About Us

UCLA faculty and senior year medical students visit a traditional healer alongside colleagues from Mseleni Hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

What We Do

The Global Health Program (GHP) was founded in 2010 as an opportunity to nurture bilateral medical student clinical educational exchanges with partners around the world. Today, we offer immersive and longitudinal programming for learners, support a variety of collaborative research, quality improvement, medical education, and advocacy projects, and host speakers and curated events to conscientiously cultivate our community’s participation.

Our Team

We are a morally guided community of practice committed to advancing access to high-quality health care around the world.

Meet Our Team

Global Partners

We partner with academic institutions, hospitals, health clinics, government agencies, and non-profit organizations worldwide.

See our Global Partners

Faculty Associates

The David Geffen School of Medicine is home to over one hundred faculty members who participate in advancing health care delivery globally.

See Our Faculty Associates

Medical Students Training in the Amazon

For insight into our senior clinical elective program, watch the video filmed by the Today Show!

 


 

Our Team

GHP Leadership & Staff 

GHP Faculty

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Faysal Saab, MD

Faculty Lead, Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Global Health Pathway