Message from the Chair

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

This is a special time of year for us in the department of medicine (DoM). The current chief residents are winding down and preparing to[...]

By • April 25, 2022

Faculty in the department of medicine (DoM), not only deliver best in class health care, but we also lead in making discoveries that will shape[...]

By • April 18, 2022

Last weekend I joined the Pacemakers running club for a 7K run on Santa Monica beach. As you know this is a running group that[...]

By • April 11, 2022

The tireless work of nearly 1000 physicians in the department of medicine (DoM) has underpinned the tremendous clinical growth of UCLA Health in recent years.[...]

By • April 4, 2022

I went to New York to teach a class over the weekend. For the past decade I have been leading an NIH funded program that is[...]

By • March 28, 2022

The big news this week was the result of the residency match. All the residency programs supported by the department of medicine (DoM) had outstanding[...]

By • March 21, 2022

Although, I enjoy the longer evenings during daylight savings time, losing that hour of sleep last night was not enjoyable. I hope that no one[...]

By • March 14, 2022

This week, I was pleased to see that our department of medicine (DoM) ranked number 2 in National Institutes of Health funding to departments of[...]

By • March 7, 2022

This week, President Biden will give the State of the Union address. A talk that will no doubt be influenced by issues that have impacted[...]

By • February 28, 2022