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Sports Medicine Fellowship

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MacNeal Family Medicine Residency
3231 South Euclid Avenue
Berwyn, Illinois 60402
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For nearly a century, MacNeal has been providing quality healthcare to the Berwyn community and its surrounding area. Families continue to trust us with the care of their loved ones because of the strong relationships we've built with them over the years. And as our community grows, MacNeal consistently expands our scope of care to keep every generation of your family growing strong.

Today, the MacNeal Health Network serves the healthcare needs of more than one million people in the near west and southwest suburbs of Chicago. Along with MacNeal Hospital, a 427-bed fully accredited teaching hospital, our network is comprised of ten primary care centers, a resource library, a school for at-risk children and many other programs. Nearly 90% of our 400 physicians are board-certified, and many speak Spanish. This breadth of service at MacNeal ensures that you and your family receive the level of care you deserve, year after year.

MacNeal offers families in the Berwyn community a broad scope of services:

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MacNeal is proud to offer the following medical specialty programs:

The largest Behavioral Health Services program in the Chicago area
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Affiliation with the University of Chicago, providing top-notch medical education programs and integrating a constant exchange of resident physicians in rotation
Community Health Education: partnerships with private, civic and educational institutions to create early detection and preventive care programs
The first Family Practice program established in Illinois, which remains one of the largest and most dynamic of its kind

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Director: Aaron Lee, D.O.

Introduction:
The goal of the Vanguard MacNeal Hospital Sports Medicine Fellowship is to train fellows to provide excellent care to people of all ages who are physically active. Experiences are included that focus on the evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of activity-related injuries as well as non-musculoskeletal conditions in athletes. Fellowship graduates should possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to serve as a team physician, cover mass events, counsel his or her patients about regular physical activity, and manage medical and orthopedic conditions arising from such activity.

Length: 1 year

Eligibility:
Applications are accepted from residents in, or graduates of, accredited residencies in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and PM&R.

We accept the universal application from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and participate in the NRMP match.

Required Documents:

-Three letters of recommendation from physicians with personal knowledge of applicant

Copy of the following documents:

-Medical School Diploma

-Certification of previous training or a letter of good standing at residency

-Copy of Medical License

-Copy of Curriculum Vitae

Clinical Experiences

Sports Medicine
- Offices of Sports Medicine Orthopedists
- Offices of Sports Medicine Primary Care Physicians
- Office of Sports Medicine Podiatrist

General Family Medicine or Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
- Family Medicine Center

Team Physician Experience
Pre-participation physicals
Serve as team physician for local high school and college teams (includes training room visits and event coverage)
Opportunity to cover mass events (e.g., Chicago Triathlon, Chicago Marathon)

Teaching Responsibilities
The fellow will have the opportunity to provide teaching to medical students and family medicine residents in the family medicine clinic and sports medicine clinic. The fellow will also have the opportunity to give presentations in a variety of settings.

Educational Opportunities

Educational leave – 5 days per year
Weekly sports medicine conferences
Family practice conferences
Funded CME for sports medicine

Research
The fellow will be expected to investigate a topic of interest in depth which will result in a tangible project, such as an article of publishable quality, a presentation at a national or local academic meeting, etc. The fellow is sent each year to the AMSSM Fellow's Research Conference.

Leave Policy – 3 weeks of vacation per year

Benefits – malpractice, medical, and dental insurance

For more information contact Minnie Fonseca at 708-783-3913 or by email at mfonseca@macneal.com

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