Credentials Verification
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 go to Medical School Alumni Resources.
UCLA Program Coordinator Contacts by Program
Listed below are the UCLA program personnel responsible for verification of credentials.
Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology Residency
Contact Name: Lucelva Mendez
Email: LMendez@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-267-3766
Fee: $100.00 (Paid by credit card)
Anesthesiology Fellowships
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Contact Name: Jennifer Cassidy
Email: JMCassidy@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-794-0599
Fee: $50 (payable by check only)
Emergency Medicine- Medical Toxicology Fellowship
Contact Name: Nathalia Rodriguez
Email: NathaliaERodriguez@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-794-0599
Fee: $50 (payable by check only)
Family Medicine
Family Medicine
Contact Name: Family Medicine Education Team
Email: FMGME@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $50 standard form and/or letter of verification
- $100 standard form including request for hospital seal
- $125 notarized
Family Medicine- Addiction Medicine
Contact Name: Family Medicine Education Team
Email: FMGME@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $50 standard form and/or letter of verification
- $100 standard form including request for hospital seal
- $125 notarized
Family Medicine- Sports Medicine
Contact Name: Family Medicine Education Team
Email: FMGME@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $50 standard form and/or letter of verification
- $100 standard form including request for hospital seal
- $125 notarized
Family Medicine- Community Medicine Faculty Development
Contact Name: Family Medicine Education Team
Email: FMGME@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $50 standard form and/or letter of verification
- $100 standard form including request for hospital seal
- $125 notarized
Head and Neck
Head and Neck Surgery
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine- Allergy/Immunology
Contact Name: Alma Y. Arrecis
Email: Alma.Arrecis@va.gov
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine- Cardiology
Internal Medicine- Dermatology
Contact Name: Christopher Song
Internal Medicine- Endocrinology
Internal Medicine- Gastroenterology
Contact Name: Trisha Navarro
Email: TLNavarro@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-267-1861
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $100 custom verification letter
Internal Medicine- Geriatrics
Internal Medicine- Hematology/Oncology
Contact Name: Ira Sarian
Email: ISarian@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-3289
Fee: $75 for outside agencies and institutions
Internal Medicine- Hospice & Palliative
Internal Medicine- Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine- Nephrology
Contact Name: Ruth Manley
Email: RManley@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-825-6309
Fee: $100 for outside agencies and institutions
Internal Medicine- Pulmonary/Critical Care
Contact Name: Heather Draper
Email: HDraper@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-8622
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by program director
Internal Medicine- Preventive Medicine
Internal Medicine- Sleep Medicine
Contact Name: Heather Draper
Email: HDraper@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-8622
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by program director
Internal Medicine- Rheumatology
Medical Genetics
Medical Genetics
Contact Name: Reginald Mateo
Email: RMateo@mednet.ucla.edu
Medical Biochemical Genetics
Contact Name: Reginald Mateo
Email: RMateo@mednet.ucla.edu
Medicine
Medicine-Pediatrics
Neuro
Neurology (Residency)
Contact Name: Steve Ortiz
Email: Asortiz@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee: $50 for outside agencies and institutions
Neurology (Fellowship)
Contact Name: Oscar Arellano
Email: OArellano@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee: $50 for outside agencies and institutions
Neurosurgery
Contact Name: Colleen Bruton
Email: CBruton@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-267-2707
Fee:
- $30 program coordinator signature
- $50 program director signature
- $50 hospital seal
- $60 custom letter
Neurocritical Care (Fellowship)
OB/Gyn
OB/Gyn (Residency)
Contact Name: OBGYN Medical Education
Email: OBGYNMedEd@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-7186
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by Program Director
- $100 notarized
OB/Gyn (Fellowship)
Contact Name: OBGYN Medical Education
Email: OBGYNMedEd@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-7186
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by Program Director
