The Traveling Fellowship Program offers a rich experience with opportunities to foster an exchange of scientific information, stimulate research, and develop friendships among physicians who practice sports medicine in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin American countries.

This unique four-week experience blends visits to five sports medicine centers, time with regional experts, patient encounters, operating room observation, scientific endeavors, sharing cases, and recreation. Accompanied by a senior orthopaedic sports medicine specialist, or Godparent, these tours consist of three emerging leaders in orthopaedic sports medicine.

Hosts are encouraged to use their creativity to plan a unique and exciting experience. The host is encouraged to group host with several institutions in one area to share responsibilities and reduce costs. Group hosting also provides two tours in your city simultaneously, adding to the diversity and vibrancy of hosts and fellows' academic and social interaction.

AOSSM partners with the Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS), the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), and the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Artroscopía, Rodilla y Deporte (SLARD) to alternate travel to Asia-Pacific, Europe, or Latin America. In alternate years, fellows from those regions travel to North America.

AOSSM gratefully acknowledges Enovis and Vericel for their continued support of the Traveling Fellowship program.

Become a Traveling Fellow

We are not currently accepting applications for the Traveling Fellowship tours. Please check back in September for more information on applying for the 2025 tour.

Host a Traveling Fellow

Currently, we are not accepting applications to host the traveling fellowship tours to the United States. Please check back in September for more information about hosting a tour in 2025.

If you previously applied or have questions about the Traveling Fellowship program, please contact Christina Ortega, Operations Assistant.

Past Tour Highlights

AOSSM/APKASS 2023 Traveling Fellows Tour

Experience the 2023 Traveling Fellowship tour with Adam Anz, MD; Jeffrey Macalena, MD; Dustin Richter, MD; and Godfather Darren Johnson, MD. Read the highlights as they travel through South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Read More

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AOSSM/APKASS 2022 Traveling Fellows Tour

Follow Charles Bush-Joseph, MD; Cassandra Lee, MD; Winston Gwathmey, MD; and Jas Chahal, MD on their tour through Asia. These four orthopaedic professionals travel throughout Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand over the course of three weeks. Read More

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AOSSM/ESSKA 2022 Traveling Fellows Tour

Follow Ned Amendola, MD (Godfather), Mary Mulcahey, MD, Tiger Li, MD, and Brian Waterman, MD on their 2022 adventure through Europe. The four globe-trotters share their stories as they stop in Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, and England. Read More

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Traveling Fellows Memories

All Past Participants

*Italics denotes Tour Godparent

2022

Ned Amendola, MD
Mary Mulcahey, MD
Xinning (Tiger) Li, MD
Brian Waterman, MD

2018

Christopher D. Harner, MD
Geoffrey D. Abrams, MD
Jonathan F. Dickens, MD
Lutul D. Farrow, MD

2016

Edward M. Wojtys, MD
R. Alexander Creighton, MD
Brian D. Giordano, MD
Daniel B. Whelan, MD

2014

Elizabeth Arendt, MD
Stephen Brockmeier, MD
David Flanigan, MD
Frank Petrigliano, MD

2012

William A. Grana, MD, MPH
Geoffrey S. Baer, MD, PhD
Robert H. Brophy, IV, MD
Brett D. Owens, MD

2010

William G. Clancy, Jr., MD
Lonnie E. Paulos, MD
Diane L. Dahm, MD
Warren R. Dunn, MD, MPH
Brian R. Wolf, MD, MS

2008

William E. Garrett, Jr., MD, PhD
Constance R. Chu, MD
Jason L. Dragoo, MD
J. Robert Giffin, MD

2006

Robert E. Hunter, MD
Michael D. Maloney, MD
Michael W. Moser, MD
Jon K. Sekiya, MD

2004

Clarence L. Shields, Jr., MD
LTC Craig R. Bottoni, MD
David R. McAllister, MD
Eric C. McCarty, MD

2002

Peter A. Indelicato, MD
Alexandra Kirkley, MD, FRCS
Marc R. Safran, MD
LTC Thomas M. DeBerardino, MD

2000

Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCS
Darren L. Johnson, MD
Edward G. McFarland, MD
Kevin P. Black, MD

1998

John P. Albright, MD
Donald C. Fithian, MD
Claude T. Moorman, III, MD
James E. Carpenter, MD

1996

Robert J. Johnson, MD
Kurt P. Spindler, MD
Stephen H. Liu, MD
Annunziato (Ned) Amendola, MD

1994

John A. Bergfeld, MD
Charles L. Beck, MD
Nicolas G.H. Mohtadi, MD
Kevin P. Speer, MD

1992

Royer Collins, MD
Louis C. Almekinders, MD
Robert T. Burks, MD
Richard D. Parker, MD

