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Vijay Jotwani, MD

  • Primary care sports medicine physician, Houston Methodist Hospital
  • Assistant professor of family medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Media Contact: Amy Rose , 412.613.1428

Vijay Jotwani, MD

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Media Contact: Amy Rose , 412.613.1428

Areas of Expertise

  • Care of endurance athletes
  • Chronic medical conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. related
  • Concussion and post-concussion syndrome
  • Environmental illnesses (heat stroke, altitude illness, etc.)
  • Injury prevention
  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided injections
  • Non-surgical treatment of back and joint injuries

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Family Medicine - Family Medicine and Sports Medicine
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Illinois College of Medicine | 2003
RESIDENCY
University of Chicago/MacNeal Family Medicine Residency | 2006
INTERNSHIP
University of Chicago/MacNeal Hospital - Chicago , IL | 2004
FELLOWSHIP
Indiana University - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship- Indianapolis, IN | 2010

Affiliations

  • Houston Astros, consulting physician
  • Houston Ballet, consulting physician
  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, rodeo primary care physician
  • Rice University Athletics, team primary care physician

 

Publications

Analysis of Serum Ferritin Levels in a Group of Elite Ballet Dancers
Jack, ML, Sumrall, K, Nasrallah, C, Stuckey, D & Jotwani, V 2023, , Journal of dance medicine & science : official publication of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 160-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089313X231178089

Management of Stress Fractures in Ballet
Jotwani, VM, Aflatooni, JO, Barter, LE & Harris, JD 2022, , Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 543-553. https://doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-21-01021

Physiological Parameters of Bone Health in Elite Ballet Dancers
Lambert, BS, Cain, MT, Heimdal, T, Harris, JD, Jotwani, V, Petak, S & McCulloch, P 2020, , Medicine and science in sports and exercise, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1668-1678. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002296

Pain in right shoulder • recent influenza vaccination • history of hypertension and myocardial infarction • Dx?
Jotwani, V & Narducci, DM 2019, , Journal of Family Practice, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 44-46.

Addressing the unique issues of student athletes with ADHD
Perrin, AE & Jotwani, V 2014, , Journal of Family Practice, vol. 63, no. 5.

Fracture, distal radius
Gebke, KB & Jotwani, V 2012, . in The 5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult: Second Edition. Wolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP).

Traveling to high altitude with athletes
DaRosa, MJ, Jotwani, V & Valentine, V 2012, , International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijatt.17.5.11

Postconcussion syndrome in athletes
Jotwani, V & Harmon, KG 2010, , Current Sports Medicine Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181ccb55e

Languages

  • English