears and mild to moderate osteoarthritis (OA)
- ROCK: research on OCD of the knee
- PLUTO: clinical outcomes of pediatric ACL reconstruction
- TEMPO: comparing three rehabilitation strategies for OA treatment
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Outcomes Management and Evaluation (OME)
All knee, hip, and shoulder operative procedures in sports have complete electronic data capture of general and region-specific patient-reported outcomes preoperatively. Surgeons also complete detailed surgical technique summaries, including patient risk factors after surgery. A mechanism for one-year follow-up with same patient-reported outcomes is ongoing. The analysis of thousands of cases should lead to better treatment and identification of major risk factors for worse outcomes. Concussion The Cleveland Clinic Concussion Center, a collaborative effort between Primary Care Sports Medicine and the Neurologic Institute, is dedicated to evaluating and managing concussed athletes using a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach. Our team is made up of Primary Care Sports Medicine Physicians, neurologist, certified athletic trainers, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, psychiatrists, vestibular therapists, radiologists, optometrists, neuroophthalmologists, and researchers, all dedicated to getting the student athlete back to the classroom, and all athletes safely back to their sport. The fellow's involvement in the Concussion Center provides exposure to the comprehensive care of concussions affecting athletes of all ages and at all levels of play. |
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