In the January 2024 edition of Sidelines you will find the following content:

Watch your email for your ballot! Elections close February 29, 2024.

Bhavesh Joshi, DO, FAOASM

I am excited and honored have been nominated for the AOASM Board of Directors. When I joined the organization, I knew this was a group of people that I would stay friends with for life. There are jokes going around that members remember me before the beard. Starting back at the Philadelphia conference, I can remember being asked to join a Membership Committee meeting and ever since I’ve felt at home. I went on to complete my fellowship at LECOM Health in Erie; and eventually becoming a Team Physician most currently at Auburn and Tuskegee University Athletics. At the Anaheim conference last year, I was once again honored to receive my Fellow of the Academy distinction amongst a great group of people. 

Everything I have taken away from AOASM has been turned around and taught, shared, and given to the next generation. I am excited to continue sharing my scholarly and clinical experience with the Board while injecting some jokes, using my “announcer voice,” and beard puns. I look forward to helping our osteopathic sports medicine community continue to grow, develop, and flourish in the future. I appreciate your consideration and look forward for the opportunity to serve. 

Jason Smith, DO, FAOASM



I am honored to be nominated again to the AOASM Board of Directors. The AOASM has been my sports medicine family for 20 years and it has truly been a privilege to serve the Academy in various roles including chair of the membership committee and creator/director of the board review course. If selected I will continue to focus my efforts on continuing to build a strong membership converting our wonderful students/residents/fellows into physician members. I am committed to bringing high-quality research and education to our clinical conferences and share my experience with the future of our profession. Regardless,  if chosen, my commitment to the Academy is unwavering and I appreciate your consideration!

Brett Sprouse, DO, MBA, CAQSM

It is an absolute honor to be considered for the Board of Directors for AOASM. This organization has given me so much, and I can’t think of a better way to give back than to serve you as a member of the Board of Directors. I have been a member of AOASM since I was a first-year medical student, which has provided me with the opportunity to gain many great colleagues, mentors, and friends. The welcoming and friendly atmosphere of the organization is one that I want to continue to foster and grow. I believe AOASM provides one of the highest quality memberships of any organization of its kind. As teaching faculty for students, residents, and fellows, I believe that the future of our profession is truly with those that are in training. I have always tried to engage with our student members and believe that we can continue to grow in these areas. I will work with our current leadership to continue the advancement of osteopathic sports medicine in the areas of education, scholarly activity, and research. Ultimately, I want to do what is best for our organization and serve the membership in all ways possible. Please contact me if you would like to learn more about what I would do for our organization (bsprouse@auburn.vcom.edu). Thank you very much for your consideration for this position.

Christina Wong, DO



I am honored to be nominated for a position on the AOASM Board of Directors. I have been a member of AOASM since medical school, and look forward to attending the annual meetings every year.  The mentorship I received from some of the AOASM founding members was an integral part in my early career development.  If I am elected to the board, I hope to pass on similar educational and networking opportunities to the current and future AOASM members.

I have been a team physician to athletes across all levels and types of sports including professional baseball and football, collegiate football/basketball/soccer/baseball/volleyball/lacrosse, high school football/basketball/wrestling, roller derby, marathons, track cycling, and more recently, my first rodeo. I've also had the privilege of serving as a team physician for the Special Olympics USA Games.  I am a strong advocate for integrating osteopathic principles into the evaluation and treatment of our athletes, and regularly incorporate this in my own practice in Seattle, WA.

Leadership positions that I've held recently include holding a position in the Student Government Association every year while in medical school at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences - COM and being Chief Resident during my Family Medicine residency at the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority.  I have been a past AOASM conference moderator, and part of the AOASM DEI subcommittee since 2020. I have held faculty positions at the University of Washington in Seattle where I would take medical students for sports medicine rotations and at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine during my fellowship (teaching OMT and clinical skills to medical students). In my current sports medicine practice at The Polyclinic, I continue to take medical students for sports medicine rotations from around the country and encourage OMT whenever possible.

