Message from the Chair

I hope you had a restful and enjoyable July 4th and for those of you who covered our hospitals, thank you for your service. This[...]

By sjmartinez • July 5, 2022

By the time this fiscal year ends in 3 days, faculty in the department of medicine (DoM) would have logged in excess of 2 million[...]

By sjmartinez • June 27, 2022

Earlier this week I was privileged to attend the 2022 STAR Program graduation and delivered the keynote address. VIEW PICTURES HERE The STAR (Specialty Training and[...]

By sjmartinez • June 21, 2022

This week, I held the third of the department’s regional wellness town halls with faculty who practice in the northwest region. 120 faculty members attended![...]

By sjmartinez • June 13, 2022

In the life cycle of our education enterprise, June is a month of transitions highlighted by graduations. Last week, my younger brother reminded me that his[...]

By • June 6, 2022

For most of you, I hope that you had a chance to get some rest, enjoy time with family over the Memorial Day Weekend and[...]

By • May 31, 2022

It is not hard to notice as you drive around certain parts of Greater Los Angeles, the ubiquitous UCLA Health signage marking clinics and practices[...]

By • May 23, 2022

As an academic department of medicine, one of our core missions is ensuring that we train the next generation of physicians. Although our immediate focus[...]

By • May 16, 2022

This has been a meaningful week for the department of medicine (DoM) in many ways. I will start with last Wednesday’s visit from the US Centers[...]

By • May 9, 2022

The department of medicine (DoM) develops tomorrow’s leaders in medicine. This should not be taken for granted. Nor should it be assumed that the outcome[...]

By • May 2, 2022