Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Fellowship
Overview
The Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah offers an academically based, multi-disciplinary Fellowship in Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine. The Fellowship is designed to provide the Fellow with broad exposure to the full range of musculoskeletal pathology. There is a particular focus on biomechanical, kinetic chain and exercise principles. The Fellow works closely with attending physicians, fellows and residents in PM&R, family practice, internal medicine and orthopaedics. This one-year, comprehensive program is based at the University of Utah Orthopaedic Center.
The Facility
The UOC, which opened in October, 2004, is a 150,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art center located in the University's Research Park, approximately ½ mile south of University Hospital and ½ mile east of the University's athletic facilities. The building houses 46 patient examination rooms, two EMG rooms, five operating rooms, a fluoroscopy suite, a large physical therapy space, a separate hand therapy clinic, a therapeutic pool, digital radiography, MRI and DEXA scanners, office space, laboratory space, conference space and a café. With all nine orthopaedic specialties represented, there is a unique opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary environment where collaborative exchange is the norm, not the exception.
Clinical Experience
The fellow has the opportunity to rotate with fellowship trained attending physicians in the following areas: PM&R/sports medicine; family practice/sports medicine; internal medicine/sports medicine; orthopedics/sports medicine; rheumatology/sports medicine; hand surgery; foot and ankle surgery; adult joint reconstruction surgery; spine surgery; women's health; and musculoskeletal radiology. The fellow also spends time with manually trained physical therapists. The fellow performs EMGs one half-day per week and is in the spinal injection clinic two half-days per week. The fellow also spends time in the University of Utah athlete training rooms and participates in performing pre-participation physicals for local high school and college athletes. The fellow assumes primary responsibility for either a local high school football team and/or a college team, and assists with other event coverage such as the Salt Lake City Marathon. In the winter, the fellow spends time at the University's ski clinic at the base of Park City Mountain Resort. This experience provides exposure to the full range of acute orthopaedic injuries that occur in skiing and snowboarding. Finally, the fellow is given progressive responsibility for his or her own clinical practice during the course of the year.
Educational Program
The Fellowship includes a comprehensive curriculum through a series of journal clubs and conferences. The full spectrum of musculoskeletal and medical topics in sports medicine is covered. Every Monday morning, there is an orthopedic journal club that covers non-surgical and surgical sports medicine topics. On Tuesday mornings, there is a PM&R journal club that alternates between EMG and spinal injection topics. Every Thursday morning there is a primary care/sports medicine journal club. The fellow shares responsibility with other fellows, residents and attendings for presenting at the morning conferences. The fellow also gives one or two lectures to the PM&R residents during the PM&R musculoskeletal didactic module. Finally, time is spent in the anatomy lab performing and reviewing musculoskeletal dissections. The anatomy lab sessions are overseen by the attending physicians and by a physical therapist who is a Ph.D. instructor of anatomy at the physical therapy school.
Research Component
There is an expectation that the fellow participates in a research activity or some other form of scholarly activity. The research or scholarly activity can be part of an ongoing project or it can be an original project.
Appointment, Salary and Benefits
The Fellow is hired as a Clinical Instructor within the University of Utah School of Medicine. The salary for the Fellowship is at the PGY5 level. The benefits are similar to those provided to all faculty, and include excellent health insurance coverage. An additional $1,500 is provided for educational expenses. Four weeks of vacation plus one additional week of academic leave are allowed.
Supervising Physicians
The Fellowship Directors are:
Stuart Willick, M.D., PM&R/Sports Medicine and
David Petron, M.D., Family Practice/Sports Medicine
Other supervising Physicians include:
Richard Kendall, D.O., PM&R/Spine Rehabilitation;
Pamela Hansen, M.D., PM&R/Musculoskeletal.Sports Medicine;
Amy Powell, M.D., Internal Medicine/Sports Medicine;
Elizabeth Joy, M.D., Family Practice/Sports Medicine;
David Shaskey, M.D., Internal Medicine/Rheumatology/Sports Medicine;
Robert Burks, M.D., Orthopedics/Sports Medicine;
Patrick Greis, M.D., Orthopedics/Sports Medicine;
Angela Wang, M.D., Orthopedics/Hand Surgery;
Douglas Hutchinson, M.D., Orthopedics/Hand Surgery;
Timothy Beals, M.D., Orthopedics/Foot and Ankle Surgery;
Julia Crim, M.D., Musculoskeletal Radiology
Contact Information
Stuart Willick, M.D., Fellowship Director
Associate Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Utah Orthopedic Center
590 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Telephone # (801) 587-5458
Email: stuart.willick@hsc.utah.edu