I recognize the importance of keeping our current members engaged, and retaining students, residents, and fellows members for the success of our organization to continue.  Thank you for considering me to be part of the Board of Directors, it would be a pleasure to be part of the future of AOASM.

Anne Marie Zeller, DO, MSc, CAQSM

Anne Marie C. Zeller, DO, MSc, CAQSM, is currently an associate professor of family medicine and osteopathic medicine at Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Medical Director of Sports Medicine and Student Health, Team Physician for LMU Railsplitters and Medical Director of the Covenant Health- Knoxville Marathon. She has been involved with AOASM since 2015, immersing herself with committee involvement such as case/research reviewer and judge, program planning committee, social media committee and core faculty for the AOASM Board Review Course. She is regularly asked to represent AOASM as a presenter nationally and regionally on sports medicine topics.  

Living in Eastern Tennessee and teaching at the osteopathic medical school, she serves the underserved and underrepresented athlete of all ages and advances the continuum of high-quality osteopathic sports medicine, outreach, and education in the rural setting. She is currently the faculty mentor for the Knoxville and Harrogate campus SAOASM groups for DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. If voted for another term to the AOASM Board of Directors, she plans to use current national education strategies utilized by AOASM to continue to develop mentoring, recruitment, and education aimed at the osteopathic students, residents, fellows, and practicing physicians interested in sports medicine and non-operative musculoskeletal care. 

Dr. Zeller additional serves as guest editor for Current Sports Medicine Reports and Family Practice Inquiries Network. As a head team physician, she has covered several large events, professional, collegiate, high school, and youth teams in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Her research and clinical interests include the effects of early youth sports specialization, injury prevention, osteopathic medical education, transgender athletes, and regenerative medicine. She has publications in youth early specialization in softball and the effects of injury rates and mood symptoms. 

She is a graduate of the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine where she also completed a predoctoral fellowship in osteopathic manual medicine. She completed a residency in osteopathic family medicine at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, and integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. Dr. Zeller also completed a two- year fellowship in primary care sports medicine at University Hospitals Regional Hospitals and Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She has since worked as core faculty for sports medicine fellowships at University of Chicago and University of Pittsburgh. She is AOA board-certified in family medicine and sports medicine. 

Hello S-AOASM! We hope your New Year is off to a great start. Our regions certainly have been busy with a particular focus on regional conferences.  The Central and Mid-Atlantic Regions hosted remarkable events as seen below.

Central Regional Conference – January 6

Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference – January 20

Thank you to all of our wonderful speakers and other attendees; we appreciate your participation and continued dedication. We look forward to our additional conferences:

• Northeast Regional Conference: February 17, 2024
• Anthony Tebbano – atebbano@student.touro.edu  

• Southeast Regional Conference: March 23, 2024
• Brooks Brophy – wbrophy@auburn.vcom.edu 

• Western Regional Conference – April 6, 2024
• Samantha Haubeil – samantha.haubeil@ut.rvu.edu

• Midwest Regional Conference – TBD 
• Brandon Wolters – bw409519@ohio.edu

Please reach out with any questions. We hope many of you will seize these great opportunities.  

Come Join Us for the 2024 Northeast Student Regional Conference!

• Theme: “Comprehensive Care for the Athlete.”
• When: Saturday, February 17th @ 8:00am EST, via Zoom
• Speakers:
• Rob Franks, DO, FAOASM:  “Concussion Management”
• Angela Cavanna, DO, FACOI, FAOASM: “Preparticipation Physical Exams; Why do we do them?”
• William Kuprevich, DO, FAOASM:  “Team Coverage, the Physician’s Role”
• Felicia Zhang, OMS-3, MBS, BA, OLY:  Keynote speaker and 2014 US Olympian.
• Our physician speakers have cared for all levels of athletes and are past presidents of the AOASM.
• Ms. Zhang is a current member of the US Figure Skating Board of Directors. 
• Please register using the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pcuqqqTMpHdfVuqVaHR_droUAzgqlNtX5

Contact Anthony Tebbano at atebbano@student.touro.edu if you have any questions.

