Sports Medicine Fellowship

Fellows

Laura DePalma, DO
Current Fellow, 2012-2013

David Bica, DO
Fellow, 2011-2012
Assistant Residency Director
Family Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Richard Margaitis, DO
Fellow, 2010-2011
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2011-2020
Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Principles & Practices and Family/Sports Medicine
William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

Christine Curran, DO
Fellow, 2009-2010
Currently practicing with Hudson Valley Bone & Joint Surgeons
Internal Medicine

Gavin Vaughn, MD
Fellow, 2008-2009 
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2009-2018
Department of Surgery & Anesthesiology
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
Boone, NC

Oana Panea, MD
Fellow, 2007-2008
CAQ in Sports Medicine, 2009-2018
Currently Assistant Clinical Professor and assistant team physician at Wake Forest University and 
Head team physician at Winston-Salem State University

Jason Blackham, MD
Fellow, 2006-2007
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2007-2016
Currently practicing with Intermountain Healthcare/Caton Harrison Clinic
Formerly Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Team Physician, University of Iowa

Michael Shaffer, DO
Fellow, 2005-2006
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2006-2015
Currently at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and team physician for the University of Cincinnati
Formerly Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX and
Team Physician, Texas Tech University

Mia Griggs, MD
Fellow, 2004-2005
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2005-2014
Currently practicing with Cabarrus Family Medicine, NC
Formerly on faculty at AMEP Family Medicine residency, Austin, TX
Assistant Team Physician, University of Texas

M. Craig Whaley, MD
Fellow, 2003-2004
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2005-2014
Currently practicing with East Carolina Internal Medicine, New Bern, NC

Jorge Rodriguez, DO
Fellow, 2002-2003
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2003-2012
Currently Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arkansas Health Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Team Physician, USA Baseball

Richard Figler, MD
Fellow, 2001-2002
CAQ Sports Medicine, 2003-2012
Currently at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Head Primary Care Team Physician, Cleveland Browns