Evelyn A. Curls, MD, MBA

Dr. Evelyn Curls grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended Harvard-Westlake High School before going on to receive her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California. She obtained her Doctorate in Medicine while also receiving her Masters of Business Administration at UCLA. Before starting her residency training she worked as a consultant for Johnson & Johnson both domestically and abroad in Narobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana. She served as a business consultant for HIV clinics helping them to improve their operations and funding though establishing microfinance ventures.

Dr. Curls completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA. She was a member of the Primary-Care Internal Medicine track at UCLA. Being part of this program, she was able to receive increased exposure to fields including Sports Medicine, Podiatry, Dermatology, East-West Medicine, as well as Primary care of the medically complex patient. She is trained in the breadth of Primary care including Preventive Health Care, Women's Health and Family planning, Primary care of patients with HIV, management of disease processes such as Hypertension, Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, and Primary care of patients with solid organ transplants.

Dr. Evelyn Curls is the Vice Chair of Ambulatory Medicine for the Department of Medicine (DoM) and Clinical Chief of the UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (GIM/HSR). She leads collaborative clinical practices across all DoM primary care and specialty ambulatory services. Her responsibilities encompass supervision and operational oversight of the DoM’s ambulatory healthcare delivery for over 100 multi-specialty and primary care clinics throughout Southern California and the Central Coast. She has a key role in building and optimizing clinical infrastructure, physician management and recruitment, professional development, and community engagement through local and regional representation of UCLA Health's clinical and strategic interests. Additionally, she collaborates with the Office of Patient Experience to enhance patient dismissal policies and chairs the Patient Safety Alert Committee, ensuring safety against workplace violence.

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