Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Find out about the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship from our fellows and faculty.
Learn more about residencies and fellowships at the University of South Alabama and life on the Gulf Coast.
The USA Health Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship in Mobile, Alabama, is a one-year ACGME-accredited program founded in 2008. Our mission is to train sports medicine experts who will help people of all backgrounds and levels of activity lead longer, better lives.
Our fellows are team physicians for the University of South Alabama (DI), Spring Hill College (DII), Mobile County Public High Schools and the Mobile Ballet. In addition, we cover several local sporting events including 5K/10K races and a pole vault event held on the streets of downtown Mobile.
In the clinical setting, fellows work closely with multiple specialties to ensure well-rounded training. We care for a broad range of injuries and disorders and are a referral source for our region. Our primary care experience is associated with a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that integrates care with an onsite pharmacy, clinical pharmacists, clinical psychologist, and in-house counseling. Fellows will learn advanced diagnostic and interventional ultrasound and will be eligible to sit for the RMSK upon graduation.
We have a 100% CAQ first-time pass rate. Our program is open to physicians who have completed residency training and are board certified or board eligible in family medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, internal medicine, or med/peds. If you are interested in applying, please use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), ACGME ID: 1270112128. In the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) you can find us under ID 1852127F2.
Apply for the sports medicine fellowship through this application.
Peter Rippey, M.D., CAQSM
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
Peter Rippey, M.D., completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri in occupational therapy. After two years of practice as an OT, he returned to medical school at Mizzou. He completed his residency in family medicine and his fellowship training in sports medicine at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida. He has covered a multitude of local and national events including the Daytona 500, US Tennis, Rock N' Roll Marathon and the 2022 World Games. In 2024 he was honored to be selected as an AMSSM International Traveling Fellow. He is the program director for the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at USA Health.
Bradly Clay, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Brad Clay, M.D., is originally from Auburn, Alabama. He received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He went on to complete his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Florida while also covering Florida Gator athletics. Upon returning to Alabama, Clay completed a sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham. He has been team orthopedic surgeon for the University of South Alabama since 2019.
Bishop Carmichael, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bishop Carmichael, D.O., a native of Lanett, Alabama, completed his medical degree at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Auburn, Alabama. He trained in family medicine at the WVU Medicine United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia, and completed a fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. During his fellowship training, he worked in the UK Sports Medicine Clinic, served as fellow physician for Division I SEC athletic teams, and was team physician for Eastern Kentucky University and Henry Clay High School.
Current Fellow
Robert McAlister, M.D.
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine / New Orleans
Residency: HCA Florida Healthcare / Tampa North Internal Medicine
Program Alumni
Samantha Glenn Etheredge, D.O.
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL
Residency: University of Kentucky – Bowling Green Internal Medicine, Bowling Green, KY
Demetrius Simmons, M.D. (2024)
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Health Education Services/Merit Health Wesley Program, Hattiesburg, MS
Addison Cook, M.D. (2023)
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Residency: Family Medicine, University of California Riverside School of Medicine/St. Bernardine Medical Center – Dignity Health Program, Riverside, CA
Travis Bowen, D.O. (2022)
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL
Residency: Family Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Murfreesboro Program, Murfreesboro, TN
Program Director: Peter Rippey, M.D., CAQSM - prippey@health.southalabama.edu
Associate Program Director: Bishop Carmichael, D.O., CAQSM - bcarmichael@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Lauren Devine - ldevine@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: 251-434-3484 • Fax: 251-434-3573