UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

UCLA Neurology is a top-ranked, university-based academic program anchored at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a major tertiary/quaternary referral center, with additional training at Olive View-UCLA (safety-net) and the VA Greater Los Angeles, giving residents exposure across academic, underserved, and veteran populations. The program's defining structural feature is its system of optional PGY-2 development tracks—Research, Clinical Educator, Inclusive Excellence, and Global Health (with international partnerships in Mexico City, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, and London)—that let residents self-direct subspecialty and career preparation rather than following a single fixed curriculum. Research is substantively supported through the Research Development Track, which is explicitly structured to culminate in a K-series career development grant application by the final year, signaling investment in producing physician-scientists alongside clinician-educators and advocacy-oriented neurologists. The program values residents who will actively shape an individualized professional identity within a large, subspecialty-rich, multi-site academic department rather than pursue a generic general-neurology path.