Linda Liau, MD, Professor and Director of the UCLA Brain Tumor Program and Chair of Neurosurgery.
UCLA currently sponsors 89 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship training programs, educating residents in our affiliated hospitals and numerous community practice locations in Southern California. UCLA Medical Center has been recognized as "Best in the West" by US News & World Report in their annual rankings of the nation's best hospitals for 27 consecutive years. Additionally, our hospital was rated number seven in the nation in US News & World Report 2017-18 Guide to Best Hospitals.
Residency Programs: | Program Directors: | Program Coordinators: |
| Anesthesiology | Judi Turner, MD, PhD | Wayne Hasby |
| Dermatology | Vanessa Holland, MD | Hanna Lambertson |
| Emergency Medicine | Rebecca Bavolek, MD | Gabrielle Stolwyk |
| Family Medicine | Denise Sur, MD | Carole Barrinuevo |
| Internal Medicine | Jodi Friedman, MD | Libby Shin |
| Medical Genetics and Genomics | Derek Wong, MD | Savanna Carson |
| Medicine - Pediatrics | Alice Kuo, MD | Megan Narikawa |
| Neurology | Charles Flippen, MD | Rebecca Bernstein |
| Neurological Surgery | Marvin Bergsneider, MD | Colleen Bruton |
| Nuclear Medicine | Pawan Gupta, MD | Soosan Seyedroodbari |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Lauren Nathan, MD | Stacey Ma |
| Ophthalmology | Stacy Pineles, MD | Debbie Sato |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Nelson Soohoo, MD | Connie Sams |
| Otolaryngology | Vishad Nabili, MD | Christina Burton |
| Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical | Peggy Sullivan, MD | Annetta Pierro |
| Pediatrics | Alan Chin, MD | Savanna Carson |
| Plastic Surgery | George Rudkin, MD | Megan Fuller |
| Psychiatry | Katrina DeBonis, MD | Ron Lopez |
| Radiation Oncology | Percy Lee, MD | Kathy Rose |
| Radiology - Diagnostic | Robert Suh, MD | Suna Hakim |
| Surgery - General | Timothy Donahue, MD | Chi Quach |
| Thoracic Surgery | Richard Shemin, MD | Loraine Hartman |
| Urology | Steve Lerman, MD | Ira Sarian |
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Fellowship Programs: | Program Directors: | Program Coordinators: |
| Anesthesiology | | |
| Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology | Jacques Neelankavil, MD | Wayne Hasby |
| Critical Care Medicine | Vadim Gudzenko, MD | Wayne Hasby |
| Pain Medicine (Multi Discip.) | F. Michael Ferrante, MD | Wayne Hasby |
| Pediatric Anesthesiology | Wendy Ren, MD | Wayne Hasby |
| Dermatology | | |
| Procedural Dermatology | Jenny Kim, MD | Hanna Lambertson |
| Family Medicine | | |
| Sports Medicine | Joshua Goldman, MD | Carole Barrinuevo |
| Internal Medicine | | |
| Adult Congenital Heart Disease | Jeannette Lin, MD | Andrew Yuen |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | Arnold Baas, MD | Kristie Wong |
| Cardiovascular Disease | Karol Watson, MD | Desiree Valeriano |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Noel Boyle, MD | Dara Belarmino |
| Clinical Informatics | Douglas Bell, MD | Kevin Baldwin |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | Stephanie Smooke Praw, MD | Leticia Calzada |
| Gastroenterology | Lin Chang, MD | Teresa Olivas |
| Geriatric Medicine | Nancy Weintraub, MD | Robin Catino |
| Hematology and Oncology | Sarah Larson, MD | CJ Cabrera |
| Hospice and Palliative Medicine | Eric Prommer, MD | Robin Catino |
| Infectious Disease | Christopher Graber, MD | Izumi Shitoma |
| Interventional Cardiology | Ravi Dave, MD | Ladda Douangvila |
| Nephrology | Reza Khorsan, MD | Reginald Mateo |
