Manuel Eskildsen, MD, MPH

Manuel Eskildsen, MD, MPH

About

Dr. Manuel Eskildsen is a board-certified physician and a clinician-educator in the UCLA's Division of Geriatrics as well as a Health Sciences Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He completed his internal medicine residency training at the Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. He completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He has practiced at both the Cambridge Health Alliance and the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta after finishing his training, and has clinical experience in various settings of care, including the hospital, skilled nursing and rehab facilities, and the home. At UCLA Geriatrics, he is part of the skilled nursing facility practice group, caring for patients at the Brentwood Health Care and Berkley West skilled nursing facilities. He is also the medical director for both locations.

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certifications

Geriatric Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2003

Fellowship

Geriatric Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr-East Campus, 2004

Residency

Internal Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance - Cambridge Hospital, 2003

Internship

Internal Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance - Cambridge Hospital, 2001

Degrees

MPH, Emory University School of Medicine, 2009
MD, Universidad De Panama, 1998

Hospital Affiliations

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Recognitions

Junior Clinical Teacher of the Year, American Geriatrics Society, 2013