Congratulations to UCLA med students on matching into their urology residency programs! 🎉💙💛 Thank you to UCLA Health urologists and professors for supporting our future residents. #Match2026 #UrologyResidency #AUAMatch #UroMatch #MatchDay2026 #Residency

Congratulations to UCLA med students on matching into their ophthalmology residency programs 🎉💙💛 Thank you to UCLA Health physicians and professors for their support! #Match2026 #OphthoMatch #EYEMatched #OphthalmologyResident #Residency #Ophthalmology #MatchDay2026

Meet My Nguyen! 💙💛 She’s a third-year medical student who’s part of the CDU/UCLA Medical Education Program & Mobile Clinic Project. Before coming to UCLA, My attended @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, and worked as an ER medical scribe & governance analyst at a biotech research nonprofit.

Meet Eryk Mejia! 💙💛 He’s a first-year medical student. Before coming to UCLA, he attended @arizonastateuni.bsky.social and worked as a research associate at the University of East Anglia, where he studied the link between language & cognition on hearing and D/deaf infants. #MedSchool #FutureDoctor

Meet Emilio Larrazabal! 💙💛 He’s a first-year medical student, who is a commissioned second lieutenant in the US Air Force. He's worked as an ambulance operator, aeromedical evacuation technician & paramedic. Emilio holds the record as the youngest runner to complete the Badwater Ultramarathon.

Meet Brooke Johnson! 💙💛 She’s a first-year PRIME-LA medical student and alum of @ucsandiego.bsky.social, where she founded the Black Pre-Medical Society. Before coming to UCLA, she worked as a clinical health worker and a behavioral therapist. #MedSchool #FutureDoctor #MedicalStudent #UCPRIME

Meet Manuel Acosta Laurian! 💙💛 He’s a first-year PRIME-LA medical student and a @ucirvine.bsky.social, where he played men's soccer. He's been an emergency department medical scribe, served as a youth mentor through KID HEALTHY & Orange County GRIP, and more. www.youtube.com/shorts/NOhML...

Meet Shine Lim! 💙💛 She’s a first year med student who attended United States Military Academy West Point, where she was part of the Rabble Rousers Cheer & Dance. As a second lieutenant, she is comissioned into the U.S. Army Medical Corps. #FutureDoctor #MedicalStudent #MedSchool

Meet Gustavo Garcia Jr.! 💙💛 He’s a first-year PRIME-LA medical student, who’s a @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social alum and biotech startup co-founder with his PI & #DGSOMUCLA professor Dr. Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami. #MagnifyIncubator at California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA

Meet Rithik Jain! 💙💛 He’s a first-year medical student who’s a @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social alum, former Cedars Sinai Accelerator startup recruitment lead, and @crisistextline.bsky.social volunteer. #MedSchool #FutureDoctor #MedicalStudent

Meet Thalia Nguyen! 🐻💙💛 She’s s a double Bruin who just started her first year of medical school. #BruinProud #MedSchool #FutureDoctor youtube.com/shorts/zCFDJ...

Last month, med students participated in a health screening event at Taste of Soul. UCLA Health Vascular Surgery Chief Dr. Vincent Rowe organized an event with MLK Community Healthcare, Charles Drew University & Vascular Cures. Attendees were screened for diabetes, hypertension & more.

“Just as I had a duty to serve in the Army, I feel that I have a duty to be the physician that can relate to my patients on that level and consequently improve their care,” says combat medic, musician, and @dgsomucla.bsky.social student Triniti Gistand.

