SPORTS & EXERCISE MEDICINE
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE : SPORTS & EXERCISE MEDICINE
The UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine program provides advanced and personalized care and rehabilitation , supported by ongoing research and with an emphasis on proper athletic development and preventing injury . The program features physicians , care coordinators , certified athletic trainers , physical therapists , radiologists , and a certified pedorthist , all of whom work together closely to treat athletes using the latest surgical and non-surgical approaches . Our team managed 10,935 visits in FY2022 , encompassing more than 1,330 surgical cases .
With a team of expert physical therapists and athletic trainers certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association ( NATA ) and equipped with state-of-theart technology and imaging suites , we offer comprehensive and personalized care options for all patients . Our providers have years of experience treating high school , collegiate and professional and adaptive athletes , and use those same skills when treating weekend warriors or those at any level of experience .
We are proud medical providers for the United States Football League ( USFL ), The World Games 2022 , Birmingham Legion Football Club , Birmingham Bulls Hockey , UAB Blazer Athletics , Birmingham Vulcan Rugby , the U . S . Ski & Snowboard team , USA Wheelchair Rugby , and many local youth soccer clubs and high schools . Through these partnerships , and with collaboration from the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery , Family & Community Medicine , and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , we provide top-notch patient care while also supporting local organizations that in turn provide for the community . We also sponsor local youth sports programs , providing education and training to coaches and staff on concussion protocols and safer play .
FACULTY & APPS
• Eugene Brabston , MD
• Aaron Casp , MD
• Thomas Evely , DO
• William Garth , MD
• Sara Gould , MD
• Richard Meyer , MD
• Amit Momaya , MD
• Caleb Gandy , PA
• Alyssa Rice , CRNP
• Jessica Balik , CRNP
• Kristen Cravens , NP
HIGHLIGHTS
• The official medical provider for The World Games in Birmingham in summer 2022
• Amit Momaya , MD , was named medical monitor for the multicenter Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair ( BEAR ) trial by Miach Orthopaedics .
• Member of the Sports Research Idea Network Team , a multicenter collaboration of sports medicine physicians focused on innovation and cutting-edge surgical techniques
CLINIC LOCATIONS
• UAB Hospital - Highlands
• UAB Medicine Primary & Specialty Care of Gardendale
• UAB Medicine - Leeds
• Ascension St . Vincent ’ s One Nineteen
• Children ’ s of Alabama
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Resilience Correlates with Patient-Reported Outcomes after Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty . Alex R Dombrowsky , Graham Kirchner , Jonathan Isbell , Eugene W Brabston , Brent A Ponce , John Tokish , Amit M Momaya . Orthop Traumatol Surg Res . 2021 Feb ; 107 ( 1 ): 102777 . doi : 10.1016 / j . otsr . 2020.102777 . Epub 2020 Dec 13 . PMID : 33321240 .
• Variability in the Processing of Fresh Osteochondral Allografts . Kyle D Paul , Romil K Patel , Alexandra M Arguello , Adam Kwapisz , Eugene W Brabston , James P Stannard , Brent A Ponce , Amit M Momaya . J Knee Surg , 2021 Oct 2 . doi : 10.1055 / s-0041-1736148 . Online ahead of print . PMID : 34600436 .
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