Operating room coverage allows fellows to function as primary surgeon, teaching assistant, or first assistant according to the particular case and fellow and resident availability.Fellows spend time assigned primarily to the black team in a three-month block. The lab includes:Fellows also have access to a new state-of-the-art, 16-camera Pitching Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory at David F. Couch Ballpark, home of Wake Forest University Baseball.

The fellow's function in the operating room and outpatient clinics under an apprentice model with one-on-one faculty supervision. To request an appointment by phone, please call If this is an emergency, please call 911 immediately for assistance.Your privacy is important to us. In addition, each conference will be supplemented by journal articles, including landmark publications, current articles, technical notes, and contemporary studies. Under the direction of Kristen Nicholson, PhD, this facility explores modifiable risk factors to avoid overuse throwing injuries. This center is also connected to the digital radiology systems and the medical record systems.You’ll also interact with athletic trainers through experiences with Wake Forest teams, Winston-Salem State teams and the Winston-Salem Dash.Fellows spend time assigned primarily to the gold team in a three-month block. This leads to independent activities with back-up as the year progresses. The Sports Medicine Fellowship is primarily a one-on-one learning experience. Fellowship Education & Curriculum. Upper and lower extremity areas will be covered in conjunction with the didactic teaching program. This is due to Dr. Douoguih’s west coast fellowship at Kerlan & Jobe, and his practice development outside of the hospital.This rotation will provide exposure and participation in complex articular cartilage restoration procedures. Each fellow will accompany an attending and directly participate in their office hours (2 – 2  1/2 days weekly). The fellows have access to the full complement of orthopaedic conferences and are expected to participate in resident education, both formally and informally.The format of the weekly sports medicine conference will consist of a 60-minute presentation followed by a discussion/question and answer session. There are both clinical and basic research opportunities and our department has excellent collaboration with the The research portion of the fellowship is administered by Fellows have full access to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Research Laboratory, which has over 1,500 square feet of dedicated space. The fellow will usually have the opportunity to evaluate each new patient, develop a treatment plan, and discuss these findings with their attending. The fellows will also be exposed to a slightly different way of approaching common sports medicine conditions.

Sports Medicine Fellowship / Curriculum; Curriculum. Attending physician office hours. This will supplement the exposure of these issues at the hospitals.The policies and procedures which govern the fellows at the hospitals will apply to these rotations. Fellows also have access to the Didactic teaching occurs in a weekly dedicated Sports Medicine conference. We also provide sports medicine coverage to:The fellows function in team physician activities at the Wake Forest University athletic program, Winston-Salem State University athletic program, and Winston-Salem Dash (Chicago White Sox minor affiliate). Evaluations of the fellow by the faculty will involve the common 360 degree faculty evaluation utilized by the core staff and the fellow will evaluate their rotation in trimester meetings with their program director and a formal evaluation which is used at the end of the year.Our providers are available to diagnose and treat a wide range of orthopedic and sports medicine injuries.