The new Musculoskeletal, Sports, and Spine Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine should be considered for physicians with an interest in becoming well-rounded musculoskeletal experts. 

This 1-year fellowship is under the academic and clinical division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation. This training program provides a great opportunity for candidates to be mentored clinically [1:1 at all times] in spine, joint, near-tendon, and joint injections; in addition to regenerative medicine procedures under fluoroscopic and sonographic guidance. Peripheral nerve blocks utilizing ultrasound are also plentiful-- including selective motor nerve blocks for spasticity management and pain control. 

Candidates would be expected to provide comprehensive and collaborative outpatient care to patients with spine and musculoskeletal impairments- -in particular within our new Back, Neck and Spine Center in the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute. The UCGNI Back, Neck, and Spine Center is a patient-centered collaboration with PM&R, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy, Interventional Radiology, Anesthesia Pain, and Integrative Medicine. Procedures include fluoroscopically- guided epidural injections, medial and lateral branch blockade, zygapophyseal joint injections, spinal cord stimulation trials, and RFA. Spine procedures would be expected to average 75% lumbar, 20% cervical, and 5% thoracic.

Fellows will also be able to attend and present a didactic presentation at one of our twice- a -year diagnostic MSK Ultrasound CME conferences; as well as take advantage of academic lecture schedule of PM&R program.

Other areas of specialization/tracks include sports clinics with Division I and professional sports sideline and training room settings, electrodiagnosis, and diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Successful completion of the fellowship should allow the candidate to sit for ARDMS/APCA RMSK examination.  The candidate may also be immediately eligible to pursue ABEM certification- based on interest in and performance of electrodiagnostic studies.