Sports Medicine Fellowship

Team Experiences

Rutgers University

Princeton University

Rider University

Old Bridge High School

Middlesex Community College

Mass Participation Events

Keystone State Games

NYC Marathon

Radiology

Rutgers Clinic (w/Monaco)

Ortho

Sub Spec Clinic

Ortho

Sub Spec Clinic

Princeton
SM Continuity

Princeton TR (w/Putukian)

• Salary- $57,436
• Malpractice
• Health Care Insurance
• Prescription Drug Plan
• Disability Insurance

• Free Parking
• 4 Weeks Vacation
• 12 Sick Days
• Educational Time Allowance

ROBERT MONACO, MD, MPH
DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE/ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Dr. Robert Monaco has been the Team Physician at Rutgers University since 1996. His primary responsibilities are to oversee the medical treatment of athletes for the 30 Division I sports at the University, as well as supervise a group of nine full-time certified athletic trainers. In addition to his work with the Scarlet Knights, Dr. Monaco is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and directs the school's Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.

His educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree from Columbia University, where he competed in wrestling and captained the team his senior year. He went on to receive his Medical Degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his residency at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and St. Peter's Hospital in New Brunswick, working with the Department of Family Medicine.

Dr. Monaco has also done postgraduate study and completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, which included work at Princeton University and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. In addition, Dr. Monaco holds a Master's in Public Health from Rutgers and UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

A native of Nutley, NJ, Dr. Monaco comes from a family of physical educators, coaches, and athletes. Dr. Monaco and his wife, Carolyn, are the proud parents of two children, Antonio and Angelina.

PHILIP COHEN, MD
ASSISTANT TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Cohen is a Board certified specialist in Internal (Adult) Medicine and Sports Medicine who has been at Rutgers University since 2000.

Dr. Cohen did his undergraduate work at Yale University where he graduated with honors. He returned to New Jersey for medical school, and graduated from UMDNJ-RWJ - again with honors. He then completed a three year residency in Internal Medicine and headed out west for a fellowship in Sports Medicine at UCLA. While in California, he served as the team physician for baseball and women's soccer and was on the medical staff of the USA weight lifting team.

At Rutgers University, Dr. Cohen splits his time between the Hale Center where he treats Rutgers students-athletes and the Hurtado Health Center.

Dr. Cohen and his wife, Danielle, are the proud parents of two sons.

Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM

Margot Putukian received her B.S. degree in Biology from Yale University where she participated in 4 years of soccer and 1 year of lacrosse. She received her M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine and then did both her internship and residency at the Primary Care Internal Medicine Program at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. She completed her fellowship in sports medicine at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Margot worked as a team physician and the Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine at Penn State University for almost 11 years before starting her current position in January 2004 as the Director of Athletic Medicine and Head Team Physician for Princeton University.

Margot has just completed her term on the NCAA's Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee. She has been involved in several sports medicine organizations, including the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and is a charter member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM). She has served on the Strategic Initiative Task Force for Active Girls and Women and currently serves on the Pronouncements Committee and the Clinical Medicine Task Force for ACSM. She served on the Board of the AMSSM from 1997-2006, and as its President from 2004-2005.

Dr. Putukian has participated in the Position Statement on Concussion by the NATA as well as several Team Physician Consensus Statements. She serves on the editorial board for both Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, and the Journal of Athletic Training. Her interests included concussion, medical issues in soccer, injury prevention, and the female athlete.

Lauren Costello, MD

Dr. Costello is presently one of three team physicians at Princeton University, and also serves as staff physician at the Princeton Student Health Service. She was formerly the Director of Athletic Medicine at Princeton University (1998-2004), as well as Director of Sports Medicine at Ithaca College (1991-1998), and was a member of the physician staff at Ithaca 's Health Service. Dr. Costello's responsibilities include treatment of both interscholastic and non-interscholastic student athletes, as well as the Princeton student body as a whole. Dr. Costello also assists with directing the UNDNJ/RWJM Sports Medicine Fellowship. She is also a member of the Princeton University Eating Disorder Team.

Dr. Costello attended Muhlenberg College as an undergraduate and competed on their basketball and softball teams. She then went to the University of Pittsburgh where she received her MS in microbiology. She then worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a research scientist before attending the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ. After medical school, Dr. Costello then completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical Center of Delaware and her Fellowship in Sports Medicine at Pike Creek Sports Medicine Center, also associated with the Medical Center of Delaware.

Kinshasa Morton, MD

Dr. Morton joined the family medicine department as sports medicine faculty in 2007. He participates in the musculoskeletal education of the family medicine residents and also the 3rd year medical students during their family medicine clerkship. Dr. Morton also aids in the supervision of the primary sports medicine fellows as they treat athletes at the high school and county college level. He graduated from the UMDNJ-RWJ Family Medicine Residency program in 2006 and subsequently completed the primary care sports medicine fellowship at the same program in 2007. Undergraduate and medical school education was completed at Lehigh University and Howard University College of Medicine respectively. Special interest include all levels of athletics, particularly football.

Jason Womack, MD

Jason Womack will be the sports medicine fellow from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for the 2007-08 academic year.  Jason is originally from northern New Jersey.  He completed high school at St. Joseph's in Metuchen where he was a member of the track and baseball teams.  He received his undergraduate degree at Rutgers University, earning a B.A. in Biology.  Dr. Womack then attended UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and received his MD. He was member of AOA honor society.  After medical school, he moved to Philadelphia and completed his residency in family medicine at Thomas Jefferson University where he served as chief resident.  Particular interests include all levels of athletics including outdoors activities such as mountain biking, hiking, and kayaking.

Contact a Current or Former Fellow

Jason Womack, MD
womackja@umdnj.edu