Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship is part of the SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine Residency Program.
- Provides physician training in return-to-play and interventional procedures using the highest quality evidence-based medicine.
- Fellows will learn the principles of public and community health and interprofessional care, and will be trained to address the psychosocial issues of families and communities. Emphasis will be made on the importance of healthy lifestyle, exercise and additional values of preventative medicine.
Core Rotations
Fellows will have at least four weekly clinics in primary care sports medicine and a continuity clinic. In addition, fellows will serve as one of the team physicians for several teams at the high school, college and professional levels.
- Five separate orthopedics ambulatory specialty clinics (eight weeks)
- Orthopedics: Sports medicine (longitudinal)
- Primary care sports medicine clinic (longitudinal)
- Rheumatology (eight weeks)
- Primary care continuity clinic (longitudinal)
- Physical therapy (16 to 20 weeks)
- Musculoskeletal radiology (16 to 20 weeks)
| Days of the Week | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Athletics training room | PCSM clinic | |
| Tuesday | Ortho specialty Clinic | Ortho specialty clinic | |
| Wednesday | PCSM clinic | PCSM clinic | |
| Thursday | Continuity clinic | Athletics training room | |
| Friday | Ortho specialty clinic | Ortho specialty clinic | High school football |
| Saturday | College football | College football | College football |
| Sunday | Off | Off | Off |
Event Coverages (Sideline/Athletic Training Room)
Colleges
- Saint Louis University (NCAA Division I)
- University of Missouri–St. Louis (NCAA Division II)
- Fontbonne University (NCAA Division III)
- University of Health Sciences (N.A.I.A.)
- Harris-Stowe State University (N.A.I.A.)
- Missouri Baptist University (N.A.I.A.)
Special Events
- St. Louis Sabres Rugby
- Greater St. Louis Marathon
- Sun Run – Cardinal Glennon
High Schools
- Affton High School
- Bayless High School
- Bellville East High School (IL)
- Bellville West High School (IL)
- Bishop DuBourg High School
- Duchesne High School
- Orchard Farm High School
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Lutheran North High School
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Lutheran South High School
- Pattonville High School
Curriculum
Fellows will receive experience and exposure in on-field management and medical transportation of urgent and emergent sports medicine problems through sideline and mass participation events. In addition, fellows will receive season training in splinting, spine boarding, CPR, airway management and AED placement in conjunction with annual SSM SportsCare Outreach courses. A fellow will have additional responsibility in event-planning and the development of an emergency action plan in coordination with local EMS.
- Basic sciences: Exercise physiology lab
- American Medical Society of Sports Medicine sponsored musculoskeletal ultrasound use
- Participation in gross anatomy with medical students
Faculty
Jamil Neme, M.D. (Primary care sports medicine physician)
Primary care sports medicine program director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Team physician for the Saint Louis Billikens
William Mitchell, M.D. (Primary care sports medicine physician)
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Team physician for the Saint Louis Billikens
David Lee, M.D. (Primary care sports medicine physician)
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Team physician for the Saint Louis Billikens
Scott Kaar, M.D. (sports medicine orthopedic surgery)
Department of Orthopedics
Professor of orthopaedic surgery
Co-medical director, Regional SSM Health Musculoskeletal Clinical Program
Chief of orthopaedic sports medicine and shoulder surgery
Team physician for the Saint Louis Billikens
Ali Ashley, M.D. (sports medicine orthopedic surgery)
Department of Orthopedics
Assistant professor, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Team physician for the Saint Louis Billikens
Orthopedic sports medicine
Team physician UMSL University
Team physician Missouri Baptist University