Design & develop
Project design, scientific literature reviews, and IRB drafting and submissions.
Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute
Sports Medicine
Clinical Research
Fellowship
A year of focused research.
Daily mentorship. Your next step toward orthopedic surgery.
For second- and third-year medical students preparing for a career in orthopedic surgery.
Application requirements
Funded$35,000 for the year
1 yearClinical research fellowship
2027June start
November 2026Applications open
01 / The program
Research with purpose.
Experience that stays with you.
Build your research skills while contributing to the questions that shape orthopedic sports medicine. This one-year funded fellowship combines active projects, direct mentorship, and exposure to a busy academic orthopedic program.
Work with multiple investigators across the full research process—from an initial question to a submitted manuscript. Strong organization and communication skills will help you manage projects, share progress, and collaborate with the team.
The fellowship provides $35,000 for the year. Fellows also have opportunities to present their work at national and international meetings.
Collect & analyze
Data collection, analysis, project coordination, and regular progress updates.
Write & present
Manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts for national and international meetings.
02 / Mentorship
Work one-on-one.
All year.
Work directly with Dr. Levy throughout your fellowship, touching base daily about projects and the next steps in your research.
Bruce A. Levy, MD
Academic Chief of Sports Medicine
Director, Sports Medicine Surgical Fellowship
Dr. Levy came to Orlando Health from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, where he was professor of orthopedic surgery in the Division of Sports Medicine, program director of the Mayo Clinic Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship, and founder of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Research Program, which he started in 2007. Since the program's inception, research fellows have been highly successful in the orthopedic match.
Dr. Levy has been principal investigator on multicenter trials funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. His clinical work centers on complex knee trauma—the knee dislocation, the multiligament-injured knee, and hip arthroscopy.
MD, University of Montreal; residency, Mayo Clinic; sports medicine fellowship, Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center.
400+Peer-reviewed papers
1,000+Invited presentations
NIH · DoDFunded trials, PI
Other faculty you’ll be working with
Benjamin Service, MD
Fellowship-trained in shoulder and elbow surgery at the University of Washington after orthopedic surgery residency here at Orlando Health. Specializes in complex shoulder arthroplasty (robotic, reverse, revision, etc.) and arthroscopy, and elbow tendon repairs. Actively involved in ongoing orthopedic research; assistant professor at the FSU CoM.
Physician profile ↗
Abhishek Kannan, MD
An Orlando native, fellowship-trained in orthopedic sports medicine and shoulder surgery at UCSF after residency at Northwestern. Specializes in hip arthroscopy, complex knee preservation — including multiligament knee injury — and open/arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Team physician for UCF Athletics.
Physician profile ↗Learn alongside the residency program.
Attend journal clubs, daily resident didactics, observe cadaver lab sessions, casting, splinting, and sawbones workshops at a state-of-the-art Bioskills Facility, and connect with residents and surgeons through the Orlando Health Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program.
03 / Research fellows
The people behind the projects.
Current research fellow
Diego Silva-Mendoza
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Pending# Fellowship-Related
Citations
Citations
Selected publications 1
- Editorial Commentary: Arthroscopic Fixation of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tibial Avulsion Fractures Is the Way to Go…. But It's Not Easy!
Meyer JR, Silva-Mendoza D, Levy BA. Arthroscopy. 2026 Sep 2. doi: 10.1002/arj.70504. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42682100.
Prior fellows
2025–2026
Abid Khan
MS4, University of Louisville School of Medicine
712 in progress# Fellowship-Related
Citations
Citations
Selected publications 7
- Editorial Commentary: Radial Meniscal Tears Are Tough! Surgeons Need to Understand When and How to Repair Them.
Hardman JW, Khan AM, Levy BA. Arthroscopy. 2026 Sep 6. doi: 10.1002/arj.70468. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42701894.
- Complications and Reoperations Following Meniscal Repair and Transplantation.
Rechter GR, Reed LA, Khan AM, Deliso M, Hevesi M, Krych AJ, Levy BA. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2026 Feb 24;19(1):18. doi: 10.1007/s12178-026-10013-2. PMID: 41731212; PMCID: PMC12929736.
- How to Measure Posterior Tibial Slope for Anterior Closing Wedge Osteotomy.
Khan AM, Daniel AV, Bishop AK, Hevesi M, Krych AJ, Tagliero AJ, Levy BA. Arthrosc Tech. 2026 May 5;15(2):e70000. doi: 10.1002/atn2.70000. PMID: 42383014; PMCID: PMC13307326.
- How to Use Full-Length Standing Radiographs to Measure Posterior Tibial Slope and Anterior Tibial Translation.
Khan AM, Daniel AV, Bishop AK, Hevesi M, Krych AJ, Tagliero AJ, Levy BA. Video J Sports Med. 2026 Jul 16;6(4):26350254261419139. doi: 10.1177/26350254261419139. PMID: 42491179; PMCID: PMC13376453.
