Sports Medicine Fellowship
About the Program
The UI Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship is an ACGME accredited fellowship program offering two fellowship positions per year.
Graduates of the accredited program will be equipped to function as clinical providers, educators and leaders in sports medicine.
Our goal is to be a premiere primary care sports medicine fellowship program.
Clinical
The fellows will have broad exposure to every aspect of sports medicine, including:
- Clinics with Primary Care Sports Medicine faculty
- Clinics with Orthopaedic Sports Medicine faculty
- Rotations with:
- Hand Clinic
- Foot/Ankle Clinic
- Fracture Clinic
- Musculoskeletal Radiology
- Spine/Physiatry Clinic
- Advance Diagnostic and Procedural Ultrasound Clinic
- Primary Care 1/2 day in your specialty
- 1/2 day academic time
Team Coverage
Medical coverage is provided for over 700 Division I athletes on 20 teams at the University of Iowa. In addition coverage is provided for:
- Local High Schools
- Local Events
- Optional International Coverage for the US Ski Team
Didactic Program
The fellows will participate in weekly multi-disciplinary conferences with orthopaedic sports medicine, radiology, physical therapy, and athletic training. In addition, there are journal clubs at faculty homes every month to review both current and classic literature in sports medicine.
The University of Iowa also has a state-of-the-art musculoskeletal ultrasound training. This includes weekly didactic and hands on sessions as well as clinical experience with PRP TENEXTM and stem cell therapies.
Academic Curriculum
- Fellows will attend and present at AMSSM and ACSM
- Robust research opportunities
- Opportunity to teach University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine medical students and residents
Quick Facts
- The free-standing Sports Medicine Clinic opened in October 2009
- The Sports Medicine Clinic has approximately 18,500 visits per year and over 3,000 ultrasound procedures performed per year
- ACGME accredited Sports Medicine Fellowship program began in 2011
- Two fellows per year
Our Goals and Objectives for Training
The goal of the Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship is to provide a comprehensive, diverse, educational experience in the field of Sports Medicine. Graduates will possess the clinical competence needed to diagnose and manage medical illnesses and injuries related to sports and exercise in a variety of athletes and physically active patient populations. The fellowship will also provide experience in functioning in the role of Team Physician to high school and NCAA Division I student-athletes.
By the end of the 12-month training program, fellows will be proficient in all six ACGME core competencies applicable to the field of Sports Medicine. Specifically, fellows will be able to:
- Provide continuing, comprehensive care for health problems related to sports and exercise
- Perform technical procedures, such as: casting and splinting, arthrocentesis and intra-articular joint injections
- Perform diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided procedures
- Develop pre-participation examination programs, as well as conduct thorough pre-participation exams for organized athletes of a wide range of ages
- Identify and effectively communicate representative inpatient and outpatient orthopaedic procedures
- Provide on-site care and management to participants at various sporting events. Serve as team physician to several University of Iowa athletic teams which engage in seasonal sports and provide comprehensive and continuing care to team student-athletes
- Serve as a team physician for a local high school
- Plan and implement medical coverage for a mass participation event to include: providing medical consultation, direct patient care, event planning, protection of participants, coordination with local EMS systems and other medical aspects of mass participation of events
- Discern how a variety of disciplines impact the field of sports medicine including, but not limited to: physiology and biomechanics, nutrition, pathology and pathophysiology of illness and injury, pharmacology, sports psychology, ethics and medical/legal aspects of exercise and sports
- Provide appropriate in-patient and in-patient follow-up care
- Provide patient, medical student, resident-education regarding sports medicine to patients, families, colleagues, allied health personnel, and community sports medicine networks
- Conduct sports medicine scholarly activity
- Utilize evidence-based medicine in clinical sports medicine practice
- Maintain primary specialty skills
UI Sports Medicine
The UI Sports Medicine Center will be the principle site of fellowship training. The UI Sports Medicine Center is a comprehensive multidisciplinary academic sports medicine center providing primary care sports medicine, orthopedic sports medicine, physical therapy, athletic training and radiology and musculoskeletal ultrasound services. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) will serve as the primary facility for inpatient, outpatient continuity clinics, and emergency department clinical training.
