To contact us about fellowship opportunities, please use the form below.
Thank you for your interest in the DSSP fellowship. We are a NASS Recognized Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship. Our twelve-month PM&R based program strives to provide comprehensive interventional spine, sports, and musculoskeletal education in a private practice setting that stresses ethical and evidence-based medicine. We have eight board-certified PM&R physicians who practice out of five offices in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Peoria, and Gilbert, which include fluoroscopic procedure suites and on-site physical therapy.
We select two to four fellows each year who start their training in July with flexibility of the start date pending the approval of the Fellowship Director. Each fellow works directly under the supervision of a DSSP physician. A typical week consists of a blend of both outpatient clinic including patient evaluations, electrodiagnostic studies, ultrasound guided injections and PRP as well as fluoroscopic spine and joint procedures. The fellow also presents 1-2 articles at our monthly journal club which includes physical therapists and medical professionals from the community, and delivers a monthly lecture to the practice on a Spine or Musculoskeletal Medicine topic.
Requirements for application to the DSSP fellowship include the following:
Starting January 28, 2025, applications should be submitted directly to NASS at https://www.spine.org/education/ismm.
In addition, it is encouraged that the applicant also directly email Kathryn Meloy, DSSP Practice Administrator, at kmeloy@dsspaz.com to inform the practice of the individual’s desire to apply to Desert Spine and Sports Physicians.
Once application materials are received, we will review them on a rolling basis and contact selected residents for an interview. The interviews will be conducted between March 11 – July 11, 2025.
We encourage in-person interviews, which will take place over one day. The time will be spent with physicians and fellows in the clinic and procedure suite in two of the Desert Spine and Sports offices.
Our fellowship will abide by the Match Day of July 23, 2025.
To contact us about fellowship opportunities, please use the form below.
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At Desert Spine and Sports, you’ll not only gain knowledge about spine and musculoskeletal anatomy, physiology, diagnoses, and treatments but also an insightful understanding of the US healthcare system!
At Desert Spine and Sports, you’ll not only gain knowledge about spine and musculoskeletal anatomy, physiology, diagnoses, and treatments but also an insightful understanding of the US healthcare system!
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