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Committee · Coverage & skills labs

Sports & Race Medicine

Finds sports coverage, pre-participation physical, and race-day medical tent opportunities at every level — high school, college, and professional — and runs a hands-on sports medicine skills lab.

What we run

2 programs, all year.

  • Getting involved

    Sports medicine skills lab

    Annually

    In person

    Casting, splinting, bracing, and suturing with residents and attendings.

    See it on the events page
  • Getting involved

    Race-day medical coverage

    Race season · Philadelphia Marathon in November

    In person, Philadelphia

    Work the med tent, and help with youth pre-participation physicals through Students Run Philly Style.

    See it on the events page

Worth knowing

The specifics.

  • Students help with youth pre-participation physicals through Students Run Philly Style ahead of fall marathons.
  • A marathon-preparedness lecture is being built for the Philadelphia Marathon in November.
  • Penn sports medicine shadowing opens up in the winter.

The team

Who runs Sports & Race Medicine.

2026–27 committee leads and members.

  • Kevin Ezema

    Kevin Ezema

    Co-lead

    Medical College of Wisconsin · Research year

    Interests: General rehab, sports medicine, pain

    Off the clock: Running, basketball, collecting vinyl

  • Joseph Pavlovsky

    Joseph Pavlovsky

    Co-lead

    PCOM · OMS4

    Interests: Sports medicine, TBI, SCI

    Off the clock: Running, hiking, sourdough

Committee members

  • Aria Taghavi
  • Rohit Prabhu
  • Amith Jagannath