Meet Timothy Ko! 💙💛 He's a student veteran in his first year of med school. He attended WestPoint, served as a US Army aviation officer, and conducted research at NYU Langone. To him and all the veterans who have served, thank you! #VeteransDay

Meet Triniti Gistand! 💙💛 She's a student veteran in her 2nd year of med school. A former @usarmy.bsky.social combat medic and @calstateeastbay.bsky.social alum, Triniti performed at the @aamc.org conference. She also sings in the local choir @ourtonality.bsky.social

The newly formed art affinity group for med students organized the first painting meetup near Janss Steps for a sunset picnic-style group painting session ☀️🎨 #MedStudentLife

Congrats to UCLA Health Medical Assistant Program graduates! UCLA Health & UCLA Extension’s certificate program is now accepting applicants for the Medical Assistant Program! Classes begin January 6, 2026. Apply by October 15: uclahs.fyi/3GGklX

UCLA Health physicians and #EmergencyMedicine residents taught new UCLA med students how to do CPR and intubation at the UCLA Simulation Center. #ER doctors Michael Yashar and Max Berger co-directed the course. Learn about the UCLA Sim Center: uclahs.fyi/3o1RfGC

3 generations of Bruins! 💙💛 #BruinProud Saida Wiltz is a new med student whose mom graduated in 2001 and grandparents graduated in the 1970s. She is part of the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training program, where she plans to research cancer immunotherapy. #MDPhD youtu.be/mTwhQATDKNk

New medical students learned about POCUS (Point-of-Care Ultrasound) from a team of UCLA Health physicians and medical students. Learn more about POCUS training at UCLA: uclahs.fyi/dgsompocus #Po#PointOfCareo#PointOfCareUltrasoundu#FutureDoctors

New UCLA med students learned about vital signs, cardiac arrest, emergency medical services, and the STOP the BLEED from the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care. Learn about prehospital care training at UCLA Health: uclahs.fyi/3OTgIj8 #PreHospitalCare #EMS #SavingLives

Student Org Fair ✨ As part of orientation, new students learned about campus resources and medical student organizations they can join! #MedSchoolLife #MedStudentLife

As part of their first week of med school, all 175 first-year UCLA medical students spent a day at the @hammer.ucla.edu for an entre into narrative medicine practices and to use the galleries as a tool for building observation and perspective-taking skills. #ArtsinMedicine #NarrativeMedicine

The newest class of med students recited the UCLA Medical Oath — written 30 years ago by Drs. Alan Robinson and Neil Parker. #WhiteCoatCeremony #FutureDoctors youtube.com/shorts/FUAnh...

UCLA's incoming class of med students 🥼💙💛 #WhiteCoatCeremony #MedSchool #FutureDoctors

Congratulations to our UCLA med students on receiving their white coats! 🎉💙💛 The ceremony marks a significant milestone in the journey of our future physicians. #WhiteCoatCeremony youtube.com/shorts/yrapK...

UCLA’s future doctors 🥼💙💛 #BruinProud Advances in patient care. Breakthrough treatments. Training tomorrow’s doctors. It all #StartsInAcademicMedicine. At UCLA, our mission is to deliver leading-edge patient care, research, education, and community engagement. youtube.com/shorts/PJwZ7...

From the world's first email to saving millions of premature newborns to CRISPR gene editing, history-making innovation is happening across the UC system every day. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/7-world...

The University of California provides transformative educational opportunities, life-saving health care and research that moves our state forward and powers our economy. Stand with UC for the future of California: bit.ly/46LvcMo youtu.be/OpvhTJtxF5o?...

So great to see this labor of love published! 👉🏾 rdcu.be/exb0r Honored to work w/ #SamirGupta, #WintaMehtsun, & #AhmedinJemal on a comprehensive overview of Black–White #disparities across the #CRC continuum in the US @natrevgastrohep.nature.com @nature.com #colorectalcancer @dgsomucla.bsky.social

Great talk by @ericpfchow.bsky.social about a ton of amazing work being done on #HPV #vaccination by he and many colleagues at MSHC in Australia. Happy to have him at @dgsomucla.bsky.social to inspire the next generation of #STI researchers!

First day of school at DGSOM ✅📚🩺 #FirstDayOfSchool #MedSchool #MedStudents

First day of med school for our new students! Welcome to UCLA ✨💙💛 youtube.com/shorts/CSiUl...

