Nitin Jain, M.D., M.S.P.H., is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Chief of the Section of Musculoskeletal Medicine and Research. He is also UT Southwestern’s Co-Director of Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine and Director of Outcomes Research for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. A sports medicine specialist, he is an expert at treating nonsurgical disorders of the shoulder and knee. Dr. Jain earned his medical degree at the Baroda Medical College of Maharaja Sayajirao University in India. Following a research fellowship in sports medicine and orthopaedics at Duke University and a research fellowship in epidemiology and outcomes at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, he completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He received advanced training in shoulder surgery through a fellowship at the Harvard Shoulder Service. He also holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dr. Jain joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020.