Cullan Donnelly, MD
Sports medicine fellow Cullan Donnelly, MD, is receiving top-notch training at the Jacobs School to learn more about maintaining the health, safety and well-being of athletes.
What inspired your focus on sports medicine as a training specialty?
As an emergency medicine physician, the health, safety, and well-being of athletes has become a central part of my interest in sports medicine. As a Bills fan, seeing Damar Hamlin suffer cardiac arrest mid-game, I wanted to find a way to combine my passion for critical care and resuscitation with sports, and this program has become that pathway.
Between the access to research, high-level athletes (D1 and professional), and incredibly experienced attendings, I know that JSMBS is setting me up for success no matter where I want to go in sports medicine and emergency medicine.
What drew you to the sports medicine fellowship program at the Jacobs School?
Meeting the program leadership for my interview and seeing the effort that goes into the education of their fellows was a key aspect of my interest in the fellowship. The fellows before me spoke very highly of their experience as well.
I am a Buffalonian and was fortunate to go to UB for my undergraduate degree and medical school. Getting to see the medical school evolve into the state-of-the-art facility it is now was both exciting to be a part of and directly benefited my education.