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Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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Jason Zaremski

Jason Zaremski, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

Department: MD-PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHAB
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About Jason Zaremski

Jason L Zaremski, M.D., a former collegiate baseball player at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2007 before going on to complete his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA and his fellowship in sports medicine at the Geisinger Health System in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

He currently works as a non-operative musculoskeletal and sports medicine physician for the University of Florida and is the Co-Medical Director for the High School Outreach Program. He has also been a team physician from the high school level to the NCAA level to the professional hockey level. He currently serves as head team physician for 4 high schools in the greater Gainesville area.

Dr. Zaremski has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, posters, and abstracts specific to all areas of sports and musculoskeletal medicine. He has a particular research focus interest in throwing injuries in baseball players. Dr. Zaremski also has extensive presentation experience nationally and internationally as he has presented on the topic of throwing related injuries in Japan, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Monaco.

Dr. Zaremski is involved in the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and is a diplomat in the American Academy for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is an elected Board of Director to AMSSM and is a Fellow in the ACSM.

Dr. Zaremski was honored upon outstanding record of success by Marquis Who’s Who in the 70th Platinum Anniversary Edition of Who’s Who in America published in September 2015.

Accomplishments

Program Planning Committee Chair for Annual Meeting
2019-2020 · AMSSM
Elected to Board of Directors
2019 · AMSSM
AMSSM Junior Traveling Fellow to Sweden, Norway and Denmark
2018 · AMSSM
Best Overall Research Award: An Unaccounted Workload Factor: Pitch Counts in High School Baseball Pitchers. An Observational Study.
2018 · AMSSM
Accepted into United States Olympic Committee Volunteer Medical Physician Program
2016 · United States Olympic Committee (Now United States Olympic Paralympic Committee)
Elected Fellow
2016 · ACSM
Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship in Baseball
1997 · NCAA

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Subspecialties
  • Sports Medicine
Areas of Interest
  • Concussion
  • Elbow pain
  • Orthopedic services
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation
  • Shoulder pain
  • Sports injuries in young children
  • Steroid injections – tendon, bursa, joint

Research Profile

My research has focused on throwing athletes and overuse injuries. Overall, my interests include: Sports Medicine, Upper Extremity Injuries, Throwing Related Injuries, Baseball Medicine, Sports Related Concussions, Regenerative Therapeutics, Platelet-Rich Plasma in Sports Medicine.

As of 2020, my most current research studies are: 1. Flexor Forearm Injuries Associated with Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Elbow in Throwing Athletes. 2. Development of a Workload Measurement Tool in High School Baseball Pitchers. 3. Retrospective Analysis of Olecranon Stress Fractures in Throwing Athletes.

Areas of Interest
  • Elbow injuries in sports
  • Overuse injuries in sports
  • Throwing Related Injuries

