The primary goal of the UCLA Vascular Surgery Residency Program is to prepare the trainee to function as a specialist in vascular disease management, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of vascular disease; treatment  encompasses medical, open, and endovascular surgery.

Before the completion of the R2 year, two of the R2's are selected as research fellows who devote an additional year to intensive basic science and clinical research. The UCLA Department of Surgery is dedicated to training the surgical leaders of the future. Each subspecialty unit has a full-time faculty director and residents who are assigned to participate in patient care. Our program is designed to give graduated responsibility, allowing each resident to perform clinically and surgically according to his or her ability, including the responsibility of managing and educating residents and medical students of less experience. All residents have the opportunity to participate in clinical and/or laboratory investigations during their residency program. The UCLA and Orthopaedic Institute for Children Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and affiliated institutions offer an integrated five-year training program to orthopaedic residents that covers all of the multi-subspecialty disciplines of orthopaedic surgery. The superb training at UCLA has allowed our trainees to perform both routine and complex cases safely, which has furthered our reputation as a premier traditional training program. We target the top 10% of academically-minded applicants and bring our residents through a structured educational program that maximizes their opportunities for post-residency training and all career models in surgery. A competent resident must have a dedication to self-study and lifelong learning. We target the top 10% of academically-minded applicants and bring our residents through a structured educational program that maximizes their opportunities for post-residency training and all career models in surgery. The R1 year provides diversified surgical training and fulfills all ACGME requirements for this year including training in radiology, critical care, emergency medicine, and rheumatology.The outpatient orthopaedic clinics have abundant and diverse clinical material with one-on-one faculty mentorship. The program includes a balance of clinical experience in adult reconstructive surgery, children's orthopaedics, trauma, surgery of the hand, sports medicine, metabolic bone disease, spinal reconstruction, and orthopaedic oncology, with continued integrated studies in basic science and research. These research experiences have been highly productive resulting in multiple peer review publications.Our goal is to provide our residents with a broad and diversified clinical and academic experience suited to individuals eager to become either academic orthopaedic surgeons or clinical leaders in the community. General Surgery Residency "The UCLA Department of Surgery considers excellence in surgical education to be a central component of our mission. All residents are required to present their research at the UCLA/OIC Grand Rounds as well as prepare at least one manuscript worthy of publication in a refereed journal.Within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, there are bioengineers, molecular biologists, geneticists, specialists in tissue engineering, stem cell biologists, a kinesiologist, and computer experts to instruct and assist the residents in the preparation and analysis of their projects. The Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a unique program designed for optimal training of physician-scientists. Los Angeles Residency Trainings and Fellowships, Level 1 Trauma Center, Graduate Medical Education, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pathology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Internal Medicine, Medical Hemeatology and Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pulmonary, Rheumatology, Transitional …