The HSS and Brooklyn Nets Lower Extremity Athlete Fellowship is a clinically-based training program for physical therapists seeking to specialize in sports lower extremity physical therapy for the professional basketball player.
This non-accredited fellowship program's mission is to prepare each fellow for both the clinical and on court challenges experienced by National Basketball Association rehab and performance staff. This fellowship will accelerate professional development through the unique educational experiences which include mentoring, didactic curriculum, manual skills labs, rehab progressions, surgical observation as well as on and off court player management. These experiences will allow each fellow to provide superior patient care and enhanced patient outcomes. This fellowship is designed to prepare each candidate with the tools and training required to work in professional basketball and be leaders in the field of sports physical therapy.
The HSS and Brooklyn Nets Lower Extremity Athlete Fellowship is a full-time position, nine months in duration. The fellow is expected to work 40-45 hours/week. Approximately 30% of their time is spent in educational experiences and 70% providing supervised care. A salary and benefits package is provided.
Minimum Requirements
Application packet materials should be submitted to Snay Patel, PT, MPT, SCS, Fellowship Director, via email at patelsn@hss.edu.
Your application packet will need to include:
Applications are evaluated by the Lower Extremity Athlete Fellowship Director and faculty based on:
All applicants are screened prior to interview selection and admission into the fellowship program. The Fellowship Director and faculty select the top candidates each year based on the criteria described above. In accordance with hospital policy, all employment-related decisions, including program recruitment, admission, retention, and dismissal, are made without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, national origin, marital status, age (18 or older), disability, veteran status, citizenship status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
The curriculum of the HSS and Brooklyn Nets Lower Extremity Athlete Fellowship is designed to provide each candidate with a comprehensive program consisting of didactic and clinical experiences, with emphasis on lower extremity injuries. The fellow will receive guidance and mentoring from the sports rehab and performance staff at Hospital for Special Surgery and the Brooklyn Nets basketball staff. Curriculum consists of literature reviews, readings, didactic modules which cover a variety of lower-extremity focused topics, lab sessions focusing on the evaluation and treatment of athletes with lower extremity pathology, case reviews, teaching opportunities as well as physician clinic and surgery observation.
The fellowship program will require participants to complete a minimum of 1,000 total program hours which includes 100 educational hours and 850 patient-care clinical hours inclusive of 100 hours of 1:1 mentoring throughout the program. Throughout the program each fellow will have individualized guidance on current best practices, patient care and evidence-based practice.
HSS Sports Rehabilitation and Performance West Side will be the clinical site for this fellowship. The fellow will travel to Long Island, NY in October where they will spend the remainder of their fellowship with the Long Island Nets under the guidance of their staff of rehabilitation specialists.
Snay Patel, PT, MPT, SCS, Fellowship Director at patelsn@hss.edu.
