UCLA Department of Medicine

UCLA Department of Medicine has been a member of Linktree for 2 years and joined in June 2024. The social media accounts linked to from UCLA Department of Medicine are: • Instagram • X • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, dom_ucla has populated their site with: • 2nd Annual Women’s Health & Economic Empowerment Conference Explores Solutions to Close the Health-Wealth Gap • National Clinician Scholars Program Welcomes New Cohort and Invites Applicants • DoM L.A. Fires Research to Benefit from $1.8 Million Grant from Kao Family Foundation • Year 5. July 27. Building Community is Central to Our Department’s Strategic Future • Amy R. Vandiver, MD, PhD Receives Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists • Amanda Truong, MD, PhD Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Award • Welcome New DoM Fellows • Thai Global Health Partners Teach and Learn with the DoM • Q&A with Dr. PK, Global Health Partner and Leader • Peru-UCLA Global Health Partnership Expands • Rising Pulmonology Star Jesse Edward Ross, MD Exemplifies Our Global Health Mission • Year 5. July 20. It’s All About the Pipeline! • UCLA Collaborates on New ICU Certification and Procedure Programs at Malawi Partner Hospital • More Fellowship Graduates to Cheer On • Atousa Jahanshahi, MD Awarded Grant to Launch Nutrition Education Partnership Between UCLA DoM and Health Students in Jamaica • Meet the New Faculty of the DoM • Exciting New Developments for the DMPG • Year 5. July 13. The Department of Medicine’s Global Reach • Congratulations to the 2026 MSCR Graduates! • Endocrinology Rockstars Showcase Science at ADA Scientific Sessions • Welcome, New Interns! • A Salute to Our Fellowship Graduates • DoM Internal Medicine LEADERS Turn Out for SGIM 2026 Annual Meeting • Fellows and Faculty Shine at ENDO 2026 • Trainees Knock Informaticist Projects Out of the Park • Year 5. July 6. We Strengthen the Community as Our Own Community Grows • A Happy Send Off for Our Med-Peds Residency Graduates • Graduating Dermatology Residents and Fellows Celebrate Excellence at Commencement • E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD Elected A Fellow of Royal College of Physicians • A Fond Farewell to the Brady Bunch • DoM Faculty Honored for Excellence at UCLA Santa Monica Board of Advisors Awards • Year 5. June 29. Many Trainees and Much to Celebrate • Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD Awarded Alan M. Fogelman, MD Mentorship Award • A Day in the Life: Lily Ravel Van Tongeren, MD • Congratulations to the UCLA Internal Medicine Residency Program Class of 2026! • Reflections on Community Engagement, Inclusive Excellence and Juneteenth with Keith Norris, MD, PhD • Ka-Kit Hui, MD Honored with Sherman M. Mellinkoff Faculty Award • DoM LEADERS Launch INOVAi Center to Build New AI Evaluation Science • LIFT-UP Scientific Meeting Proves Uplifting for All • Apeksha Singh, MD, PhD Honored for Outstanding Internal Medicine Scholarship • Year 5. June 22. Graduation Season Continues – Last Week Was the Big One • Undergraduate Researchers in DoM Laboratories Shine at UCLA Undergraduate Research Week • Students and Faculty Shine at STAR Graduation • Collaboration Shines at Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Symposium • Residents Honored for Med Student Mentorship with DGSOM Big Sib Little Sib Awards • Year 5. June 15. We Are in the Throes of Graduation Season • Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH Recognized by UCLA Staff Assembly for Dedication to Staff Professional Growth • Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD Honored with Staff Assembly Award for Faculty/Staff Partnerships • DoM Staff Earn Staff Assembly Scholarships to Take Careers to Next Level • Joash Wampande Honored by CUCSA and Named President-Elect of UCLA Staff Assembly Executive Board • Health Advocacy Mock Clinic Gives Trainees and Students a Chance to Learn and Lead • The State of Primary Care in the DoM • Admin Appreciation: Lesley Blum • Front-of-Package Labeling in an Unhealthy Food Environment • Year 4. January 21. The Timeliness of Our Focus on Equity. • Yuqing Gao, MD Receives PACE Award for Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Research • Mobile Clinic Project Wins Cultural North Star Award • UCLA Teen Heart Health Program Brings Nutrition Education