PATIENT CARE
Seated left to right, sports medicine fellow Aaron Smathers, M.D., family medicine resident Samson Adewale, M.D., and sports medicine fellow Amanda Sadler, M.D., perform a bike fit exam on a patient.
Current sports medicine fellows Amanda Sadler, M.D., and Aaron Smathers, M.D., practice casting on each other.
Fellowships Equip Physicians to Treat Professional Athletes and Weekend Warriors Alike
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Brian Coleman, M.D., leads the sports medicine fellowship program on the Oklahoma City campus.
fellows have deepened their sports medicine knowledge and skill within a primary care approach that is important for professional athletes and weekend warriors alike. As with any medical discipline, sports medicine has changed with technological advances and new knowledge, but at its heart, the focus is on helping people stay active in the pursuits they love.
Across the world, in settings that range from NFL games and Olympic events to primary care clinics and orthopedic practices, graduates of the OU College of Medicine’s primary care sports medicine fellowships can be found.
“Whether our patients are professional or amateur athletes, getting active and staying active promotes good health,” said Jim Barrett, M.D., originator of the Oklahoma City fellowship and now chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.
The fellowships, offered both on the Oklahoma City campus and at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, are considered among the nation’s best. For some 30 years,
In Oklahoma City, the sports medicine fellowship is directed by Brian Coleman, M.D., who completed his own fellowship
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