- How to Set Anterior and Posterior Tibial Translation for Combined Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
Rechter GR, Khan AM, Tagliero AJ, Kannan AS, Levy BR, Krych AJ, Levy BA. Arthrosc Tech. 2026 Jun 12;15(8):e70113. doi: 10.1002/atn2.70113. PMID: 42499864; PMCID: PMC13399918.
- Editorial Commentary: Different Grafts, Different Problems: Why Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Selection Requires Individualized Decision-Making.
Luxenburg D, Khan AM, Levy BA. Arthroscopy. 2026 Sep;42(9):1733-1735. doi: 10.1002/arj.70270. Epub 2026 Jun 25. PMID: 42348412.
- Editorial Commentary: Managing Posterior Tibial Slope in Knee Ligament Surgery: What Is All the Fuss?
Faith HD, Khan AM, Levy BA. Arthroscopy. 2026 Sep;42(9):1790-1793. doi: 10.1002/arj.70407. Epub 2026 Jun 30. PMID: 42378708.
2024–2025
Adam Daniel
Orthopedic Surgery Resident
HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
14# Fellowship-Related
Citations
Citations
Selected publications 7
- Significant Clinical Improvements Following Arthroscopic Iliopsoas Fractional Lengthening After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
Cabarcas B, Iyer S, Yanamala S, Ina J, Bishop A, Daniel AV, Levy BA, Hevesi M. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2026 Aug 20:e70068. doi: 10.1002/ars2.70068. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42630265; PMCID: PMC13493323.
- How to Use Full-Length Standing Radiographs to Measure Posterior Tibial Slope and Anterior Tibial Translation.
Khan AM, Daniel AV, Bishop AK, Hevesi M, Krych AJ, Tagliero AJ, Levy BA. Video J Sports Med. 2026 Jul 16;6(4):26350254261419139. doi: 10.1177/26350254261419139. PMID: 42491179; PMCID: PMC13376453.
- Arthroscopic Posterior Capsular Releases for Recalcitrant Arthrofibrosis.
Daniel AV, Rechter GR, Barrera LE, Hevesi M, Tagliero AJ, Okoroha KR, Krych AJ, Levy BA. Video J Sports Med. 2026 Jul 6;6(4):26350254261416547. doi: 10.1177/26350254261416547. PMID: 42415920; PMCID: PMC13338505.
- How to Measure Posterior Tibial Slope for Anterior Closing Wedge Osteotomy.
Khan AM, Daniel AV, Bishop AK, Hevesi M, Krych AJ, Tagliero AJ, Levy BA. Arthrosc Tech. 2026 May 5;15(2):e70000. doi: 10.1002/atn2.70000. PMID: 42383014; PMCID: PMC13307326.
- Meniscus Pathology in the Setting of Revision ACL Surgery: Unique Considerations.
Daniel AV, Mavrommatis S, Krych AJ, Smith PA. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2026 Jun 3;19(1):42. doi: 10.1007/s12178-026-10027-w. PMID: 42234221; PMCID: PMC13234055.
- Patellar Tendon Repair With Bioinductive Implant Augmentation.
Daniel AV, Rechter GR, Reed LA, Williams WA, Carbone AD, Kannan AS. Arthrosc Tech. 2025 May 22;14(7):103639. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2025.103639. PMID: 40822164; PMCID: PMC12351013.
- Editorial Commentary: Various High Tibial Osteotomy Techniques Show High Survivorship, Medial Opening-Wedge Technique Has Risks, and Patient-Specific Instrumentation Shows Promise.
Daniel AV, Wagner MJ, Levy BA. Arthroscopy. 2025 Oct;41(10):4165-4167. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2025.05.004. Epub 2025 May 9. PMID: 40349805.
04 / Fellowship photos
Life as a research fellow.
05 / About the institute
Built for care.
Built for discovery.
Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute brings patient care, research, and education together on Orlando Health’s downtown campus.
The 375,000-square-foot facility includes an inpatient hospital, medical office building, main operating rooms, and an ambulatory surgical center. The top floor is dedicated to research and education, with a bioskills lab, cadaver dissection lab, auditorium, and conference rooms.
About Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute ↗
06 / Life in Orlando
A year here.
A life beyond
the hospital.
Lakefront walks, neighborhood restaurants, live sports, and weekends on the coast. Make Orlando home while you build your next chapter in orthopedic surgery.
Explore life in Orlando ↗07 / Application requirements
Your next step
starts here.
Applications open November 2026
- Applicants for the Research Fellowship must be second-year or third-year medical students at a U.S. medical school and interested in pursuing an orthopedic surgery residency.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this program.
Funded
- Timeframe: 1 year
- Stipend: $35,000
Prepare your application
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- One letter of recommendation
- Personal statement
- Professional Headshot
- USMLE Step 1 report
- Medical school transcript
When applications open, see Orthogate listing for more details and application instructions.
08 / Contact
Let’s talk about
your research year.
Jannette Rosario
Executive Assistant to Dr. Bruce A. Levy
Jannette.rosario@orlandhealth.comOrlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute
Orlando, Florida