Publications

2021
A Clavicular Physeal Fracture and Posterior Sternoclavicular Joint Pseudodislocation: A Case Report.
Current sports medicine reports. 20(5):242-245 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000838. [PMID] 33908908.
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2021
Forearm flexor injury is associated with medial ulnar collateral ligament injury in throwing athletes.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. [DOI] 10.1002/pmrj.12592. [PMID] 33743179.
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2021
Interim Guidance on the Preparticipation Physical Examination for Athletes During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. 31(1):1-6 [DOI] 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000892. [PMID] 33038090.
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2021
Isolated Proximal Coracobrachialis Rupture in a High School Athlete.
Current sports medicine reports. 20(9):450-452 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000883. [PMID] 34524188.
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2021
Suggested Curricular Guidelines for Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training.
Current sports medicine reports. 20(7):366-373 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000862. [PMID] 34234092.
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2021
Volleyball-related injuries in adolescent female players: an initial report.
The Physician and sportsmedicine. 49(3):323-330 [DOI] 10.1080/00913847.2020.1826284. [PMID] 32942946.
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2020
Identifiable Factors Associated With Acceptance Into Sports Medicine Fellowship Programs: A Brief Report.
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. 30(5):e143-e146 [DOI] 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000694. [PMID] 30358618.
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2020
Interim Guidance on the Preparticipation Physical Examination for Athletes During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
Current sports medicine reports. 19(11):498-503 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000776. [PMID] 33156037.
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2020
Returning Athletes Back to High School Sports in the COVID-19 Era: Preparing for the Fall.
Sports health. 12(6):518-520 [DOI] 10.1177/1941738120953851. [PMID] 32816648.
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2020
Weighted Ball Velocity Throwing Programs Are Effective. Are the Benefits Worth the Risk?
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. [DOI] 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000822. [PMID] 33914497.
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2019
Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament: Injury, Treatment Options, and Recovery in Overhead Throwing Athletes.
Current sports medicine reports. 18(9):338-345 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000629. [PMID] 31503046.
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2019
Sport Specialization and Overuse Injuries in Adolescent Throwing Athletes: A Narrative Review.
Journal of athletic training. 54(10):1030-1039 [DOI] 10.4085/1062-6050-333-18. [PMID] 31633409.
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2018
Humeral Stress Fracture With Median Nerve Injury in a Baseball Player: A Case Report and Discussion.
Current sports medicine reports. 17(6):183-186 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000489. [PMID] 29889146.
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2018
Unaccounted Workload Factor: Game-Day Pitch Counts in High School Baseball Pitchers-An Observational Study.
Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 6(4) [DOI] 10.1177/2325967118765255. [PMID] 29662911.
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2017
Assessment and rehabilitation of chronic low back pain in baseball: part II.
Research in sports medicine (Print). 25(2):231-243 [DOI] 10.1080/15438627.2017.1282362. [PMID] 28128000.
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2017
Concussion-like symptom reporting in non-concussed adolescent athletes.
The Clinical neuropsychologist. 31(1):138-153 [DOI] 10.1080/13854046.2016.1246672. [PMID] 27758158.
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2017
Exercise intervention for unilateral amputees with low back pain: study protocol for a randomised, controlled trial.
Trials. 18(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13063-017-2362-0. [PMID] 29284521.
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2017
Mechanisms and Treatments for Shoulder Injuries in Overhead Throwing Athletes.
Current sports medicine reports. 16(3):179-188 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000361. [PMID] 28498227.
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2017
Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Curriculum Guidelines.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 9(12):1244-1267 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.07.006. [PMID] 29274677.
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2017
Prevalence and proposed mechanisms of chronic low back pain in baseball: part i.
Research in sports medicine (Print). 25(2):219-230 [DOI] 10.1080/15438627.2017.1282361. [PMID] 28128007.
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2017
Recurrence and return to play after shoulder instability events in young and adolescent athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
British journal of sports medicine. 51(3):177-184 [DOI] 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096895. [PMID] 27834676.
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2017
Recurrent stingers in an adolescent American football player: dilemmas of return to play. A case report and review of the literature.
Research in sports medicine (Print). 25(3):384-390 [DOI] 10.1080/15438627.2017.1314297. [PMID] 28393557.
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2017
Trends in Sports-Related Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries.
Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 5(10) [DOI] 10.1177/2325967117731296. [PMID] 29085844.
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2016
Humeral Stress Fractures in Overhead Athletes: Pearls for Recognition, Diagnosis, and Management.
Current sports medicine reports. 15(6):384-385 [PMID] 27841807.
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2016
Poster 176 A New Adverse Effect of Glenohumeral Injections: Mechanical Blocking Resulting in Functional Limitations. A Case Report.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 8(9S) [DOI] 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.07.216. [PMID] 27672943.
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2016
Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee.
Current sports medicine reports. 15(4):228-9 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000271. [PMID] 27399818.
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2015
Clinical Utility of Wilson Test for Osteochondral Lesions at the Knee.
Current sports medicine reports. 14(6) [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000203. [PMID] 26561761.
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2015
Detection and prevention of glenohumeral epiphysiolysis.
Current sports medicine reports. 14(3):159-60 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000146. [PMID] 25968845.
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2015
Does Geographic Location Matter on the Prevalence of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers?
Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 3(11) [DOI] 10.1177/2325967115616582. [PMID] 26740953.
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2015
Effect of neurocognition and concussion on musculoskeletal injury risk.
Current sports medicine reports. 14(3):194-9 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000157. [PMID] 25968852.
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2015
Occipital Neuralgia as a Sequela of Sports Concussion: a Case Series and Review of the Literature
. 14(1):16-19
2015
Occipital neuralgia as a sequela of sports concussion: a case series and review of the literature.
Current sports medicine reports. 14(1):16-9 [DOI] 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000121. [PMID] 25574876.
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2012
Shoulder injuries in the skeletally immature baseball pitcher and recommendations for the prevention of injury.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 4(7):509-16 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.04.005. [PMID] 22814728.
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2010
An occult presentation of appendicitis in a patient with tetraplegia.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 89(2):156-9 [DOI] 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181c1ed30. [PMID] 19884810.
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2009
New concepts in the assessment and treatment of regional musculoskeletal pain and sports injury.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 1(8):744-54 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.05.013. [PMID] 19695528.
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2007
Risk factors for false positive transcranial motor evoked potential monitoring alerts during surgical treatment of cervical myelopathy.
Spine. 32(26):3041-6 [PMID] 18091499.
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Grants

Feb 2019 ACTIVE
Development of a Protocol to Evaluate Baseball Pitchers Workload
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ORTHOPAEDIC RES AND EDU FOU
Jun 2016 – Dec 2018
Miscellaneous Donors
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: MISCELLANEOUS DONORS
Aug 2015 – Jun 2017
Sports Concussion and Neuromusclar Function
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIAMS

Education

Fellowship
2012 · Geisinger Health System
Residency
2011 · Tufts Medical Center
Internship
2008 · Newton-Wellesley Hospital Medicine
M.D.
2007 · Tufts University School of Medicine

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2016-2018
MDT7570 Elect Top/Orthopae Su