University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
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Dr. John DiFiori
- Title:
- Head Team Physician, Non-Operative Sports Medicine
- Alma Mater:
- Franklin & Marshall, '85
Head Team Physician; Professor and Chief, UCLA Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics; UCLA Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery
Undergraduate Education: Franklin and Marshall College
Medical School: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Fellowship: UCLA
Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine
Sub-Specialty Board Certification: Sports Medicine
Additional Sports Medicine Experience: ย NBA Director of Sports Medicine; Former President, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine; Editorial Board, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine; Editorial Board, Current Sports Medicine Reports; Foundation Board of Directors, American Medical Society for Sports Medicineย ย ย ย ย ย
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Undergraduate Education: Franklin and Marshall College
Medical School: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Fellowship: UCLA
Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine
Sub-Specialty Board Certification: Sports Medicine
Additional Sports Medicine Experience: ย NBA Director of Sports Medicine; Former President, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine; Editorial Board, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine; Editorial Board, Current Sports Medicine Reports; Foundation Board of Directors, American Medical Society for Sports Medicineย ย ย ย ย ย
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ย jdifiori@mednet.ucla.edu, Office: 424-259-9842
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