Application Information

Our Sports Medicine Fellowship is a Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited program that participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) match process. Applications are accepted from July through September 30, each year. Interviews are arranged September through early December. We are participating in the ERAS Application System for all applications. We are currently accepting applications from Family Medicine, Med/Peds. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physicians who demonstrate extensive outpatient medical experience will also be considered. We look critically at academic achievement, activity and past experiences in sports medicine and at letters of recommendation. Any other supplemental information can be sent to our program coordinator, Leanne Barnhardt.

Mission Statement

The Cabarrus Sports Medicine Fellowship is committed to providing quality, compassionate and cost-effective patient care for our patients and community. We focus on comprehensive training of quality sports medicine physicians to serve as leaders in their community in the areas of health and safety of athletics and to provide optimal non-operative musculoskeletal care. 

Program Aims

• Aim 1: The Cabarrus Sports Medicine Fellowship prepares sports medicine physicians to be able to independently provide cost-effective, evidence-based non-operative musculoskeletal and sports medicine care for all patients. 
• Aim 2: We will provide training opportunities for physicians to develop skills that allow them to serve as leaders in their community in the areas of health and safety of athletics and athletic activity. 
• Aim 3: We will provide an educational environment and opportunities to assure that the fellow can enrich their knowledge in anatomy and develop essential ultrasound skills and interventional procedures that will allow them to provide cutting-edge treatments to their patients. 
• Aim 4: We will develop opportunities for our program and our fellows to add to the advancement of musculoskeletal knowledge through direct education and research.