IMG-friendly Sports Medicine fellowship programs
As of October 29, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 33 Sports Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 4; J-1 sponsors: 16). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 33Programs
- 4Sponsor H-1B
- 16Sponsor J-1
- 19States
Sports Medicine fellowship programs for international graduates
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- Fellowship in Sports Medicine (EM) at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ)
Northwell Health · New Hyde Park, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Fellowship in Sports Medicine (Ortho) Lenox Hill Hospital
Northwell Health · New York, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Fellowship in Sports Medicine (Primary Care) at Plainview Hospital
Northwell Health · Plainview, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee
J-1USMLE 240+ - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center · Long Beach, California
IMGs considered - Orthopedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Fellowship (Minnesota)
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, Minnesota
IMGs considered - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
Wake Forest University School of Medicine · Winston-Salem, North Carolina
IMGs considered - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences · Buffalo, New York
IMGs considered - Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · Columbus, Ohio
IMGs considered - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
OU-TU School of Community Medicine · Tulsa, Oklahoma
IMGs considered - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship - Sugarland
Houston Methodist · Sugar Land, Texas
IMGs considered - Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship - Willowbrook
Houston Methodist · Houston, Texas
IMGs considered - Sports Medicine Fellowship Lubbock
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · Lubbock, Texas
IMGs considered
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every Sports Medicine fellowship program
Visas and international graduates in Sports Medicine fellowship
Which Sports Medicine fellowship programs sponsor H-1B visas?
As of October 29, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 4 Sports Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: Family Medicine Sports Medicine Fellowship, UConn Health; Fellowship in Sports Medicine (EM) at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ), Northwell Health; Fellowship in Sports Medicine (Ortho) Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health; Fellowship in Sports Medicine (Primary Care) at Plainview Hospital, Northwell Health. Each program's page quotes its statement.
Which Sports Medicine fellowship programs sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 29, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 16 Sports Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Family Medicine Sports Medicine Fellowship, UConn Health; Fellowship in Sports Medicine (EM) at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ), Northwell Health; Fellowship in Sports Medicine (Ortho) Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health; Fellowship in Sports Medicine (Primary Care) at Plainview Hospital, Northwell Health; Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Kansas Medical Center.
Do Sports Medicine fellowship programs accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 33 Sports Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates, many requiring an ECFMG certificate. Where a program states a graduation-year limit or a USMLE score, its page quotes that too.
How is this list made, and how current is it?
From each program's own website, which ResidencySpot reads regularly. A program is listed when its page says it sponsors a J-1 or H-1B visa or considers international graduates, and the sentence that says so is quoted on its page. Policies change, so confirm with the program before you apply.