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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.

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

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

 

Nata Parnes, MD, Director of Clinical Research, ASES Research Committee Member

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 didactic conferences and patient case studies. Each fellow is expected to coordinate multiple presentations and to participate and lead discussion in conferences. Our bi-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. 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.

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

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