UCLA Urology is ready and prepared to welcome back all patients for routine and urgent urological care. This includes patients who would like to schedule an urgent or elective procedure, as well as those who require urgent or ongoing attention for the full range of urologic conditions. Keep your health care on track and schedule your in-person or video visit appointment today >
Toddler becomes UCLA's youngest pandemic kidney transplant patient.
Jeffrey Veale, MD, Associate Professor of UCLA Urology and Director of the UCLA Kidney Exchange Transplantation Program, performed a kidney transplant on Diego Quiroz, a toddler who is UCLA’s youngest patient to receive a kidney transplant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Watch the story on CNN en Español >
As institutions across the country grapple with ways to address disparities among low-income and vulnerable communities, UCLA Health looks to its recent history in helping to found health care system Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH). Dr. Mark S. Litwin, UCLA Urology Chair, and Dr. Stan Frencher, Associate Professor of UCLA Urology and Director of Urology and Chair of Perioperative Services Department at MLKCH, play pivotal roles in UCLA Health's partnership with Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital and the commitment to address health care inequities to improve the health of the whole community. Learn more at UCLA Health Connect >
UCLA Urology counts on your generous support to sustain our outstanding and innovative clinical, research and education programs, allowing us to continue our important work of healing humankind, one urologic patient at a time.
The UCLA Urology Telemedicine Expert Second Opinion Program offers patients around the country access to our faculty, who are national leaders in all aspects of Urology. If you desire an expert second opinion consult, call 833-UCLA-URO (833-825-2876).
Expert Second Opinions at UCLA Urology >