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.


MISSION STATEMENT
Lake Tahoe Sports Medicine Fellowship will strive for excellence in Fellowship training and education for future sports medicine physicians. In addition to 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. A pre and post test are required.
* Weekly Grand Rounds.Fellows will present a topic every quarter.
* CME credit is available for each hour of conference attended.
* Didactics include Case Conference, M&M and Journal Club.
* Time and expenses for one sports medicine CME conference are provided to each Fellow.
* Anatomy/ Cadaver Labs are available at our Surgical Skills Lab or Lake Tahoe Surgery Center in Zephyr Cove, Nevada.
* Moonlighting is forbidden during your Fellowship.
* Fellows will take approximately 4 call days per month of independent call at Barton Hospital only.

TRAINING/SURGICAL FACILITIES
Barton Memorial Hospital - South Lake Tahoe, California
Lake Tahoe Surgery Center - Zephyr Cove, Nevada
Sierra Surgery Center - Carson City, Nevada
Carson Valley Medical Center - Gardnerville, Nevada
Renown Medical Center - Reno, NV
Incline Village Community Hospital, Incline Village, Nevada
Tahoe Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinics

Effective August 1, 2020, Lake Tahoe Sports Medicine Fellowship has entered into an agreement with Mammoth Orthopedic Institute and Mammoth Hospital to provide additional educational and surgical skills to the Fellowship. This enhancement will benefit the Fellows overall sports medicine training.
The Fellows will rotate to Mammoth Lakes, California to work closely with Dr Brian Gilmer and Dr Timothy Crall. Both orthopedists are Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and sub specialty certified in Sports Medicine. See their photo's and bios under 'Fellowship Adjunct Faculty'. Housing is provided.

RESEARCH
Fellows are required to participate in ongoing and original research in sports medicine. A Faculty member 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 sub-specialty 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.
The fellows are evaluated using a Formative Evaluation model. The Fellow learning will be monitored and will be provided ongoing feedback to improve their learning of patient care or other educational opportunities. Fellows will identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work.

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 Locke, GME Administrator, Fellowship Coordinator: jlocke@bartonhealth.org | 530-543-5781.

The use of the SF Match Central Application Service (CAS) is mandatory for both programs and applicants. Applicants are required to have the following documents in order to apply to programs:

1. CAS Application
2. CV
3. USMLE Step 1/COMLEX 1 or equivalent
4. Letter of Good Standing*;
5. Three Letters of Reference
6. Distribution list

Interviews for the 2022-2023 Fellowship will be held virtual. Details TBD

Applicants should be eligible for both a California and Nevada medical license.
ACGME accredited since 2009.

 

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Fellows Conference Schedule

August 2020

Date	Name
4	Meet and Greet new Fellows-Evan Corning/Matthew Fournier Case Conference
11	Evan Corning, MD, Fellow Topic: Current concepts of Pediatric ACL injuries and treatment
18	Stephen Abelow, MD Topic:Cartilage 2021-Everything you need to know to be a sports medicine physician
25	M&M- Closed and Protected Conference:

September 2020

Date	Name
1	Matthew Fournier, MD, Fellow Topic:Current concepts of remplissage for shoulder instability
8	Jeffrey Orr, MD Topic: Soft tissue injuries of the ankle
15	Meagan McCarthy, MD, Reno Orthopedic Clinic Topic: Patellar Instability
22	M&M/Case Conference
29	Journal Club

October 2020

Date	Name
6	Evan Corning, MD, Fellow Topic: TBD
13	Daniel Robertson, MD Topic: TBD
20	M&M-Closed and Protected Conference
27	Fellows Case Conference

November 2020

Date	Name
3
10
17
24

December 2020

Date	Name
1
8
15
22
29

January 2021

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February 2021

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CORE FACULTY

ADJUNCT FACULTY