About the Department of Medicine

Our dedicated faculty, trainees and staff are committed to heal, educate and discover.

The Department of Medicine has seen rapid growth in recent years. Our creative and dedicated faculty has proved to be the key to our productivity and success. Currently, our strategic recruitment plans for the future include national searches for top-level faculty as we have expanded our clinical activity at LAC+USC Medical Center Medical, Keck Medical Center of USC and ambulatory satellites located throughout the regionSouthern California.

Remaining on the forefront of clinical innovation, the department offers leading devices, personalized treatments and specialized therapies in all 10 of its divisions. In addition to an internal medicine residency program, the department offers 15 ACGME-accredited fellowship programs in a range of specialties including advanced heart failure, transplant nephrology and sleep medicine.

Optimism abounds all that our innovative and dedicated faculty, hardworking staff and promising enthusiastic trainees will accomplish in the coming year and beyond.

Our Mission

mission statement

We have continued our strong commitment to DOM’s tripartite mission by ensuring provision of exceptional patient care, by working diligently to advance the science of medicine and by providing the highest quality of education for our future physicians, medical educators and clinical leaders.

Facts and Figures

2019-2020 Academic Year by the numbers. 325 Faculty in 10 Divisions; 223 Management & staff including 98 research staff; 297 trainees, 189 residents, 96 fellows and 12 postdoctorals; 470 peer reviewed publications, 56 federal research grants = $40million dollars; 2 covid research trials with at least 6 more waiting for activation; 901 research trials