Sports Medicine Fellowship

The Sports Medicine Fellowship is a dynamic and intensive one-year experience, designed to provide a well-rounded academic and clinical experience to begin a career as a leader in Sports Medicine. The fellowship is a vital component of the  Division of Sports & Exercise Medicine (DS&EM).  Our Division mission is to maximize the function, performance, and wellness of athletes, persons with sports related injuries, and persons with musculoskeletal disease. The Department of Family and Community Medicine and the DS&EM have hosted an ACGME-accredited fellowship in sports medicine since 1996, the first program in the Philadelphia region. Fellowship graduates have gone on to start and fill leadership roles in many fellowships in the region and nation. Our graduates are also integral team members in the care of high level collegiate and professional athletes across the country.

Our Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship has a robust curriculum focusing on clinical sports medicine, ultrasound training, research, and sideline coverage. The fellows educational activities allow for close mentoring and supervision, while providing the opportunity for teaching, autonomy, and independence. Fellows see patients in an exceptionally busy Sports Medicine/Orthopedics office under the supervision of the Fellowship Director,  Philip Skiba, DO. The year is broken down into several longitudinal rotation experiences and includes a robust didactic curriculum that incorporates point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound training. Fellows work closely with Sports Medicine preceptors at multiple locations, are fully integrated into the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and work with both primary care sports and surgical faculty at our academic affiliates, Rothman Orthopedics and Einstein Orthopedics. 

Sports Medicine Fellows are responsible for providing care to several athletic programs at the professional, collegiate, high school, and recreational level. They provide professional team coverage with the Philadelphia Phillies under the guidance of the Head Team Physician. At the collegiate level, our fellows provide coverage for NCAA DI, DII, and DIII division schools. The primary program for collegiate coverage is with Thomas Jefferson University Athletics. Fellows participate in regular game coverage and weekly training room activities. Each fellow is assigned a local high school for team coverage and serves as head team physician throughout the entirety of their fellowship year. The fellows also provide care for the Philadelphia Ballet and participate in a weekly training room where they evaluate and treat dancers. Our fellows have an opportunity to provide mass event coverage at several Philadelphia road races including the Philadelphia Marathon, the Broad St. Run, and the Penn Relays. 

At Jefferson, we value each individual fellow’s interest in research and innovation. There are a number of research opportunities available for fellows. In addition to clinical research with Rothman orthopedics, fellows have the opportunity to participate in basic science work. Dr. Skiba has published extensively in the area of mathematical modeling as it relates to exercise physiology and human performance. Fellows are also highly encouraged to submit their own research and case reports for publication.

The Jefferson Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship provides our fellows with a robust and unique opportunity to become well-rounded and exemplary Sports Medicine Physicians.

Philip Skiba, DO, PhD, FACSM
Fellowship Director

Alexis Tingan, MD
Division Director

• Exercise Beliefs During Pregnancy in an Urban Minority Population
• Sports Specialization in Dance
• The Utility of Yearly Screening Laboratory in Professional Baseball
• Monovisc hip study
• Nonop ACL Retrospective Review
• Medication Management Strategies for Concussion
• Sacral Stress Fractures in Runners
• Vitamin Therapy in Concussion Management: a Randomized, Controlled Study
• NSAIDs and Stress Fracture
• Stress Fracture Risk Factors and Beliefs in Dancers and Runners
• Diabetes Continuous Glucose Monitor Study after Corticosteroids
• Heartbytes Registry for SCA/SCD