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AMSSM INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The purpose of the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program is to encourage academic interchange, shared research and exploration of common clinical interests with other sports medicine leaders throughout the world. The experience includes the opportunity to view live patient encounters, tour sports medicine facilities, share cases and spend time with regional experts in sports medicine.

The Traveling Fellowship program is a two-way exchange. Each year AMSSM selects a sports medicine physician from a partnering country to serve as the International Visiting Fellow, visit sports medicine centers within the US and present at the AMSSM Annual Meeting. In return, the International Visiting Fellow helps host an AMSSM tour to that country later that year. The AMSSM contingent includes a Senior Traveling Fellow (appointed/selected by the AMSSM Board leadership) and two Junior Fellows (by application).

Past Traveling Fellows have included:

Year	Location	Senior Fellow	Junior Fellow(s)	Visiting Fellow	Ambassador
2024	Canada	Dr. Stanley Herring	Dr. Luci Olewinski Dr. Peter Rippey	Dr. Dhiren Naidu
2023	Germany	Dr. Greg Landry	Dr. Giselle Aerni	Dr. Martin Halle	Dr. Marc Hilgers
2022	Canada	Dr. Bert Fields	Dr. Eliot Hu Dr. A.K. Misra	Dr. Constance LeBrun
2022	New Zealand	Dr. Margot Putukian	Dr. Tina Master Dr. Siobhan Statuta	Dr. Mark Fulcher
2019	Japan	Dr. Brian Halpern	Dr. Aaron Gray Dr. Kentaro Onishi Dr. Kyle Smoot	Dr. Yuka Kodama Tsukahara
2018	Scandinavia	Dr. John Lombardo	Dr. Leonardo Oliveira Dr. Jason Zaremski	Dr. Hilde Berge
2017	UK	Dr. E. Lee Rice	Dr. Ken Barnes Dr. Mederic Hall	Dr. Simon Kemp
2016	Italy	Dr. Rob Johnson	Dr. Andy Peterson Dr. John Wilson	Dr. Maurizio Casasco
2015	South Africa	Dr. Doug McKeag	Dr. Alison Brooks Dr. Jim MacDonald	Dr. Jon Patricios
2014	Australia	Dr. Jim Puffer	Dr. Irfan Asif Dr. Chad Asplund	Dr. Peter Brukner

We are currently accepting applications for the 2025 AMSSM Traveling Fellowship Tour to South Korea. Dates for the tour will be October 9 through October 22, 2025. FAMSSM Past President Craig Young, MD, FAMSSM, will serve as the AMSSM Senior Traveling Fellow. Deadline to apply is April 7, 2025. Two additional Traveling Fellows will be selected. At least one will be a Junior Traveling Fellow, who is 12 years or less out of fellowship, has been an AMSSM member for at least the past five years, is board-certified in sports medicine and currently practicing in the USA or Canada will be selected to join him on this tour. Please note: Individuals currently in a sports medicine fellowship at the time of application are not eligible. AMSSM provides coach class airfare and lodging for the Traveling Fellowship class, and the hosts provide meals and transportation within the country. Participants receive $80/day per diem to help cover any expenses not covered by the hosts.

In addition, we're also accepting applications for a Traveling Fellow Ambassador. This is open to any AMSSM member who is fluent in Korean and has connections in the country. For years in which the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program is headed to a country/region where English is not widely spoken and AMSSM does not have established relationships, AMSSM may choose to invite applications from the membership for an AMSSM Traveling Fellow Ambassador for a given year/exchange. Marc Hilgers, MD, FAMSSM served as the first Traveling Fellow Ambassador for the 2023 trip to Germany.

The Traveling Fellow review subcommittee and AMSSM Board leadership will make will final decisions of the two Traveling Fellows to accompany Dr. Young on the trip. If questions, please email Sandy Kilkenny in the AMSSM office.

The Traveling Fellowship Program is funded from an educational grant provided to the AMSSM Foundation from Enovis/DJO Global.

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