1990

Kenneth E. DeHaven, MD
Robert Barrack, MD
Christopher D. Harner, MD
Alan P. Newman, MD

1988

Robert L. Larson, MD
Scott F. Dye, MD
Freddie H. Fu, MD
James H. Roth, MD

1986

John A. Feagin, MD
William E. Garrett, Jr., MD, PhD
Lonnie E. Paulos, MD
Bruce Reider, MD
*Italics denotes Tour Godparent

2019

Romain Seil, MD
Simone Cerciello, MD
Baris Kocaoglu, MD
Matthieu Ollivier, MD, PhD

2017

Matteo Denti, MD, PhD
Guillaume Demey, MD
Marcus Hofbauer, MD
Thomas Tischer, MD, PhD

2015

Joao Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD
Sebastian Kopf, MD
Nicolas Pujol, MD
Christiaan van Bergen, MD, PhD

2013

C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD
Nikica Darabos, MD, PhD
Nicolas Graveleau, MD
Francesca Vannini, MD, PhD

2011

Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD
Mislave Jelic, MD, PhD
Olaf Lorbach, MD
Sebastien Lustig, MD, PhD

2009

Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD
Gino Kerkhoffs, MD
Elizaveta Kon, MD
Elvire Servien, MD, PhD

2007

Daniel Fritschy, MD
Olivier Charrois, MD
Rainer Siebold, MD
Peter Verdonk, MD, PhD

2005

Neil P. Thomas, MD, FRCS
Fabrizio Margheritini, MD
Pietro S. Randelli, MD
Ronald J. van Heerwaarden, MD

2003

Karl-Peter Benedetto, MD
David DeJour, MD
Christian Fink, MD
Fredrik Almqvist, MD, PhD

2001

Pierre Chambat, MD
Gianluca Camillieri, MD
Patrick Djian, MD
Romain Seil, MD

1999

Giancarlo Puddu, MD
Johan Bellemans, MD
Michel Bonnin, MD
Jacques Menetrey, MD

1997

Carlo Fabbriciani, MD
Philippe Hardy, MD
Nicola Maffulli, MD
Stefano Zaffagnini, MD

1995

Rene Verdonk, MD, PhD
Meinolf Goertzen, MD, PhD
Philippe N. Neyret, MD
Ate Wymenga, MD, PhD

1993

Peter Hertel, MD
Niklaus F. Friederich, MD
J.F. Huylebroek, MD
David P. Johnson, FRCS, MD

1991

Jorgen Lauritzen, MD
Vladmir Bobic, MD
Frank Handleberg, MD
Dieter Kohn, MD

1989

G.P.H. Hermanns, MD
Matteo Denti, MD
Klaus Lehrberger, MD
Albert Van Kampen, MD, PhD

1987

Ejnar Eriksson, MD
Karl P. Benedetto, MD
Karin Buttner-Janz, MD
Daniel Fritschy, MD

1985

Werner Muller, MD
Carlo Fabbriciani, MD
Jean Luc Rhenter
Tonu Saartok, MD, PhD
*Italics denotes Tour Godparent

2019

Claude T. Moorman, III, MD
Aaron John Krych, MD
Lance E. LeClere, MD
Robert A. Magnussen, MD, MPH

2017

Christopher C. Kaeding, MD
Aman Dhawan, MD
Alan Getgood, MD, FRCS
Miho Jean Tanaka, MD

2015

Robert A. Stanton, MD
Michael T. Freehill, MD
Luke S. Oh, MD
COL Mark P. Pallis, DO

2013

Allen F. Anderson, MD
Jay C. Albright, MD
Morgan H. Jones, MD
Matthew V. Smith, MD

2011

Champ L. Baker, Jr., MD
Mark A. Slabaugh, MD
John M. Tokish, MD
Robert Wang, MD

2009

Douglas W. Brown, MD
Andreas H. Gomoll, MD
C. Benjamin Ma, MD
LCDR John-Paul H. Rue, MD

2007

Bruce Reider, MD
Bruce A. Miller, MD
James D. O'Holleran, MD
Matthew T. Provencher, MD

2005

Mark D. Miller, MD
Christina R. Allen, MD
Spero G. Karas, MD
Col. Winston J. Warme, MD

2004

Carol C. Teitz, MD
Brian C. Crites, MD
Paul H. Marks, MD
James R. Slauterbeck, MD

2001

Arthur L. Boland, MD
Jefferson C. Brand, Jr., MD
Mark R. Hutchinson, MD
David M. Lintner, MD

1999

Freddie H. Fu, MD
Frederick M. Azar, MD
Christian A. Guier, MD
Daniel C. Wascher, MD

1997

William C. Allen, MD
Kevin D. Plancher, MD
(Lt. Col) Mark D. Miller, MD
Robert F. LaPrade, MD

