Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center is the home institution for the UCLA Family Medicine Residency. It is a 281-bed, evolving academic medical center with a longstanding tradition of community care. One of the two hospital campuses of UCLA Health System, the medical center features many outstanding clinical services, including its 24-hour Nethercutt Emergency Center, BirthPlace maternity center and UCLA Rape Treatment Center. Santa Monica-UCLA is also the inpatient home of the UCLA Geriatrics Program, as well as UCLA's highly regarded orthopaedic, spine and general medicine programs.
The hospital underwent a major rebuilding project to replace most of the existing facility with a new, state-of-the-art medical center offering optimal inpatient facilities, as well as the 16,000-square-foot Nethercutt Emergency Center. The ER, which opened in 2007, features the latest technology and is designed to better serve the almost 40,000 patients who annually seek emergency treatment. The ER serves as Santa Monica's only "Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics" and is designated as a STEMI receiving center for heart-attack patients. It also features fastER, a fast-track service for minor injuries and illnesses.
Rotations completed at Santa Monica-UCLA include:
- Family Medicine Inpatient Service (8 months)
- Pediatrics (2 months)
- Emergency Medicine (1 month)
- General Surgery (1 month)
- Cardiology (1 month)
Olive-View UCLA Medical Center
Olive View - UCLA Medical Center is a county hospital located in the north end of the San Fernando Valley, about 30-40 minutes away from UCLA. The facility is a 377-bed hospital which serves the needs of low income and indigent patients as well as the surrounding middle class community. As is true with most county facilities, many patients present with acute, untreated illnesses. Housestaff are exposed to common medical illnesses as well as a wide variety of unusual and rare diseases.
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is one of the main training sites for other UCLA residency programs, including General Surgery, ENT, Plastics, Urology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, OB-Gyn, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Internal Medicine.
Olive View has a unique patient population with wide-ranging pathology. This population is younger than most, with an average age between 40 and 50. Approximately 50% of patients are Hispanic; the other 50% are Caucasians, Asians, African-Americans and many other diverse ethnicities. The dynamics of the training environment translate into a rich internal medicine experience in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Such favorable circumstances have made Olive View one of the most popular rotations not only for the residents of other training programs in Los Angeles, but also for students at UCLA and nationally.
Our program completes a number of rotations at Olive View including:
- Internal Medicine (1 month)
- ICU (1 month)
- Newborn Nursery (2 weeks)
- Pediatrics (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine (1 month)
- Community Medicine (1 month)
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, located in Torrance, is a 570-bed acute-care facility, owned and operated by the County of Los Angeles, and affiliated with the UCLA Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry. The medical center has been providing health care service to the Greater South Bay community since 1946 through its inpatient, emergency, and ambulatory care programs. As a major teaching hospital and acute-care facility, Harbor-UCLA also provides 24-hour emergency services for acute medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatric problems. Harbor-UCLA has earned designation as a Level I Trauma Center.
The UCLA Department of Family Medicine completes a one-month outpatient Women's Health rotation at Harbor-UCLA within the department of OB/GYN.
VA West Los Angeles Medical Center
The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is the largest, most complex healthcare system within the Department of Veterans Affairs. It offers services to veterans residing in Southern California and Southern Nevada. The Los Angeles network consists of three ambulatory care centers, a tertiary care facility and 10 community based outpatient clinics. There are 1.4 million veterans in the Greater LA service area. The medical center is affiliated with both UCLA School of Medicine and USC School of Medicine, as well as more than 45 colleges, universities and vocational schools in 17 different medical, nursing, paramedical and administrative programs.
Rotations completed at the VA include:
- Dermatology (1 month)
- Orthopedic Surgery, Outpatient (1 month)
- Ambulatory Care (1 month)
UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, designed by world-renowned architect I.M. Pei and his son, C.C. Pei, has taken hospital design to a whole new level. It delivers world-class medical treatment using cutting-edge technology in a compassionate, patient-focused environment. With 520 large, sunny, private patient rooms featuring terrific views and daybeds for family members, wireless Internet access for patients and guests, multiple outdoor play areas for children and more, the building maximizes personal attention and holistic healing. This is one of the first total replacement hospital projects to be built in accordance with the latest California seismic safety requirements as a result of the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
The one million-plus square foot, 10-story structure (eight above ground) is situated on four acres at the southwest corner of Westwood Plaza and Charles E. Young Drive South. The hospital encompasses the operations of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA and Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA. Four hospital entrances efficiently serve distinct patient populations: pediatric patients enter the Mattel Children's Hospital through a less intimidating entrance off Gayley Avenue, trauma patients arrive via Charles E. Young Drive South or the heliport, psychiatric patients enter through a south entrance linked to UCLA Medical Plaza, and all other patients enter off Westwood Plaza. The lobbies are interconnected by a wide corridor to allow people to easily navigate around the facility.
A broad spectrum of elective rotations can be completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Venice Family Clinic
The Venice Family Clinic serves more than 24,400 men, women, children, teens, and seniors annually.
Ninety-seven percent are low-income and nearly three-quarters are uninsured. Most live on the Westside of Los Angeles County. It provides more than 106,000 primary care, specialty care, mental health, dental, and health education visits annually. All services – including diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up care, and laboratory tests – are provided free of charge. Particular emphasis is placed on the needs of women, children, the homeless, and those with chronic diseases.
Residents work at a number of the Venice Family Clinic locations throughout West LA during many of their rotations including Behavioral Medicine, Community Medicine and Women's Health. Residents provide valuable support to the clinic and affording residents the opportunity to work in a unique clinical setting.
