Sports Medicine Fellowship

The University of Kentucky Sports Medicine Fellowship provides a well-rounded look at the world of sports medicine including sideline team coverage, training room evaluation, and operative and non-operative treatment of common musculoskeletal problems that we encounter in a sports medicine practice.

Typical Cases During the Fellowship

Complex and multiligament knee: high volume and complex cases
Cartilage restoration, transplantation, and osteotomies: Primary referral center in the state of Kentucky
Shoulder: arthroscopic and open instability; primary and revision shoulder arthroplasty
Elbow: throwing athlete management; open and arthroscopic management
Pediatric: physeal sparing techniques; unique considerations of the pediatric athletes

High Volume of Youth, High School, and College Sports Athletes

We provide sports medicine coverage for the University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, Eastern Kentucky University, Georgetown College, and many area high schools. Throughout the year you will have the opportunity to be the primary team physician covering the sidelines during numerous different events at different levels of competition. Often you will be the “team doc” for that event.

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Sports Medicine Research

Research focus includes allograft use in knee surgery, graft fixation, shoulder mechanics, and proprioception. Sports Medicine has three accredited fellowships at the PGY- 6 level. The publications of past UK sports medicine fellows -- Scholarly Activity by Sports Fellows 2012 to Present -- demonstrates the breadth of their research and the depth of their productivity.

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Educational Opportunities

Conference attendance: SOA SEC Sports Medicine Symposium, AOSSM Annual Meeting, AAOS Annual Meeting, AANA

Fellowship Courses: 2-3 fellowship courses a year

Kentucky Sports Medicine course

Stone’s Sports Course in the Spring

UK Sports Medicine In The News

Nothing But Perseverance

But Ogechi didn’t give up. A biology major and honor roll student with aspirations of becoming a doctor, she took her own injury as an opportunity to learn more about the process of surgery and rehab firsthand. She started doing pre-operative rehab work, then underwent surgery to reconstruct her ACL. That surgery was performed by Dr. Scott Mair, a Sports Medicine surgeon at UK HealthCare Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine and the team physician for UK Basketball.

UK HealthCare Expands Partnership with KHSAA

UK HealthCare and the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) have expanded their long-time partnership, as UK HealthCare becomes the official health care provider for the KHSAA. This move will see UK HealthCare take its title sponsorship of the KHSAA State Football Championship and extend the term of that arrangement, become the title sponsor for the Boys’ Sweet Sixteen Basketball tournament, and serve as presenting sponsor for other KHSAA sports and sport-activity championships.

UK Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Expands Access for Kentucky Athletes

UK HealthCare Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine is now the official health care provider for MSU Athletics. Athletic trainers and team physicians are on hand at every practice and game. The collaboration started in the spring of 2020. So far, the trainers and physicians have treated dozens of athletes and, while some do require surgery, many athlete’s treatments are preventative or rehabilitative.