The purpose of the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program is to encourage academic interchange, shared research and exploration of common clinical interests with other sports medicine leaders throughout the world. The experience includes the opportunity to view live patient encounters, tour sports medicine facilities, share cases and spend time with regional experts in sports medicine.
The Traveling Fellowship program is a two-way exchange. Each year AMSSM selects a sports medicine physician from a partnering country to serve as the International Visiting Fellow, visit sports medicine centers within the US and present at the AMSSM Annual Meeting. In return, the International Visiting Fellow helps host an AMSSM tour to that country later that year. The AMSSM contingent includes a Senior Traveling Fellow (appointed/selected by the AMSSM Board leadership) and two Junior Fellows (by application).
Past Traveling Fellows have included: |
Year |
Int'l Visiting Fellow |
Senior Fellow |
Junior Fellows |
2014 – Australia |
Dr. Peter Brukner |
Dr. Jim Puffer |
Drs. Irfan Asif and Chad Asplund |
2015 – South Africa |
Dr. Jon Patricios |
Dr. Doug McKeag |
Drs. Alison Brooks and Jim MacDonald |
2016 – Italy |
Dr. Maurizio Casasco |
Dr. Rob Johnson |
Drs. Andy Peterson and John Wilson |
2017 – UK |
Dr. Simon Kemp |
Dr. E. Lee Rice |
Drs. Ken Barnes and Mederic Hall |
2018 – Scandinavia |
Dr. Hilde Berge |
Dr. John Lombardo |
Drs. Leonardo Oliveira and Jason Zaremski |
2019 – Japan |
Dr. Yuka Kodama Tsukahara |
Dr. Brian Halpern |
Drs. Aaron Gray, Kentaro Onishi and Kyle Smoot |
2022 – New Zealand |
Dr. Mark Fulcher |
Dr. Margot Putukian |
Dr. Tina Master and Siobhan Statuta |
2022 – Canada |
Dr. Constance LeBrun |
Dr. Bert Fields |
Dr. Eliot Hu and A.K. Misra |
Applications for the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship Tour to German are now available and will be due by March 16, 2023. Dates for the tour will be June 19 through July 2, 2023. Founder and Past President Greg Landry, MD, FAMSSM will serve as the AMSSM Senior Traveling Fellow for this tour along with Traveling Fellow Ambassador, Marc Hilgers, MD, FAMSSM. Two Junior Fellows who are 12 years or less out of fellowship, have been AMSSM members for at least the past five years, are board certified in sports medicine and currently practicing in the US or Canada will be selected to join them on this tour.
Please note: Individuals currently in a sports medicine fellowship at the time of application are not eligible.
AMSSM will provide coach class airfare and lodging for the Traveling Fellowship class, and the hosts from Canada will provide meals and transportation within the country. Participants will also receive $80/day per diem to help cover any expenses not covered by the hosts.
Following the application period, the AMSSM IIOR Traveling Fellowship Subcommittee will review the applications and make recommendations for final approval by the AMSSM Executive Committee. Incomplete applications or those received after the deadline will not be considered.
If questions, please email Jody Gold in the AMSSM office.
The Traveling Fellowship Program is funded from an educational grant provided to the AMSSM Foundation from DJO Global.
Must be logged in to apply. Click here to access the Junior Fellow Application for the 2023 Trip to Germany. Application are due by March 16, 2023.
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