UCLA/VA Multicampus PM&R Residency Program

UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Multicampus PM&R Residency Program is an ACGME-accredited residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation based in Los Angeles, California.[1][2] With four clinical fellows in pain medicine and 26 PM&R residents enrolled in the program, it is one of the largest PM&R residency programs in the West Coast and one of a handful of PM&R programs in the U.S. to have its own pain medicine fellowship program.

UCLA Medical Plaza

History

The program started in 1955.[3] The program has trained over 200 physiatrists thus far. As with other VA-affiliated programs, UCLA-VA Multicampus Program grew in part due to increasing federal funding for research and development in the field of prosthetics and rehabilitation in the 1950s and 1960s. The Vocational Rehabilitation Administration (later Social and Rehabilitation Service) provided grants to support training programs for physiatrists and emerging PM&R departments. Research, and to lesser extent technology, was an important part of these training objectives.[4]

West Los Angeles VA Medical Center opened in 1977 and the PM&R Department established an immediate presence, caring for patients who returned from the recent conflicts in Southeast Asia. The UCLA-VA Multicampus Program grew in size in the 1970s and 1980s with the addition of residents from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.

Rotating hospitals

West Los Angeles VA Medical Center

Residents in PM&R care for patients in the following hospitals:

Faculty

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of the rotation sites for the residency program
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

The current faculty includes[7]

UCLA

VA

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Long Beach VA

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

California Rehabilitation Institute

Residents (Chief Residents in bold)

Graduating Year Name
2003 E Bernotus MD, A Fakheri MD, C Gordon MD, G Hunter DO, E Minkoff DO, B Mevorak MD, P E Shirazy MD, G. Wang MD
2004 J Altman MD, D Aragaki MD, J B Boston MD, J Chang MD, U Ghazi DO, M Massih MD, A Parti DO, M Saber MD
2005 B Ahangar MD, C Carvalho DO, J Ho DO, J Baumgarten MD, H Kim MD, K Lai DO, R Oshiro MD, S Patel DO, M Zirovich MD
2006 V Castellano MD, A Gluzman MD, D Hyams MD, S Karten MD, N Kerendian DO, S Kilmann MD, J Nguyen MD JD, T Nguyen DO, S Rao DO
2007 A Asher MD, N Banks MD, L Chen DO, J Jung MD, A Lavian MD, B Lenkin MD, A Rivera MD
2008 R Brizzie DO, B Nguyen MD, S Chi MD, G Nguyen MD, W-C Lee, MD, M Nasmyth MD, S Schultz MD, N Vuong MD
2009 A Basu MD, T Cha MD, T Flanagan MD, E Kim DO, O Mandal MD, G Ozoa DO, M. Silva MD, K. Zaffarkhan MD
2010 E Y Chang MD, B Charchian MD MS, J Chen MD MHS, H Dedes MD, G. Kalioundji MD, S Miller MD, J Moradkhani MD, G Raymond DO, B Thomas DO
2011 W Chang MD, K Dhingsa MD, S Hsieh MD, W Kim MD, L Gleason MD, Q Nguyen MD, N Perrizo DO,
2012 D Benton DO, L Firestone MD, E Huang MD, C Lee MD, P C Lee MD, M Ngo MD, C Ornelas MD, S Yee MD
2013 B Carroll DO, M Chen MD, S Choi MD, M Ignatius DO, K Kao MD, A Nguyen MD, M Perez MD, C Schulz MD, S Song MD
2014 C Bui MD, J Davis MD, R Gurai MD, D Lee MD, S Hsu MD, S O'Brien MD, M Tran MD, M Zappaterra MD PhD
2015 A Chang MD, D Chung MD, L Jim MD, P Law MD, S Lee MD, R Mignosa DO, E Pang DO, M Zall DO
2016 K Cachola MD, T Cushing MD, S Flores MD, M Givens MD, R Lee MD, J Padilla MD, A Saby MD, R Sood DO, C Vora DO
2017 D Barroga MD, M Darling MD, A Ghaffari MD, A Markosian DO, D Nguyen MD, G Rudd-Barnard MD, K Swaminathan DO, L Szafranski DO, R Zhang MD
2018 J Collins DO, I Dworkin MD, D Estrada MD, J Khwarg, MD, V Ma MD, U Nanda DO, G Sharma MD, J Zheng DO

Notable alumni

Program directors

Pain medicine fellowship program

The pain medicine clinical fellowship program was started in 2001.

Pain fellows

Year Name
2001–2002 D. E. Fish, MD MPH
2002–2003 S. Bamshad, MD
2003–2004 R. Esquires, MD; S. Pangarkar, MD
2004–2005 J. B. Boston, MD; D. Marcus, MD; A. Q. Nguyen, DO
2005–2006 J. Gorze, MD; A. Jones, MD; H. Kim, MD; M. Zirovich, MD
2006–2007 A. Chen, MD MS; C. Lin, MD; S. M. Patel, MD; N. Walters, MD
2007–2008 D. Alves, MD; A. Gordon, MD; J. Jung, MD; A. Lavian, MD
2008–2009 J. P. Behr, MD; C. Janssen, MD; A. Mukai, MD; K. Wang, MD
2009–2010 S. Bassi, MD; A. S. Chen, MD; G. Ozoa, DO; S. Yoon, MD
2010–2011 B. Charchian, MD; B. Gerstman, MD; A. Kim, DO; J. Pan, MD
2011–2012 E. Ben-Ozer, MD; W. Kim, MD; J. Lee, MD; N. Perrizo, DO
2012–2013 J. Berk, MD; S. Dechter, DO; C. Fisher, MD; P. Lee, MD
2013–2014 M. Miedema, MD; M. Poliak-Tunis, MD; D. Rivera-Buscaglia, MD; B. Tribuzio, DO
2014–2015 J. Lee, DO; N. Muraoka, DO; S. L. O'Brien, MD; J. Solberg DO
2015–2016 B. Joves, MD; E. Leung, MD; E. Pang, DO; A. Vu DO

Selected research publications

See also

In the News

Los Angeles Times article 3 December 2013

References

  1. information from FREIDA
  2. Main website
  3. Website for VA/UCLA PM&R Residency Program Website accessed 3 Feb 2009
  4. From JRRD accessed 18 Jan 2007
  5. long-beach.med.va.gov
  6. Losangeles.va.gov
  7. Faculty list accessed 18 Jan 2007
  8. greaterla.va.gov
  9. http://www.kerlanjobe.com/Physicians/steve_yoon_md.aspx
  10. http://www.anesthesiology.uci.edu/research_faculty_chang.shtml
  11. http://www.physiatry.org/Research_RMSTP_Fellows.cfm

External links

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