Names in the programme record: Joshua Timothy Goldman, MD, MBA (Program Director)
Profile completeness74%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, entry requirements
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Unclear — confirm with host
Funding
Salaried ACGME fellowship: compensation about USD 103K, 20 vacation days and 12 sick days (FREIDA)
Deadline
Not published
Duration
1 year (FREIDA); department page also describes a 2-year research-intensive option
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposurePrimary care (non-operative) sports medicine: weekly sports medicine clinics at UCLA Comprehensive Sports Medicine (Westwood, Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach), Arthur Ashe Student Health Center and UCLA Family Health Center; rotations in sports surgery, MSK radiology, spine, hand, foot & ankle, osteoporosis, Luskin paediatric sports/fracture care, Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group and a ski-injury clinic; UCLA intercollegiate and high-school team-physician duties and mass-event coverage; one research project.
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 (non-surgical) sports medicine, not an orthopaedic surgery fellowship. Requires completion of a US ACGME residency in family/emergency/internal medicine or paediatrics and a California licence; recruited via ERAS/NRMP. Not open to Indonesian orthopaedic surgeons without US residency training.
?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.
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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.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY66% 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 / cycleFREIDA (updated 20 Aug 2026) lists the programme as accepting applications via ERAS; FREIDA earlier indicated recruitment for training beginning 2027-2028 through the NRMP Primary Care Sports Medicine match.
ACGME-accredited primary care sports medicine fellowship run by UCLA Family Medicine with Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center as primary teaching site and the programme office at 1920 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica. Fellows gain non-operative sports medicine, team-physician and event-coverage experience alongside UCLA Orthopaedic Surgery. This is a primary-care (not orthopaedic surgery) programme.
HOST INSTITUTION
About UCLA Department of Family Medicine, Division of Sports Medicine / Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Department of Family Medicine, Division of Sports Medicine / Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, United States is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes primary care (non-operative) sports medicine: weekly sports medicine clinics at UCLA Comprehensive Sports Medicine (Westwood, Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach), Arthur Ashe Student Health Center and UCLA Family Health Center; rotations in sports surgery, MSK radiology, spine, hand, foot & ankle, osteoporosis, Luskin paediatric sports/fracture care, Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group and a ski-injury clinic; UCLA intercollegiate and high-school team-physician duties and mass-event coverage; one research project..
