Michael Fredericson, MD

Fellowship Director, and
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center

CLINICAL FOCUS: Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, Sports Medicine, Regenerative Medicine and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

EDUCATION: New York Medical College, NY

RESIDENCY: Stanford University, School of Mediicne, CA

FELLOWSHIP:  Sports Orthopaedic and Rehabiliation, Menlo Park, CA

BOARD CERTIFICATION: Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation and Sports Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation

Calvin Hwang, MD

Assistant Fellowship Director, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

CLINICAL FOCUS: Sports Medicine

MEDICAL EDUCATION: Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine

FELLOWSHIP:  Sports Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics

BOARD CERTIFICATION: Sports Medicine and Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Emily Kraus, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

CLINICAL FOCUS: Sports Medicine

MEDICAL EDUCATION: University of Nebraska, College of Medicine, NE

RESIDENCY: Stanford University, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, CA

FELLOWSHIP:  Stanord University, Sports Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, CA

BOARD CERTIFICATION: Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation

Eugene Yousik Roh, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

CLINICAL FOCUS: Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Musculoskeletal and Sports Ultrasound Medicine, Non-operative Biological treatment, Platelet rich plasma and Tendinopathy

MEDICAL EDUCATION: Yonsei University, College of Medicine, South Korea

RESIDENCY: Stanford University, School of Medicine, CA

FELLOWSHIP: Harvard Medicial School - Spaulding Rehabiliational Hospital, MA

BOARD CERTIFICATION: Sports Medicine, American Board of Sports Medicine. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, American Registry for Diagnostic Medicial Sonography. Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine.

Vivian Shih, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

CLINICAL FOCUS: Physical Medicine and Rehab, Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Ultrasound Guided Injections and EMG/NCS

MEDICAL EDUCATION: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL

RESIDENCY: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, IL

BOARD CERTIFICATION:  Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation

Leina'ala Song, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

CLINICAL FOCUS: Sports Medicine

MEDICAL EDUCATION: University of Hawaii at Manoa John A Burns School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office Internal Medicine Program

FELLOWSHIP: University of Washington Orthopaedics and Sport Medicine

BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine

Jeremy Stanek, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

CLINICAL FOCUS: Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, Performing Arts Medicine, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Sports Injuries and Ultrasound and Fluroscopic Injections 

MEDICAL EDUCATION: University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine Registrar, MO

RESIDENCY: University of Missouri, Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, MO

FELLOWSHIP: Washington University, Sports Medicine, MO

BOARD CERTIFICATION: Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation and Sports Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation

Sara Dykowski, MD

Dr. Sara Dykowski grew up in the Metro Detroit Area. For undergraduate, she attended Michigan State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and minor in Spanish. She then earned her medical degree from the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. During medical school, she was inducted into the Gold Humanism and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Societies. She then completed residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI where she served as chief resident. 

She is an active member of the American Medical College of Sports Medicine Emerging Physician Leaders Program and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. As a former softball and volleyball athlete, Dr. Dykowski is passionate about helping patients get back to the activities they love by improving quality of life and optimizing function. Her primary clinical interests include pediatric and adult sports medicine, diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound, women’s rehabilitation, exercise oncology, adaptive sports, and medical education. 

Clay Walker, MD

Dr. Clayton Walker grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Luther College where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. While at Luther, he played for the collegiate soccer team and served as a co-founder and president of Luther College Dance Marathon, a student origination that has raised over $100,000 to help support children receiving care at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.

After graduation, he attended the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine where he was selected for Alpha Omega Alpha honors and graduated with a distinction in Healthcare Delivery Science, Management and Policy. He held leadership positions in several student organizations and served as a tutor for the USMLE board exams.

He went on to complete a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania while also earning a certificate in Quality and Safety Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He served as Chief Resident and completed several research and quality improvement projects, one of which investigated the effects of COVID-19 on athletic performance in professional athletes. His efforts were recognized by the receipt of Margaret Grace Stineman Award, which is awarded annually to those who demonstrate excellence in research.

As a former athlete, Dr. Walker enjoys working with athletes of all skill levels to optimize performance and prevent injury. He has specific interests in nutrition, sleep, load management, diagnostic ultrasound, healthcare leadership and quality improvement.

Derek Altema, MD

Dr. Derek Altema was born and bred in the DMV area, having been brought up in Columbia, MD as the baby of a big Haitian family. For undergrad, he moved to Washington, DC to attend Georgetown University, where he studied Human Science and Economics with a focus on healthcare disparities in underprivileged communities. This framed his views of the medical field, and eventually encouraged him to choose Howard University College of Medicine for medical school. Prior to starting at Howard, Derek relocated to the Bay Area for a year to work in healthcare consulting, where he began to pursue his interests in sports medicine through helping with sports cardiac physical exams for high school athletes.