1995

Jay S. Cox, MD
Robert A. Arciero, MD
Eugene Berg, MD
Gregory C. Fanelli, MD

1993

Frank H. Bassett, III, MD
David F. Martin, MD
Dean C. Taylor, MD
Carol C. Teitz, MD

1991

Bernard R. Cahill, MD
Gregory T. Bigler, MD, FAAOS
John R. Frankeny, II, MD
Robert C. Schenck, Jr., MD

1989

George A. Snook, MD
Allen F. Anderson, MD
Wayne B. Leadbetter, MD
Edward M. Wojtys, MD
*Italics denotes Tour Godparent

2018

Parag Sancheti, FRCS, MCh, MS, DNB
Yuichi Hoshino, MD, PhD
Gandhi Nathan Solayar, MB, MCh, FRCSI
Nathan P. White, MBBS, FRAC

2016

Mohammad Razi, MD
Kah Weng Lai, MD
Timothy Lording, MBBS, FRACS
Takehiko Matsushita, MD

2014

Shiyi Chen, MD
Xuesong Dai, MD
Deepak Goyal, MD
Michael Rosenfeldt, MD

2012

Toru Fukubayashi, MD, PhD
Jiwu Chen, MD, PhD
Hua Feng, MD
Shamsul Iskandar, MD

2010

Russell J.A. Tregonning, MBChb, FRACS
Justin P. Roe, MD
Jose Antonio G. San Juan, MD
Jeffrey J. Tedjajuwana, MD

2008

Hsiao-Li Ma, MD
Bavornrit Chuckpaiwong, MD, MD
Ho-Joong Jung, MD, PhD
Egemen Turhan, MD

2006

Kandiah Raveendran, MD
Masataka Deie, MD
Denny LIe, MD
Raphael W.N. Lo, MD

2004

Patrick Timothy Keenan, MD, FRACS
David Parker, MD, FRACS
Edward A. Sarrosa, MD, FPCS, FPOA
Andrew Vincent, MD, FRACS

2002

Antonio Rivera, MD
Dr. Seung-Ho Kim
Leou-Chyr Lin, MD Asc. Professor
Somsak Kuptniratsaikul, MD

2000

Moroe Beppu, MD
Yue Sie Wong, MD
Mohamed Razif bin Mohamed Ali
James Lam, MD

1998

Shigeto Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Dr. David Keith Martin
Respati Suryanto Drajat, MD
Bruce C. Twaddle, MBChB, FRACS

1996

Robert Wen-Wei Hsu, MD
Yong Girl Rhee, MD
Arturo C. Canete, MD
Wiroon Laupattarakasem, MD

1994

Amit Kanta Mitra, MBBS, FRCS
Akito Handa, MD
Stephen Y.C. Hsu, MBBS, FRCS, FRACS
Mohd Ismail Maulut, MD

1992

Brian H. Casey, MD
Mario B. Geronilla, MD
Peter T. Myers, MD
Bambang Tiksnadi, MD

1990

In-Ju Lee, MD
Shen-Kai Chen, MD
Vatanachai Rojvanit, MD

1988

Professor Takaaki Ikata
Kai-Ming Chan, MD
V. Prem Kumar, MD
Kandiah Raveendran, MD
2017

Robert C. Schenck, Jr., MD
C. Dain Allred, MD
Seth L. Sherman, MD
Marc Tompkins, MD

2014

Rick Wilkerson, DO
Travis Burns, MD
Raffy Mirzayan, MD

2011

Walton W. Curl, MD
Seth C. Gamradt, MD
LTC Steven J. Svoboda, MD
Christopher J. Wahl, MD

2008

John W. Uribe, MD
Steven B. Cohen, MD
Grant L. Jones, MD
Kevin G. Shea, MD

2005

Col. Dean C. Taylor, MD
John R. Green, III, MD
Keith Kenter, MD
Lt. Col. Bradley J. Nelson, MD
*Italics denotes Tour Godparent

2018

A. David Torres, MD, MBA
Juan Martinez, MD, MSc
Gerardo Villarroel, MD
Carlos Yacuzzi, MD

2016

David Figueroa, MD
Gustavo Arliani, MD
Paul Sarmiento Riveros, MD
Federico Spikermann, MD

2012

Paulo Ilinas, MD
Diego Astur, MD, PhD
Marco Casares Tamayo, MD
Tomas Vilaseca, MD

2009

Rodrigo Maestu, MD
Alex Vaisman, MD
Andrew Pedrinelli, MD
Gustavo Rincon, MD

2006

Joao Mauricio Barretto, MD
Cristian A. Fontbote, MD
Facundo F. Gigante, MD
Alberto de Castro Pochini, MD