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    • About Dr. Nguyen
    • Clinical Assistants
    • SportsMed MiniFellowship
    • ACL Surgery
    • SportsFractureClinic
    • ACL Rehab
    • PRP Injections
    • PRP Injections 2
    • Hyaluronic gel Injections
    • Sports Medicine Symposium
    • Pediatric ACL Surgery
    • Meniscus Surgery
    • Meniscus Surgery 2
    • Medical Education
    • Health Law
    • MPFL reconstruction
    • Osteochondral OCD repair
    • Sports Trauma
    • OATS Cartilage Transfer

  • Home
  • About Dr. Nguyen
  • Clinical Assistants
  • SportsMed MiniFellowship
  • ACL Surgery
  • SportsFractureClinic
  • ACL Rehab
  • PRP Injections
  • PRP Injections 2
  • Hyaluronic gel Injections
  • Sports Medicine Symposium
  • Pediatric ACL Surgery
  • Meniscus Surgery
  • Meniscus Surgery 2
  • Medical Education
  • Health Law
  • MPFL reconstruction
  • Osteochondral OCD repair
  • Sports Trauma
  • OATS Cartilage Transfer

Orthopedic Sports Medicine Mini Fellowship

Duration: 3 months - 1 year

Tuition fee: 200$ per week


Ideal for family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons, physician assistants or nurse pracritioners wishing to further their musculoskeletal / sports medicine / orthopedic injuries knowledge.


Learn more about emergency care, operative & non-operative fracture treatment and how to care for general sports medicine injuries. 

  

Nguyen Sports Medicine / Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship

Supervisor: 

Dr. Duong Nguyen MPC

MD,FRCSC,MSc(ClinEpi),LLM(c),DipABOS,DipSportsMed(ABOS),CIME,CMLE(ON),C-CAT(PM),DipSportMed(CASEM)

Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty Board Certification in Sports Medicine (ABOS)

Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (FRCSC/AAOS)

Board Certified Independent Medical Legal Examiner (ABIME) & Health Law (Osgoode Hall Law School)

Professional LLM in Health Law (Candidate - Osgoode Hall Law School)

Medical Legal Expert Consultant - CMPA (Canadian Medical Protective Association)

Certified Medical Legal Expert (CMLE) - Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators

Certified in Catastrophic Impairment (CAT) Evaluation (CSME/CAPDA)

Diplomate Sport & Exercise Medicine (CASEM)

Arthroscopic & Reconstructive Sports Knee Surgery

Medical Director / Urgent Sports Injury, Rehab & Fracture Clinic

Master of science (Clinical Epidemiology)

Assistant Clinical Professor - McMaster University

2489 Bloor Street West, Suite 102. Toronto, ON. M6S 1R6

Ph:(416)742-3736  Fax:(416)742-2818 

Website: https://nguyensportsmed.com/sports-medicine-symposium

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Sites: 

Nguyen Sports Medicine Clinic

William Osler Health System (Etobicoke Campus/Peel Memorial/ Brampton Civic Campus)


Email application to: 

research@nguyensportsmed.com  

Please include in application cover letter with statement of personal goals, CV, CPSO #, CMPA #, OHIP billing #, date of availability, names and contact info of 3 references. 


Fellowship requirements: 

 Canadian graduate of accredited residency program

Medical license from the College of Physicians &Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)

Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) coverage

Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) billing number


Salary:  Fellow keeps his/her own billings

Trauma on-call

Surgical assisting

Independent office/Fracture clinic billings. 

Fellow will have access to the trauma room, elective room time, fracture clinic time & independent sports medicine clinic. 

Travel/Registration research stipend to 1 sports medicine course and 1 major orthopaedic/sports medicine meeting


Fellow’s schedule: 

Monday  Operating room (Sports Medicine/Trauma)

Tuesday  AM: Fracture clinic PM: Sports Medicine Clinic / Research

Wednesday  Operating room (Sports Medicine)

Thursday  Multidisciplinary sports medicine rounds every Thursday at 7:30 AM

Sports Medicine Clinic

Friday Operating room (Sports Medicine/Trauma) / Research 


Fellowship objectives: 

1. Develop surgical expertise in complex arthroscopic & reconstructive surgeries of the shoulder, elbow & knee. 

2. Achieve clinical competency in the diagnosis, physical examination, imaging, surgical and non-surgical management, and rehabilitation of sports medicine disorders. 

