UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is UCLA's academic Med-Peds residency, embedded within the David Geffen School of Medicine's tertiary/quaternary care system, drawing on rotation sites spanning Ronald Reagan Medical Center, the Greater LA VA, Rancho Los Amigos, and community/public health sites such as Venice Family Clinic and LA County Department of Public Health. The program is structured around named pathways and tracks (Global Health, Health Systems and Management, Medical Education, Health Equity & Advocacy on the IM side; Clinical Informatics, Global Health and Underserved Populations, Primary Care and Public Health, and Subspecialty/Hospital-based tracks on Pediatrics), signaling deliberate cultivation of physicians with defined leadership or subspecialty trajectories rather than a single default path. Its stated mission emphasizes advocacy, equity, and service across the lifespan, positioning graduates to work with complex, underserved, and system-level populations rather than solely inpatient tertiary care. The breadth of tracks and public-health-adjacent clinical exposure indicates the program values versatility and mission-driven engagement over a narrowly defined single career funnel.