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Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Residency Program

Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine
San Diego, CA
Continued AccreditationACGME #2680521101University

Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine is an ACGME-accredited university-based Orthopaedic sports medicine residency program in San Diego, CA. It has approximately 3 residents in training. MatchPath compiles this profile from ACGME, FREIDA, and NRMP public data; every field is free to view, with no account required.

Cross-validated from ACGME, FREIDA, NRMP & CMS, each field stamped with a verification date. How we source this.

Overview

Positions / year
3 residents · 5 approved
PGY-1 salary
Not reported
IMG percentage
Visa sponsorship
None
Not currently sponsoring
Apps : 1 spot
Match report pending
verified
Open vacancies
None listed

Accredited since 2005 · 1 years · Last ACGME review 2008

IMG Fit

IMG-friendliness score

IMG-Friendliness Score
Computed from visa policy, IMG % in roster, and accreditation status.

Application requirements

Step 1
Optional
Required to apply
Step 2 CK
Optional
Required to apply
COMLEX
DO applicants
Letters
Reference letters needed
Visa
Not sponsored
Application service
ERAS

Verified May 2026 · how we source this

Match & Tracks

NRMP match trend

Match data pending

Multi-year applicants, interviews, and positions filled.

Training tracks

No tracks listed

No tracks recorded for this program yet. The categorical track is implied for most IM residencies.

Residents

Cohort composition

Cohort composition — data pending

Cohort composition hasn't been reported for this program yet.

Affiliated medical schools

Medical schools affiliated with this program's sponsoring institution (FREIDA).

Resident roster

Resident roster — data pending

Resident roster ingest is still in progress. Names, medical schools, and country flags land with the next LinkedIn data refresh.

Schedule & Culture

Hours / week
60
Avg PGY-1 on duty
Max on-duty
12
Consecutive hours
Lecture hours
999
Protected didactic / week
Night float
No
PGY-1 rotation
Moonlighting
No
Outside work allowed
Faculty ratio
4.8
Full-time per resident
Days off / year
2
Avg PGY-1
Interviews / cycle
Slots offered
Preliminary positions
No
Offered by this program

Verified May 2026 · how we source this

Hospital & Location

Hospital quality

Non-Profit

Scripps Clinic Medical Group (SCMG) is a multispecialty practice featuring one of the most diverse, accomplished medical teams in the country; over 950 physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians across 60+ specialties comprise our membership. Composed of 9 departments and approximately 60 divisions, our average department size is 100 members and our average division size is approximately 15 members. Medical care at Scripps Clinic began in 1924 with the creation of the Scripps Metabolic Clinic via the foresight of Ellen Browning Scripps. As the Scripps Clinic’s reputation for quality and diversity of clinical and scientific disciplines and graduate medical education programs grew, a need for its renowned and burgeoning clinical staff to organize became evident. Hence, in the 1970s, Scripps Clinic Medical Group was born. SCMG works in collaboration with Scripps Health to provide high quality comprehensive primary, secondary and tertiary medical care to their patients across San Diego and the Southwest United States, offering care at large and small clinical practice sites in La Jolla (Torrey Pines campus Geisel Pavilion and La Jolla campus Anderson Medical Pavilion), Bankers Hill, Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Rancho Bernardo, Encinitas, Coronado, Rancho San Diego, Santee, Mission Valley, Hillcrest, and Loma Portal/Liberty Station. Moreover, SCMG is recognized widely as a premiere local and regional tertiary referral center for the evaluation and management of a multitude of difficult to diagnose or treat disorders. We provide inpatient medical care at Scripps’ world-renowned hospitals: Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, and Scripps Mercy Hospital. Inpatient and outpatient, we are proud to provide over 1.5 million patient visits per year.

Star Rating
5 / 5
Overall hospital rating
Beds
Care quality (CMS Care Compare)
Safety of care1 better · 6 same · 0 worse
Mortality0 better · 4 same · 0 worse
Readmission0 better · 5 same · 1 worse

Measures rated better / same / worse vs the US national average.

Reports 8 of 8 HCAHPS patient-experience measures. Reports 7 of 12 timely & effective care measures.

Leapfrog Safety GradeA
Industry Payments (2024)
Total
$145K
Research
$0
Payments
47

Top payer: BIOTRONIK INC. ($41K)

Source: CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) — drug/device-maker payments to this teaching hospital.

Primary teaching site: Scripps Clinic · La Jolla, CA

Verified Jun 2026 · how we source this

Clinical sites

Scripps Clinic

Primary
La Jolla, CA

University of California (San Diego) Medical Center

San Diego, CA757 beds

Sharp Grossmont Hospital

La Mesa, CA

San Diego Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center

San Diego, CA

Location

Livability

County figures for San Diego County, California (US Census ACS).

State Income Tax
13.3%
Includes 1% mental-health surtax over $1M.
Median Income
$102,285
+$24k vs US median
Avg Commute
26 min
US avg 27 min
Foreign-born share
County vs US average
Largest immigrant communities

County foreign-born residents by country of birth (ACS).

Median rent and walkability scores arrive with the Zillow and Walk Score data refresh.

People

Leadership

Tal S David, MD

Fellowship Program Director

Program Director

Deanna Guieb

Fellowship Coordinator

Coordinator

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine located?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine is located in San Diego, CA.
What type of program is Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine is a university-based residency program.
Is Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine ACGME-accredited?
Yes — Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine holds continued ACGME accreditation.
How many residents are at Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine has approximately 3 residents in training.
How much is rent near Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine?
Median rent near San Diego, CA is ~$2,506/month for a 1BR and ~$2,710/month for a 2BR, based on a recent sample of Zillow and Realtor.com listings in the program's ZIP code.
Does Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine accept International Medical Graduates (IMGs)?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine has not reported an IMG resident percentage to FREIDA, so MatchPath publishes none for this program — the figure is missing at the source, not withheld. Its visa sponsorship and PGY-1 salary are shown on this page wherever the program reports them. All of it is free to view, with no account needed.
Does Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine sponsor J-1 or H-1B visas?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine does not currently report J-1 or H-1B visa sponsorship to FREIDA. That means no sponsorship is listed at the source rather than that the program has ruled it out — confirm directly with the program if visa status decides your list.
What USMLE Step 2 CK score does Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine require?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine does not report a minimum USMLE Step 2 CK score, so MatchPath publishes no cutoff for this program — most programs do not publish one. Use its IMG percentage and the specialty's overall match data to gauge fit instead; both are on this page. All of it is free to view, with no account needed.
What is the resident salary at Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine?
Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine has not reported a PGY-1 salary to FREIDA, so this page shows it as not reported. Salary is set by the sponsoring institution and rises each training year through completion; the program or its GME office can confirm the current figure.
How do I apply to Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine?
US residency programs accept applications through ERAS and rank applicants through the NRMP Match. Applications open in the fall, interviews run through winter, and Match results release in March. Save Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine to your MatchPath tracker to manage it across the cycle.
Does Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine have unfilled or off-cycle positions?
Unfilled positions are offered through SOAP during Match week, and off-cycle vacancies can open year-round. MatchPath's Vacancies feed tracks open Orthopaedic sports medicine residency program positions as they appear.