Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program

Neurology Analyst Verified · Oct 3, 2026

Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program

Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Neurology, located in Torrance, California, directed by Margaret Adler, MD and coordinated by Stephanie Ramos. and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (424) 306-7670. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Harbor-UCLA is a Los Angeles County safety-net program with a UCLA academic affiliation, training residents across a multi-site network including the VA Long Beach, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, and the main county hospital, giving heavy exposure to stroke/neurocritical care, epilepsy monitoring, neuromuscular disease, neurorehabilitation, and teleneurology. The curriculum is structured with dedicated PGY3 elective time explicitly set aside for clinical or laboratory research and subspecialty immersion, supported by faculty tied to the Lundquist Institute, and residents regularly produce case reports, abstracts, and conference presentations rather than large-scale bench research. Away electives at UCLA-Westwood and Cedars Sinai in interventional/neurocritical/movement/neuromuscular subspecialties, combined with a formal Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship housed in the department, signal a fellowship-oriented trajectory built on broad public-hospital clinical volume rather than protected research years. The program's structured EMU, epilepsy surgery conference, and vascular/neuroradiology conferences show a value on diagnostic procedural competency (EEG, EMG, evoked potentials) developed through high-volume, underserved patient care.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on serving underserved county/safety-net populations, who has case-report or clinical case-series research rather than bench science, and who is aiming toward a clinical neurology subspecialty fellowship (stroke, neurophysiology, epilepsy, or neuromuscular) after a broad, procedurally hands-on residency.

Research intensity

Moderate - protected elective time and faculty mentorship exist and are used for case-based clinical research/abstracts, but there is no dedicated research track or expectation of a scholarly project.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Community Practice

Choose Specialty / Choose Another Program