UNSOM Sports Medicine Fellowship of Las Vegas
UNSOM Sports Medicine Fellowship of Las Vegas
We stress a comprehensive approach to care of athletes. Strong core rotations with significant exposure to primary care sports medicine and orthopedics anchor the curriculum, while rotations in orthopedic specialties including joint replacement, pediatric/adolescent orthopedics, hand, and foot/ ankle round out the academics. Experiences in neurosurgery, physical therapy, and radiological imaging provide depth and breadth to the curriculum. Opportunities to gain experience in areas of special interest are available through elective rotations.
Through a time-honored relationship, we are team physicians for the University of Nevada Las Vegas. We provide game coverage for many UNLV athletic events and improve student athlete continuity of care by conducting training room clinics Monday through Friday. We are an integral part of UNLV’s student athlete medical team and travel with the football team to their away games.
In addition, we provide a non-student athlete sports medicine clinic at UNLV student health center twice a week and conduct a sports medicine clinic at the Family Medicine Center (FMC), performing exercise tolerance tests and caring for musculoskeletal and exercise related disorders. Fellows have the opportunity to do VO2 max testing and biomechanics analysis at UNLV as a component of scholarly pursuits.
To maintain family medicine skills, fellows precept residents on a regular basis and care for patients one half day per week at the Family Medicine Clinic.
Didactics run throughout the year. During July, didactics are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings to launch a strong foundation. Throughout the remainder of year, didactics are continued on Friday mornings. We utilize Delee and Drez’s Orthopedic Sports Medicine (copy will be provided to each fellow) as primary text supplemented with current literature reviews, journals and other texts as well as guest lecturers. Fellows give lectures to the residents once a month as well.
Curriculum
Highlights
1. Strong core rotations & electives
2. Team physicians for UNLV athletics
3. Didactics every Friday
Sample Schedule
July: Sports Medicine - COSM
August: Sports Medicine - COSM
September: Joint Replacement / Sports
October: General Ortho / Sports
November: Pediatric Ortho
December: General Ortho
January: Neurosurgery
February: Foot/Ankle
March: Hand
April: Pediatric Ortho
May: Sports Medicine
June: Elective
Sample Weekly Schedule
M T W Th F Sa Su
Early TR TR Did
AM SHC SM COSM Prec COSM
PM USM xxxx COSM SM COSM Game
Eve Game coverage as needed
TR - UNLV Training Room
SHC - Student Health Center Sports Clinic
USM - University Sports Medicine -
Dr. Milligan’s private clinic
SM - Family Medicine Sports Medicine Clinic
COSM - Sports Medicine at Crovetti Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Prec - Precepting for residents at Fam Med
xxxx - To be used by Fellow as needed
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