The Lake Tahoe Sports Medicine Fellowship-Barton Health is designed for board-eligible orthopedic surgeons who wish to specialize in Sports Medicine.
We accept two sports medicine Fellows for each rotation- August 1-July 31.
Interview dates for the 2020-2021 Fellowship are Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9, 2019. More details to follow
MISSION STATEMENT
Lake Tahoe Sports Medicine Fellowship will strive for excellence in Fellowship training and education for future sports medicine physicians. Besides concentrating on the ‘Six Core Competencies’, the Fellowship will encompass:
- Education - We will provide the best possible educational experience for both Fellows and Faculty as we empower them to effectively apply their increasing fund of orthopedic knowledge. We will instill the commitment to a lifetime of learning.
- Research - We will stimulate and foster scholarly research in both basic and applied medical science as we continue to create and evaluate new knowledge, particularly as it relates to the cause, prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
- Patient Care - We will provide compassionate, contemporary medical care in a professional, effective and cost conscious manner as we encourage a multi-disciplinary team approach to address the needs of the patient as a whole person.
- Community Service - We will engage our Fellows and Faculty in providing both medical care and health education to members of our community who might otherwise remain unattended.
- Personal Development - We will seek to develop in our Fellows, Faculty and staff those qualities that will be critical to leadership as we meet the challenges of health care in the 21st century - integrity, professionalism, scholarship, collegiality, creativity and compassion.
FELLOWS EDUCATION
* Curriculum is structured around the AOSSM sports medicine guidelines.
* Weekly Grand Rounds
* CME credit is available for each hour of conference attended.
* Didactics include Case Conference and Journal Club.
* Time and expenses for one sports medicine CME conference are provided to each Fellow.
* Monthly Anatomy/ Cadaver Labs are available at our Surgical Skills Lab or Lake Tahoe Surgery Center in Zephyr Cove, Nevada.
TRAINING/SURGICAL FACILITIES
Barton Memorial Hospital - South Lake Tahoe, California
Lake Tahoe Surgery Center - Zephyr Cove, Nevada
Sierra Surgery Center - Carson City, Nevada
Douglas Ambulatory Surgery Center - Carson City, Nevada
Carson Valley Medical Center - Gardnerville, Nevada
Renown Medical Center - Reno, NV
RESEARCH
Fellows are required to participate in ongoing and original research in sports medicine. A research coordinator is available to assist in research and lab activities. Dedicated time is set aside each week for this purpose. The uniqueness of the Lake Tahoe area allows for research into new and forthcoming treatment modalities for recreational injuries, over-use injuries and sports trauma.
TEAM COVERAGE/ RECREATIONAL MEDICAL COVERAGE
Fellows gain experience treating high school, college and recreational athletes.
- Fall - each Fellow covers one local high school football team and is on the field once during a NCAA football game.
- Winter - each Fellow travels with the US Ski Team to a location around the world and covers local ski events in the Lake Tahoe region.
- Spring/ Summer - recreational and regional sporting events occur all season; some examples of Medical Event Coverage would be the Lake Tahoe Marathon, Hard Rock Half Marathon, MedWAR Challenge and Death Ride.
EDUCATION AND GOALS
The Fellowship is focused on the orthopedic surgery subspecialty fields of sports medicine and sports trauma. The clinical component of the Fellowship includes approximately 10-15 surgical cases per week and two days of clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment in the office setting. Surgical cases are focused on knee arthroscopy, shoulder arthroscopy, shoulder and knee ligament reconstruction, and operative and non-operative treatment of extremity trauma
Treatment of the aging athlete, including joint reconstruction and arthroplasty is an important component of the Fellowship.
There are six primary teaching attendings that assist and guide the Fellow.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Graduate of a medical school in the United States/ Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or ECFMG medical school.
* Graduate of medical school in Osteopathic Medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and accredited by the ACGME, or soon to be accredited.
* Graduate of an orthopedic residency program in the United States or Canada.
* Complete all three steps of the USMLE prior to the start of the program.
APPLICATION PROCESS
The Lake Tahoe Sports Medicine Fellows participates in the SFMatch (www.sfmatch.org).
Questions? Contact Jennifer Gaston, GME Administrator, Fellowship Coordinator. jgaston@bartonhealth.org
530-543-5781
Complete packets should include:
- SF Match Application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Personal Statement
- 4 letters of recommendation
- USMLE scores
If invited, all interviews take place at Tahoe Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, Zephyr Cove, Nevada during the interview cycle.
Applicants should be eligible for both a California and Nevada medical license.
Fellows Conference Schedule
April 2018
| Date |
Name |
3*
|
Andrew Odland, MD, Fellow
Topic: Oncologic Conditions that simulate common sports injuries
|
10*
|
Roger Rogalski, MD
Topic: Injection Treatments for Arthritis |
17*
|
Kyle Swanson, MD
Topic: Shoulder Instability |
24*
|
Case Conference
|
| |
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May 2018
| Date |
Name |
1*
|
Jonathan Hagen, MD, Fellow
Topic: Articular Defects of the Knee
|
8*
|
William Cottrell, MD
Topic: Metabolic Bone Disease |
15*
|
Michael Fry. MD
Topic: Lumbar degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis |
22*
|
Case Conference
|
29*
|
M&M conference
Closed Conference |
June 2018
| Date |
Name |
5*
|
Robert Rupp, MD
Topic: Hip arthroscopy treatments |
12*
|
CONFERENCES MOVED TO NEW
'CENTER', CONFERENCE ROOM D
Greg Burkhard, DO
Topic: Tendinopathy Treatment |
| 19* |
Andrew Odland, MD, Fellow
Topic: Non-operative and operative treatment of Achilles Tendon ruptures |
| 26* |
Case Conference |
| |
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July 2018
| Date |
Name |
3*
|
NO CONFERENCE |
10*
|
Jonathan Hagen, MD, Fellow
Topic: Diagnosis and management of Glenhumeral arthritis in patients under 50 |
| 17* |
Hilary Malcarney, MD
Topic: The Unstable Shoulder |
| 24* |
Case Conference
Fellows present their research papers |
| 31* |
Case Conference
Meet and Greet New Fellows
Orientation by Dr Robert Rupp
Dr Schunk- 'Pre operative' admission |
August 2018
| Date |
Name |
7*
|
Jeffrey Cummings, MD
Topic: Shoulder Arthroplasty |
14*
|
Case Conference |
| 21* |
Steve Bannar, MD
Topic: Team Physician |
| 28 |
Britta Swanson, PhD
Topic: Research Design |
| |
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September 2018
| Date |
Name |
4*
|
Dr Roger Rogalski
Topic: TBD
|
| 11* |
Dr Steven Pancio, Fellow
Topic: Meniscus Root Repairs |
| 18* |
Dr Terry Orr
Topic: Knee Subchondroplasty
|
| 25* |
Case Conference |
| |
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October 2018
| Date |
Name |
2*
|
Nick Ward,
Topic: TBD |
9*
|
Dr Chris Carver, Fellow
Topic: Meniscus Transplantation |
| 16* |
Dr Daniel Robertson
Topic: Upper Extremity Tendon Injuries
|
| 23* |
Case Conference |
| 30* |
Dr Kyle Swanson
Topic: TBD |
Fellowship Faculty