Credential verification is done by the individual programs. Please note we cannot verify postgraduate training for individuals enrolled at our affiliated institutions.
You may contact our affiliates directly by visiting the following websites:
- Harbor-UCLA
- VA West Los Angeles
- Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
- For verification of medical school, please contact the DGSOM Registrar
Listed below are the UCLA program personnel responsible for verification of credentials. You may fax them your request for verification.
UCLA Residency Coordinators
| Program: |
Name: |
Fee: |
Fax #: |
| Anesthesia |
Wayne Hasby |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by program director
|
310-267-3766 |
| Emergency Medicine |
Jennifer Cassidy |
$50 (payable by check only) |
310-794-0599 |
| Family Medicine |
Christine Morguen |
$50 standard form and/or letter of verification
$100 standard form including request for hospital seal
$125 notarized
|
310-453-5106 |
| FM-Sports Medicine |
Christine Morguen |
$50 standard form and/or letter of verification
$100 standard form including request for hospital seal
$125 notarized
|
310-453-5106 |
| Internal Medicine |
Libby Shin |
$50 |
|
| IM-Allergy/Immunology |
Giovanna Alvarado |
|
310-825-9832 |
| IM-Cardiology |
Desiree Valeriano |
$50 |
310-206-9133 |
| IM-Dermatology |
Jennifer Serpas |
|
310-825-3613 |
| IM-Endocrinology |
Jayamalee De Silva |
|
310-312-0546 |
| IM-Gastroenterology |
Teresa Olivas |
$50 standard form
$100 custom verification letter
|
310-267-1861 |
| IM-Geriatrics |
Alina Pogorelova |
|
310-794-2199 |
| IM-Hematology/Oncology |
CJ Cabrera |
$75 for outside agencies and institutions |
310-206-3289 |
| IM-Hospice & Palliative |
Robin Catino |
|
310-268-4818 |
| IM-Infectious Diseases |
Izumi Shitoma |
|
310-825-3632 |
| IM-Nephrology |
Reggie Mateo |
$100 for outside agencies and institutions |
310-825-6309 |
| IM-Preventive Medicine |
Meghan Narikawa |
|
310-267-3840 |
| IM-Pulmonary/Critical Care |
Heather Draper |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by program director
|
310-206-8622 |
| IM-Rheumatology |
Sara Delgado |
|
310-206-8606 |
| IM-Sleep Medicine |
Heather Draper |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by program director
|
310-206-8622 |
| Medicine-Pediatrics |
Meghan Narikawa |
|
310-267-3840 |
| Neurology (Residencies & Fellowships) |
Samantha Dearn |
$50 for outside agencies and institutions |
310-206-4733 |
| Nuclear Medicine |
Jose Terrazas |
|
310-206-4899 |
| OB/Gyn (Residency) |
Nicole Santos |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by Program Director
$100 notarized
|
310-206-7186 |
| OB/Gyn (Fellowship) |
Yissel Rojas |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by Program Director
$100 notarized
|
310-206-7186 |
| Ophthalmology |
Debbie Sato |
|
310-825-4617 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery |
Connie Sams |
$50 |
310-825-1311 |
| Pathology (Residency) |
Annetta Pierro |
$30 standard letter
$40 filled out by the program director
$50 notarized |
310-267-2058 |
|
Path - Bloodbanking/Transfusion Medicine
Path - Hematopathology
|
Xiajian (Jayne) Lu |
$30 standard letter
$40 filled out by the program director
$50 notarized |
|
|
Path - Cytopathology
Path - Dermatopathology
Path - Molecular Genetic Pathology
Path - Neuropathology
|
Heidi Merkin |
$30 standard letter
$40 filled out by the program director
$50 notarized |
|
| Pediatrics (Residency) |
Jacquelyn Voet |
$50 |
310-267-3842 |
| Pediatrics (Fellowships) |
Laura Guerrero |
$50 |
310-825-6394 |
| Psychiatry (Residency & Fellowships) |
Denise Aguinaldo |
|
310-825-0340 |
| Radiation Oncology |
Kathy Rose |
|
310-794-1984 |
| Radiology (Residency & Fellowships) |
Lara Gold |
$50 standard letter
$100 filled out by the program director
$150 notarized |
310-825-5806 |
| Surgery-General |
Chi Quach |
$75 |
310-267-0369 |
| Surgery-Head & Neck |
Christina Burton |
|
310-206-1393 |
| Surgery-Neurosurgery |
Colleen Bruton |
$30 program coordinator signature
$50 program director signature
$50 hospital seal
$60 custom letter |
310-267-2707 |
| Surgery-Plastic |
Bryan Carrigan |
|
310-825-5582 |
| Surgery-Thoracic |
Desiree Valeriano |
|
310-267-0369 |
| Surgery-Vascular |
Maria Velasco |
$50 for outside agencies and institutions |
310-267-0189 |
| Urology (Residency) |
Nicole Santos |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by Program Director
$100 notarized
|
310-206-7186 |
| Urology (Fellowship) |
Yissel Rojas |
$50 standard form
$75 form filled out by Program Director
$100 notarized
|
310-206-7186 |
