Welcome Bryan Sean Mitchell, MD
2010-2011 Aspen Sports Medicine Foundation
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellow
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Bryan Mitchell. He’ll be working with Aspen Orthopaedic Associates as the 2010-2011 Aspen Sports Medicine Foundation Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellow from August 2010 through July 2011. Dr. Mitchell graduated from Brigham Young University in 2001 and received his medical degree from Dartmouth College in 2005. He joins us after completing his orthopaedic residency at the University of Rochester where he received several awards and honors for his research and surgical expertise.
Dr. Mitchell has had experience treating college and professional athletic teams including football, hockey, soccer, and lacrosse. He’s also treated skiers and snowboarders while volunteering on the Dartmouth Ski Patrol. Dr. Mitchell also enjoys coaching youth soccer, which he has done for the past three years in Rochester.
Throughout Dr. Mitchell’s education he has committed himself to conducting research on many topics. Most recently he’s published research on arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and shoulder biomechanics. He also coauthored a book chapter on adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. Dr. Mitchell will continue his commitment to research during his time in Aspen.
During his free time, Bryan enjoys biking, skiing, and fly-fishing and spending time with his wife Jaime and their four children. At the end of his Fellowship, Dr. Mitchell will be headed to Spokane, WA to practice orthopaedic sports medicine.
Fellowship Information
The Aspen Sports Medicine Foundation (ASMF) facilitates an academic orthopaedic sports medicine and trauma surgery fellowship following the strict guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the federal council which reviews all fellowships in medicine and surgery. This is of significance to our applicants due to the fact that the American Board of Medical Subspecialties approved a subspecialty certification in orthopaedic sports medicine in March of 2003. Only those Fellows graduating from an accredited program will be allowed to sit for this subspecialty exam.
Beginning each year on August 1st through July 31st our fellowship is a combined effort between Aspen Orthopaedic Associates, The Aspen Sports Medicine Foundaiton and Aspen Valley Hospital. Two of the world’s brightest new orthopaedic surgeons are selected from the world’s most prestigious orthopaedic residency programs to spend one year in subspecialty orthopaedic training. A fellow is a board-eligible orthopaedic surgeon who has completed a five-year orthopaedic surgery residency program and has elected to spend an additional year of subspecialty training in sports medicine. The fellows learn specialized assessment and diagnostic techniques, surgical procedures, and emergency care of orthopaedic injuries from a comprehensive curriculum we have developed. The ASMF fellows serve our local community by volunteering for World Cup skiing events, high school varsity sports, community health fairs and providing free community lectures on various topics like injury prevention.
Since ASMF began in 1978, we have had more than 60 physicians successfully complete our program. The ASMF Fellows learn specialized surgical procedures, assessment and diagnostic techniques and emergency care of orthopaedic injuries. Research is a major focus of the fellowship program and findings are presented at regular orthopaedic grand rounds at Aspen Valley Hospital as well as at national and international orthopaedic conferences. Aspen offers an exciting and challenging experience for our Fellows because of our very active local and visiting population, our large skiing community, and the wide variety of athletic events we cover including: high school varsity athletics, world cup skiing and NORBA mountain bike races. We have developed a unique and comprehensive teaching curriculum for sports medicine and sports trauma consisting of didactic lectures, weekly x-ray conference, journal club, audio-visual training, hands-on cadaver dissections, as well as an extensive clinical experience.
Our Fellows Receive
A salary of $50,000.00
Benefits (after one month)
$40.00 monthly cell phone allowance
Two weeks of paid vacation
Two day a week season ski pass for the four Aspen Skiing Company ski areas
Two bedroom apartment to rent (no pets allowed) with highly subsidized rent and utilities.
How To Apply
The Aspen Sports Medicine Foundation is currently accepting applications for our Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship.
August 1, 2012 thru July 31, 2013
We are participating in the AOSSM Sports Medicine Match.
To apply please visit the following website: www.sfmatch.org
For more information please contact Laura Morris Pritchard at (970) 920-4151 or lpritchard@orthop.com.
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First Interview Opportunity
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 8:00am to 11:30am
Second Interview Opportunity
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 8:00am to 11:30am
