Core details · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
1 year
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureHoused in Geisinger's orthopaedic and sports medicine departments: musculoskeletal ultrasound (monthly didactics, live and cadaver scanning, target of 200+ diagnostic and ultrasound-guided procedures), rotations in orthopaedic sports medicine, radiology, podiatry, cardiac rehabilitation and physical therapy, a continuity sports medicine clinic, fracture/MRI conferences, and team coverage for Bucknell (D-I), Bloomsburg (D-II), Susquehanna (D-III), high schools and Pennsylvania Special Olympics.
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
PRIMARY CARE SPORTS MEDICINE (non-surgical), not orthopaedic surgery. Requires a completed US-style primary residency and the programme does not sponsor visas, so it is effectively closed to Indonesian graduates without US work authorisation.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Programme states it does not sponsor visas.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY55% of core application fields verifiedChecked 9 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-07
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleApplications through ERAS (programme code 3334132018, listed under the pediatric sponsor); deadline not published.
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
Completed residency in family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, emergency medicine, pediatrics or PM&R
MD and DO applicants accepted
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
One-year ACGME primary care sports medicine fellowship at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, embedded in the orthopaedic and sports medicine departments with a strong musculoskeletal ultrasound curriculum. One fellow is accepted each year via ERAS.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Geisinger Medical Center (Geisinger College of Health Sciences), Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Geisinger Medical Center (Geisinger College of Health Sciences), Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Danville, Pennsylvania, United States is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes housed in Geisinger's orthopaedic and sports medicine departments: musculoskeletal ultrasound (monthly didactics, live and cadaver scanning, target of 200+ diagnostic and ultrasound-guided procedures), rotations in orthopaedic sports medicine, radiology, podiatry, cardiac rehabilitation and physical therapy, a continuity sports medicine clinic, fracture/MRI conferences, and team coverage for Bucknell (D-I), Bloomsburg (D-II), Susquehanna (D-III), high schools and Pennsylvania Special Olympics..
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
