Community Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship

Community Medicine Fellowship

One year community medicine/faculty development fellowship with PGY4 salary and benefits.

The Department of Family Medicine has a deep commitment to providing high quality care to under-resourced communities through our unique partnership with the Los Angeles County Health Agency, Venice Family Clinic, and the Student Run Homeless Clinics. As a department, we seek progress in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and we pledge to continue our path towards health equity for all, which is part of our social contract and mission as a department of family medicine. 

Fellowships Highlights

• Care for underserved patients in safety-net settings
• Teach UCLA family medicine residents, UCLA medical students, and pre-health students
• Design, implement and evaluate a community health program or needs assessment
• Develop community partnerships to improve health and health care for marginalized populations 

Skills and Competencies 

• Social Drivers of Health
• Safety-Net Healthcare Delivery
• Community-Based Partnered and Participatory Research
• Health Disparities and Health Equity
• Health Policy & Community Advocacy
• Culturally and Linguistically Competent Care
• Health Services Research and Community Program and Evaluation Methods

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Clinical Highlights

• Four half-days a week caring for continuity family practice patients (including street medicine or unhoused persons).
• Optional inpatient attending teaching (with faculty mentor). 

Teaching Highlights

• One half-day a week supervising resident physicians in a family practice.
• Participate in fellowship seminars one to two hours a week.
• Work with medical students in the clinic and community settings
• Optional auditing of courses
• Faculty development training 

Research and Scholarship Highlights

• Faculty mentor and mentorship committee
• Participate in seminars covering foundational program evaluation and research skills, grant writing and project management
• Design and implement a mentored scholarly community project
• Present community-based/partnered research project at annual research day

UCLA Faculty 

Philip Brown MD (Fellowship Program Director)

Gerardo Moreno MD, MSHS

Denise Sur MD

Steven Shoptaw PhD

Ann M. Hernandez MD, MSPH, MPH

Mary Marfisee MD

Community Medicine Fellow 2025-2026

Amanda D'Almeida, MD, MPH

Amanda D'Almeida, MD, MPH, served as the Resident Co-chair of the Student Resident Council at the California Academy of Family Physicians and completed residency training in the UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program. Since January 2020, Amanda has been the Co-Founder of Medicine Explained, a health education platform that has garnered over 1.7 million followers, focusing on enhancing health literacy through engaging social media content. Amanda completed an MD/MPH at the Tulane University School of Medicine with a focus on International Public Health. Her education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Carleton College.

Alumni 2024-2025

Maven Happawana, MD