Manuel Amando Celedon, MD

Contact

11301 Wilshire Blvd, Rm 3240, Mail Code 111G
Los Angeles, CA, 90073
Office: 310-268-3002
Email: maceledon@mednet.ucla.edu
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Manuel Amando Celedon, MD

Assistant Chief of Emergency Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

I currently serve as Assistant Chief of Emergency Medicine at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. I am primarily interested in teaching students how to approach undifferentiated patients and increasing their exposure to critical care. All physicians will be the "doctor on a plane" and may need to respond to medical emergencies. My other academic interests include emergency management of substance use disorder, addiction, emergency cardiology, and quality improvement.

I was born in Guadalajara, Mexico but spent my childhood in Mazatlan. My life in the US began in San Diego, specifically Eastlake (Chula Vista). I am a UCSD Triton and a DGSOMer (class of 2012). I completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA, after which I pursued the DGSOM Medical Education Fellowship Certificate Program in Innovations in Curriculum Design & Evaluation. I am a fantasy football fanatic and enjoy the occasional pickup basketball game (I miss my Wooden days). Every year, I strongly believe the Chargers will win the Super Bowl, and yet they find incredibly creative ways not to win it. I am fluent in Spanish.

Education & Training

• BA – University of California, San Diego
• BS – General Biology, UC San Diego 
• MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Residency – Harbor-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency
• Fellowship – Certificate Program in Innovations in Curriculum Design & Evaluation, UCLA DGSOM Medical Education

Positions

• Assistant Chief of Emergency Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
• Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Educator For Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Site Director, DGSOM Early Authentic Clinical Experience, West Los Angeles VA Emergency Department
• ED Opioid Safety Initiative Consultant, VA National Academic Detailing
• Clinical Faculty, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine