Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics

Description of the Medical Genetics Fellowship Training Program

The Department of Pediatrics offers a medical genetics fellowship to physicians who have completed a primary residency. The goal of the program is to train physicians in Medical Genetics with the expectation that the trainee will become a leader in their fields, excel in research and academics, and be an outstanding clinician. The medical genetics fellowship is offered through the UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program.

Although genetics fellows spend a majority of their pediatric clinical training at Harbor-UCLA, an integrated experience occurs at three sites for their genetics training. These sites include Harbor-UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center. The integrated genetics experience occurs weekly at a teaching session on the UCLA campus and twice per year at retreats. In addition, genetics fellows receive extensive didactic information about the specialty of medical genetics, as well as experience in conducting clinical and basic science research, writing manuscripts and research grants, and organizing and delivering lectures and seminars to a wide variety of groups.

For further information on the UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program, consult the website or contact Patricia Kearney (Patricia.Kearney@cshs.org), program coordinator.

For more information about medical genetics training at Harbor-UCLA contact:

Henry J. Lin, M.D.
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
Professor of Pediatrics
(310)-222-3756

Faculty:

Patricia Dickson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Barbara L. Foley Ferriera, R.N.
Lecturer in Pediatrics

Adam J. Jonas, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics