Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Research Fellowship

Thank you for your interest in the Research Fellowship, here at Mayo Clinic. We wish you all the best!

The Mayo Clinic Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine invite second and third year medical students to apply for a one-year clinical research fellowship position starting Spring of 2017.

This is a wonderful opportunity for a highly-motivated individual to strengthen their application for the Orthopedic Residency Match. The research fellow will be expected to work on numerous projects with several investigators; therefore, excellent organizational and communication skills are paramount. Duties include project design, Institutional Review Board applications, scientific literature search, data collection, progress updates and manuscript preparation.

You will have the opportunity to work with four board-certified Sports Medicine orthopedic surgeons and the chance to spend one day a week in the Biomechanics lab with Dr. Timothy E. Hewett. Time in the biomechanics lab will give fellows a chance to focus on clinically relevant basic science research with a focus on ACL injuries and ACL injury prevention. Our previous fellows have been prolific, with typically 10-15 accepted or published manuscripts and numerous abstracts accepted for presentation at national/international meetings during the year. In addition fellows have the opportunity to practice surgical skills and review relevant anatomy working in the cadaver lab with residents/attendings, take part in an online biostatistics course, and attend weekly didactic sessions in various disciplines within orthopedics to develop a strong fund of knowledge.

All 11 previous fellows have successfully matched in residency programs, and we are confident that our current fellows will match this year as well.

If you have any additional questions regarding the fellowship, please contact our current fellow Nick Johnson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). You may also refer to the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine website for further information on the facility: www.mayoclinic.org/sportsmedcenter-rst/

To apply, email your CV, two letters of recommendation, personal statement, picture, USMLE scores, clinical grades, and a very brief statement of interest to our current fellow Nick Johnson.

Thank you for your interest in our position!

Sincerely,

Aaron J. Krych, MD Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Mayo Clinic