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Olivia Arreola-Owen, MD, FACP

Assistant Clinical Professor in the Health Sciences Track

I am a local gal who grew up in Northeast Los Angeles. I received my undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Occidental College in Los Angeles. I then completed my medical training at UCSF, followed by residency in the Cedars-Sinai/VA Greater Los Angeles Internal Medicine residency program. I am currently a primary care internist at the Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center, where I serve as the Site Director for the UCLA Internal Medicine residency program. For the past 7 years, I have been a group facilitator for the Doctoring 2 course for the David Geffen School of Medicine.

As a second generation native of Los Angeles, I have some local ties to UCLA’s affiliated programs, having been born at Kaiser Los Angeles – I was delivered by an OBGYN resident. After my brief interlude in San Francisco for medical school, I became a “Valley girl” when I moved back to L.A. I met my husband while living in the Bay Area, and we love eating at new restaurants (at least in the pre-COVID era) and raising our medically complex dog, Rupert. I also enjoy making new recipes in the kitchen. Out of necessity, I have also become somewhat of an expert about home remodeling projects as well.


Education & Training

  • Internship & Residency – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/VA Greater Los Angeles Program Los Angeles, CA (Internal Medicine)
  • Medical Degree – University of California, San Francisco (AOA)
  • Undergraduate – Occidental College (summa cum laude)

Positions

  • Attending Physician – Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center
  • Site Director for the UCLA Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Sepulveda VA
  • Sepulveda Site Champion for the VA-CDC Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
  • ACP Southern California Region I Governor’s Advisory Council, Member

Teaching

  • Assistant Clinical Professor in the Health Sciences Track (Internal Medicine)
  • Doctoring 2 facilitator
  • Educators for Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Current Research & Scholarly Interest

  • Medical Education, Student acquisition of skills related to oral & written communication with patients, documentation of clinical reasoning

Publications

  • Lam R, Hunt BL, Arreola-Owen O. Abdominal Wall Schwannoma. Fed Pract. 2019;36(3):129–133.
  • Arreola-Owen O, Phuvadakorn C. My Back Hurts! The Case of a Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma. UCLA Proceedings. Vol 25 (2021).
  • Arreola-Owen O, Phuvadakorn C. Ouch, my belly hurts! A case of a large non-infectious splenic cyst. UCLA Proceedings. Vol 25 (2021).

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