Students

Match Day milestone for UCLA medical students

For Match Day 2025, 148 students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA excitedly gathered to learn their fate for the next three to seven years.

Matching Into Residency: Kirandeep Kaur’s Story

Medical student Kirandeep Kaur talks about matching into residency and leaving her second home.

Matching Into Residency: Reem Karmouta’s Story

Medical student Reem Karmouta talks about matching into residency while navigating a personal challenge.

Meet UCLA’s First Medical Informatics PhD

Samir Akre is getting a PhD in medical informatics at UCLA. He studies how consumer wearable devices can inform mental health interventions.

Multiple Cancer Diagnoses Inspire Antony Alvarado’s Medical Career Dreams

UCLA medical student Antony Alvarado is becoming a doctor who hopes to serve his medically marginalized Latinx community.

Overcoming Obstacles to Become a Physician and Advocate

First-generation UCLA medical student Yoselin Moetamedi Garcia shares how she found a path toward becoming a doctor.

Rosenfeld Hall is new hub for cutting-edge training, technology and collaboration

Scrub In: Medical Student Stories

UCLA DSGOM student Nahda Harati recalls her first experience scrubbing in and performing surgery in the operating theater.

Strong values bridge gaps between med school and the military

From West Point to medical school to more than a decade of military service. Read one UCLA student's inspiring story.

Student cherishes similarities between the military and medicine

Timothy Ko, a first-year student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, flew helicopters in the U.S. Army.

The Aspiring Surgeon Taking a Stand for Latino Communities

UCLA medical student Jose Segura-Bermudez is becoming a doctor who provides compassionate, culturally competent care to Latino patients.

The DGSOM Student Improving Human Health on a Global Scale

UCLA medical student Bethel Bayrau is becoming a doctor who strives to maximize her positive impact.

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.

The Head and Neck’s Intricate Anatomy Inspired a Career Dream

UCLA medical student Clare Moffatt is becoming a doctor focused on the neck’s complex, delicate anatomy.

The UCLA PhD Student Hoping to Disarm Bacteria

UCLA PhD student Nikki Cheung wants to use structural biology to disarm bacteria and mitigate antibiotic resistance.