Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship

Program Overview

  • Program Director: J. Lee Pace, MD 
  • Duration: 12 months  
  • Positions: 1 ACGME-accredited

This fellowship is designed to provide a comprehensive education with exposure to different types of practice. Between the two clinical sites (Children’s Health Andrews Institute Plano CHAI, Plano Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center POSMC, the fellowship can provide pediatric, adolescent, and adult sports education with case diversity that ranges from routine to complex. Exposure to the core areas of surgical care of sports medicine: knee, shoulder, elbow will be robust and balanced. In addition, the fellow will receive high level exposure to routine and complex care of hip problems. The fellow will be exposed to different practice models; hospital employees/”privademic” model, private practice, and class academic model. The fellows will rotate between the clinic, OR, and field coverage, with all of the faculty members. Multiple faculty members perform more complex surgical procedures that sometimes require inpatient management of which the fellow will have exposure during their educational rotation experiences.  

The fellow will rotate through each clinic site for two months twice during the year. CHAI Plano will be the home base for the fellow with regards to research as this is where John Abt, PhD, the fellowship research director is located.  

Outreach is an expectation of the fellowship as this will prepare fellows to become an active participant in the care of their local community when they enter practice. Fellows will have the opportunity and expectation to provide sideline coverage for a local high school football team in the late summer and fall each year. The fellow will be the primary point of contact for higher level care of the athletes, with appropriate supervision from faculty. Local high school coverage will be arranged with the outreach team at CHAI Plano. The fellows will have opportunities to work with athletes from professional MLS level soccer (FC Dallas), minor league baseball (Frisco Rough Riders) and all major sports at college and high school levels and recreational athletes outside of the education system.  

The Children’s Health Andrews Institute Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship gives fellows the opportunity to provide orthopedic services in a sports medicine setting with children, adolescents, and adults. The fellowship emphasizes a patient-centric approach to orthopedic treatment and management, providing individualized and specialized care. Upon completion of the one-year, full-time fellowship, trainees will have established a relevant research agenda and be adequately prepared for independent practice in the field of orthopedic sports medicine. 

  • Program Aims

    • Expose fellows to a wide range of clinical, surgical, and field experiences 
    • Provide fellows with scholarly activity opportunities to foster their growth in clinical skills and tools to innovate in the field of sports medicine and orthopaedics 
    • Share the collective knowledge of practicing sports medicine physicians and encourage them to do likewise 
    • Provide fellows with hypothesis-based research opportunities, working with faculty who are leaders in the field of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Research 
    • Provide multidisciplinary sports medicine experience introducing the fellows to a collaborative sports medicine “Team” model 
    • Provide the fellows with clinical experiences within multiple practice models 

  • Didactics, Continuing Education, and Sports Medicine Outreach Requirements

    • Weekly Didactic Lectures
    • Monthly Journal Clubs
    • Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
    • Quarterly Lecture Series  Quarterly Cadaver Labs
    • Research project assignments, including manuscript submission of at least one
    • High School team physician responsibilities
    • Andrews Institute annual pre-participation physicals

  • Salary, Benefits, and Policies

    • Salary: starting at $80,000 
    • Benefits include medical, dental, and health insurance options. Options for additional coverages (disability, hospitalization, life) and/or dependent coverage is available
    • Professional liability insurance is provided at not cost to the fellow
    • Parental time, sick time, and leaves of absence are permitted as required by ACGME and Federal Law  
    • The program allows for doctor’s appointments, bereavement, Jury Duty, mental health appointment

  • Faculty Members

    • Coming soon

  • Locations

    Children’s Health Andrews Institute 
    7211 Preston Rd. Plano, TX 75024 

    This will be the primary clinic site for the fellows. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Clinic - CHAI Plano will incorporate pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients from the DFW metroplex, as well as professional athletes and high-level adolescent athletes. CHAI is comprised of orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine, sports concussion, sports rehabilitation, behavioral health, sports performance and nutrition, outreach, and research. CHAI is an outpatient clinic for pre, post, and non-operative care for athletes/patients with acute, chronic, and complex orthopaedic injuries. Clinic volume will be between 30-40 patients per clinic day, with clinic days being 2 to 2.5 days per week. The fellow will be exposed to standard and complex knee and shoulder sports medicine cases. Faculty member at this site with be Drs. Pace, Loveland, and Roaten 

     

    Plano Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center  

    5228 W. Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093 

    Plano Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center (POSMC) is a high-volume, well-established community orthopedic and sports medicine practice in Plano, TX. POSMC will be the site where the fellow will see patients on an outpatient basis for pre, post and non-operative clinical care. While on the POSMC rotation, the fellow will be in this clinic generally two days a week. Here the fellow will get exposure to standard knee and shoulder sports medicine cases but will also be exposed to a broad range of hip pathology as well as complex upper extremity diagnoses. The clinic volume will range from 30-60 patients a day. The principal faculty here will be Drs. Troop, Evanson and Howard.

     

    Live Oak Surgery Center – Outpatient Surgery  

    7211 Preston Rd. Suite 2100 Plano, TX 75024 (2nd Floor of Andrews Institute)  

    Live Oak Surgery Center (LOSC), will be the primary surgical site while the fellow is on rotation at CHAI. The fellow will be exposed to mostly adolescent sports operative cases. 60-70% of these cases will be knee cases but the fellow will get exposure to shoulder and hip cases with regularity and to a lesser extent elbow and ankle cases. There will also be some adult cases as well as complex knee reconstruction cases. The fellow will typically see 3-4 cases per operative day here but some days it can be as high as 5-6. The fellow will be in the LOSC OR at least twice a week while on rotation at CHAI. The principal faculty here will be Drs. Pace, Roaten and Loveland. 

     

    Children's Health - Children's Medical Center at Legacy (CMC Plano) 
    7601 Preston Rd. Plano, TX 75024 

    Serving as a similar set of operative cases as Live Oak Surgery Center. The experience here will be almost exclusively operative adolescent sports medicine cases. The variety will range from routine outpatient cases to complex reconstructive cases that require an inpatient stay. The fellow will operate here 1-2 times per month while on the CHAI rotation. This location will also have some exposure to pediatric orthopedic trauma cases which the fellow can participate in if so. The three primary faculty at CMC Plano will be Drs. Pace, Loveland, and Roaten. 

     

    Texas Health Preston Plaza – Outpatient Surgery 
    17950 Preston Rd. Dallas, TX 75252 

    Texas Health Preston Plaza Surgery Center is one of two surgical sites for the Plano Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center (POSMC) rotation. The fellow will be exposed to a broad range of outpatient cases here that will cover the hip, knee, elbow and shoulder. The principal faculty here will be Drs. Troop, Evanson and Howard.

     

    Children’s Health Main OR – Outpatient/ Inpatient Surgery  

    7601 Preston Rd. Plano, TX 75024 

    Legent Orthopedic Hospital Carrollton – Outpatient/ Inpatient Surgery  
    1401 E. Trinity Mls. Rd, Carrollton, TX 75006 

    Legent Outpatient Surgery Frisco – Outpatient Surgery 
    8350 Dallas Pkwy, Frisco, TX 75034 

  • Alumni

    • Olubusola Brimmo, MD

  • Application and Selection Process

    Application process and match service through the San Francisco Match.  

    Please send any questions regarding the fellowship to: 

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