• Mission
• Letter from the Department Chair
• UCLA Affiliated Residencies

Welcome to the UCLA Department of Family Medicine

The mission of the department is to prepare the next generation of family physicians to address and improve the health of all Californians, especially the medically underserved, ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged immigrant, minority and medically underserved populations that reside in the urban and rural areas within our state. This will be accomplished through:

• Education — of medical students, residents, other primary care trainees and practicing physicians regarding the provision of high-quality, cost effective and community based family medicine care.
• Direct patient care — in a number of diverse inpatient and outpatient settings to insure that our graduates learn to provide excellent health care and access in diverse clinical settings.
• Research — in health services, medical education, and clinical medicine that addresses health issues of the diverse populations of California and the nation.
• Fellowships — in health services research, sports medicine and addiction medicine.