Theodore Hall, MD and Linda Baum, MD at the Awards for Education Awards Ceremony

"DIVERSITY: A defining feature of California’s past, present, and future – refers to the variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance. Such differences include race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and geographic region, and more."

-From the University of California Statement on Diversity, approved by the UC Regents

 

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The David Geffen School of Medicine strives for excellence and to offer a commitment to excellence and comprehensive academic enrichment by promoting effective communication across cultures.

Multicultural Practice: We are committed to a set of values, behaviors, attitudes and practices that enables all members of the David Geffen School of Medicine to work effectively in a multicultural organization.

Respect: We welcome and respect the diversity of our faculty, staff, students, trainees, and patients.

Inclusiveness: We embrace the perspectives and contributions of each individual in the David Geffen School of Medicine; diversity and inclusiveness work together.

Excellence: We recognize diversity as key to enriching our intellectual climate and as an unequivocal component of excellence.

Diversity Initiative

• Aims for excellence in all tenets and missions of healthcare.
• Believes that the core values of diversity and inclusion are inseparable from our institutional goals.
• Is committed to fostering an environment that celebrates the unique backgrounds, contributions, and opinions of each individual.
• Through fair and deliberate recruitment, hiring practices, promotions, admissions, and education, will draw its talent from across the community and provide the highest quality of service to everyone.
• Believes in a system that supports outstanding faculty, fellows, residents, staff, and students with different perspectives and experiences.
• Is unwavering in its dedication to equality, communication, and respect, by continual reevaluation, reflection, and shared responsibility.

Download the David Geffen School of Medicine Diversity Strategic Plan