The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, is housed in the Department of Family Medicine, but collaborates with a multidisciplinary team of specialists. The sports medicine team offers a coordinated approach to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries sustained by professional, amateur, and recreational athletes of all ages and abilities.
Our team includes specialists in:
Thank you for your interest in the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Our program offers an excellent training experience with committed faculty, diverse sports coverage, extensive research opportunities, and great flexibility. The unparalleled location, just minutes from the beach, supports an active lifestyle and boasts several endurance events.
We offer a single fellowship position each year and accept applications from residents in family medicine, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and emergency medicine. We're looking for applicants who will quickly embrace Mayo Clinic's three-shield model of clinical care, education, and research.
We expect you to competently and collaboratively offer excellent clinical care to every patient. You should be ready to learn daily and participate in the education of medical students and residents on topics related to sports and musculoskeletal medicine. In addition, you're required to design and conduct scholarly research utilizing the extensive support of Mayo Clinic's unmatched resources.
If you value similar principles of care and would like to join us for a fun year of sports medicine training, we would be delighted to receive your application.
We wish you the best as you take this next step in your medical career!
Program Director
Primary Care Physician – Sports Medicine Specialist
Interests: Tennis medicine, female athlete, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (REDs), concussion, return to play recommendations, return to learn from concussion
Associate Program Director
Primary Care Physician – Sports Medicine Specialist
Interests: Sports psychology, tendinopathies, technology and app use in sports medicine, public health considerations in common musculoskeletal conditions, martial arts sports medicine
The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship has a diverse and passionate faculty with special interests that include:
In addition to caring for patients in clinical practice, Mayo Clinic's faculty is committed to teaching and facilitating the growth of medical knowledge. Many of our faculty members have published and lectured extensively and are highly regarded in their fields. You work closely with these individuals throughout your training.
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Matthew Crowe, M.D.Physician – Orthopedic Surgery Interests: Multicenter hip, knees, and shoulder research with Mayo Clinic Rochester and Arizona |
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Kristina DeMatas, D.O.Primary Care Physician – Sports Medicine Specialist Interests: Injury prevention, health behavior change, wellness, comprehensive physical therapy prescription, concussion |
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Sara Filmalter, M.D.Primary Care Physician – Sports Medicine Specialist Interests: Dive Medicine (SCUAB and breath hold), endurance and race medicine, extreme sports, wellness |
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Daniel Montero, M.D.Physician – Orthopedic Surgery Interests: Overuse injuries |
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Cedric Ortiguera, M.D.Physician – Orthopedic Surgery Interests: Shoulder surgery, knee surgery, robotic-assisted knee replacement |
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Raul Rosario Concepcion, M.D.Physician – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interests: Evaluation and management of tendinopathy, musculoskeletal ultrasound applications, regenerative orthopedic medicine, comprehensive approach to treatment of the Basketball athlete; benefit of exercise in cancer patients |
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Bradley Schoch, M.D.Physician – Orthopedic Surgery Interests: Shoulder arthroplasty, computer-guided surgery, biologic augmentation of rotator cuff repairs to improve healing, predictive outcomes |
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Shane Shapiro, M.D.Physician – Orthopedic Surgery Interests: Regenerative orthopedic medicine |
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Glenn Shi, M.D.Physician – Orthopedic Surgery Interests: Foot and ankle reconstruction, ankle instability, peripheral lower extremity nerve entrapment |
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Wesley Troyer, D.O.Physician – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interests: Comprehensive approach to treatment of the soccer athlete, diagnostic evaluation of MSK injuries under ultrasound, regenerative orthopedic medicine |
Many prominent professors visit Mayo Clinic each year. They present their work during lectures, participate in hospital rounds and have informal discussions with trainees. You are encouraged to take full advantage of these opportunities.
