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 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.