The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University seeks a fellowship- trained sports medicine physician as a faculty member in the Division of Sports Medicine and Exercise Medicine (DS&EM).

The ideal candidate will meet the following requirements:

• Board certification or board eligibility in Sports Medicine.
• Passion for medical education, mentorship, and professional development.
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with a diverse team of medical professionals and administrators.
• Passion for treating athletes and collaborating with ancillary sports medicine staff in the care of athletes
• Experience in musculoskeletal ultrasound.
• Passion for research and scholarly activity.
• Strong commitment to health equity.
• Growth mindset with ability and/or interest in expanding or developing new clinical and educational initiatives.

The faculty member will work closely with the Division Director to accomplish the following objectives:

• Establish a robust sports medicine clinical practice.
• Serve as Head Team Physician for Thomas Jefferson University Athletics. This role involves game coverage, training room coverage, collaboration with athletic training staff, and precepting sports medicine fellows with training room coverage
• Serve as a role model for clinical excellence, clinical productivity, and professionalism in sports medicine.
• Serve as a core faculty member for the sports medicine fellowship to support the fellows’ clinical, professional, and career development.
• Serve as and an ad hoc mentor for Thomas Jefferson University medical students and residents interested in sports medicine.
• Collaborate with research faculty to promote and facilitate scholarly activity generated from the including original and collaborative research, publications, poster presentations, and lectures.
• Participate in the DS&EM’s community service initiatives.
• Participate in the recruitment of incoming fellows

The successful candidate will be eligible for an academic appointment at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Jefferson has a rich history of excellence in Sports Medicine. The Department of Family and Community Medicine has hosted an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Sports Medicine since 1996, the first program in the Philadelphia region. Our graduates have gone on to start and fill leadership roles in many fellowships in the region and nation. Our graduates are integral team members in the care of high level collegiate and professional athletes across the country. In addition to our remarkable history, the Sports Medicine Division offers highly sought-after medical student and residency electives.

Excellence in patient care is a core value of the Sports Medicine Division. This extends to the fellowship program which offers training alongside faculty with a strong commitment to clinical excellence and health equity. Our regionally and nationally renowned faculty come from diverse training backgrounds and offer unique perspectives on patient care in general and the care of the athlete specifically.

Our sports medicine team provides a unique service to Jefferson patients. Our practice provides comprehensive services to athletes and those seeking a healthier lifestyle. In addition to musculoskeletal care, we offer individualized nutrition, exercise, and training recommendations. We are also adept at supporting patients to manage their chronic conditions, such as asthma and diabetes, who wish to increase physical activity or maintain high performance athletic participation. Our sports medicine physicians also work closely with our orthopaedic surgical partners to facilitate appropriate referrals seamlessly for patients.

Our faculty and fellows also serve as team physicians for the Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) Rams. As members of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), TJU Athletics support 17 men's and women’s NCAA Division II varsity teams. The Head Team Physician coordinates physician coverage for TJU Rams athletic events, coordinates with athletic training staff for the care of athletes, and oversees the sports medicine fellows’ educational experience with TJU Athletics.

Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.