STAR program

Within the Department of Medicine (DoM) at UCLA, trainees are the heartbeat of our community. The medical students, residents, fellows, and postdocs who make up ...

By sjmartinez • December 4, 2023

Last Wednesday, we had the opportunity to celebrate accomplishments of physician scientists, culminating in an event that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the STAR Program at ...

By sjmartinez • September 25, 2023

On Tuesday, May 30th, the department of medicine (DoM) hosted the 38th Annual Solomon Scholars Research Day. Established in 1981, Solomon Scholars Research Day  offers the ...

By sjmartinez • June 5, 2023

I have a star-studded line up this week, reflecting some of the best of our trainees and faculty, and their exposure on the national stage. ...

By sjmartinez • March 13, 2023

The department of medicine is pleased to announce that Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD has been appointed as vice chair for research training and executive co-director of Specialty ...

By sjmartinez • March 2, 2023

Living in LA, reminds me that we are surrounded by talent and creativity and the recent awards season has reinforced that. The same is true ...

By sjmartinez • October 24, 2022

Last week I talked about our upcoming resident and fellowship recruitment season and highlighted the innovations of some of our faculty who create a learning ...

By sjmartinez • September 6, 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 Advanced Research) program ...

By sjmartinez • June 21, 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

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