- $100 notarized
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact Name: Orthopaedic Surgery Education Office
Email: Orthoeducation@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee: $50 (payable by check only)
Ortho Sports Medicine (Fellowship)
Contact Name: Orthopaedic Surgery Education Office
Email: Orthoeducation@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee: $50 (payable by check only)
Ortho Hand (Fellowship)
Contact Name: Orthopaedic Surgery Education Office
Email: Orthoeducation@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee: $50 (payable by check only)
Pathology
Pathology (Residency)
Contact Name: Heidi Martinez
Email: HMartinez@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-267-2058
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology (Residency)
Contact Name: Heidi Martinez
Email: HMartinez@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-267-2058
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology- Bloodbanking/Transfusion Medicine
Contact Name: Xiaojian (Jayne) Lu
Email: xiaojianlu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology- Hematopathology
Contact Name: Xiaojian (Jayne) Lu
Email: xiaojianlu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology- Cytopathology
Contact Name: Xiaojian (Jayne) Lu
Email: xiaojianlu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology- Dermatopathology
Contact Name: Xiaojian (Jayne) Lu
Email: xiaojianlu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology- Molecular Genetic Pathology
Contact Name: Xiaojian (Jayne) Lu
Email: xiaojianlu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pathology- Neuropathology
Contact Name: Xiaojian (Jayne) Lu
Email: xiaojianlu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $30 standard letter
- $40 filled out by the program director
- $50 notarized
- Please note: beginning February 1st, 2022, the new rates will be:
- $50 standard letter
- $75 filled out by the program director
- $100 notarized
Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine
Contact Name: Marisol Rivera
Pediatrics (Residency)
Pediatrics- Allergy and Immunology
Contact Name: Nelli Khatchatryan
Pediatric Cardiology
Contact Name: Marisol Rivera
Pediatrics- Child Neurology
Contact Name: Yissel Rojas
Email: YRojas@mednet.ucla.edu
Pediatrics- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Contact Name: Nia Ricketts
Email: NRicketts@mednet.ucla.edu
Pediatrics- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Contact Name: Nia Ricketts
Email: NRicketts@mednet.ucla.edu
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Contact Name: Jennifer Martinez
Email: JKMartinez@mednet.ucla.edu
Pediatric Endocrinology
Contact Name: Adamaris Maldonado
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Contact Name: Yissel Rojas
Email: YRojas@mednet.ucla.edu
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Contact Name: Jennifer Martinez
Email: JKMartinez@mednet.ucla.edu
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Contact Name: Adamaris Maldonado
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Contact Name: Nelli Khatchatryan
Pediatric Rheumatology
Contact Name: Nelli Khatchatryan
Psychiatry
Psychiatry (Residency & Fellowships)
Radiology
Radiology (Residency & Fellowships)
Contact Name: Jasmine Roque
Email: jnroque@mednet.ucla.edu
Fee:
- $50 standard letter
- $100 filled out by the program director
- $150 notarized
Radiation Oncology
Contact Name: D. Liane Nash
Email: UCLARadOncEdu@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-794-1984
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by program director
- $100 notarized
Surgery
Surgery-General
Contact Name: Massiel Lopez
Email: MassielLopez@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-267-0369
Fee: $75
Surgery- Thoracic
Contact Name: Yazmin Lona
Email: YLona@mednet.ucla.edu
Phone Number: 310-206-2567
Fax Number: 310-267-0369
Surgery- Plastic Surgery
Surgery - Podiatry
Contact Name: Alexa Osime
Email: AOsime@mednet.ucla.edu
Phone Number: 310-825-8778
Fax Number: 310-267-0189
Fee: $50 for outside agencies and institutions
Surgery- Vascular
Contact Name: Alexa Osime
Email: AOsime@mednet.ucla.edu
Phone Number: 310-825-8778
Fax Number: 310-267-0189
Fee: $50 for outside agencies and institutions
Urology
Urology (Residency)
Contact Name: Urology Medical Education
Email: UrologyMedEd@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-7186
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by Program Director
- $100 notarized
Urology (Fellowship)
Contact Name: Urology Medical Education
Email: UrologyMedEd@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number: 310-206-7186
Fee:
- $50 standard form
- $75 form filled out by Program Director
- $100 notarized