Curriculum
Sample Weekly Schedule
Below is a sample weekly schedule for a fellow during the fall months. Please note that schedules change quarterly to tailor the clinical curriculum to the needs of the individual learner.
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat/Sun | |
| Morning Conference | Primary Care Sports Medicine Conference | 1.Evidence Based Medicine Conference | ||||
| AM Clinic | Sports Medicine Clinic | Sports Medicine Clinic | Sub-specialty Clinic (Rotated between Fracture, Foot/Ankle, Hand and Spine Clinics) | Sports Medicine Clinic | Administrative/ Scholarly Activity | |
| PM Clinic | Concussion Clinic – Peterson | Primary Care | MSK Ultrasound | Sports Medicine Clinic | Sports Medicine Clinic | |
| Evening TR/Events | High School Training Room | High School Football Game Coverage | Iowa Football Game Coverage & Sunday Training Room |
Program Accreditation
The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Board Certification Requirements
Visit the American Board of Family Medicine for specifics on board certification requirements for a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sports Medicine.
How to Apply
All required clinical education for entry into ACGME-accredited fellowship programs must be completed in an ACGME-accredited residency program, or in an RCPSC-accredited or CFPC-accredited residency program located in Canada.
Prior to appointment in the program, fellows should have completed an ACGME-accredited residency in emergency medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, or physical medicine and rehabilitation or in such a program located in Canada and accredited by the RCPSC or CFPC.
Fellowship programs must receive verification of each entering fellow’s level of competency in the required field using ACGME or CanMEDS Milestones assessments from the core residency program.
All applicants must be eligible to obtain a Permanent License to practice medicine in the state of Iowa.
The program participates in the National Residency Matching Program. All applicants must apply through Electronic Residency Application Service(ERAS®). Our application deadline is September 1 of each academic year.
Our People
Lisa Baggerly
Program Coordinator
Department of Family Medicine
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, 01110-F PFP
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: 1-319-384-5078
Fax: 1-319-384-7822
Email: lisa-baggerly@uiowa.edu
Our Faculty
Emergency Medicine
- Timothy W. Thomsen, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Terese Whipple, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor
Family Medicine
- Britt Marcussen, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor, Program Director of Family Medicine/Sports Medicine
- Tyler Slayman, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
- Andrew Peterson, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Professor, Concussion Clinic Director, Director of Concussion Program, Head Team Physician for UI Athletics
- Lisa Woodroffe, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Female Athlete Health
Orthopedics
- Brian Wolf, MD, Professor, Head Team Physician UI Athletics
- Matthew Bollier, MD, Associate Professor
- Robert Westermann, MD, Assistant Professor
- Kyle Duchman, MD, Assistant Professor
Physiatry and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Mederic Hall, MD, RMSK, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor, Director of MSK Ultrasound
- Ryan Kruse, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director
Radiology
- Nastaran Fatemi, MD, Clinical Associate Professor
- Howard O'Rourke, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director
Britt Marcussen, MD
Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor
Associate Program Director
Ryan Kruse, MD
Associate Program Director
Clinical Assistant Professor
Current Fellows
Brendan George, MD
Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Family Medicine
Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Crystal Graff, MD
Residency: University of Colorado, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Incoming Fellows
Steven Gay, DO
Residency: Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Benjamin Kopecky, DO
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Medical School: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Alumni
- Stephen Almasi, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Jennifer Cogburn, MD
- Jacob Erickson, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Rachel Erickson, DO, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Alecia Gende, DO, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Christopher Hogrefe, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Kim Hornbeck, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Julia Iafrate, DO, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Atef Kotob, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Michael Krill, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Ryan Kruse, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Mark McEleney, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Britt Marcussen, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor
- Ross Mathiasen, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Madison McLachlan, DO
- Matthew Negaard, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Kira Novakofski, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Sathishkumar Rajasekaran, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Lauren Rudolph, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Tyler Slayman, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Natalie Stork, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Timothy Thomsen, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Professor
- Kathy Vidlock, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Mary Terese Whipple, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Logan Wilz, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine
- Lisa Woodroffe, MD, CAQ in Sports Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor