Meets Requirements for American Board of Medical Specialties in Sports Medicine

Application Process: Interested applicants should contact Dr. Brian Davis (contact information as shown above).  An application packet with instructions will be sent to the requesting applicant.  Please forward your current CV and three letters of recommendation. One letter should come from the residency Program Director, with two other supporting letters from appropriate faculty attesting to your qualifications. Interviews will be held after the receipt of all application materials.

Description:  This fellowship is for 1 year in the diagnosis and clinical management of sports and related musculoskeletal disorders. The fellowship is jointly sponsored by the Department of PM&R and Family Practice, with one PM&R and one Family Practice Sports fellow being accepted each year. Clinics and curriculum are on separate tracks for each fellow. Close collaboration exists with the Department of Orthopedics and Radiology at UC Davis and with the Department of Family Practice at the University of California, Berkeley for this fellowship. The fellow will primarily work with fellowship-trained physiatrists, Drs. Brandee Waite and Brian Davis. The fellow will also work with nationally-renowned Family Practice Sports physicians, Drs. Jeff Tanji, David Cosca and Gina Lokna. Fellows will also rotate with Musculoskeletal and Neuroimaging radiologists and Orthopedic Hand, Joint and Spine Surgeons. Other exposure may include training in Lake Tahoe clinics during winter months and sideline medical coverage for numerous professional and amateur sporting events. These may include the Sacramento Monarchs professional basketball team, Sacramento Sirens women’s professional football team, USA Track and Field, NCAA Track and Field, USA Boxing, USA Tae Kwon Do, UC Davis and UC Berkeley (‘Cal’) sporting events. Fellows will also spend time in the electrodiagnostics laboratory with ABEM-certified physiatrists.

Didactics are focused towards sports topics with additional didactics on electrodiagnostics and anatomy/ clinical examination for physiatrists. Fellows will be expected to participate in research and will be expected to give presentations to the PM&R residents, medical students and at national meetings. The UC Davis Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation has long been a leader in the area of sports and musculoskeletal training, and now extends that excellence for fellowship training.

This fellowship is awaiting ACGME approval and PASSOR certification.

More information about the UC Davis Department of PM&R can be found at: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pmr

More information about Dr. Brian Davis, Fellowship Director can be found at:

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pmr - then link to ‘Our Team’ – Brian Davis, M.D. or

http://www.ucdsportsspine.medem.com

More information about Dr. Brandee Waite, Fellowship Co-Director can be found at:

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pmr - then link to ‘Our Team’ – Brandee Waite, M.D.