Peter Young, MD

Dr. Young is an internal medicine physician who practices general primary care as well as complex medical care for the UCLA Health Extensivist Program in Westwood and Santa Monica. He also provides HIV primary care and HIV prevention at the UCLA CARE Center. Dr. Young is board certified in Internal Medicine and is certified as an HIV Specialist through the American Academy of HIV. He uses evidence based medicine to provide individualized care for his patients. He works with a multidisciplinary team to help his patients meet their health goals.

Dr. Young received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and received the Dr. Joseph N. Muschel Housestaff Award. Dr. Young was the first graduating fellow of the UCLA Kennamer Extensivist Fellowship program. In 2024 he received the Harding Compassion Award from the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital Board of Directors.

He is interested in medical education, narrative medicine and the medical humanities, and providing quality medical care for complex patients. As Associate Program Director for the Extensivist Fellowship, he helps recruit and train physicians to provide high quality primary care for complex patients. He also serves as the Associate Medical Director of the UCLA Health Internal Medicine Suites (IMS) Clinic.