3. Acquire interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their families, and allied health professionals. 

4. Develop and refine critical and scholarly skills in the methodological aspects of applied clinical and health systems research. The specific skill domains include: research synthesis, research design, data gathering, knowledge translation, data-analysis and interpretation, communication of research results (oral & written), selection and development of measurement tools, and grant application. 


Fellow responsibilities: 

  • Surgical      assisting in the operating room. The fellow will have increasing autonomy      in the operating room as the year progresses but will never be      unsupervised
  • Participate      in the fracture clinic and sports medicine clinic activities
  • On-call      trauma coverage 1:5 
  • Responsible      for the care and management of patients on the service
  • Participate      in ongoing research endeavours and clinical trials. Present & publish      at least 1 research paper at end of fellowship
  • Participate in the education of medical      students, family medicine residents, therapists, and undergraduate/graduate      students rotating through the service. 
  • Interact professionally with all      members of the service (nurses, osteopaths, therapists, kinesiologists,      clinical/research assistants)
  • Pass      the end of fellowship examination 
  • The      fellow’s mid and end of fellowship evaluation
    • Review       the operative experience
    • Review       the overall impressions of the fellowship
    • Review       the interactions between the residents and fellow
    • Review       research progress

Clinical competency exposure:


1. SHOULDER(minimally invasive all arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery [PASTA, double row, suprascapular nerve decompression], instability [SLAP, HAGL, interval closure, biceps tenodesis, Latarjet, 360 deg labral repair], anatomic CC ligament reconstruction, muscle transfers (Eden-Lange, pec major, lat dorsi), complex trauma (4 part fracture dislocations and complete spectrum of fracture care – scapula, IM nailing, locking plates, fracture hemiarthroplasty/reverse TSA) and reconstruction (hemiarthroplasty, meniscal allograft,total shoulder/reverse arthroplasty)


2. ELBOW(arthroscopy [OCD, OATS, capsular release, ulnohumeral arthroplasty], instability (Tommy John, PLRI, multiligament/hinge elbow), complex trauma (terrible triad, Monteggia, and full spectrum of fracture care) and reconstruction (osteotomy, hemiarthroplasty and total elbow arthroplasty, radial head arthroplasty)


3. KNEE (ACL reconstructions [primary & revisions, anteromedial, hamstring, BTB, all inside, double bundle], meniscal repair [all inside, outside in, meniscal transplant], PCL/MCL/PLC/Multiligament reconstruction, patella instability [arthroscopic repair/MPFL recon/ tibial tuberosity transfer], cartilage restoration [microfracture, OATS procedure, allograft], realignment procedures [HTO, distal femoral osteotomy]. 


Research: 

Research focuses on clinical outcome studies and clinical trials of surgical procedures. The fellow will work closely with a research coordinator, a clinical epidemiologist, biostatistician, orthopaedic and sports medicine residents, sports medicine physicians, undergraduate students, kinesiologists, chiropractors and physiotherapists. 

The fellow will be involved in the research process including literature review, data collection, analysis, manuscript preparation and presentation at national and international meetings. Resources including protected research time, financing, research assistants, biostatistician, a 3Dmotion analysis lab, and administrative support are available. 

There are many residents and students rotating through the service providing an opportunity to observe and participate in teaching. Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine rounds consisting of other surgeons, radiologists, family medicine residents, nurses, and therapists run every Thursday with case presentations in a Royal College exam format with review of the latest articles on the topic.

 

Surgical Assisting

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  • About Dr. Nguyen
  • Clinical Assistants
  • SportsMed MiniFellowship
  • ACL Surgery
  • SportsFractureClinic
  • ACL Rehab
  • PRP Injections
  • PRP Injections 2
  • Hyaluronic gel Injections
  • Sports Medicine Symposium
  • Pediatric ACL Surgery
  • Meniscus Surgery
  • Meniscus Surgery 2
  • Medical Education
  • Health Law
  • MPFL reconstruction
  • Osteochondral OCD repair
  • Sports Trauma
  • OATS Cartilage Transfer