Derek returned to DC to begin his medical training at Howard, where he became actively involved in mentorship and community service through SNMA as Chapter President. During clinical rotations, Derek was captivated by emergency medicine: the urgency of patient care, the consequences of decision-making, the controlled chaos, and caring for the underserved. He found emergency medicine to be a compelling field because it not only provided a window into the community, but also offered seamless flexibility to pursue his other career interests.

Derek found a new home at the University of Chicago for his residency training in emergency medicine, where he ultimately earned a distinction as Chief Resident. He actively participated in community outreach, often through the lens of merging health and sports. He worked closely with a nonprofit organization known as MedCEEP, aimed at educating youth about intersectionality of violence, medicine, and sports, as well as displaying the breadth of careers in healthcare. He also served as a resident team physician for local high school athletic teams, assisting with sports physicals and sideline medicine during football games.

Derek is excited and humbled to be continuing his medical career as a Primary Care Sports Medicine fellow at Stanford! He hopes to cultivate a career that allows him to jointly practice emergency medicine and sports medicine while serving as a team physician. His interests in the sports medicine field include sports cardiology, musculoskeletal ultrasound, sideline & training room coverage, and mentorship of student athletes.

Jami Montagnio, MD

Dr. Jami Montagnino grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For undergrad, she attended Tulane University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Chemistry. She also played basketball for the Green Wave, and as a senior she received first team All-Conference honors as well as Conference USA Student-Athlete of the Year after winning the regular season conference title. She was later inducted into Tulane University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

After graduation, Dr. Montagnino had the opportunity to play professional basketball in the top league in Italy and participated in European league during her career. She won the Italian League Championship in 2010 and made it to the EuroLeague Quarterfinals the following year.

Dr. Montagnino returned to New Orleans for medical school at Tulane University School of Medicine. There she served as President of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Interest Group, organizing events for medical students to gain interest in and provide information about the field of rehabilitation medicine.

For residency, Dr. Montagnino attended the University of Washington for PM&R. She was elected as the PM&R representative of the Sports Medicine Resident Council for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, which is a national interest group for residents interested in sports medicine. She has also presented several posters at national conferences and had the opportunity to present original research at Lehmann Day, which is the University of Washington’s department-wide research event. She has a strong interest in medical education and has had numerous opportunities to lead journal clubs, lead residency presentations, as well as to teach musculoskeletal medicine to medical students and junior residents. Her primary clinical interests within sports medicine include musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound, ultrasound guided procedures, Exercise is Medicine, sideline coverage, and injury prevention.

June Choo, MD

Dr. Hyunwoo June Choo grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. As an undergraduate, she studied Neuroscience at Brown University. She earned a Master’s in Public Health in Health Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with a scholarly concentration in Women, Gender, and Health. After graduating Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, she completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University/Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago, IL, where she was named the Joanne S. Crown Resident. 

Building on her foundation as a dancer, Dr. Choo enjoys studying how people move. She has a personal interest in taking care of performing artists and thinking through injury prevention aimed towards career longevity. She is passionate about women’s health rehabilitation, and the musculoskeletal issues that are specific to women athletes and pregnant and postpartum women. 

Faustine D. Ramirez, MD

Dr. Faustine Ramirez grew up in San Francisco, California. She attended the University of Washington in Seattle and received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Anthropology. She played on the University of Washington NCAA Division 1 soccer team and was team captain during her final season. She was a recipient of the yearlong Mary Gates Research Scholarship for her thesis in medical anthropology and was awarded the Department of Athletics Student-Athlete Academic Excellence and Women’s Soccer Scholar Athlete awards. After graduating, she worked as a research assistant at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute studying publication bias among drug and device trials for chronic pain conditions.

For medical school, Dr. Ramirez attended the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and graduated with Distinction in 2019. Throughout medical school, she was involved in a number of medical education and clinical research projects in sports medicine, pediatric cardiology, and general pediatrics. She participated in a yearlong clinical research fellowship funded by the National Institutes of Health between her third and fourth years of medical school, during which she completed the UCSF Advanced Training in Clinical Research certificate and conducted several epidemiologic studies on children’s sleep. Dr. Ramirez has received multiple research awards and grants, including the Society for Pediatric Research Student Research Award, the Academic Pediatric Association Student Research Award, and the UCSF Pathways to Discovery Prize in Clinical and Translational Research. She has more than 15 peer-reviewed publications and has given numerous podium and poster presentations at regional and national research conferences.

