Vascular Surgery Interest Group

Our organization fulfills the mission of student organizations at DGSOM by:

• Providing medical students with the opportunity to learn about training paths and career paths in vascular surgery via interactions with residents, fellows, and faculty at UCLA
• Connecting medical students with opportunities to attend both local and national meetings in order to network with physicians, residents, and fellows in vascular surgery and learn about vascular surgery
• Coordinating informal sessions with residents and fellows by hosting resident roundtables to learn more about training in vascular surgery from the trainee point of view
• Creating shadowing opportunities with potential mentors to experience vascular surgery first-hand
• Stimulating interest in vascular surgery by holding research seminars and talks about health conditions managed by vascular surgeons
• Organizing skills workshops with vascular surgeons at UCLA to give students a chance to learn basic techniques important to the field of vascular surgery and foster interest by providing a glimpse of what the field entails
• Communicating options for research projects under the guidance of faculty