Sports Medicine and Dr. Mike Heckman, M.D, P.A. Sports Medicine and Team Physician Activities Fellowship Specialty Training American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Academic Appointments Sports Medicine and Team Physician Activities    top Prior to relocating his Orthopaedic practice to San Antonio, Dr. Heckman had served as the team physician and orthopaedic consultant for numerous Texas Coastal Bend area high schools. He has supported amateur athletics by acting as the medical director and coordinator of the Texas Amateur Athletic Games. At the professional level he has served as an Orthopaedic consultant for the Texas-Louisiana Professional Baseball League and as the team physician for both the Corpus Christi AA Barracudas baseball team and the Corpus Christi IceRayz Professional Hockey Team. During the time he practiced in Corpus Christi he worked closely with local coaches, physical therapists and athletic trainers at the high school through professional levels stressing open communication and access to his practice for athletic injury assessment and treatment. Dr. Heckman is a strong advocate of continued sports medicine education. He has acted as the program director for the annual meeting of the Sports Medicine Section of the Texas Orthopaedic Association and originated the annual University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Spohn-Christus Hospital sponsored "South Texas Sports Medicine Workshops". These yearly workshops focused on educating South Texas physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers by providing nationally recognized sports medicine experts as speakers and by giving workshop participants the opportunity for hands on experience in dealing with sports related injuries. He has been a guest lecturer at the American Sports Medicine Institute's nationally recognized "Injuries in Baseball Course" and by has had the privilege, by invitation, to address the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association. He has been and continues to be a strong supporter of both athletic trainers and physical therapists regarding state legislation affecting their professions and professional services. Fellowship Specialty Training    top Following his residency, Dr. Heckman completed an Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. Under the supervision of Dr. James Andrews MD he learned about the specialized treatment of injuries in athletes from those in high school to nationally known professionals. During his fellowship year he was provided with the opportunity to work for four months with the Orthopaedic Associates of Aspen, Colorado treating injured skiers from both the Aspen and Snowmass ski areas. He completed additional post-residency specialty training in 1991 with Dr. Charles A. Rockwood MD at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Orthopaedics focusing on surgery of the shoulder. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons    top Dr. Heckman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has served the Academy as a member of the AAOS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee from 1998 - 2004. This AAOS committee is responsible for writing the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Assessment Examinations used to test and instruct other orthopaedic surgeons on the advances and changes in sports medicine. Academic Appointments    top Dr. Heckman is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is actively involved working with the Orthopaedic residents both in his office and the operating room instructing them primarily in arthroscopic surgical techniques. Additionally, he provides assistance and guidance with ongoing Orthopaedic resident research projects involving sports medicine and arthroscopy. info@oksss.com www.oksss.com