CLINICAL CARE
A one-year clinical fellowship is offered for five Board-certified or Board-eligible orthopedic surgeons. Fellows are involved with the co-directors and ten other fellowship-trained sports medicine orthopedic surgeons with a balance of office and operative experience. Our mission is to develop the next generation of leaders in sports medicine.
The fellowship program is an extremely active clinical fellowship with a balanced exposure to knee, hip and shoulder pathology. During the average academic year, each attending performs 600-900+ surgeries. One of the highlights for our fellows has been the opportunity to gain considerable experience in the office and understanding proper indications for non-surgical and surgical treatment. Our mentorship model allows the fellow to participate in the formulation of care of our patients under the direct supervision of the attending physicians in their private offices. The fellows will work closely with attending orthopedic surgeons and their teams to evaluate patients in the office and follow them through their episode of musculoskelatal care.
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Current clinical rotations are 10 weeks in length and consistent for all fellows which is based on a mentorship model working either one or two faculty members.
Brian Cole (Sports Medicine, Shoulder, Elbow, Knee, Cartilage Restoration)
Nikhil Verma (Sports Medicine Shoulder & Knee)
Shane Nho (Hip)
Greg Nicholson & Grant Garrigues (Shoulder Reconstruction)
Brian Forsythe & Adam Yanke (Sports Medicine Shoulder & Knee)
The fellow will be exposed to open and arthroscopic shoulder stabilization techniques, complex rotator cuff surgery including evolving reconstruction techniques performed by all attendings. Dr. Gregory Nicholson and Dr. Grant Garrigues perform a high volume of arthroplasties, including complex revision procedures.
The fellow is exposed to current state-of-the-art endoscopic and open ligament reconstruction techniques including patellar, quadriceps, and hamstring tendon autograft ACL surgery as well as lateral extra-articular tenodesis.
Dr. Brian Cole and Dr. Adam Yanke have particular interest in cartilage and meniscal preservation techniques—MACI, osteochondral allograft transplantation, meniscal transplantation and associated osteotomies. Dr. Yanke also focuses on complex patellofemoral stabilization including trochleoplasty and associated osteotomies.
Dr. Jorge Chahla has developed a tertiary referral multi-ligament reconstruction practice.
Dr. Shane Nho specializes in the young adult hip arthroscopy to which he devotes the majority of his practice. This exposes the fellows to the latest techniques in complex hip arthroscopy as well as extra-articular surgery of the hip and pelvis.
Under the supervision of our faculty, fellows will gain an understanding of joint pathology and the best possible treatment for our patients.
