Program Basics

• Structure

  The 12-month Upper Extremity Fellowship begins every September. Fellows are full-time employees of The Ohio State University Medical Center and work in collaboration with Ohio State Sports Medicine, the Cleveland Guardians and their Triple A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. The fellowship includes clinical care at Ohio State Sports Medicine and mentoring Sports PT residents at Ohio State. The program provides fellows the opportunity to work with the Guardians’ professional baseball organization throughout an entire season with the Clippers.

  
  

• Goals

  The Ohio State University Upper Extremity Athlete Fellowship is designed for fellows to:

  • Efficiently manage the sports injuries of professional baseball players and active individuals from acute injury to return to play
  • Demonstrate exceptional understanding and implementation of evidence-based medicine
  • Understand special considerations, physiological changes and medical conditions specific to high-level/elite baseball players
  • Demonstrate exceptional teaching abilities in the academic, clinic and community settings
  • Develop and demonstrate exceptional professional development and leadership within sports physical therapy

• Duties and Responsibilities

  The Upper Extremity Athlete Fellow will practice at Ohio State's Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute and at the athletic training room for the Cleveland Guardians’ Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. Fellows within this program will provide rehabilitation and on-the-field management with board-certified mentors and athletic trainers. Teaching opportunities exist within Ohio State’s Division of Physical Therapy and in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons specializing in shoulder and elbow injuries.

• Program Outcomes

  100% graduation rate and majority of graduates offered positions in Major League Baseball (MLB).