internal medicine

This week, I reflect on the some of our department’s activities that illustrate achievement across the entire academic spectrum. I start with a medical student. It goes ...

By sjmartinez • October 10, 2022

Last week I celebrated the phenomenal productivity of department of medicine (DoM) research faculty during the first six months of this year. The data did ...

By sjmartinez • July 25, 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

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

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