Welcome to the Premier Orthopedics Springfield Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
Mission Statement
Our mission is to recruit and train the highest caliber physicians in sports medicine by providing an optimal training environment, which is fully accredited by the Residency Review Committee's standards of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education while supporting Crozer Health's academic and wellness goals and initiatives.
Benefits & General Information
- Length of Fellowship: One year
- Number of Positions: Accredited for two
- Primary Faculty: David Baxter, D.O., Program Director; Matthew Costa, D.O., Assistant Program Director
- Salary: $75,123.00
- Benefits: Health, dental, malpractice, life and disability insurance; free use of Healthplex Sports Club
- Vacation: Four weeks
- CME: The fellowship provides annual dues and attendance for the annual AMSSM and ACSM national meetings. In addition, the fellowship provides five days and a $2,000 allowance for CME.
Continuity Clinics
- Premier Orthopedics Springfield Sports Medicine: Three half-days per week with the director or associate director of Sports Medicine Program.
- University of Delaware Sports Medicine Clinic: Two half-days per week seeing NCAA-Division I athletes and working with the head team physician, athletic trainers, and physical therapists.
- Other Continuity: Those fellows who are internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and physiatry will have their continuity experience for one-half day weekly at either the Crozer Health Center for Family Health or an alternate department in or affiliated with the Crozer Health.
Reporting Relationships
In the Crozer Health Family Health Clinic, fellows report to the director of the Family Medicine Residency Program.
In the Crozer Health Sports Medicine Clinic, fellows report to the director and associate director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.
In the University of Delaware Sports Medicine Clinic, fellows report to the director of the university's Sports Medicine Program.
Record Keeping: Fellows will log all procedures performed and operations assisted; all sports medicine cases will be tracked by an electronic record system.
Review Process: Fellows are subject to quarterly review with the fellowship director and associate director.
Contact Us
David Baxter, D.O., Program Director
Premier Orthopedics Springfield Sports Medicine
How to Apply
Applications can be made on Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS).