On My Mind... Reflections from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Medicine at UCLA (DoM). With a 70-year history of innovation in education, research, and patient care, the DoM has grown to become the largest department of medicine in the UC system. We have one of the largest NIH funding portfolios in the country and 6 of our clinical programs are nationally ranked within the top 10 in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report.

We take great pride in our achievements, but most importantly in our commitment to advancing health equity while training future leaders in internal medicine.  Our accomplished trainees learn alongside world renown faculty who are innovators in health care delivery and drivers of scientific advances that are transforming many areas of medicine. Learn more about our department’s work, accomplishments, and goals directly from Chair and Executive Medical Director Dr. E. Dale Abel who shares his reflections each week.

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  • Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc Appointed Chief of Infectious Diseases at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
    Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc Appointed Chief of Infectious Diseases at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    The UCLA Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc was appointed chief of infectious diseases at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System effective Oct. 7. Dr. Branch-Elliman serves as acting director of Health Sciences-AI for the VA National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) in the VHA’s Digital Health Office. She is also the…

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  • Proceedings of the UCLA Department of Medicine Launches on Cureus
    Proceedings of the UCLA Department of Medicine Launches on Cureus

    The UCLA Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Proceedings of the UCLA Department of Medicine, the department journal for documenting faculty creativity, is now live on the Cureus platform. We are grateful to the faculty and staff who worked diligently on this transition and to Proceedings founder Robert Oye, MD, who positioned the journal for enduring…

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  • Welcome New DoM Faculty
    Welcome New DoM Faculty

    Jump To: CARDIOLOGY Omid Amidi, MD Doctor of Medicine:SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles Nicholas Brownell, MD Doctor of MedicineEmory University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency:University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Cardiology Fellowship:David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Priscilla…

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