Sports Medicine Physician

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is currently seeking a Primary Care Sports Medicine physician to join Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Toledo as we look to expand and grow the sports medicine program in Northwest Ohio.

This sports medicine physician would be located in our outpatient sports medicine practice alongside a team comprised of athletic trainers, nursing, and clerical staff. This role will provide direct patient care as it relates to evaluation, treatment, prevention and management of illness/injury and rehabilitation needed for return to sport or active and health lifestyle. They would work collaboratively with our well-established team of over 40 athletic trainers who currently provide services for over 35 schools throughout Northwest Ohio.  This physician would also partner with our orthopedic surgeons when surgical intervention is a consideration for treatment.

Qualified applicants must be board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, PM & R, or Emergency Medicine with a certificate of added qualification in sports medicine upon hire. Applicants must also have completed fellowship training in Sports Medicine from an ACGME or AOA accredited program. A successful candidate will have strong clinical skills, a commitment to teaching and a desire to help those in the community. This physician will have responsibility to help create the vision and growth plan for our sports medicine program.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is a nationally recognized pediatric hospital and research center. Consistently named to the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll list of America’s top 10 children’s hospitals, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has more than 1.3 million patient visits annually representing patients from 49 states and 43 countries in addition to providing more than $260 million in charity care and community benefit services annually. Learn more at NationwideChildrens.org.

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Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 13,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.6 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information isavailable at NationwideChildrens.org. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s is ranked in the top 10 nationally in NIH funding to free-standing children’s hospitals. Research programs are organized into 12 multidisciplinary Centers of Emphasis structured to encourage collaboration, facilitate team science and foster creativity.