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Sports Medicine Fellowship

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The Sports Medicine Fellowship of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Harvard Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation provides an integrated, multidisciplinary sports medicine curriculum. Our goal is to train the highest-level academic sports medicine physicians.

The fellowship is accredited by the American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and satisfies the clinical educational requirements to sit for the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the American Board of Family Medicine Primary Care Sports Medicine CAQ exam.

Fellows receive exposure to sports medicine in multiple facilities across Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine. Working with sports medicine specialists in physiatry, internal medicine, orthopedics, cardiology, musculoskeletal radiology, physical therapy, athletic training, and more.

Fellowship Program Highlights

The Sports Medicine Fellowship offers a rich and diverse experience for fellows:

  • Expert, diverse faculty: Fellows benefit from the diverse expertise of multiple faculty members across different hospitals and specialties.
  • Hands-on experience: The program emphasizes practical experience with procedures, ensuring fellows develop proficiency and confidence in their clinical skills.
  • Coverage experience: Fellows have a well-rounded and extensive game and event coverage opportunities from high school to college to professional levels.
  • Flexibility and selective opportunities: The program includes flexible schedules and selective time, allowing fellows to tailor their learning to their interests and career goals, while meeting graduation requirements and preparing for the transition into clinical practice.
  • Supportive and approachable environment: Our faculty fosters a welcoming and collaborative environment where fellows feel like an integral part of the team.
  • Valuing fellow feedback: We actively incorporate feedback from fellows to improve the program each year.
  • Additional highlights:
    • Fellows choose their own clinical and research mentors to guide their career and research efforts.
    • Comprehensive resources support fellows’ physical and mental well-being.
    • Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers offers opportunities to participate in a robust adaptive sports program.

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Clinical Learning and Facilities

Our program offers diverse clinical experiences with the Sports Medicine team, including interdisciplinary clinics and coverage opportunities. Fellows work across different settings, such as interdisciplinary and general sports medicine clinics, operating rooms, training rooms, and sidelines. They learn from attending physicians and collaborate with specialists in orthopedic surgery, radiology, primary care, emergency medicine, cardiology, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and more. 

Fellows will develop proficiency in musculoskeletal ultrasound diagnostics and interventional procedures, including the use of cutting edge orthobiologics, as well as fluoroscopic spine and peripheral joint procedures. There is an emphasis on diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound skills following the AMSSM curriculum guidelines.

Clinical Facilities

Outpatient

The fellowship provides extensive outpatient exposure through various facilities across MGB.

Massachusetts General Hospital’s Sports Medicine Center

The Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine Center, located on Cambridge Street in Boston, is a multidisciplinary clinic where fellows will get to see patients with both PM&R and orthopedic attendings. Fellows will have the opportunity to shadow some of the surgical patients from initial appointment, surgery, and rehabilitation.

Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center at Patriot Place

The Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center at Patriot Place is located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, home of the New England Patriots.

Spaulding Outpatient Center Wellesley

At Spaulding Outpatient Center Wellesley, fellows will practice general ultrasound skills, advanced procedures and orthobiologics.

Additional Facilities

Fellows will also spend time at Massachusetts General Hospital - Waltham, Massachusetts General Hospital Main Campus, Boston College Student Health, and our newest location, Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine at Boston Landing.

Training Rooms

In additional to the outpatient facilities, fellows will spend time at Harvard University, Suffolk University, Wellesley College, and Curry College training rooms. Here, fellows will work with training room staff to provide medical and musculoskeletal care for collegiate athletes.

 

Scholarly Activities

Didactics

  • Weekly MGB Sports Medicine Conference (multidisciplinary)
    • Fellows are required to present one lecture
  • Fellowship program specific didactic sessions weekly with attendings focused on clinical application.
  • Optional Orthopedic and PM&R department Grand Rounds.
    • Fellows are required to present 1 PM&R Grand Rounds lecture.
  • New England regional Primary Care Fellowship combined journal club and board review.
  • Fellowship ultrasound didactics.

Research

  • Fellows are paired with a research mentor.
  • Requirement; is one at least 1 peer reviewed manuscript per year. Many choose to submit additional articles.
  • Fellows present a research abstract at the fellowship research day alongside surgical sports medicine fellows.
  • Encouraged to present their work at national and local conferences.