to Neighborhood Youth Association • Christopher Seet, MD, PhD Receives NCI Grant for T Cell Therapy Research • The Power of the MD • Seeing Our Patients • Equal Access • ICYMI: The State of the Department • Year 4. January 27. Meet Some of Our Women Leaders Impacting Our Communities. • Support for DoM Community Affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires • CORE Kidney Program Rose Parade Float Tells the World “It Takes 2” For Kidney Health • UCLA Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Conference Unites Promotoras • Cristina Punzalan, MPH Awarded Chancellor’s Scholarship for Women’s Leadership Institute • Women LEADERS Learn From and Lean On Each Other at AAMC Leadership Development Seminar • Year 4. February 3. Our Research Will Continue. • Shahram Shafi, MD Appiointed Central Coast Regional Ambulatory Medical Director and Associate Clinical Chief of the UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research • Lloyd Harvey, MD, PhD Publishes Major PAH Discovery in Science • Carlos Oronce, MD, PhD, MPH Disaggregates Data to Highlight Disparities Among Asian American Subgroups in Medicine • In Study Led by Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, Antibody Drug Conjugate Bests Chemo for Metastatic Breast Cancer • DoM Researchers Make Up 1/3 of UCLA Faculty Among World’s Top-Cited Scholars • Year 4. February 10. Research Will Continue (I Think). • From Clinician to Clinical Trialist: Shining the Spotlight on Dianne Cheung, MD, MPH • Learning to Launch a Clinical Trials Program • Russell Kerbel, MD to Lead UCLA Arm of Study on artificial intelligence (AI) Sepsis Model • Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD Appointed Heyman Shostak Endowed Chair • Year 4. February 18. Black History Month – Reflections on the Lived Experiences of Black Physicians. • The Power of Mentorship • Pipeline Progress • Year 4. February 24. Science Monday. • Celebrating Black Physicians — And Making Pipeline Progress • Addressing Disparities in Black Women’s Heart Health • For Open Heart Surgery, Referral Networks May Keep Black Patients Out of Top Hospitals, Study Led by Ioana Popescu, MD, MPH Finds • Patrick Frierson: Advancing Health Equity by Building Community • Jasmine Marcelin, MD and Renee Williams, MD, MHPE Share Expertise on Pharmacoequity and Colorectal Cancer Screening at Grand Rounds • Six DoM Physician-Scientists Honored by the American Society for Clinical Investigation • Li Lab Cinnamon Study Makes Top 10 ASN Articles of 2024 • Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD Characterizes Immune Response to COVID-19 in Organ Transplant Patients • Amy Vandiver, MD, PhD, Identifies Aging-Linked Mutations in Mitochondrial DNA • Year 4. March 3. Training the Next Generation of Physicians. • Study by Andrea Shin, MD, MSCR Finds That Race and Gender Influence Spending on IBS Care • John Belperio, MD Appointed Chief of the UCLA Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy • All Residency and Fellowship Programs Receive ACGME Accreditation for 2025 • Year 4. March 10. In Conversation with…Three New Chiefs • American Academy of Pain Medicine Recognizes Excellence of UCLA/VA Pain Medicine Fellowship Program • In Gratitude to the DoM Office of Wellness for Our Wildfire Response • Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc Appointed Chief of the UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases and DoM Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research • Celebrating Our New Chief of Geriatrics -- Dr. Arun Karlamangla • In Conversation with...Patricia F. Harris, MD • In Conversation with...John Belperio, MD • In Conversation with...Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc • Department of Medicine Grand Rounds 03.27.2025 • DoM Internal Medicine Residency Match Day 2025 • Women's History Month Research Spotlight: Jocelyn T. Kim, MD, PhD • Connection and Community In Action at Women In Medicine Networking Conference • Year 4. March 24. Match Day 2025 – Hard to get better than this! • Women's History Month Clinical Education Spotlight: Kelley Chuang, MD, MA • Our New Residents are a Match Made in Medicine! • Dr. Folasade May: Beating Back Burnout Among Women Physician-Scientists • Women's History Month Clinical Engagement Spotlight: Vijaya Surampudi, MD, MS • Dr. Tisha Wang: Beating Back Burnout Among Women