LGBTQ+ Fellowship

LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellowship Program 2027 – 2028

About the UCLA LGBTQ+ Fellowship

As the first LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellowship Program in the world, UCLA Health has trained the next generation of LGBTQ+ specialists and physician leaders since 2019. Our mission is to equip primary care physicians with the leadership skills and clinical expertise to deliver comprehensive, high-quality care to sexual and gender minority populations.

UCLA Health is recruiting to fill up to two openings for a 12-month fellowship (July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028) in both general primary care and LGBTQ+ specialty care. The fellows will have yearlong longitudinal clinical rotations in a variety of UCLA Health and affiliate clinical sites, with some flexibility in tailoring the experiences to the learning environment and career goals of the fellows.

The program also offers biweekly didactics given by our core faculty that will span a variety of healthcare and health policy topics affecting LGBTQ+ communities.

This is a career-development position affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The fellowship is designed to train physicians to become outstanding academic leaders, clinicians and teachers within the field of LGBTQ+ medicine. Fellows will have the opportunity to further enhance their leadership and teaching skills through direct engagement with medical students and residents within GME and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Based on the fellows' interests, and under the guidance of core faculty, fellows will also design and create a community outreach project tailored to improving the lives and health of the LGBTQ+ community. In addition, the fellowship will include a scholarly or quality-improvement project with a trajectory toward dissemination.

This is a non-ACGME fellowship. The compensation includes an anticipated salary of $125,000, a staff benefits package with fully employer-sponsored health insurance at no cost to the fellow, an education enrichment fund for conferences including hotel, flight and travel, 24 paid vacation days, 6 wellness or sick days and 14 university holidays. In addition, the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA will pay for the fellows' optional HIV credentialing (AAHIVS certification) for up to three months after graduation of the program.

Successful applicants are physician MDs and DOs with a strong interest in caring for LGBTQ+ communities and have completed or will be completing their U.S. residency program by June 30, 2027 in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Internal Medicine/Pediatrics combined specialties. Applications from OB/GYN, psychiatric or surgical specialties are not accepted at this time. The program is unable to sponsor visas or offer opportunities for rotations or shadowing experiences for away residents, medical students or other learners.