Tertiary and quaternary referral center, transplant center
520 bed hospital
Inpatient consult service
Consults on complex co-morbid diseases such as vasculitis and transplant patients
Two months during first year fellowship
1-2 months during second year of fellowship
Clinical duties: Friday continuity clinic
Call: Every other weekend (cover VA)
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
266 bed teaching community hospital
Mix of "bread and butter" rheumatology and complex cases
Mixed outpatient/inpatient consult service
AM Clinic Monday-Thursday at Santa Monica, Friday continuity clinic
On call covering Santa Monica every other weekend
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Tertiary referral center
262 bed facility
VA population has a unique group of patients, predominantly male, enriched with spondyloarthropathies, microcrystalline arthropathies, and vasculitis. It also has a complete HMO-like structure with all services including pharmacy and rehabilitation and consultations provided on site at no or low cost.
Mix of outpatient/inpatient consult service
Clinic AM Monday and Thursday, Friday continuity clinic
Call 2/4 weekends per month; also cover Ronald Reagan on call
Harbor UCLA
Los Angeles County hospital that serves an indigent population with a high prevalence of infectious rheumatic diseases and autoimmune diseases that strike individuals of minority groups and low socioeconomic groups, often with devastating outcomes
Clinic AM Monday, Thursday, PM Tuesday. Friday continuity clinic.