Sports Medicine Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital

The Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was the first ACGME-accredited physical medicine and rehabilitation sports medicine in the tri-state area.

Our goal is to train broadly competent, sports medicine specialists who can evaluate and manage a full spectrum of sports-related disorders. Our program integrates training alongside nonoperative and surgical specialists, providing fellows the opportunity to develop outstanding clinical skills in an evidence-based framework. Scholarly activity is encouraged and expected.

In addition to clinic and sports coverage, fellows will engage in regular weekly didactics including but not limited to boards review, MSK radiology, diagnostic/therapeutic ultrasound, and regenerative medicine. The fellowship is also directly affiliated with the Department’s residency training program. As such, fellows play an integral role in education through interactions with residents and medical students.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Danellys Vargas, Fellowship Program Coordinator at Danellys.Vargas@mountsinai.org.

The fellowship offers comprehensive training in all aspects of sports medicine including general musculoskeletal care, evaluation and management of acute and overuse injuries, diagnostic sports ultrasound, ultrasound guided procedures, interventional spine procedures, exercise physiology, sports nutrition, sports psychology, neuropsychology, MSK radiology, and athletic event coverage. In addition, our fellows get hands on experience in fracture management, regenerative medicine procedures (PRP, Tenex, shockwave therapy, prolotherapy, viscosupplementation), cardio metabolic testing, and concussion management.

Fellows participate in weekly musculoskeletal and sports clinics. In addition, training opportunities include covering high school football, collegiate athletics, professional and amateur sporting events such as USA fencing, USA Boxing, professional boxing, muay thai, the NYC Marathon, and other Road Runner events. Fellows will serve as team physicians to a Division III college and care for Red Bull sponsored athletes performing as members of the Red Bull North American Medical Team and P360 Center.

This is a strongly academic program. The fellow will have an integral role in education through interactions with residents and medical students and by contributing to and organizing aspects of the regular didactic program, sports medicine conferences and cadaver lab sessions.

Our training faculty members include physicians from multiple disciplines.

Physiatrists
Joseph Herrera, DO – Systems Chair, Department of Rehabilitation & Human Performance, Professor
Mariam Zakhary, DO – Sports Fellowship Program Director, Associate Professor
Sean Schowalter – Assistant Program Director, Assistant Professor
Richard G. Chang, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor, Regenerative MSK Medicine
Parag Sheth, MD – Director of Interventional Spine Medicine, Assistant Professor
Lisanne Cruz, MD –  Assistant Professor
Emily Fatakhov, MD – Assistant Professor
Rebecca Maitin, DO – Assistant Professor
Soo Kim, MD – Director of Interventional Pain and Spine, Associate Professor

Emergency Medicine
Amie M. Kim, MD – Associate Program Director
Melissa D. Leber, MD – Associate Professor

Orthopedics
James Gladstone, MD – Chief of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Associate Professor
Alexis Colvin, MD – Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Associate Professor, Chief Medical Officer for US Tennis Association
Robert Parisien, MD – Associate Professor
Jaehon Kim, MD – Assistant Professor
Amanda Walsh, MD – Assistant Professor
Leesa Galatz, MD – Orthopedic Chair
Sheena Ranade, MD – Pediatric Orthopedics, Associate Professor

Musculoskeletal Radiology
Robert Irish, MD – Assistant Professor
Mingqian Huang, MD – Associate Professor

Neuropsychology
Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD –  Professor, TBI/Concussion

Research Faculty
David Putrino, PhD – Director of Rehabilitation Innovation and Abilities Research Center (ARC), Professor
Jenna Tosto, DPT –  Assistant Professor 

Exercise Physiology
Chistopher Miller, MS – (Human Performance specialist, Strength & Conditioning, Metabolic Testing specialist)

Nutrition
Adena Neglia, RDN – (Human Performance)

For the 2025-2026 academic year, fellows receive a salary of $101,250, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

  • Educational allowances, including a $2,000 education stipend from the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance
  • Travel stipends for approved conferences
  • Meal stipends for the hospital cafeteria
  • 20 Vacation days, 10 sick days, 4 wellness days, and educational days as needed per academic year
  • Employees discounts on entertainment, food, fitness, transit, shopping, and many other business

The program has committed all of its positions to the National Residency Matching Program (NRPMP). Applications should be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Candidates must register for both ERAS and NRMP.

Currently the program offers four fellowship spots. Eligible candidates must be in good standing for graduation from an accredited PM&R, Emergency Medicine, or combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency program. It is not necessary to have taken an elective in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Human Performance or in Emergency Medicine to be favorably considered for a position in this program.

This one-year fellowship begins each year on July 1. There is an educational stipend. Fellows must have a New York State medical license and be board certified or board eligible in PM&R or Emergency Medicine before beginning the fellowship.

Application Materials

If you are interested in applying, please include the following with your ERAS submission:

  • Code of Ethics
  • Cover page of your most relevant publication(s)