UCLA School of Medicine or David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is an accredited allopathic 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. Allopathic medicine is the name given by Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, to the methods of his medical foes. ... An image of a 1901 examination in the faculty of medicine. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ... David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is a record executive, film and theatrical producer, and philanthropist. ...

History

The first classes were held in 1951 and first degrees were awarded in 1955.

US News and World Report

2007 U.S. News and World Report ranks David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA at No. 11 in the U.S. in research.^[1] U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

Notable Alumni

Diane J. Nugent (1977) is the medical director of Hematology and Blood & Donor Services and Chief of the PSF Division of Hematology at Children's Hospital of Orange County. Hematology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with blood and its disorders. ...

Quynh G. Pham (1992) is the program director of physical medicine and rehabilitation program and pain medicine program at UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles Multicampus PM&R Residency Program. This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) or physiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with functional restoration of a person affected by physical disability. ... Pain medicine is a branch of anaesthetics concerned with the treatment of acute and chronic pain. ... ...

Notable Faculty

• Michael Gottlieb was one of the first physicians to report a case of AIDS
• F. Michael Ferrante is a renowned pain medicine specialist
• Gerald Finerman is the chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• David Fish is a physiatrist and an editor of a popular PM&R handbook, PM&R Pocketpedia
• Neil F. Jones is a highly regarded orthopedic hand surgeon
• William G. Plested is a cardiothoracic surgeon and current president of the American Medical Association
• Joshua Prager is the president of North American Neuromodulation Society
• Jeffrey Wang is a world-renowned orthopaedic spine surgeon

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Links

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA website

References

1. ^ http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php