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Faculty and Fellows

Faculty

As a ProMedica Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow, you will learn from some of the best sports medicine physicians in the game, each with a diverse playbook of knowledge to share. Their mentorship will give you great advantages that will allow you to develop your skills to the fullest potential.

Learn more about our faculty by reading their biographies below.

Roger Kruse, MD

Medical Director

Education: The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Affiliations: Medical director, Sports Care®; board-certified in family medicine; fellow, American College of Sports Medicine and American Medical Society of Sports Medicine; assistant clinical professor, Michigan State University Campus System Consortium OPTI; director of sports science, U.S. Figure Skater’s Association
Team Physician: Head team physician, The University of Toledo
Related Experience: 1994 Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway; 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta; head physician, 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Nagano, Japan; 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, Utah; 2007 ISU Grand Prix Final, Torino, Italy; 2008 ISU Grand Prix Final, Seoul, Korea; oversees all figure skating camps at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; comprehensive drug testing experience, covering national and international events

Stephen Saddemi, MD

Orthopaedic Medical Director

Education: Northwestern University, Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The Ochsner Foundation Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Program Internship and Residency, Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Sports Medicine Fellowship, The University of Western Ontario University Hospital
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery Shoulder Surgery Fellowship
Affiliations: Orthopaedic director, Sports Care®; Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.; director of sports medicine, associate clinical professor, The University of Toledo College of Medicine; board-certified in orthopaedic surgery; fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; member, Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, American Medical Association, The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Ohio Orthopaedic Society and Toledo Surgical Society
Team Physician: Toledo Mud Hens; orthopaedic consultant, The University of Toledo; Toledo-area high school and Catholic Youth Organization teams
Related Experience: Consulting reviewer, Arthroscopy: Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery; The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Council of Delegates

Anthony Frogameni, III, MD

Orthopaedic Medical Director

Education: University of Notre Dame, Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The University of Toledo College of Medicine General Surgery Internship and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, Southern Cal Center for Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: Orthopaedic director, Sports Care®; Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.; associate professor, department of orthopaedics, The University of Toledo College of Medicine; board-certified in orthopaedic surgery; fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; member, Toledo Academy of Medicine, American Medical Association, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Ohio Orthopaedic Society and Toledo Surgical Society
Team Physician: Toledo Mud Hens; orthopaedic consultant, The University of Toledo; Toledo-area high school and Catholic Youth Organization teams

 

Paul Fenton, MD

Orthopaedic Medical Director

Education: Miami University, Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The University of Toledo College of Medicine Surgery Residency, The Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital Knee/Shoulder/Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: Orthopaedic director, Sports Care®; Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.; assistant professor, orthopaedic surgery, The University of Toledo College of Medicine; board-certified in orthopaedic surgery; member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Medical Association, Academic Orthopaedic Society, Ohio Orthopaedic Society, Toledo Academy of Medicine, Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society; president, Mortar Board; Vinson Memorial Scholarship and Miami University Top Ten Senior Award Recipient
Team Physician: U.S. Figure Skating Team; assistant team physician, U.S. Women's Alpine Ski Team; Toledo Mud Hens; orthopaedic consultant, The University of Toledo; Toledo-area high school and Catholic Youth Organization teams

Steven Freeman, MD

Associate Medical Director

Education: Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: Associate medical director, Sports Care®; board-certified in family medicine with Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine; member, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and American Medical Association
Team Physician: The University of Toledo

Luke Ragan, MD

Associate Medical Director

Education: Wittenberg University, Medical College of Ohio
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: Associate medical director, Sports Care®; Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.
Team Physician: Toledo Mud Hens, The University of Toledo, various community events

Cathy Cantor, MD, MBA

Associate Medical Director

Education: University of Alabama (scholarship track and cross country athlete), University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education: The Ohio State University Internal Medicine Residency, Columbus Children's Hospital Pediatrics Residency, The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: Associate medical director, Sports Care®; board-certified in pediatrics and internal medicine
Team Physician: The University of Toledo, Perrysburg High School, Bowling Green State University

Matt Roth, MD

Associate Medical Director

Education: Miami University of Ohio, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education: The Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Affiliations: Associate medical director, Sports Care®; Arrowhead Family Practice 
Team Physician: The Toledo Walleye, The University of Toledo

Alumni

At The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, you will join a roster filled with some of sports medicine’s most valuable players, each a with a success story that speaks for itself. Many of our more than 30 graduates have gone on to work with highly esteemed athletic programs, including University of Notre Dame, University of North Carolina, and The Ohio State University.

See what some of our alumni have to say about the career winning streak that has followed their experiences as a fellow:

"The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship has an excellent clinical base allowing fellows to earn independence and experience. There are a wide variety of experiences available for fellows to gain experience at all levels of competition."

James Borchers, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Family Medicine
Division of Sports Medicine
Team Physician
The Ohio State University

"Sports Care® and Toledo Hospital offer an outstanding, hands-on fellowship. The fellowship team is truly exceptional and fun to work with. I was well-trained when I left my fellowship in 1996, and it continues be a premier program."

LTC Fred Brennan, Jr., DO, FAOASM, FAAFP

Director, National Capital Consortium Tri-Service Military
   Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

"The faculty at The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship is knowledgeable and well-connected, with diverse individual interests in sports medicine. Your sports exposure in Toledo will not be limited to just football and basketball, but may also include hockey, soccer, volleyball, ice skating, baseball, cross country and more."

Rich Jacobs, MD

University Health Services
Team Physician
University of Notre Dame

"The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship advanced my musculoskeletal exam skills, gave me experience and confidence as a sideline physician and helped me understand the dynamics involved between coaches, players and sports medicine staff."

Thomas Brickner, MD

Team Physician
Department of Sports Medicine
University of North Carolina

"I am now part of an elite private practice that performed physicals on the U.S. Men’s World Cup soccer team before they traveled to compete in the World Cup tournament. We are also team doctors for the NHL Carolina Hurricanes, the 2006 Stanley Cup champions. No other program would have given me the experience and confidence to practice at this level during the first year after completing my fellowship."

Rachel Hummel, DO, CAQSM

Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine

"The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship gave me the best combination of hands-on real sports medicine experience and didactic training. I felt confident jumping right into clinical practice after completing the program."

Paul D. Tortland, D.O., FAOASM

Valley Sports Physicians & Orthopedic Medicine, Avon, CT
Team Physician, University of Hartford and U.S. Figure Skating Association

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