UCLA doctors have developed a self-study course they expect to serve several purposes: save lives in Afghanistan, better train domestic first responders for potential terrorist attacks and improve ...

As Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar pondered how to fix the human heart, he was given a gift laced with horror. Shivkumar, a cardiac electrophysiologist known as "Shiv" to friends and co-workers at UCLA, was ...

UCLA medical school pushes future doctors to become climate activists, leaked class assignments purport to show. First-year students are reportedly assigned readings in the required course, Structural ...

Doctors are providing details about a hand transplant surgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center during the weekend. The operation was the 13th performed in the United States – but the first on ...

What does a recreational pickleball player have in common with the U.S. Olympic basketball team? Both seek care at UCLA Health. The Los Angeles-based health system is an esteemed sports medicine hub.

UCLA Health launches a new, doctor-designed Medicare Advantage Plan for L.A. County residents, offering a stable option with ...

Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar wants his project, upright on the table, to surpass a historically tainted anatomy reference, which lies open in the foreground. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) As Dr.