Physician-Scientists • Women's History Month: Staff Excellence • Program Directors React to a Fantastic Match • DoM Faculty Help DGSOM Students Find Their Way • Year 4. March 31. Reasons to Keep Our Focus on Developing Future LEADERS. • Shannon Wongvibulsin, MD, PhD Scores Funding for Dermatology Research • UCLA Geriatrics March 2025 Newsletter • Jaime La Charite, MD, MPH and Katie Fruin, MD Receive Bruin Scholars Awards • Gloria Yiu, MD, PhD Secures K08 • Year 4. April 7. Federal Funding of Research • Dan Ly, MD, PhD, MPP Receives VA Career Development Award • Nupur Agrawal, MD, MPH Accepted to Macy Faculty Scholars Program • Year 4. April 14. Investing in Quality • DoM Quality Focuses on Preparing for the Shift Towards Value-Based Care • Quality Incentive Programs Lead to Lasting Improvements in Patient Care • Peer Coaches Help Faculty Stay at the Top of Their Game • Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD and Bruin Beans Health Club Lead Effort to Make March Kidney Health Awareness Month in Santa Monica • Year 4. April 21. Breadth of Our Community Impact • Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD, PhD Collaborates with Nature to Move Medicine Forward • Drs. Leuchter, Kahn and Mafi Uncover Troubling Trend in ED Use Among Economically Disadvantaged Populations • THINQ Teaches Students to Think — and Act — on Healthcare Challenges • DoM Quality Peer Review Program Expands with Department Growth • UCLA Health Wildfire Steering Committee to Lead Research on Fire Health Impacts • Year 4. April 28. Celebrating our Physician Scientists Locally and Nationally • Jesus Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD Takes Creative Approach to Air Pollution Research Translation • Partners In Hope Changes Lives of Patients — and the Physicians Who Learn From Them • Liza Buchbinder, MD, PhD Studies Environmental Medicine in Eastern Togo • Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, MD, MPH, PhD, Named Among National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health • Year 4. May 5. The Power of Philanthropy • DoM Faculty Inducted In the American Society for Clinical Investigation • Folasade May, MD, PhD, MPhil Elected to the ASCI • Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, MD, MS Elected to the ASCI • Philip O. Scumpia, MD Elected to the ASCI • Jane C. Fazio, MD, PhD Recognized for Life-Saving Research on Silicosis • SUBMIT FEEDBACK HERE Food Labeling: Front-of-Package Nutrition Information • In Conversation With...Faculty Fundraiser Janet P. Pregler, MD • Marmar Vaseghi, MD, MS, PhD Elected to the ASCI • Year 4. May 12. Incoming Chief Residents Share Vision for the Future • Zhengyi Zhang, PhD Receives CDA from American Heart Association for Cardiometabolism Research • Internal Medicine Residents Learn and Play at Spring Retreat • In Conversation With…Fundraising LEADER Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH • UCLA receives $20 million from Saul and Joyce Brandman Foundation for new lung health center • Researchers Shine at the Second Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Research Center Annual Symposium • Year 4. May 19. Our Residents as Scholars » Department of Medicine Blog • An Lu Recognized for LEADERShip Excellence • Meet the Incoming Internal Medicine Chief Residents! • Residents Share Impactful Research at Solomon Scholars Research Day • Deb Lab Uses Precision Medicine Approach to Slow Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in Mice • Amber Tang, MD Evaluates Success of Heart Failure Quality Improvement Program in Circulation: Heart Failure • Jessica J. Zhang, MD Evaluates Impact of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) on End-of-Life Care for Individuals with Dementia • Lab Safety Team Keeps DoM Research Running Soundly and Smoothly • Year 4. May 27. Celebrating AANHPI Month • Katie Y. Hu, MD Champions the Power of East-West Medicine • For Moira Ann Desphy, MPH, Giving Back to Her Community is Best Part of Her Job • Data Disaggregation Study Shows Discrepancies in Type 2 Diabetes Development Among AANHPI Cancer Survivors • Year 4. June 2. The Strength of Our Department Reflects the Collaboration of Our Diverse Members • Year 4. June 9. It’s Award Season • Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month: DoM Faculty Share How Tikkun Olam Impacts Their Path in Medicine • DMPG Annual