Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Beacon Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, Inc. provides a sports medicine Fellowship Program for graduating orthopaedic physicians who choose to specialize in sports medicine.
Program Overview
The one-year program features a curriculum of didactics and a hands on approach to develop a Fellow’s clinical and surgical experience. Fellows work closely with Beacon physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and other clinical and research staff in surroundings conducive to preparing the Fellow for a successful career in orthopaedic sports medicine.
Under the guidance of Fellowship Director, Timothy E. Kremchek, MD, Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Surgeon, all Fellows at Beacon will be offered the training and experience needed for a successful and rewarding career in orthopaedic sports medicine. Curriculum includes diagnostic care and surgery, high school/college team coverage in the Greater Cincinnati area including the coordination of care with athletic trainers and physical therapists, and research opportunities. Each Fellow will be designated as a team physician for his/her assigned college and/or high school athletic event(s) during the training year.
As the official medical provider for the Cincinnati Reds, Beacon is able to offer a hands-on experience to Fellows, allowing them to care for professional baseball athletes. Fellows will assist in caring for these athletes during spring training in Goodyear, Arizona, for approximately two months and also during the regular season.
Admission
Beacon accepts three Fellows per year.
Salary and Benefits
$69,357 annual salary + benefits; reimbursement of licensing and credentialing fees, paid medical mal-practice fees, and up to $3,000 annually for program director approved educational programs outside of Beacon. Medical and disability insurance is offered for the Fellow and additional family medical coverage is available at Beacon employee rates. Housing is not provided.
Duration
1 Year (August 1st- July 31st)
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine – Beacon West
6480 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45247
Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine – Summit Woods
500 E Business Way, Sharonville, OH 45241
Clinical Experience
Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has over 20 office locations in the Cincinnati Tri-State area. Fellow(s) will train surgically at three Beacon ambulatory surgery centers: Beacon Summit Woods in Sharonville, Beacon West, and Beacon Evendale in Cincinnati. Beacon Summit and West facilities include out-patient surgery centers, rehabilitation centers, and physical therapy locations all in the same facility as Beacon medical office(s), providing convenience and efficiency for both patients and fellows. The Fellows will work with 10+ orthopedic surgery attendings, providing breadth in types of surgical procedures as well as learning varied techniques for the most common sports medicine surgical procedures. One of the strengths of our program is the training the fellows will receive by working with a group of diversely-trained faculty, with fellowship faculty training from Kerlan-Jobe, Andrews Institute, Hughston clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Steadman-Hawkins, and Boston Shoulder Institute, among others. The fellowship offers an extremely active surgical experience at both Beacon ambulatory surgery centers with a balanced exposure to open and closed surgical treatment of the shoulder, elbow, knee, foot/ankle, hand, and hip with an emphasis on open reconstruction of the elbow. The Fellow will also conduct surgery with his/her attending at several major Cincinnati hospitals including UC West Chester Hospital, TriHealth Good Samaritan and Bethesda North Hospitals, and The Christ Hospital.
Supervising Physicians
Timothy E. Kremchek, MD, Medical and Fellowship Director; Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor, Medical Director for the Cincinnati Reds.
Robert Burger, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor, Medical Director for Xavier University Athletics.
Drew Burleson, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor
Peter S. Cha, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor , President- Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Steve Hamilton, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor
Andrew Razzano, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor, Former Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Fellow, 2014-2015, Medical Director for Mason City Schools, Medical Director for the Cincinnati Reds
Robert Rolf, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor
Ian Rice, MD, Assistant Fellowship Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Clinical Faculty, Research, and Educational Program Instructor, Former Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Fellow, 2014-2015, Medical Director for Walnut Hills High School and Roger Bacon High School, Assistant Team Physician for Cincinnati Reds
Professional Athletic Partnerships
Educational Program
The fellowship includes a comprehensive curriculum that hosts a full spectrum of musculoskeletal and medical topics in orthopaedics and sports medicine. Non-surgical and surgical sports medicine topics are reviewed through a series of journal clubs, didactic conferences, and patient case studies. Each fellow is expected to coordinate multiple presentations and to participate and lead discussion in conferences Within our surgical bio-skill laboratories, we facilitate education on new techniques, new surgical products and new procedures that speed efficiencies and improve outcomes for orthopaedic patients. The bio-skill laboratory can provide fellows an excellent opportunity for safe practice of more advanced surgical procedures or in-depth exploration of relevant anatomy. Our weekly sports medicine fellowship conferences are broadcast via WebEx through a private web-link provided by Beacon. Most are free of charge and provide CME credit for physicians.
Research Component
Research is a mandatory requirement of the fellowship. At least one research project is considered the minimum expectation of our fellows. Faculty and fellows collaboratively conduct research and fellows are expected to present their findings at a regional or national orthopedic conference, as well as successfully publish in an orthopedic peer-reviewed journal. Faculty support fellows from the beginning with formulating a hypothesis, continuing through literature review, data collection and assimilation, to manuscript composition and ultimately publication/presentation.
Selection Criteria
Fellows accepted to the orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship program must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency in Orthopaedic Surgery and be a graduate of a medical school in the U.S.A. accredited by the ACGME (or ECFMG equivalent); have or be able to obtain a full unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Ohio. Our fellows will be selected for the fellowship through the Sports Medicine Match sponsored by the AOSSM, administered by the San Francisco Match. The academic year is August 1st through July 31st, thus allowing time for the graduating resident to prepare for written board examinations, move and get acclimated to Cincinnati, Ohio.
2012-13 Graduates
Bradley W. Dyrstad, MD
Michael D. Myers, DO
2013-2014 Graduates
Lucas B. Richie, MD
Brian R. Wallace, DO
2014-2015 Graduates
Benjamin F. Donohue, MD
Andrew J. Razzano, DO
Ian S. Rice, MD
2015-2016 Graduates
Brad Conner, DO
Brean McCarthy, DO
2016-2017 Graduates
Callista Morris, DO
Nathan Rencher, DO
2017-2018 Graduate
Shane Kibbe, M.D.
2018-2019 Graduate
Trevor Call, DO
Josh Natali, DO
Sean Wilkinson, DO
2019-2020 Graduates
Anthony Berdis, DO
Will Schneider, DO
Nathan Wool, MD
2020-2021 Graduates
Chris Luther, DO
Mark Plumby, MD
2021-2022 Graduates
Skyler King, DO
Kevin Middlemist, DO
Steven Murphy, DO
2022-2023 Fellows
Keith Fishbeck, DO
Adam Goldman, DO
Emily Wynkoop, MD
2023-2024 Fellows
Jorge Benito, DO
Chris Minifee, MD
Contact
For more information regarding the sports medicine fellowship program, please contact:
GME Director, Jen Davis [email protected]
American Medical Association
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Federation of State Medical Boards
Internet Society of Orthopaedic Surgery & Trauma
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Society for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
Arthroscopy Association of North America