The Disney sports complex in Orlando provides exposure to national and international professional and amateur athletes and sporting events. It also serves as the Atlanta Braves spring training facility. The resident receives extensive exposure to physical therapy modalities and rehabilitation techniques from staff certified athletic trainers. Staff podiatric and orthopedic physicians provide the resident with hands-on training, including both conservative and surgical management of athletic injuries. The resident is on-call during athletic events and functions as part of the sports medicine team.
Faculty includes podiatrists, pediatricians, and pediatric orthopedists.
Rotations occur at Cedars Medical Center and Miami Childrens Hospital. Additionally, pediatric foot screenings are conducted periodically throughout the year at local elementary schools and day-care facilities. The resident will participate in the Yucatan Crippled Childrens Project, which affords exposure to a variety of maladies, orthopedic bracing and reconstructive surgical cases. The biomedical principles influencing sports injuries and pediatric deformities are emphasized during this program. Orthotic management of sports-related and pediatric abnormalities, including didactic theory and actual orthotic fabrication, is taught.