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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Delivering leading-edge research, education, patient care, and community engagement. #DGSOMUCLA

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Congrats to Karla Murillo, MPH on matching into ophthalmology at UCLA Health! 🎉💙💛 #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 Karla’s story: uclahs.fyi/4t3AYks

UCLA Med Student Karla Murillo, MPH Matches at UCLA Health 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Congrats to Raeven Grant on matching into @vanderbilthealth.bsky.social for urology! 🎉💙💛 She attended Yale, traveled to Brazil as a Fulbright scholar, and worked as a researcher at Johns Hopkins. #Residency #UrologyMatch #MedSchool

Meet UCLA med student Raeven Grant 🎉💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Where did UCLA med students match? 🎉💙💛 #Residency #MatchDay #MedSchool

Where Did UCLA Med Students Match? | Match Day 2026

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

So proud of our UCLA medical students as they begin a new chapter in their career as doctors! 🎉💙💛 #Residency #MedStudent #MedSchool #FutureDoctor #Match2026 @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

UCLA Match Day 2026

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy #MatchDay2026! 🎉💙💛 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

Class of 2026 group photo

Students matching into UCLA & HSS

Student matching into NYP Columbia

Students matching into WUSTL & UCLA

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

First‑year PRIME-LA medical student Timothy Gutierrez takes us inside the Geffen Hall spaces made possible by our generous donors 💙💛 Check out Garry Shandling Learning Studio, Iris Cantor Auditorium & Lamonica’s NY Pizza Conference Room 🍕 Stay tuned for the next edition! #MedSchool #DonorImpact

Geffen Hall Tour with Med Student Timothy Gutierrez 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Meet Yeli Wang, PhD, MS! 💙💛 She’s 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 youtube.com/shorts/Y1cVI...

Meet UCLA med student Yeli Wang, PhD, MS! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Meet Preston Leung, MDiv! 💙💛 He’s 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

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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...

UCLA PRIME-LA 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Meet Ben Vogel! 💙💛 He’s a first-year medical student who’s 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. youtube.com/shorts/2lmFE...

Meet #UCLA med student Ben Vogel! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Kruti Desai is a third-year medical student who attended @uofpenn. She has been involved in the UCLA Medical Education Committee. She’s currently participating in the Training in Medical Education and Practice discovery course. #MedSchool #MedStudent #FutureDoctor youtube.com/shorts/KoGax...

Meet UCLA med student Kruti Desai! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Happy 75th Anniversary to DGSOM! 🎉💙💛 Explore the moments that shaped the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA: uclahs.fyi/3YuNZGA

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Meet Iman Blow! 💙💛 She is a first-year medical student who’s 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

Meet UCLA med student Iman Blow! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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

Future urology residents with UCLA physicians/faculty

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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

Early Match Day for Ophthalmology

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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 #UCLA #MedStudent My Nguyen! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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 UCLA med student Eryk Mejia! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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 UCLA med student Emilio Larrazabal! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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 UCLA med student Brooke Johnson! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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 UCLA med student Manuel Acosta Laurian! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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 UCLA med student Shine Lim! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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 #UCLA med student Gustavo Garcia Jr.! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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 #UCLA med student Rithik Jain! 💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

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...

Meet UCLA med student Thalia Nguyen 🐻💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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.

UCLA Health, MLK, CDU & Vascular Cures

Health screening event

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AAMC @aamc.org · 11/11/2025

“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.

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Combat veteran finds rhythm in medicine and music

With a song in her heart, combat medic Triniti Gistand pursues a medical degree at UCLA.

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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

UCLA Med Student Veteran Timothy Ko | David Geffen School of Medicine

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

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

UCLA Med Student Veteran Triniti Gistand | David Geffen School of Medicine

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

Med students painting at UCLA

Med students sharing their artwork

Med student sharing their artwork

Med students sharing their artwork

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

Medical assistant graduates

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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

Med students learn about CPR

Med students learn about CPR

Med students learn about intubation

Med students learn about intubation

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

3 Generations of Bruins 💙💛 UCLA Med Student Saida Wiltz

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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 #PointOfCare #PointOfCareUltrasound #FutureDoctors

UCLA Health physicians and medical students

Med student ultrasounds neck

Med students teaches new med students POCUS

Med student ultrasounds the eye

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

Students learning about intubation

Pupil check with 2 medical students

Students learning about intubation and cardiact arrest

Pupil check with 2 medical students

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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

Med students at org fair

Global health program

La Cosecha

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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

Student with drawing

Medical students and narratives medicine practices

Medical students participate in Hammer Museum activity

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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 Medical Oath

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

White coat ceremony class photo

Dean Steven Dubinett, MD with a student

Hippocratic Oath

First-year med students with stethoscopes

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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...

Congrats to UCLA med students on receiving their white coats! 🎉💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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...

UCLA’s future doctors 🥼💙💛 #BruinProud

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University of California @uofcalifornia.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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...

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7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.

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University of California @uofcalifornia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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?...

The University of California: Boldly Californian

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Fola May MD PhD @drfolamay.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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

Black–White disparities across the colorectal cancer care continuum in the USA

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology - In the USA, colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death and a public health challenge due to persisting disparities between Black and...

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Paul Adamson MD MPH @padamsonmd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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!

Students standing with the speaker in front of the slide presentation.

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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

2 new med students

3 new med students

New med students

Med student with assistant dean

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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

First day of med school for our new students! Welcome to UCLA ✨💙💛

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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

L.A. Care Elevating the Safety Net Scholarship Program recipients

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University of California @uofcalifornia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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?...

Introducing UC President James B. Milliken

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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

UCLA Med School Love Story: Drs. Darwin & Jennifer Gutierrez

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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA @dgsomucla.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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

Meet #UCLA med student grad Sara Sakowitz! 💙💛

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