Snapshots
We think there is no better way to get to know our program than to get a glimpse into the lives of the residents currently in the program! Under each year, you’ll find a profile of a resident in that class and a description of the clinics and rotations for that year. Below that, click on the different days of the week to get an inside view into what life is like as a resident in our program.
“Pasadena! where you at??” -Tupac Shakur, from the hit song “California Love.” You may hear TC proudly reciting this classic lyric which put his hometown on the map. After experiencing his former years in this beautiful land of endless possibilities, he figured he would never truly understand how great Southern California really is until he ventured off to see how the less fortunate live on the East Coast. He spent the next 7 freezing years in Boston, which was more than enough time to realize how awesome he once had it and had to come back to the Best Coast. While attending USC for medical school he knew he couldn’t leave LA, but he had to go even further West to UCLA for residency where he has been able to re-kindle his lost relationships with the sun, the natural beauty of the warm beaches and vast mountains, convenient personal transportation, and tacos.
Education:
M.D.: USC
B.S.: Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
- The year consists of 15 blocks.
- All blocks are spent on psychiatry rotations.
- Rotations include 5 blocks of UCLA Adult Inpatient Services, 3 blocks of Consult-Liaison and ER Psychiatry at UCLA, 2 blocks of UCLA Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services, 1 block of Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at the VA, 3 blocks on the VA Schizophrenia Unit, and 1 block of Night Float.
- Vacation may be scheduled throughout the year, is flexible, and can be taken on any block aside from Night Float.
- We take call throughout the year.
- All calls are overnight calls.
- We take call approximately every 7 to 8 nights.
- We do not have to round on our inpatients post-call.
- No work shifts are scheduled for more than 24 hours.
- We do 3 weeks of UCLA Night Float as one of our blocks. When on Night Float, we work from 10 p.m. until 8 a.m.
- While taking overnight call, there is some scheduled time in a “backup” role, which allows for sleep if call is not too busy.
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