The University of Arkansas Athletics Department and clinical partners, in cooperation with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will see the state's first one-year sports medicine fellowship program for family physicians begin this summer.
The program will offer advanced training on diagnosis and treatment of sports-related illness and injury, and aims to give fellows clinical experience with patients at UAMS-affiliated clinics as well as work with the university's student athletes.
UAMS received accreditation for the fellowship from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Kyle Arthur, MD, was selected as the first fellow, and in future sessions, UAMS will host two fellows annually.
"My goal is to have these physicians be leaders in their communities when it comes to providing top tier care and education to their patients, whether it's the recreational athlete or someone competing in sports at any level," said Ramon Ylanan, MD, a physician with Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists who has been appointed an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine of the UAMS College of Medicine to serve as director for the sport medicine fellowship program.