Conferences

  • Fellows are encouraged to attend AMSSM, AAPM&R and our Harvard Sports Medicine Course.
  • Fellows are required to present a case at NEACSM.

Teaching

  • Assist with resident and medical student learning in sports medicine clinic.
  • Helps to lead resident ultrasound curriculum.

 

Coverage

  • Professional
    • Red Sox
      • Game coverage at Fenway
      • Spring Training
      • Consults/ procedures in clinic
    • Revolution
      • Game coverage
      • Entrance/ exit exams
    • Patriots
      • Physicals
      • Consults
    • Bruins
      • Game Coverage with Dr. Babu
      • PPEs
      • Consults/ procedures in clinic
    • Boston Ballet
      • Performance coverage
    • Boston Fleet
  • Collegiate
    • Harvard Sports Medicine
      • Training room clinic with Dr. McInnis
      • Game coverage (Ice Hockey, Football, Wrestling/ Rugby, etc.)
    • Northeastern
      • Men’s Basketball coverage
    • Curry College
      • PPEs
      • Training room clinics with Dr. McInnis
      • Football games / ice hockey games
    • Suffolk University
      • Training room clinics weekly with Dr. McInnis
      • Ice hockey coverage
    • Wellesley College
      • PPEs with residents
      • Training room clinics with Dr. Borg- Stein
  • High school
    • Walpole High School football
    • Boston Public School football (optional)
  • Event
    • Boston Marathon
    • Baystate Games
    • Special Olympics
    • Disabled Hockey Championships
    • World Jr. Field Hockey Cup
    • Figure Skating Championships
    • Local Half-Marathons, 10K
    • Head of the Charles
    • Fenway events
    • Olympics
    • FIFA World Cup 2026

 

Curriculum Overview

Each fellow’s schedule is divided into four 3-month blocks with exposure to the following:

Rotation

  • Medical Sports Medicine
  • Orthopedic Sports Medicine
  • Pediatric Sports Medicine
  • Orthopedic Hand
  • PM&R Hand
  • Sports Cardiology
  • MSK Radiology
  • Running Medicine
  • Ultrasound Procedures including advanced procedures and orthobiologics
  • Fluoroscopic spine and peripheral joint procedures
  • Shockwave therapy
  • Various selectives across medical and surgical subspecialties

Ultrasound Curriculum

The Fellow US Curriculum consists of (1) monthly rotation-based scanning sessions, (2) weekly didactic/protected scanning time, and (3) PM&R resident US teaching.

  • Fellows work with attendings to complete focused US teaching sessions based on AMSSM Sports US Scanning Protocols, separate from clinical case-based learning.
  • Fellows have protected scanning time generally from 4-5pm once weekly. Often fellows work and learn together during this time.
  • Fellows take on leadership roles with teaching our residents during their US curriculum.

Each fellow is provided with a GE VSCAN Handheld ultrasound unit to use during the year for both independent learning and training room/ sideline coverage.

Procedures

Throughout the fellowship, fellows gain expertise in a variety of procedures, including:

  • Interventional Spine procedures
  • Ultrasound-Guided procedures
    • Arthrocentesis
    • Soft tissue
    • Nerve blocks, hydrodissection
    • Barbotage, lavage and aspiration
    • Orthobiologics: PRP, BMAC, Lipo-aspirate
    • Prolotherapy
    • Percutaneous tenotomy
  • Palpation-guided procedures
    • TPI, arthrocentesis, soft tissue
  • Extracorporeal shock wave therapy
  • Compartment Pressure Testing

Specialty Rotations

Fellows rotate with specialists in sports cardiology, MSK radiology, pediatric sports medicine, emergency sports medicine, orthopedics, and more. Additional specialty exposure can be gained during selective time.

Selective Time

The second half of fellowship includes selective time, allowing fellows to explore areas of interest. This time can be used to focus on clinical care, research, and/or medical education.

  • Clinical Care: Fellows can cultivate expertise in specific areas of sports medicine by spending extra time with physicians or related specialists.
  • Research and Medical Education: Opportunities are available through Harvard Medical School, Spaulding, and MGH.
  • Creative Use of Elective Time: The fellowship is open to creative use of selective time to best support a fellow’s learning. Fellows work closely with the program director for approval of elective month proposals.

View the Fellowship Selective Rotation List >

Meet Our Team

Meet Our Physicians

Kelly C. McInnis, DO
Program Director
Team Physician, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Harvard Athletics
Team Consultant, Boston Bruins, New England Revolution
Head Team Physician, Suffolk University, Curry College

Dr. McInnis provides overall leadership of the training program and supervises trainees in clinical care, research, academic and teaching efforts. She also coordinates all team and event coverage.

Joanne Borg-Stein, MD
Associate Program Director
Associate Chair, Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Harvard Dept. of PM&R
Team Physician, Wellesley College

Dr. Borg-Stein oversees and supervises the activities of the program and directs training in diagnostic and interventional sports ultrasound and orthobiologic injections.

Haylee Borgstrom, MD
Associate Program Director
Associate Program Director, SRH Residency Program
Team Physician, Boston Red Sox

Dr. Borgstrom coordinates the fellow ultrasound curriculum and supervises trainees in clinical and procedural care. 

Core PM&R Faculty

Ashwin Babu, MD
Associate Program Director, SRH Residency Program
Team Physician, New England Revolution and Boston Bruins

Dr. Babu co-coordinates musculoskeletal ultrasound curriculum.

Steve Makovitch, DO
Director of Interventional Spine Training

Cheri Blauwet, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Spaulding Rehabilitation
Interim Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital Endowed Chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director, Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute
Chair, International Paralympic Committee

Board of Directors, ADA

Adam Tenforde, MD
Director, Running Medicine Program

Scott Homer, MD
MGB Sports Medicine, PM&R Hand Specialist

Stephanie DeLuca, MD
MGB Sports Medicine, Pediatric and Adolescent Specialist

Core Orthopaedic Faculty

Eric Berkson, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine
Shoulder and knee specialist

Scott Martin, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine
Hip, knee, and shoulder specialist
Director, MGH Joint Preservation Service
Program Director, MGH Sports Medicine Surgical Fellowship
Head Team Physician, New England Revolution

George Theodore, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine
Foot and ankle specialist

Evan O'Donnell, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine
Shoulder and knee specialist

Matthew Leibman, MD
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Hand specialist

Other Key Faculty

Tim Churchill, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cardiovascular Performance Center

William Palmer, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Musculoskeletal Radiology

David Nolan, DPT
Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Physical Therapy
Director, MGH/Northeastern Sports Physical Therapy Program

Gianmichel Corrado, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine
Director, Emergency Sports Medicine

Nikolaos Paschos, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Children's Orthopaedics
Pediatric sports orthopedics specialist

Meet Our Fellows

Meet our fellows >

Meet Our Alumni

  • Paige Dyrek, UCLA
  • Nicholas Tsitsilianos, UMass
  • Stephanie DeLuca, MGB/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Kayle Knoble-Taylor, Corewell Health
  • Michael Catapano, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Kristian von Rickenbach, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Haylee Borgstrom, MGB/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Eric Chen, UW Medicine
  • Michael Auriemma, Private Practice
  • David Cormier, Boston College Health Services
  • Ashwin Babu, MGB/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Christine Eng, MGB/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Dana Kotler, MGB/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Barbara Semakula
  • Erik Brand, Overlake Medical Center
  • Eugene Roh, Stanford Health Care
  • Kelly McInnis, MGB/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Requirements and Applications

To be eligible for this program, applicants must have completed an ACGME- accredited residency in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, Pediatrics or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Our program accepts applications via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). To be considered for our program, applicants must register for the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match.

Applications should include the following:

  • Three letters of recommendation (including one from your residency program director)
  • A personal statement
  • Your curriculum vitae
  • Dean’s letter or Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
  • Medical school transcript
  • United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) or Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX) transcripts

Get information on how to apply >

For questions, please contact Megan Gentile, MPH, at mgentile6@mgb.org.

Salary and Benefits

Mass General Brigham offers a wide range of benefits and a competitive salary for clinical fellows.

Find salary and benefits information >

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