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Los Angeles Fires Update
See the latest updates for David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA around the LA wildfires.
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A Bruin Love Story: Makana Williams and Rigoberto Perez Hernandez
These current UCLA residents fell in love during med school. Romance changed the way they each envisioned becoming a doctor.
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The Foster Kid Who Became a Hospital Corpsman
UCLA medical student Laz Curry is becoming a doctor for patients who count on emergency services as their primary mode of care.
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What Is a Surgical Oncologist?
Meta - UCLA Surgical Oncologist Dr. Brian Kadera explains how to become a surgical oncologist and shares his best advice for those interested in his field.
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Three Students Selected as NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Fellows
Three students at the David Geffen School of Medicine were selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health's Medical Research Scholars Program
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