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Sports Coverage

  • Collegiate. you're the assistant team physician for the University of North Florida Ospreys, a Division I university in the Atlantic Sun Conference. As an assistant team physician, you cover a half day in the training room at the school and provide on-field and on-court coverage for soccer, volleyball, basketball, and track and field home games and other events.
  • High school. you're the team physician for several local high school football teams, including Sandalwood High School, Fletcher High School, and Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB). You engage in sideline coverage for all home football games and manage related injuries; training room coverage as needed.
  • Pediatric. you're the team physician for the local football Junior Development League (JDL). With this league, we perform baseline concussion testing and game coverage. This will increase your sports coverage exposure with the pediatric population.
  • Endurance sports. Mayo Clinic sports medicine provides medical coverage for several local events, including several sprint triathlon events, and Hamerhead Olympic triathlon.
  • Adaptive sports. You're the team physician for the FSDB athletics. You cover home football games as well as the USABA National High School Goalball Championships hosted by FSDB.
  • National sports. Several of our sports medicine physicians, Drs. Crowe and Rosario-Concepcion have served as head team physicians for youth USA Basketball with the upcoming next generation NBA starts.
  • Professional sports. With Dr. Maynard serving as the head Medical Advisor for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), you're able to take part in weekly Athlete Care meetings and may join the team for annual physicals at a tournament location. The Mayo sports medicine team also provides coverage for Super Girl Surf Pro, a professional surf competition at our Jacksonville Beach pier.
  • Olympic sports. Dr. Pujalte is the head team physician for USA Taekwondo and invites the fellow to join him for some tournament coverage.

In addition, you're supported in investigating other sports coverage opportunities in the region that match your specific sporting interests like beach volleyball, baseball, and rugby. As a result, the program catalog of covered events varies each calendar year.