Primary Care Sports Medicine Program Director | UT Tyler School of Medicine

Faculty position employed by the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine, practicing in UT Health East Texas facilities.

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UT Tyler School of Medicine is searching for a Board-Certified fellowship-trained Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician to serve as Program Director (PD) for its established Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, which welcomed its first two fellows in 2022.

Experience in graduate medical education is required.

Our integrated Sports Medicine multi-disciplinary team of sports medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons, sports dietician, sports physical therapist, and athletic trainers uses state-of-the-art techniques, advanced procedures, and innovative therapies to design treatment plans that are customized to our patients’ specific needs and address the full continuum of care.

A successful physician in this position will have a multi-disciplinary approach to providing care, with interest in multi-disciplinary human performance research.

Practice Information:

• PD role will be a hybrid position with a mix of direct patient care, precepting medical learners, teaching and administrative support for the fellowship program.
• The Program Director (PD) works closely alongside the core faculty to provide a stable, thriving training environment for our fellows and residents.
• PD will prepare and deliver lectures for weekly fellowship didactics and periodically for other residency programs.
• PD will participate in regular scholarly activities.
• Physician will supervise, teach and mentor fellows, residents and medical students in outpatient clinic, training room clinic and sideline event coverage.
• Physician will provide athletic team coverage to University of Texas at Tyler sanctioned sports, with potential to cover high school sports and other community events.
• Physician will have ready access to diagnostic equipment and dedicated support staff including medical assistants, athletic trainers, and physical therapists.
• EMR System: Epic

Requirements:

• Experience in graduate medical education is required.
• Minimum of one-year fellowship in primary care sports medicine
• Board Certified in primary specialty (Family Medicine, PM&R, Internal Medicine).
• Board Certified/ Board Eligible in Primary Care Sports Medicine
• Musculoskeletal ultrasound experience/training required
• Unrestricted Texas MD or DO license or the ability to obtain an unrestricted license
• ACGME Residency graduate

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-Potential Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

• H-1B support
• O-1

About UT Tyler School of Medicine: The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine is the first medical school in East Texas and the seventh in The University of Texas System. Our mission is to train future healthcare professionals to embrace responsibility for the unique needs of rural and hard-to-reach communities and populations, particularly those in East Texas.

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About Our Community: Tyler, ranked #1 of USA Today's "Five Best Cities to Move to in Texas" in 2024, is known as the "Rose Capital of America." Centrally located in Northeast TX halfway between Dallas and Shreveport, Tyler is among the fastest growing regions in Texas and is the largest retail, healthcare, and business center in upper east Texas. Residents enjoy affordable housing, high-performing public and private schools, recreational parks and lakes, and no state income tax!

About Ardent Health Services

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Ardent includes: 30 Hospitals; 4,287 Licensed Beds; 26,000 employees; 180 clinic locations; 1,200 employed providers; and 2.6 million provider encounters/day