David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Encyclopedia
UCLA School of Medicine or David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is an accredited medical school
located in Los Angeles
, California
, United States
. The school was named in honor of media mogul David Geffen
who donated $200 million in unrestricted funds to the school in 2001.
was appointed as the first dean. Dr. Warren had served on the Manhattan Project
while on leave from his post at University of Rochester School of Medicine
. As the founding dean of medical school, he proved to be a capable administrator and fundraiser. His choice of core faculty consisted of his former associates at Rochester
in Andrew Dowdy as the first professor of radiology
, John Lawrence as the first professor of medicine
, and Charles Carpenter as the first professor of infectious disease
s. Along with William Longmire Jr., a promising 34-year-old surgeon from Johns Hopkins, the group was called the Founding Five.
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.
In July 1955, the UCLA Medical Center was opened.
and the Reed Neurological Research Center were established as well. By decade's end UCLA had doubled the size of the medical school and the hospital. School of Dentistry and School of Public Health
as well as School of Nursing
were formed as well. The medical school grew to nearly 400 medical students, more than 700 interns and residents, and almost 200 Masters and doctorate candidates.
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 1970s, becoming affiliated with VA
facilities as well as Olive-View Medical Center. In 1974, school co-founded Biomedical Sciences Program with UC Riverside that offers 24 students each year the opportunity to earn both the B.S. and M.D. degrees in seven years instead of the traditional eight.
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.
in Washington, D.C. Gerald S. Levey was then appointed provost of medical sciences and dean of the medical school in 1994. Dr. Levey oversaw expansion of interdisciplinary research and the establishment of a Department of Human Genetics. Under his leadership the Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center as well as the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, ranked "Best in the West" by US News & World Report, were constructed. In October 2008, Dr. Levey announced that he would be stepping down from the position of Dean in 2009.
Effective February 2010, Dr. A. Eugene Washington was appointed Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences at UCLA. Dr. Washington, a noted clinician, academician, researcher, and university administrator, was recruited from UCSF, where he served as Vice Chancellor and Provost, as well as Professor of gynecology, epidemiology and health policy. Dr. Washington is the first-ever African-American to hold these leadership posts at UCLA.
UCLA has completed construction of the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center across the street from the original one to comply with the California earthquake
law.
The new 1050000 square feet (97,548.2 m²) hospital is named after the late President of the United States
and Governor of California
, Ronald Reagan
. It was designed by renowned Pritzker Prize
-winning architect I.M. Pei. Patients were transferred there from the existing hospital in June 2008.
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
located in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The school was named in honor of media mogul David Geffen
David Geffen
David Geffen is an American record executive, film producer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. Geffen is noted for creating Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990...
who donated $200 million in unrestricted funds to the school in 2001.
History
Initial Founding
UC Board of Regents voted to establish a medical school affiliated with UCLA in 1945. In 1947, Stafford L. WarrenStafford L. Warren
Stafford Leak Warren was an American physician and radiologist who was a pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine and best known for his invention of the mammogram...
was appointed as the first dean. Dr. Warren had served on the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
while on leave from his post at University of Rochester School of Medicine
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
. As the founding dean of medical school, he proved to be a capable administrator and fundraiser. His choice of core faculty consisted of his former associates at Rochester
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
in Andrew Dowdy as the first professor of radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
, John Lawrence as the first professor of medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, and Charles Carpenter as the first professor of infectious disease
Infectious disease
Infectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
s. Along with William Longmire Jr., a promising 34-year-old surgeon from Johns Hopkins, the group was called the Founding Five.
Building of the medical center and the School of Medicine began in 1949.
In July 1955, the UCLA Medical Center was opened.