Dr. Ramirez is completing her residency training in Pediatrics at UCSF. In residency, she has merged her passions for sports medicine and medical education by developing curricular resources on pediatric sports medicine for residents and teaching numerous lectures, workshops, and conferences on sports medicine topics. She has been actively involved in her community by leading education sessions with high school student-athletes on wellness, mental health, and injury prevention, developing resources on mental health for youth athletes, and helping provide free preparticipation physical evaluations for high school student-athletes in her community. She volunteers as one of the team physicians for Lowell High School in San Francisco and has provided medical coverage for football, soccer, and track and field, in addition to helping evaluate student-athletes in training room.

Dr. Ramirez is passionate about medical education, clinical research, sideline coverage, community engagement and advocacy. She enjoys all aspects of sports medicine, and her primary clinical and academic interests include athlete mental health, youth sports specialization, overuse injuries, preparticipation physical evaluations, and concussion.

Cameron Fausett, MD

Dr. Cameron Fausett grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He attended the University of California at Santa Barbara where he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature. After college he discovered his love for medicine after working as a medical assistant in a Primary Care office. He graduated with his medical degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 2017. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago, IL where he was named the 2020 Kovler Resident and graduated in 2021.

Dr. Fausett has experience in providing medical coverage for both mass events and adaptive sports. He has published multiple journal articles and given several poster presentations at national conferences including AAP and ACSM. He has a strong interest in medical education and is involved in mentoring and educating medical students and residents and has led numerous journal clubs, lectures, and workshops for medical students and residents during his training. He enjoys all aspects of sports medicine, but his primary clinical interests include musculoskeletal ultrasound, regenerative medicine, and kettlebell training.

Anne Kuwabara, MD

Dr. Anne Kuwabara grew up in San Marino, CA. During high school, she served as class president and was a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship. She began her love for athletics and sports at an early age through Shotokan Karate and achieved the level of black belt.

Dr. Kuwabara completed her undergraduate studies in molecular cell biology and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. She graduated magna cum laude and was inducted as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. During her internship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, she investigated cancer detection methodologies with the use of nanotechnology biomarkers and presented this work for her honors thesis. Her public policy thesis analyzed interventions to improve health literacy in the community and the medical setting. She also worked as an American College of Sports Medicine-certified cancer exercise trainer for patients recovering from chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.

For medical school, Dr. Kuwabara attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Continuing her interest in public policy, she served as the Maryland State Leader of the Doctors for America organization to improve healthcare access through insurance provision. She continued to teach group exercise classes at the undergraduate campus. She also founded the first Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Interest Group at Johns Hopkins to provide exposure to the field for medical students in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Dr. Kuwabara completed her PM&R Residency at Stanford University and served as a Chief Resident. She was selected as a Resident Section Editor of the American Journal of PM&R and led the PM&R Interest Group at Stanford. She was also a member of the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition and Stanford Women in Medicine groups. In the Stanford BioDesign Innovation Course, she worked on a team to develop solutions for endometriosis-related pain. She has received multiple awards including the American Medical Women’s Association Susan Ivey Courage to Lead award, the Stanford Peter T. Singleton award (special dedication to the Stanford PM&R program), and the Stanford Team Player Award. She has 15 publications including a book chapter and has given multiple oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate and mentor to many medical students and residents. Dr. Kuwabara enjoys all aspects of sports medicine including musculoskeletal ultrasound, regenerative medicine, running medicine, performing arts medicine, wearable health, and team coverage.

Jessica Tsao, MD

Dr. Jessica Tsao was raised in Portland, Oregon. She attended the University of Portland where she graduated Maxima Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. While there she also played on the NCAA Division I soccer team and was named the West Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year and an ESPN Academic All-American in 2011. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to continue her studies and obtained a Masters of Science in Sports Biomechanics from Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. She attended Harvard Medical School where she graduated with her medical degree in 2017. She completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine in New York City at NYU/Bellevue where she graduated in 2021.

Dr. Tsao has experience with concussion evaluation, mass event coverage, including the NY marathon, and NYU Athletics. She has published multiple journal and FOAM articles and presented at local and national conferences including the World Conference on Science and Soccer. She also has a strong interest in wellness in medicine, co-founding the NYU/Bellevue Emergency Medicine Residency Wellness Committee and organizing multiple wellness events. Her primary clinical interests include team sideline and mass event coverage, MSK ultrasound, soccer injuries and concussions.

