Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics

Description of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Neonatology

The Division of Neonatology and the Neonatal-Perinatal Subspecialty Training Program are based at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The Harbor-UCLA Neonatology Program is a fully-accredited three year fellowship, with 15 months dedicated to clinical experience and the remainder to research opportunities. The program has its clinical component based at Harbor UCLA Medical Center as well as at its affiliated center, Children Hospital of Orange County, CHOC. All faculty have full-time appointments with the UCLA School of Medicine. Clinical activities of the Division are centered in the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The Perinatal Biology Research Training Program is jointly administered by the Divisions of Neonatology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine in the Perinatal Research Center. The Division of Neonatology is actively involved in basic biomedical research as well as in patient-based research. All research activities are conducted under the auspices of the Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, a non-profit research institute and are funded by grants from Federal and Non-Federal agencies. Clinical patient-based research is supported by an NIH funded Clinical Research Center with its satellite, the Perinatal Clinical Research Center.

For more information, visit the neonatology website or contact:

Virender Rehan, M.D.
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program

1124 W. Carson St., RB-1
Torrance, CA 90502

Phone: (310) 222-1975
Fax:(310) 222-3887
E-mail: rbugtong@labiomed.org (Rachelle Bugtong)