University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Program

Program: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
ACGME ID: 1273621076

Program Director: Nailah Adams, MD, MS
Associate Program Director:
Core Faculty
- David Berkoff, MD
- Joshua N. Berkowitz, MD
- James Blount, MD
- Thomas Brickner, MD
- Mario Ciocca, MD
- Alexander Creighton, MD
- Kevin M. Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC
- Dan Hooker PT, MS, PhD
- Landon Irvin, MD
- Ganesh Kamath, MD
- Justin Lee, MD
- Michael K. Seifert, MD
- Jeffrey Spang, MD
- Gregory "Greg" Summerville, MD
- Jill Sylvester, MD
- Kelly Waicus MD
- Timothy Taft, MD
- Kelly Waicus MD

North Carolina Special Olympics
Local triathlon
USA Track and Field National Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- MEAC events
- CIAA events

Fellowship boot camp – Over the first two weeks, faculty provide a high-yield review of critical topics in Sports Medicine with a focus on emergency management and other subjects relevant to event coverage.
Fellows’ ultrasound course – Held jointly with other local fellowship programs, this course serves to introduce basic concepts of musculoskeletal ultrasound and begin building proficiency for diagnostic and procedural guidance applications.
Weekly didactic conference – Held every Thursday, sessions alternate between expert faculty and staff lecturers and current fellows delivering their own talks on assigned high-yield sports medicine topics, with dedicated board preparation sessions interspersed.
Longitudinal experiences – Throughout the year, fellows consistently spend time at Carolina Family Practice and Sports Medicine, Campus Health Sports Medicine, UNC Family Medicine Sports Medicine, UNC Orthopaedics, and 1 day/week of clinic of their primary specialty.
Subspecialty rotations – Fellows spend 2-4 half days/week on subspecialty rotations which change every 4 weeks, including Sports Orthopaedic Surgery (includes operating room experiences), Musculoskeletal Procedures, Hand, Foot and Ankle, Spine (operative and non-operative), Musculoskeletal Radiology, Research, Physical Therapy, Strength and Conditioning, Sports Nutrition and more!

Program Coordinator: Yanira DeLao
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 984-974-4575
- Fax: 919-966-6126