Donald Kasitinon, MD

CURRENT POSITION: UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery specializing in Sports Medicine

Emily Miller Olson, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Bodor Clinic, Interventional Sports and Spine, Regenerative Medicine Fellowship, Napa Valley, CA

Eric Wang, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Emergency Medicine physician at Kaiser Redwood City Medical Center and Emergency Medicine physician at St. Rose Hospital 

Lauren Bosshardt, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine/Sports Medicine, Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas

Kevin Mullins, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, Department PM&R and Sports Medicine, Instructor Medical School Clinical Skills Course, UC Davis

Daniel Sisk, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Director, Non-Operative Sports Medicine, Kansas City Orthopedic Institute at Dickson-Diveley

Lauren Cooper, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Emergency Medicine/Sports Medicine, Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas

Richard Lawley, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Director of PM&R Sports, Cornerstone Orthopaedics

Sara Raiser, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor and Director of Women’s Sports Medicine,  Emory University Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

Robbie Diaz, Jr.,

CURRENT POSITION: 

• Life Scientist Research Professional, Stanford University Department of Neurosurgery
• Attending Physician and Director of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at Kaiser Permanente

Adrian Le, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Chief Medical Officer at Vida 

Issac Syrop, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, Columbia University, NY Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine

Prathap Jayaram, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Director of Regenerative Orthopaedic Medicine, Baylor University

Emily Kraus, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Sports Medicine  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford Health Care

Jeremiah Ray, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Head Team Physician, UC Davis

Rebecca Dutton, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Team Physician, University of New Mexico Athletics/ Director of PM&R Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of New Mexico, New Mexico Hospital Services

Marwa Ahmed, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Clinical Instructor of PM&R, Spaulding Hospital, Harvard University 

Katrina Ngyuen, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Team Physician USA Soccer/ Emergency Medicine, Northwest Community Hospital, USA Women's Soccer

Calvin Hwang, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Stanford Athletics Teams/Team Physician, Stanford University & Kaiser Santa Clara ED/Sports Medicine

Adam Tenforde, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Spaulding National Running Center, Assistant Professor, Department of PM&R, Harvard Medical School;  Associate Physiatrist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Amy Yin, MD

CURRENT POSITION:  Department of PM&R, Sports Medicine Clinic Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Permanente

Michael Khadavi, MD

CURRENT POSITION:  Team Physician University of Kansas Track & Field and KC United Professional Soccer, Partner at Carondelet Orthopaedics, Carondelet Orthopaedic Surgeons, Signature Medical Group

Eugene Yim, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Team Physician USA Soccer, Newport Orthopedic Institute/Newport Beach Private Practice

Yin-Ting Chen, MD

CURRENT POSITION:  Assistant Program Director for Walter Reed, Residency Director, Department of PM&R, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Christina Pagano, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Menlo Clinic, Sports and Family Practice, Stanford Healthcare 

Jennifer Baine, MD

CURRENT POSITION:  Stanford Cardinal Team Physician, Stanford University
Physician Advisor, R1 RCM HealthCare

Misha Kassel, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Emergency Medicine Physician, EM at Pali Momi/EM Kapiolani Hospital

John Vasudevan, MD

CURRENT POSITION: 

• Medical Director, Tri-Reach Marathon
•  Assistant Professor of PM&R and Team Physician, University of Pennsylvania

Leroy Sims, MD

• CURRENT POSITION: 
  Sports Medicine Team Physician, USA Track & Field/United States Olympics Committee
• Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, NBA
• Emergency Medicine Physician, Mills-Peninsula Emergency Medical Associates

Lauren Elson, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Director, Dance Medicine, Spaulding Rehab/Harvard Medical School

Chris Fowler, MD

• CURRENT POSITION:
  Team Physician, San Jose Sharks
• Orthopedics Sports Medicine Physician, Kaiser Permanente

Sarah Preiss-Farzanegan, MD

CURRENT POSITION:Sports Medicine Specialist, El Dorado Hills Sports Medicine

Daniel Ouyang, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Internal Medicine, Sutter Health/Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Christy Boyd, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Medical Director of the Sports Medicine Program/Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Children’s Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Pleasanton

Kristin Wingfield, MD

• CURRENT POSITION:
  Professor, Primary Care Sports Medicine Specialist, University of California San Francisco Department of Othopaedic Surgery
• Team physician for the San Francisco Ballet, Marin Academy High School
• Team TWENTY20 Women’s Professional Cycling Team
  

Jeff Peterson, MD

CURRENT POSITION: Founder, Executive Director, Sahara Relief