If there is ever anything you would like to learn about or see happen through the SAOASM, please reach out to our Executive Board at studentAOASM@gmail.com.



We love hearing from you and providing you with the best opportunities to learn and have fun in sports medicine!

Click here to view the tentative agenda.

The Program Committee for the 39th Annual Clinical Conference of the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine would like to promote the 2024 AOASM Clinical Conference scheduled for May 1-4, 2024.

Case submissions and research abstract submissions must be received by Monday, February 5, 2024. All submissions must be submitted via the forms below by 11:59 p.m. PT. Submissions received after this deadline will not be considered.

If your submission is not selected for podium presentation, we encourage you to present it as a poster during the convocation. Following the review process, we will notify authors of the status of presentation format. Notification emails with presenter instructions will be sent in early March. 

Click here to Submit Your Case Presentations 

Click here to Submit Your Research Presentations

Please contact Kaylee Walters, AOASM Innovations Manager, with additional questions in regard to submitting your abstract.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference! 

The AOASM has contracted a block of sleeping rooms at the Hyatt Regency 

Downtown Tulsa Hotel. Single to double occupancy is $159/night plus 

applicable occupancy taxes from the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Book now to 

reserve a discounted room at the AOASM headquarter hotel!

The deadline to make your reservation is Friday, April 5, 2024 by 4PM EST. The

room block is subject to availability on a first-come, first-served basis and may sell

out prior to the hotel deadline. Don’t delay as prevailing rates will likely apply once

the room block has been filled.

To secure a room, please book online using the link below, or contact the Hyatt 

Regency Reservations by calling +1-888-591-1234 and referencing the group 

code or group name to book. 

(Group Code: G-AOAS; Group Name: AOASM 2024)

Important Hotel Policies:

• To confirm a guaranteed room reservation, the hotel requires a credit card on file. All charges incurred are to be paid upon checkout.
• If a guest’s reservation must be canceled or changed, the guest must notify the hotel before 11:59PM CST, 48-hours (2-days) prior to his/her scheduled arrival date so as not to be charged a one-night room (plus tax) fee to the credit card on file.

The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports has recommended that all three divisions adopt legislation that would remove Cannabinoids from the NCAA Banned List. The Summit on Cannabinoids was held at the NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis in December 2022. Participants included athletes, coaches, athletic directors, scientists, epidemiologists, counselors, athletic trainers, physicians and NCAA staff. The consensus concluded that marijuana is not performance-enhancing and a harm-reduction approach is best managed at the school level. The committee also recommended “a robust educational strategy. The NCAA plans to gather feedback from members and see final action on legislation in the fall of 2024. 

Everyone involved in NCAA sports should realize that this legislation would apply only to NCAA events. Collegiate athletes who may also be tested by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) or the Athletics Integrity Unit (AID) should understand that those groups ban Cannabinoids.   

Submitted by Bob Adams, DO, FAOASM

Click here for more information on the MATE (Medication Access and Training Expansion) CME requirement for new or renewing DEA licenses. The PDF includes a summary of the MATE Act, a link to the ACCME's FAQ, a link to SAMHSA's training requirements, as well as available AOASM-accredited CME offerings that meet this requirement.

Course Overview

Internet enduring material sponsored by Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Health professionals play an important role in sport and anti-doping. This CME activity provides current anti-doping information for physicians and other health and medical professionals via interactive text, animations, videos, and case-based studies. After completing the course, participants will understand the doping control process and their roles and responsibilities in anti-doping, enabling them to better support their athlete patients in clean sport.



Intended Audience

This course is designed for health professionals of all specialties, including sports medicine, endocrinology, psychiatry, and orthopedics, as well as all other health professionals that may interact with athletes.

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