Wednesday, August 12, 2020

AMSSM Mentor Program Assists Future Sports Medicine Physicians


 Dr. Raymond Reiter is private practice physician in the Saddle Brooks, New Jersey area. In addition to general surgery, Dr. Raymond Reiter spent much of his early career in sports medicine, formerly belonging to the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), an organization that provides physicians in this field a forum to advance the discipline.


Among its many membership benefits, the AMSSM offers a mentor program that works to attract physicians to the field. The program connects current active and associate members with students, giving seasoned professionals an opportunity to share basic tenets of the field with prospective sports medicine physicians, tenets that are not simply learned in a textbook.

Through its mentor program, the AMSSM focuses on fostering relationships between its physician members. Older physicians share their experiences and insights with newer ones while giving back to the profession. These residents and mentees can then devise a strategy for their own career paths with the imparted advice and knowledge.