Mellinkoff Administration
Sherman Mellinkoff succeeded Stafford Warren as dean in 1962 and served for the next 24 years. Under Dr. Mellinkoff, the school experienced unprecedented growth. The Neuropsychiatric Institute, the Brain Research Institute, and the Marion Davies Children's Center were founded. The Jules Stein Eye InstituteJules Stein Eye Institute
The Jules Stein Eye Institute, founded by MCA founder Jules Stein, functions as the department of ophthalmology for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.-References:...
and the Reed Neurological Research Center were established as well. By decade's end UCLA had doubled the size of the medical school and the hospital. School of Dentistry and School of Public Health
UCLA School of Public Health
The UCLA School of Public Health is the graduate school of public health affiliated with UCLA, and is located within the Center for Health Sciences building on the UCLA campus. UCLA is located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The dean of the school is Linda Rosenstock, MD,...
as well as School of Nursing
UCLA School of Nursing
The UCLA School of Nursing is a nursing school affiliated with UCLA, and is located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The school is in the Factor Building on the UCLA campus, adjacent to the UCLA Medical Center. The current dean of the school is Courtney Lyder, ND, GNP, FAAN...
were formed as well. The medical school grew to nearly 400 medical students, more than 700 interns and residents, and almost 200 Masters and doctorate candidates.
A partnership was formed with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a WASC accredited, private, non-profit school located in Willowbrook, unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical facilities within the Watts region of Los Angeles,...
in 1966 to train medical students with the goal of meeting the needs of the underserved in South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A. and formerly South Central Los Angeles, is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central, and is still widely known...
.
The school continued its growth in 1970s, becoming affiliated with VA
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...
facilities as well as Olive-View Medical Center. In 1974, school co-founded Biomedical Sciences Program with UC Riverside that offers 24 students each year the opportunity to earn both the B.S. and M.D. degrees in seven years instead of the traditional eight.
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 Dr. Shine left UCLA to become President of the Institute of MedicineInstitute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
in Washington, D.C. Gerald S. Levey was then appointed provost of medical sciences and dean of the medical school in 1994. Dr. Levey oversaw expansion of interdisciplinary research and the establishment of a Department of Human Genetics. Under his leadership the Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center as well as the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, ranked "Best in the West" by US News & World Report, were constructed. In October 2008, Dr. Levey announced that he would be stepping down from the position of Dean in 2009.
Effective February 2010, Dr. A. Eugene Washington was appointed Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences at UCLA. Dr. Washington, a noted clinician, academician, researcher, and university administrator, was recruited from UCSF, where he served as Vice Chancellor and Provost, as well as Professor of gynecology, epidemiology and health policy. Dr. Washington is the first-ever African-American to hold these leadership posts at UCLA.
Replacement hospital
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
law.
The new 1050000 square feet (97,548.2 m²) hospital is named after the late President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
and Governor of California
Governor of California
The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...
, Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
. It was designed by renowned Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...
-winning architect I.M. Pei. Patients were transferred there from the existing hospital in June 2008.
U.S. News and World Report
In 2009 U.S. News and World Report ranked David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA at No. 11 in the U.S. in research and ranked UCLA Medical Center at No. 3. The Geffen School of Medicine has an acceptance rate of 4.5%.Notable alumni
- Suzanne Eggleston Dandoy (1960, MPH 1963) – is a previous Director of the State Health Departments of Arizona (1975-1980) and Utah (1985-1992).
- Armen J. Dumas (1977) – is a physiatrist in private practice in the San Fernando Valley and on the VA staff. He is also a past president (2009–2010) of the California Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and participates in post graduate physician and medical student education at the UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles Multicampus PM&R Residency Program.
- Joseph M. Helms (1972) is a well known physician acupuncturistAcupunctureAcupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of solid, generally thin needles in the body....
.
- Jacquelyn A Kotarac (1991) specialist in internal medicine. Accidentally suffocated in the chimney of her ex-boyfriend.
- Diane J. Nugent (1977) is the medical director of Hematology and Blood & Donor Services and Chief of the PSF Division of HematologyHematologyHematology, also spelled haematology , is the branch of biology physiology, internal medicine, pathology, clinical laboratory work, and pediatrics that is concerned with the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases...
at Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)Children’s Hospital of Orange County is a children's hospital located in Orange County, California.Its main hospital is located in the City of Orange and it operates the pediatric care at Mission Hospital in nearby Mission Viejo.The combined operation of CHOC and CHOC ranks as the 15th busiest...
.
- Quynh Pham (1992) is the program director of physical medicine and rehabilitationPhysical medicine and rehabilitationPhysical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...
program and pain medicine program at UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles Multicampus PM&R Residency Program.
