Christopher B. Roberts
Address: 910 South Donahue Drive, Auburn, AL 36832
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The White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage for first-year osteopathic medical students and signifies a commitment to the osteopathic profession and patient care. Immediate family can coat a student if they are a Doctor of Osteopathic medicine and join them to help celebrate. It is a psychological contract that stresses the importance of compassionate care for the patient and professionalism and scientific proficiency. The ceremony symbolizes the trust between physician and patient, compassion, and the purity of the medical profession’s purpose.
A native of Eastern Pennsylvania, Bhavesh Joshi received his undergraduate degree from Drexel University’s School of Biomedical Engineering and graduated from the Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. He then completed a Sports Medicine Research Fellowship focusing on cartilage regeneration at the New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, N.Y., in 2016. He was Chief Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow at LECOM Health in Erie, PA.
Dr. Joshi is board certified in Family Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as well as holding a Certificate of Additional Qualifications in Sports Medicine. His interests include musculoskeletal ultrasound, regenerative injections, concussion management, and injury prevention. He the Discipline Chair of Family Medicine; Assistant Professor in Sports Medicine, Family Medicine, and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine; Associate Program Director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at VCOM Auburn; and serves as a Team Physician for Auburn University.