| Preventive Medicine | Peter Capone-Newton, MD | Megan Narikawa |
| Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine | Tisha Wang, MD | Heather Draper |
| Rheumatology | Ernest Brahn, MD | Gabriel Valdivia |
| Sleep Medicine (Multi Discip.) | Michelle Zeidler, MD | Heather Draper |
| Transplant Hepatology | Steven-Huy B. Han, MD | Ann Toggenburger |
| Medical Genetics | | |
| Medical Biochemical Genetics | Jose Abdenur, MD | Savanna Carson |
| Neurology | | |
| Clinical Neurophysiology | Marc Nuwer, MD | Rebecca Bernstein |
| Epilepsy | John Stern, MD | Rebecca Bernstein |
| Neuromuscular Medicine | Nasheed Jamal, MD | Rebecca Bernstein |
| Vascular Neurology | David Liebeskind, MD | Rebecca Bernstein |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | | |
| Gynecology Oncology | Joshua Cohen, MD | Kristy Fong |
| Maternal Fetal Medicine | Christina Han, MD | Kristy Fong |
| Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility | Kathleen Brennan, MD | Kristy Fong |
| Otolaryngology | | |
| Neurotology | William Slattery, MD | Christina Burton |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | | |
| Hand Surgery | Prosper Benhaim, MD | Connie Sams |
| Orthopaedic Sports Medicine | David McAllister, MD | Connie Sams |
| Pathology | | |
| Bloodbanking/Transfusion Medicine | Andrea McGonigle, MD | Xaiojian Lu |
| Cytopathology | David Y. Lu, MD | Heidi Merkin |
| Dermatopathology | George Sarantopoulos, MD | Heidi Merkin |
| Hematopathology | Sheeja Pullarkat, MD | Xiaojian Lu |
| Molecular Genetic Pathology (Multi Disc.) | Wayne Grody, MD | Heidi Merkin |
| Neuropathology | William Yong, MD | Heidi Merkin |
| Pediatrics | | |
| Allergy and Immunology | Maria Garcia-Lloret, MD | Giovanna Alvarado |
| Child Neurology | Meeryo C. Choe, MD | Raquel Gallagos |
| Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics | Irene Koolwijk, MD, MPH | Rosaura Cueva |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | Josephine M. Encisco, MD | Kristie Smiley |
| Pediatric Cardiology | Jeremy Moore, MD | Giovanna Alvarado |
| Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Myke Federman, MD | Beatriz Becerra |
| Pediatric Endocrinology | Dennis Chia, MD | Gina Serna |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology | Suzanne McDiarmid, MD | Gayana Kisiyan |
| Pediatric Hematology and Oncology | Theodore Moore, MD | Alice del Rosario |
| Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Nava Yeganeh, MD, MPH | Giovanna Alvarado |
| Pediatric Nephrology | Patricia Weng, MD | Lily Guardado |
| Pediatric Rheumatology | Deborah McCurdy, MD | Giovanna Alvarado |
| Psychiatry | | |
| Addiction Psychiatry | Timothy Fong, MD | Dulce Madrid-Gonzalez |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Sheryl Kataoka-Endo, MD | Dulce Madrid-Gonzalez |
| Consultation-Liason Psychiatry | Jennifer Kruse, MD | Ronald Lopez |
| Forensic Psychiatry | Robert Weinstock, MD | Ron Lopez |
| Geriatric Psychiatry | Randall Espinoza, MD | Ron Lopez |
| Radiology | | |
| Interventional Radiology - Integrated | Justin McWilliams, MD | Amy Frazier |
| Neuroradiology | Michael Linetsky, MD | Amy Frazier |
| Pediatric Radiology | Shahnaz Ghahremani, MD | Amy Frazier |
| Vascular and Interventional Radiology | Justin McWilliams, MD | Amy Frazier |
| Surgery | | |
| Vascular Surgery | David Rigberg, MD | Maria Velasco |
| Vascular Surgery - Integrated | David Rigberg, MD | Maria Velasco |
| Urology | | |
| Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery | Victor Nitti, MD | Ira Sarian |