Notable faculty
- Michelle Bholat MD, MPH Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Co-Founder and Director of the UCLA IMG ProgramUCLA IMG ProgramThe UCLA International Medical Graduate Program is a non-profit educational program for International Medical Graduates who are fluent in both Spanish and English...
(for International medical graduateInternational medical graduateAn International Medical Graduate or "IMGs", earlier known as a Foreign Medical Graduate or "FMGs", is a term used to describe a physician who has graduated from a medical school outside of the country in which he or she intends to practice...
) and received the Rising Star Award 2008 by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Chair of the Public Health Commission from Los Angeles County Department of Public Health from 2007 to present. - Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and Chief of Liver and Pancreatic Transplantation. He established the liver transplant program at UCLA, and is a world-renowned expert in liver transplantation.
- Bruce Dobkin, MD is the Director of Neurological Rehabilitation and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.
- Patrick Dowling MD, MPH is the Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the UCLA IMG ProgramUCLA IMG ProgramThe UCLA International Medical Graduate Program is a non-profit educational program for International Medical Graduates who are fluent in both Spanish and English...
(for International medical graduateInternational medical graduateAn International Medical Graduate or "IMGs", earlier known as a Foreign Medical Graduate or "FMGs", is a term used to describe a physician who has graduated from a medical school outside of the country in which he or she intends to practice...
) and received the title of NHSC Ambassador by the National Health Service CorpsNational Health Service CorpsThe National Health Service Corps is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, division of Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service....
. - Gerald Finerman is the chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
- David FishDavid FishDavid Eli Fish MD MPH is an American physiatrist and one of the editors of a popular PM&R handbook PM&R Pocketpedia.-Education:After completing a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001, Dr. Fish completed additional training as a...
is a physiatrist and an editor of a popular PM&R handbook, PM&R Pocketpedia. - Michael Gottlieb was one of the first physicians to report a case of AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
taking credit for the ideas of a medical intern, Robert Wolf, who initially raised the question. Frank Apgar,MD was the another faculty member and was the ICU attending who initially suggested PCP be worked up in what turned out to be the first identified patient with AIDS at UCLA and asked that the housestaff work up this possibility. - Louis IgnarroLouis IgnarroLouis J. Ignarro is an American pharmacologist. He was corecipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert F...
is a Nobel Laureate. - Ira Kurtz is Chief of the Division of NephrologyNephrologyNephrology is a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney.-Scope of the specialty:...
and head of the Membrane Transporter Research Center. - Joshua Prager is the president of North American Neuromodulation SocietyNorth American Neuromodulation SocietyNorth American Neuromodulation Society is a scientific organization that serves to promote and advance neuromodulation as a treatment for various diseases.-History:NANS was founded in 1994 as the American Neuromodulation Society...
. - Lauren Pinter-Brown is the Director of the Lymphoma Program in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine.
- William G. Plested is a cardiothoracic surgeonCardiothoracic SurgeryCardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax —generally treatment of conditions of the heart and lungs .-Cardiac / Thoracic:...
and past president of the American Medical AssociationAmerican Medical AssociationThe American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
. - Arnold B. Scheibel is a professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry and former Director of the Brain Research Institute (BRI) at UCLA.
- Arya Nick Shamie is a professor of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery. President, American College of Spine Surgery. Pioneer in the field of minimally invasive spine surgery and recently named on the list of Top Ten Academic Spine Surgeons in the US.
- Carl Stevens is a clinical professor of Emergency Medicine at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
- Ronald H. Stevens is Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics and is Director of the UCLA IMMEX Project.
- Arthur W. Toga is Professor of Neurology, Director of the Laboratory of Neuro ImagingLaboratory Of Neuro ImagingThe Laboratory of Neuro Imaging is a research laboratory within the Department of Neurology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. The laboratory conducts a wide variety of brain imaging studies of normal brain anatomy and function, development, aging, and disease...
, noted for developing brain atlases in human and non-human species, and was a founding editor of the journal NeuroImage. - Christian Koi is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in neurology and pain management including condition of the neck and spine, sports neurology/concussion, and electromyography.
- Jeffrey Wang is an orthopaedic surgeon.