Sports Medicine Fellowship

Our Sports Medicine Fellowship is a one-year program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and is part of the Rehabilitation Medicine Core Program. Established in 2014, the Program aims to develop highly knowledgeable and skilled sports medicine physicians while providing the best possible healthcare to individuals with musculoskeletal injuries. We serve a broad age range, from adolescents to older adults, and cater to individuals of all activity levels, from the sedentary to professional athletes. Additionally, we assist in the evaluation, diagnosis and management of individuals who sustain concussions. Our patient population includes various backgrounds from the Bronx, Westchester County and the Hudson Valley.

The Sports Medicine Fellowship Program at Montefiore Einstein is unique in providing both athletes and non-athletes with comprehensive care across the rehabilitation spectrum. This includes prehabilitation, such as making recommendations for training programs to prevent injuries in athletes; managing acute injuries in collaboration with the Emergency Department team and orthopedic surgeons; and offering rehabilitation care in partnership with the core physical medicine and rehabilitation team, which encompasses cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation, balance rehabilitation and therapists across disciplines.

We offer three positions each year. Clinical activity and fellowship training occur at Montefiore Einstein, Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital and St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers. Other clinical activities include training room and pre-participation physical evaluations at a Division III college and the New York City Football Club. Clinical rotations include:

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Sports Medicine Clinic
• Four months of orthopedics and PM&R sports medicine within Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital. This rotation focuses on acute injury management, including fractures and dislocations.
• Four weeks on the orthopedic sports medicine service, including observing and assisting in operative procedures
• An ongoing pain medicine experience that includes evaluating patients and performing basic interventional spine procedures
• Two weeks of emergency medicine

Educational activities for Sports Medicine fellows include:

• Weekly lectures from multidisciplinary services—PM&R sports attendings, sports orthopedic surgeons, cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation specialists, neuropsychologists, cardiologists, exercise physiologists, etc.
• Regularly scheduled PM&R Sports Medicine journal clubs
• Weekly conferences with orthopedics
• Regularly scheduled hands-on ultrasound didactic sessions. All fellows should be eligible and feel comfortable enough to take the certification examination (Registered in Musculoskeletal™—RMSK™—sonography) on completion of the Fellowship.
• Weekly physical medicine and rehabilitation Grand Rounds

Procedures performed by Sports Medicine Fellows include:

• Diagnostic ultrasound scanning
• Joint, bursa, tendon sheath and perineural injections
• Nerve blocks
• Hydrodissection procedures
• Percutaneous tenotomy
• Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)

Applications are accepted via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®), and the Program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).

We also invite prospective fellows to contact us for additional information:

Shane Drakes, MD
Program Director

sdrakes@montefiore.org  

Annalise Vivolo
avivolo@montefiore.org