Message from the Chair

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

As a leading department of medicine, research represents an important pillar of our core missions. Despite many recent headwinds facing our research enterprise, we remain committed to[...]

By sjmartinez • February 24, 2025

As many of you know, February is Black History Month. Initially started as a weeklong period of reflection nearly 100 years ago, it became a[...]

By sjmartinez • February 18, 2025

Happy Monday everybody. Late Friday, the National Institutes of Health released a memo outlining new guidance describing an updated policy on the payment of indirect[...]

By sjmartinez • February 10, 2025

A core strength of our department is our unwavering commitment to advancing the field of medicine through innovative research that transforms how we treat disease[...]

By sjmartinez • February 3, 2025

Diversity is a beautiful thing. The department of medicine (DoM) is committed to fostering, encouraging and supporting an inclusive environment in which all our members[...]

By sjmartinez • January 27, 2025

In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, the UCLA Department of Medicine (DoM) devoted its Jan. 16 Grand Rounds to the seventh annual “On Equity[...]

By sjmartinez • January 21, 2025

The events of the last week will leave an indelible imprint on all of us. We have all been impacted in various ways by the[...]

By rosaguerrero • January 13, 2025