Program Overview

The goal of the Sports Medicine fellowship is to prepare fellows to be outstanding clinicians and surgeons, dedicated researchers, skilled educators, effective team physicians, and ethical leaders in the field of sports medicine. To achieve this goal, fellows are:

• Taught to perform a comprehensive orthopedic examination of sports-related musculoskeletal injuries
• Given the opportunity to examine hundreds of patients and formulate treatment plans in the Sports Medicine Clinic
• Taught how to perform on-the-field evaluation and emergency management of acutely injured athletes by participating in game coverage of University of Wisconsin athletic teams
• Given extensive surgical exposure in the areas of knee and shoulder reconstruction as well as general arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder, ankle, and elbow

In addition, fellows are required to participate in clinical or laboratory research one to two days per week. Completion of at least one project for publication is also required during the course of their fellowship.

Salary and Benefits

Please click here to learn more about resident and fellow stipends and benefits. Please note: this information is subject to change each year.