Tahlia Spector, MD, FACEP

Contact
Email: tspector@ucla.edu

Tahlia Spector, MD, FACEP

Educator for Excellence and Chair, 3rd Year Preceptorship

I have enjoyed teaching, mentoring, and remediating medical students at the David Geffen School of Medicine for over 15 years. My interests include teaching systematic processes that enhance learning, improving diagnostic reasoning skills, and developing cultural competency (I was an exchange student with immersive experiences in several countries).

Although I was born in Denver and have studied and worked on the East Coast, I’ve spent most of my life in the Los Angeles area – at UCLA in fact, where I took undergraduate classes, attended medical school, completed a dual residency then a fellowship, and then worked. So, it might seem strange that I married a Trojan. Fortunately, we root for the same teams since the only sports we’re truly vested in is whatever our two boys are playing that season. Other hobbies include photography and travel.

Education & Training

• Undergrad – Vassar College
• Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Med – UCLA
• Medical School – UCLA School of Medicine
• Certificate in Tropical Medicine – Gorgas School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Peru
• Internal and Emergency Medicine Residency – Olive View UCLA and UCLA Medical Centers
• Fellowship in Medical Education – Harbor-UCLA and UCLA Medical Center

Positions

• Educator for Excellence
• Chair, 3rd Year Preceptorship
• Member of the Clerkship Chairs and 3^rd Year Academic Promotions Committees

Teaching

• Educators for Excellence
• Doctoring 1
• Clinical Skills
• Transition to Clerkship
• Medical Student Remediation