Faculty / program leadership: Confirmed UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery faculty sponsor
Profile completeness76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced— Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
DECISION SUMMARY
What matters before you keep reading.
Eligibility
Requirements published
Funding
Self-funded; no salary is offered and the official observer page does not publish a programme fee
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Up to 90 non-consecutive days for peer-faculty / MD visitors
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Last checked
13 Aug 2026
Duration · publishedUp to 90 non-consecutive days for peer-faculty / MD visitors
Clinical exposureFaculty-sponsored observation of orthopaedic patient care, with the exact service, clinic and operating-room access defined by the UCSF host and visitor category
Funding · publishedSelf-funded; no salary is offered and the official observer page does not publish a programme fee
DestinationUnited States
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
—Not published
International applicant eligibility
The cited source does not explicitly confirm international-applicant eligibility.
✓Published by official source
Required training level
Active appointment at another healthcare or academic institution · Confirmed UCSF faculty sponsor · Official invitation and completion of the applicable visiting-scholar process
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on clinical activity is not described for this observational pathway.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
The appointment is an observership. It does not confer California licensure or independent patient-care privileges.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
—Not published
Language requirements
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
International MD observers must independently obtain a self-sponsored B-1 visa. UCSF states that it does not sponsor the observer visa route.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Self-funded; no salary is offered and the official observer page does not publish a programme fee
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
69% of core application fields verified
Checked 13 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-09. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
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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 / cycleDirect faculty-sponsored application; allow at least 45 days for MD observer processing
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
Active appointment at another healthcare or academic institution
Confirmed UCSF faculty sponsor
Official invitation and completion of the applicable visiting-scholar process
Registration, licence & examinations
The appointment is an observership. It does not confer California licensure or independent patient-care privileges.
Visa / work authorisation
International MD observers must independently obtain a self-sponsored B-1 visa. UCSF states that it does not sponsor the observer visa route.
Application documents
Current curriculum vitae
Faculty sponsorship and official invitation
Category-specific health, identity and institutional-affiliation documents requested by UCSF
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A current, faculty-sponsored UCSF observership for peer physicians and other visiting scholars. The MD route permits up to 90 non-consecutive days and requires a self-arranged B-1 visa for international visitors.
HOST INSTITUTION
About UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery publishes a department-wide visiting-scholar pathway spanning its clinical subspecialties. Every domestic or international appointment requires a faculty sponsor and official invitation.
Program lead: Confirmed UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery faculty sponsor
Fellowship supervisor / program leadershipOfficial program roster
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical focus
General Orthopaedics training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Confirmed UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery faculty sponsor is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship supervisor / program leadership for UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Visiting Scholars Observership. The verified individual profile describes a focus in General Orthopaedics training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Confirmed UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery faculty sponsor is listed by the official programme source as fellowship supervisor / program leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Names and fellowship roles come from the cited programme source. A green “individual profile verified” label means the position, qualifications and biography were also checked against an official personal or institutional profile. OrthoFellow displays a portrait only when it can be tied to an official profile or faculty source; otherwise the host institution brandmark is shown, with initials retained only when neither image is available. Faculty rosters may change.
APPLICANT PROFILE
Physicians, fellows and other health-profession visitors who hold an active appointment at another institution
