Congrats to Karla Murillo, MPH on matching into ophthalmology at UCLA Health! πππ #Residency #FutureDoctor
Karla will be a quadruple Bruin! After receiving two bachelor's degrees at UCLA, she attended UCLA FSPH to obtain a master's degree. #BruinProud
Read Karlaβs story: uclahs.fyi/4t3AYks
Congrats to Raeven Grant on matching into @vanderbilthealth.bsky.social for urology! πππ
She attended Yale, traveled to Brazil as a Fulbright scholar, and worked as a researcher at Johns Hopkins. #Residency #UrologyMatch #MedSchool
Where did UCLA med students match? πππ #Residency #MatchDay #MedSchool
So proud of our UCLA medical students as they begin a new chapter in their career as doctors! πππ
#Residency #MedStudent #MedSchool #FutureDoctor #Match2026 @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Class of 2026 group photo
Students matching into UCLA & HSS
Student matching into NYP Columbia
Students matching into WUSTL & UCLA
Happy #MatchDay2026! πππ
Match Day is when med students across the country match into a specialty program to train for the next 3-7 years. They learn to become pediatricians, orthopaedic surgeons, psychiatrists, and more! #Match2026 #Residency #FutureDoctor #BruinProud
Firstβyear PRIME-LA medical student Timothy Gutierrez takes us inside theΒ Geffen Hall spaces made possible by our generous donors ππ
Check out Garry Shandling Learning Studio, Iris Cantor Auditorium & Lamonicaβs NY Pizza Conference Room π
Stay tuned for the next edition! #MedSchool #DonorImpact
Meet Yeli Wang, PhD, MS! ππ Sheβs a first-year medical student who attended Columbia & National University of Singapore. She was a Harvard Chan postdoc research fellow & senior biostatistician at Iterative Health.
#MedSchool #FutureDoctor #MedicalStudent
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Meet Preston Leung, MDiv! ππ Heβs a first-year medical student who attended @ucdavis.bsky.social & @fullerseminary.bsky.social.
He was a @ucsfhealth.bsky.social chaplain resident & clinical research coordinator. He also worked as a campus minister & pastoral curate. #MedSchool #FutureDoctor
UCLA PRIME-LA trains future physicians to become leaders in medicine to address policy, care & research for CA communities. Med student Denise Tapia-Jimenez shares her goals.
#UCPRIME is tailored to the health needs of communities. Read more @uofcalifornia.bsky.social: youtube.com/shorts/7icW8...
Meet Ben Vogel! ππ Heβs a first-year medical student whoβs part of the global health program.
While attending USC, he was a 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Didi Hirsch crisis counselor. He worked as a CHLA clinical research coordinator & a Spanish interpreter.
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Kruti Desai is a third-year medical student who attended @uofpenn. She has been involved in the UCLA Medical Education Committee. Sheβs currently participating in the Training in Medical Education and Practice discovery course.
#MedSchool #MedStudent #FutureDoctor
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Happy 75th Anniversary to DGSOM! πππ
Explore the moments that shaped the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA: uclahs.fyi/3YuNZGA
Meet Iman Blow! ππ She is a first-year medical student whoβs a @columbiauniversity.bsky.social alum, former @usafencing.bsky.social Olympic Alternate, and current well-being committee representative for the Class of 2029 Medical Student Council.
#MedSchool #MedStudent #FutureDoctor
Future urology residents with UCLA physicians/faculty
Congratulations to UCLA med students on matching into their urology residency programs! πππ
Thank you to UCLA Health urologists and professors for supporting our future residents.
#Match2026 #UrologyResidency #AUAMatch #UroMatch #MatchDay2026 #Residency
Early Match Day for Ophthalmology
Congratulations to UCLA med students on matching into their ophthalmology residency programs πππ
Thank you to UCLA Health physicians and professors for their support! #Match2026 #OphthoMatch #EYEMatched #OphthalmologyResident #Residency #Ophthalmology #MatchDay2026
Meet My Nguyen! ππ Sheβs a third-year medical student whoβs 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! ππ Heβs 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! ππ Heβs 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! ππ Sheβs 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! ππ Heβs 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.
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Meet Shine Lim! ππ Sheβs 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.! ππ Heβs a first-year PRIME-LA medical student, whoβs a @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social alum and biotech startup ο»Ώco-founder with his ο»ΏPI & #DGSOMUCLA professor Dr. Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami. #ο»ΏMagnifyIncubator at California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA
Meet Rithik Jain! ππ Heβs a first-year medical student whoβs a @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social alum, former Cedars Sinai Accelerator startup recruitment lead, and @crisistextline.bsky.social volunteer. #MedSchool #FutureDoctor #MedicalStudent
Meet Thalia Nguyen! π»ππ Sheβs s a double Bruin who just started her first year of medical school.
#BruinProud #MedSchool #FutureDoctor
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UCLA Health, MLK, CDU & Vascular Cures
Health screening event
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.