Congrats to L.A. Care Elevating the Safety Net Scholarship Program recipients! 🎉 L.A. Care Scholars include DGSOM students Ezenna Onuoha, Delmy Ruiz, Daisy Huerta & Wendy Perez. #ElevatingtheSafetyNet is a $255 million initiative to address the physician shortage in L.A. County: bit.ly/45aFm8j

Join us in welcoming UC's 22nd president, James B. Milliken! He brings decades of experience and a deep commitment to expanding access, increasing social mobility, and helping students from all backgrounds earn a college degree. Learn more at ucop.edu/president youtu.be/H4-tDlKmHI8?...

Meet Darwin Gutierrez, MD ‘25 & Jennifer Sussette Gutierrez, MD ’25 — recent UCLA med school graduates who'll respectively become an anesthesiologist & an urologist! 💙💛 Congrats on earning your MD, Darwin & Jenn! #BruinProud youtube.com/shorts/LZlni... Read #BruinLove story: uclahs.fyi/45dGp67

Meet Sara Sakowitz, MD, MS, MPH — a recent UCLA med school graduate who will become a surgeon. Congratulations on earning your MD, Sara! 🎉 💙💛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KhP... #BruinProud #UCLA2025 #MedSchool #DoctorToBe #MedSchoolMotivation #MedSchoolJourney

Congratulations to Danielle Newton, MD! 🎉 💙💛 She’s a recent UCLA med school graduate who will become an internal medicine and pediatric physician. #BruinProud #UCLA2025 #MedSchool www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NRL...

Congratulations to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Class of 2025. This was UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk's first commencement — what a moment with our newest doctors! 🎓🥼💙💛 #BruinProud #UCLA2025

Celebrating UCLA’s newest doctors! 🎓🥼💙💛 #BruinProud #UCLA2025 Excited for our UCLA med students to become the next generation of doctors.

Congratulations, Bruin Scholars! 🎉💙💛 Bruin Scholars are outstanding residents and fellows who are pursuing an academic career position and share a commitment to community. youtube.com/shorts/Jfzk2...htt

Support DGSOM's efforts in medical education, scholarships, global health, the MD/PhD program, and the UCLA Mobile Clinic Project! Let’s heal humankind together: ucla.in/3RQk7kv 💙💛

🎉 IT’S HERE! Bruin Giving Day starts now. 🎉 Join DGSOM in making a difference in medical education: ucla.in/3RQk7kv Give to what matters most to you, and let’s heal humankind together. 💙💛

Meet Gerardo Moreno MD, MS, FAAFP! He is the UCLA Health Family Medicine department chair, PRIME-LA executive director, DGSOM alum, researcher & professor. PRIME-LA is a dual degree program focused on the development of community-minded leaders in healthcare: uclahs.fyi/3Gm9YJR

Zhilin Qu of @dgsomucla.bsky.social et al. discuss #ultrastructure and cardiac impulse propagation in this #TopicalReview 🧠 📈 📜 Read it here: buff.ly/jP28r9s

Olujimi A. Ajijola of @dgsomucla.bsky.social et al. present this #WhitePaper on clinical #neurocardiology, defining the value of neuroscience-based cardiovascular therapeutics in this 2024 update 📃 ✍️ 🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

John D. Tompkins of @dgsomucla.bsky.social et al. examined comparative specialization of intrinsic cardiac #neurons in humans, mice and pigs in this recent #Research 🔬 🫀 📜 Read it here: buff.ly/lflRAup

Match Day stats for our graduating UCLA med students! 🩺💙💛 • 30% will train in primary care specialties • 30% will train in surgical specialties • 33% matched in the UC system • 20% matched at UCLA Health

A behind-the-scenes look at Miss Evers' Boys — a staged reading on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, presented by the UCLA Simulation Center. Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kIi...htt

Where did UCLA med students match this year? 🩺💙💛 #Match2025 #Residency www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrxy...