David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2020) |
Fiat lux | |
Motto in English | Let there be light |
---|---|
Type | Public |
Established | 1951 |
Parent institution | University of California, Los Angeles |
Dean | Steven M. Dubinett[1] |
Location | , , United States 34°03′58″N 118°26′35″W / 34.0662°N 118.4431°W |
Campus | Urban |
Website | medschool |
The University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, also known as the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (DGSOM), is an accredited
History
Founding
For many years, dating back to when it first affiliated with the
Therefore, in 1945, the
The building of the medical center and the School of Medicine began in 1949. The 1951 charter class consisted of 26 men and 2 women. Initially, there were 15 faculty members, although that number had increased to 43 by 1955 when the charter class graduated. The first classes were conducted in the reception lounge of the old Religious Conference Building on Le Conte Avenue. Clinical education was initially conducted on the wards of Harbor General Hospital, which today is
In July 1955, the
Mellinkoff administration
A partnership was formed with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in 1966 to train medical students with the goal of meeting the needs of the underserved in South Los Angeles.
The school continued its growth in the 1970s, becoming affiliated with
1981 saw the dedication of the Doris and Louis Factor Health Sciences Building which houses the School of Nursing and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1987, construction began on UCLA Medical Plaza, an outpatient facility located across the street from the main hospital.
Post-Mellinkoff era
Kenneth I. Shine succeeded Sherman Mellinkoff as dean in 1986. In 1992 Shine left UCLA to become President of the
Effective February 2010, A. Eugene Washington was appointed Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and Vice-Chancellor of Health Sciences at UCLA. Washington, a clinician, academician, researcher, and university administrator, was recruited from
UCLA constructed the
In the rankings released for 2022–23, U.S. News & World Report ranked David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA at No. 19 in the U.S. in research and ranked UCLA Medical Center at No. 5.[5][6]
Affiliated hospitals
Notable hospitals and Medical Centers affiliated with UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine are:[7]
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: The best hospital in California and the west coast, and 2nd best hospital in the United States as per U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 rankings.[8]
- UCLA Medical Center: The 2nd best hospital in California and the west coast, and 5th best hospital in the United States as per U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 rankings.[9]
- West LA VA Medical Center
- St. Mary Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente- Sunset
- Kaiser Permanente- Woodland Hills
Summer programs
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA accepts applications for summer academic enrichment programs. These programs include the Premedical/Predental Enrichment Program (PREP), Summer Medical Dental Education Program (SMDEP), and the Re-Application Post baccalaureate Program (RAP). Application deadlines are March 1 for the PREP and SMDEP programs, while the RAP program has a deadline of May 15.[10]
Notable faculty
This section needs additional citations for verification. (November 2012) |
- Ryan Abbott, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine[11]
- Selma Calmes, co-founder of the Anesthesia History Association, former vice-chair of the department of anesthesiology[16]
- Bruce Dobkin, director of neurological rehabilitation and editor-in-chief of the journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair[17]
- Patrick Dowling, Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine; co-founder and co-director of the UCLA IMG Program (for International medical graduate); given the title of NHSC Ambassador by the National Health Service Corps
- PM&Rhandbook, PM&R Pocketpedia
- Robert Peter Gale FACP, FRSM, expert in leukemia therapy and bone marrow transplants; helped the Soviet Union and Japanese governments mitigate the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power faculty accidents
- AIDS
- Louis Ignarro, 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine
- Ronald P. Karlsberg, clinical professor of medicine
- Babak Larian, assistant clinical professor of surgery, otolaryngology
- Linda Liau, W. Eugene Stern Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
- Sherman Mellinkoff, second dean of the UCLA School of Medicine
- Nicholas Lowe, Professor of Dermatology
- Susan Perlman, Professor in the Department of Neurology
- Michael E. Phelps, one of the inventors of the positron emission tomography (PET) scanner; chairman and Norton Simon Professor of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; director of the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
- Joshua Prager, president of North American Neuromodulation Society
- Leonard H. Rome
- Alfredo Sadun, Flora L. Thornton Endowed Chair at Doheny Eye Centers-UCLA
- Jeffrey L. Saver, Professor of Neurology
- Alcino J. Silva, Professor of Neurobiology, Psychiatry, and Psychology; pioneer in the field of molecular and cellular cognition of memory
See also
- David Geffen
- UCLA Health
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Ucla school of medicine
References
- ^ "Dr. Steven Dubinett named dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA". UCLA. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ Arthur, Ransom (1992). By the Old Pacific's Rolling Waters: Birth of the UCLA School of Medicine. Los Angeles: UCLA School of Medicine. pp. 68, 99–101.
- ^ "History of Harbor UCLA". www.harbor-ucla.org. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Appointment of A. Eugene Washington as Dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences at UCLA". evc.ucla.edu. February 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
- ^ "Best Medical Schools: Research". Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. News 2022-2023 Best Hospitals Honor Roll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "Affiliated Hospital". Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. News 2022-2023 Best Hospitals Honor Roll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. News 2022-2023 Best Hospitals Honor Roll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine Applications". begincollege.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ "Book Review: Ryan Abbott, 'The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law'". The Recorder. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Arie Belldegrun - Board of Directors - Teva". tevapharm.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to Kite Pharma, Inc". kitepharma.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Arie Belldegrun M.D. | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA". people.healthsciences.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Arie Belldegrun, M.D". usrf.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Selma Calmes". Changing the Face of Medicine. NIH. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ^ "Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair". Sage Journals. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2012.