Arthur G. Gomez, MD

Dr. Gomez is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine where he majored in biological sciences. He received his medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine in 1986 and finished his residency training in Internal Medicine at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. He subsequently received further training as a General Internal Medicine Fellow at UCLA's Kennamer Fellowship Program and as a Faculty Medical Education Fellow at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA's Center of Medical Education, Research and Development. He was the recipient of one of the Excellence in Medical Education awards for David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2000 and Visiting Professor for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Hispanic Center of Excellence (HRSA) in 2007. For over 30 years, his focus is on educating the next generation of physicians.

He has focused his research on medical education, cross-cultural medicine, and system-based care education for physicians-in-training. He is also known for his work on curriculum development for medical students and residents in these areas as they relate to General Internal Medicine and Doctor-Patient Communications. Since 2021, he is Co-Director of the course Foundations of Practice for the David Geffen School of Medicine where first year medical students learn the art of the profession.