Sports Medicine Fellowship

Sports medicine provider examining patient

The Department of Family Medicine sponsors a one-year ACGME-Accredited Sports Medicine Fellowship. The program has a main hub at OHSU Family Medicine at Gabriel Park, and provides clinical experience at various other OHSU Sports Medicine clinics including:

Established in 2009 by Dr. Charles Webb, the OHSU Sports Medicine Fellowship has a 100 percent board pass rate. We have trained fellows from Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatric specialties. We collaborate with the PeaceHealth Sports Medicine Fellowship in Vancouver, Washington for combined didactic sessions.   

Our program:

Provides diverse clinical experiences for fellows to master prevention, diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation of common exercise and sports-related acute and chronic injuries
Promotes comprehensive primary care for athletes and active individuals
Emphasizes the role of exercise in health promotion/disease management
Fosters experts in the use of ultrasound for diagnostic applications and injection guidance
Encourages fellows to be involved in education, scholarship, and leadership at a national level for the promotion of Sports Medicine as a medical specialty

Our clinical experience includes coverage of Portland State University, Lewis and Clark College, local high schools, the Portland Marathon, the Shamrock Half Marathon, the Oregon Ballet Theater, and exercise physiology testing with the Human Performance Lab. 

Fellowship graduates will be qualified for and expected to sit for the Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification examination under the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). 

Teaching is a key focus of our fellowship. There are many opportunities to lead education sessions as a fellow, at a local, regional, and national level. Some of these opportunities include: 

National level ultrasound teaching at the AMSSM/OHSU Sports Ultrasound Course and Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI) Course
Inter-disciplinary lectures with physical therapists, occupational therapists, concussion researchers, and other allied health professionals
Community lectures through March Wellness' "Talk with the Doc" program
Medical student Family Medicine clerkship injection workshop and other lectures
Family Medicine residency lectures and workshops

Cadaver experiences: We have multiple experiences in our state-of-the-art VirtuOHSU cadaver lab. Fellows average 8 to 10 sessions in the cadaver lab over the year through courses, workshops, and teaching sessions. 

We have rotations through the clinics of a variety of Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics faculty to increase learning opportunities.

Key aspects of the fellowship experience include:

Independent Sports Medicine clinic – where fellow sees patients off their own schedule, precepted by a Sports Medicine attending
Dedicated half day of didactics
College and high school training rooms
Diverse sideline game coverage
Opportunities to rotate with dedicated Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics faculty, seeing a wide range of practice-types and clinical pathologies

Additional clinical opportunities include time at the OHSU Human Performance Lab, Sports Cardiology Clinic, MSK Radiology, and Mt Hood Ski Clinic. 

The curriculum is designed to meet all the ACGME requirements for Primary Care Sports Medicine. We are proud to report a 100% board/CAQ pass rate. Our didactic schedule is set for Wednesday afternoons. We collaborate with the Peace Health Sports Fellowship run by Dr. Kevin DeWeber. The fellowship buys all textbooks for the required readings. Didactics typically include:

Recommended pre-reading from helpful resources (articles, text chapters, etc.)
Lecture with Sports Faculty
Informal quizzes on learning content
Board style review questions
Ultrasound learning – hands-on and case-based

Fellows are assigned to one college for the entirety of the program with significant autonomy in providing sports medicine and primary care to athletes at Lewis and Clark College or Portland State University. Both provide a diverse offering of sports and events. There are two training rooms per week (Ortho Day and Primary Care Sports Day). Fellows are an integral part of the clinical Sports Medicine team. 

We work with several local high schools in the Portland Metro and Beaverton areas. Fellows are involved in training rooms and event coverage as well as mass physicals and events/tournaments at the high school level. 

We have multiple mass participation events and are always looking to expand and evolve in different events. The following is a list of some of the events we cover. 

Portland Marathon
Shamrock Run
Oregon State High School Wrestling tournament
NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, OR

The following conferences are paid for fellows to attend annually:

American Medical Society for Sports medicine (AMSSM) National Conference
OHSU AMSSM Sports Ultrasound Course – fellows teach as faculty for the first day of the course then can attend the rest of the 4-day course 
Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI) - fellows teach as faculty for the first day of the course then can attend the rest of the 2-day course 
Wilderness Medicine Training
AMSSM Fellow Research & Leadership Conference

For more details on the AMSSM events, visit the ir website.

Applicants must complete a Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, or Emergency Medicine residency program prior to joining the fellowship. At this time, we do not accept residents from Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation programs. Applicants must also be able to obtain an Oregon Medical License. Applications will be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Once all application materials are received, chosen applicants will be contacted about interviewing process and dates.

Our fellowship participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Specialty Match process. Applicants must register with the NRMP. Please note the deadlines and registration fees. Visit the National Resident Matching Program for more information.

The ERAS system opens for applications yearly on July 1. Our deadline for applications is September 30 of that same year. We require the following documentation for your application: