Message from the Chair

Our department excels across multiple missions that impact our community, support our trainees and advance new knowledge. These essential missions require substantial investments to sustain[...]

By sjmartinez • May 5, 2025

Research and innovation are the lifeblood of our department. As such, I look forward to opportunities to promote, highlight and to celebrate the accomplishments of[...]

By sjmartinez • April 28, 2025

It is a privilege to lead such an amazing team of colleagues. In times of crisis, I have directly observed how we have rallied around[...]

By sjmartinez • April 21, 2025

Faculty, trainees and staff physicians in the UCLA Department of Medicine (DoM) are responsible for seeing the largest percentage of patients seen at UCLA Health.[...]

By sjmartinez • April 14, 2025

The science led by faculty within the UCLA Department of Medicine (DoM) changes the world, impacts lives, strengthens communities and advances health. As I mentioned[...]

By sjmartinez • April 7, 2025

Our early career faculty represent the future. The recent reduction in federal funding of scientific research puts that future at risk. While we do not fully[...]

By sjmartinez • March 31, 2025

Last Friday, we experienced the annual tradition in academic medicine when senior medical students learn where they will be spending the next period of their[...]

By sjmartinez • March 24, 2025

The UCLA Department of Medicine’s (DoM) success is owed in large part to the women LEADERS among our faculty and staff. They are driving change in healthcare[...]

By sjmartinez • March 17, 2025

Central to our department’s strategic plan is to be LEADERS in all missions that exemplify our status as a premier academic department of medicine. In[...]

By sjmartinez • March 10, 2025

Excellence in our education mission is an essential pillar of our strategic plan. The UCLA Department of Medicine (DoM) trains over 250 residents and over 200[...]

By sjmartinez • March 3, 2025