Retreat Highlights Bright Points Amid Challenges • Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching Celebrate Outstanding Educators • Farewell To Our Chief Residents • For Landres Award Winner Susan D. Leonard, MD, Clinical Education is a Way to Give Back — and Keep Learning • Wendy Simon, MD Honored with Serge & Yvette Dodone Clinical Teaching Award • A Trip to Nara, Japan to Receive the Keith Reimer Award and Deliver the Keith Reimer Distinguished Lecture at the International Society for Heart Research World Congress • Constance H. Fung, MD, MSHS and Her Team Win VA Health Services Research “Best Paper of the Year” • Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH Awarded 2025 Ellis Island Medal of Honor • Year 4. June 16. Our Legacy is Our People • Internal Medicine Residents Shine in Informaticist Program • DoM Faculty and Staff Reflect on Juneteenth • DoM LEADERS Recognized for Excellence by Santa Monica Board of Advisors • IM Graduation Sends Residents Off to Shape Future of Health Care • Year 4. June 23. Clinical Excellence on All Fronts • Sylvia Lambrechts, MPH, MA Honored for Quality Excellence • National Clinician Scholars Program Spotlight: Dr. Daniel Stokes • DoM Leads in Serving Needs of LGBTQ+ Populations • Douglas Ruiz Carbajal Receives Scholarship for Professional Development • Fang-Yu Debby Liu, MD Named to Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 40 Under Forty List • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Receives Top Score for Chest Pain and Heart Attack Care • The New Residents Have Arrived! • Endocrinology Division Gets Top Newsweek Ranking • DoM Doctors’ Excellence Recognized with Exceptional Physicians Awards • Vanessa Galvan Elected President of Association of Med-Peds Program Administrators (AMPPA) • Year 4. July 7. It’s July and We Welcome Our New Interns • DoM Faculty Honored at Society of Hospital Medicine Conference • DoM Stands Out at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions • American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions Demanding — and Rewarding — for DoM Cardiology • DoM Shines at SLEEP and ATS Conferences • New Services Officially Launch at UCLA West Valley Medical Center • Fellows’ Hard Work Stands Out at American Geriatrics Society Conference • Internal Medicine Residents and Faculty Collaborate on Education Insights at APDIM • Early-Career Faculty Recognized at SGIM Annual Meeting for Research and Education Excellence • Trainees Reflect on First Year as Residents • Year 4. July 14. Science Monday! • Stephanie Smooke Praw, MD Appointed Clinical Chief, UCLA Division of Endocrinology • New Faculty Reflect on Joining UCLA • Congratulations to Our Fellowship Graduates! • Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, MD, MS Finds ER Pain Treatment Gaps for Black Patients Increases Risk of Opioid Misuse • Robert Reiss, MD Named the 2025 Honored Hero for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Los Angeles Take Steps Walk • Adding an Intranasal Drug to Tuberculosis Regimen Speeds Up Cure in Mice, UCLA Researchers Find • Heart Health Biomarkers Predict Cancer Risk • DoM Professional Coaching Program Mediates Physician Burnout, Data Shows • Year 4. July 21. Our Contributions to Health in the Central Coast • UCLA Endocrinology Shares Research and LEADERShip at Endocrine Society Conference • Activation of Key Estrogen Receptor Could Fight Metabolic Disease • DoM Faculty and Staff Connect with the SLO Community • DoM Quality Cardiology Incentive Program Improves Patient Adherence To Life Saving Medical Therapy Outcomes • Year 4. July 28. Accolades Across All Missions • DoM Brings World-Class Healthcare to San Luis Obispo Region • Exercise Prevents Aortic Stiffness by Modulating Neuro-Immune Interaction, Jae Min Cho, PhD, and Team Find • Po Wei (Billy) Kang, MD and Likith (Lucky) Surendra, MD Honored with Excellence in Teaching with Humanism Awards • In Conversation With...Shahram Shafi, MD • Diana Marquez-Garban, MD Honored with UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award • Year 4. August 11. Research Central to Our Department’s Missions • RRMC Makes the Honor Roll for Aortic Stenosis Care and More • Utibe Essien, MD, MPH, Named a Fellow of the American College of Physicians • UCLA Becomes First in CA to Receive Accreditation for Excellence in Pulmonary Embolism Care • Stephen Vampola, MD, MS Named a Champion in Healthcare by the Pacific Business Times • Anna Dermenchyan, PhD, RN Named Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing • Admin Appreciation: Maureen Vasallo • Admin Appreciation: Brenda Sanz • Admin Appreciation: Trisha Navarro • Admin Appreciation: Madeline Haley • Admin Appreciation: Orit Chadorchi • Admin Appreciation: Patrice Rodriguez • Admin Appreciation: Maddy Arteaga • Admin Appreciation: Helya Kargosha • Admin Appreciation: Linelle Libang • Year 4. August 18. We Will Overcome • Admin Appreciation: Kristin Brokaw • Studies by Melissa G. Lechner, MD, PhD Could Improve Endocrine Side Effects from Cancer Immunotherapy • DMPG New Faculty Onboarding Kicks Off With First Session • Admin Appreciation: Claire Echeverri • DoM Specialties Shine in New U.S. News and World Report Hospital Rankings • Welcome New DoM Faculty! • Year 4. August 25. Good News Across All Missions • Ashley F. Stein-Merlob, MD, PhD Recognized Internationally as an Emerging Investigator in Cardio-Oncology • Shawn Whelan, DO Named Among Pacific Business Coast Times’ 40 Under 40 • Emily Hotez, PhD Approved for K01 to Study Link Between Autism, Stress and Obesity • Meet Our 2025 Outstanding Practice Partners • Year 4. September 2. Investing In Our Future – Remember Your Why • MSTAR Program to Continue to Educate Future Geriatricians with Grant Renewal • Anna S. S. Gukovskaya, PhD Wins George E. Palade Prize • Kindness and Community Make First Gen@DGSOM Mixer a Success • UCLA Medical Weight Management Clinic Named a Top Center by Newsweek • Residency Recruitment Is On the Horizon • Year 4. September 8. Our Partners Behind the Scenes • DoM LEADERS Travel to Bakersfield to Kick Off New Kern Medical Clerkship Site • Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, MPH, PhD Leads Study on GLP-1RAs and Dementia Risk • Meet Our New Wellness Champions • Nelva Macdonald Celebrates 25 Years in the DoM • Reza Abdi, MD Appointed Director of Transplant Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Immunobiology, UCLA Kidney Transplant Immunobiology Program • Year 4. September 15. The Value of Being Strategic • Admin Appreciation: Jacqueline Pious-Gaines • Cheers to Our Other Leadership Development Program Graduates in the DoM! • Admin Appreciation: Angel Burrell • Admin Appreciation: Richard Tristan • E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD Honored by Association of Professors of Medicine and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine • Celebrating Admin All-Star Amy Chen • Year 4. September 22. Food For Health. • Admin Appreciation: Kimberly Ramirez • Year 4. September 29. Innovations in Primary Care • Dynamics of Th1/Th17 responses and antimicrobial pathways in leprosy skin lesions • New Companion to Proceedings of the UCLA Department of Medicine Will Launch This Fall • DoM LA Summit Will Bring Together Department and Community Partners • New Operational Standards for Ambulatory Clinics Are in the Making • Clinical Nutrition Experts Share Insights on Longevity, GLP-1RAs and More at Food Forward Panel • Year 4. October 6. Highlights From Our Recent Community Meetings • Cracking the shell: How a UCLA nanoparticle takes aim at peanut allergies • New T32 Grant Will Support Training in Metabolism and Metabolic Disease • LA VIDA Helps Patients Live Healthier • “Medically Speaking” Podcast Promotes Primary Care to Patients • Year 4. October 13. Celebrating Our Research Accomplishments • Latest Latino GDP Report from David E. Hayes-Bautista, PhD Makes Economic Case for Accessible Health Care • PCPs Meet Women's Health Needs • Year 4. October 20. Training the Next Generation of Leaders • Program for Reducing Obesity Builds on Successful Track Record with Expanded Resources • Primary Care Training for Student Nurse Practitioners Improves Patient Access • Tyler Larsen, MD, FACP Recognized for Excellence in Medical Student Education • Year 4. October 27. Community Engagement in Action. • Pink VW Bug Drives Breast Cancer Awareness in Atascadero • New Operational Standards for InBasket Management Will Help Streamline Clinicians’ Workload • Fourth Annual DoM Faculty Wellness Survey Shows Progress, With Room to Grow • VA Selected As New Site for VABIO APOLLO Program to Advance Precision Medicine • Diabetes mellitus—Progress and opportunities in the evolving epidemic