Ophthalmology·Los Angeles, CA

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes

Applicants have reported 2026-27 ophthalmology interview invites from UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes on Oct 13. As of Oct 19, 2026. Every ophthalmology program that has sent

Signal lift5%56%+51 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here24-25 cycle · program-reported

Step 2 invited

p10 – p90

Interviewed

interviewed (latest year)

This cycle

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

16.0%

8 of 50 interviewed

01Cohort funnel24-25 cycle · program-reported

N = 50 interviewed

Interviewed

100.0%

Class size

16%

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Interview day

From notes past applicants shared, 2023-24

The day: Nine 10-minute interviews with one or two faculty; 2023-24

What stood out

Strong teaching 2

Concerns raised

Culture concern 5

Worth knowing

Residents are unionized, with meal stipends at every site and rides home after call. 2023-24
Residents cover one site at a time on call. 2023-24
Weekly wet labs and a shortened Wednesday clinic support BCSC study. 2023-24
PGY-1s get weekly ophthalmology didactics for 6 months. 2023-24

Paraphrased from applicant notes. A tag shows once two notes mention it; the number is how many did.

Training sites6 hospitals

1
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Primary
2
Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, CA
Participant
3
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Participant
4
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica, CA
Participant
5
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Participant
6
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Los Angeles, CA
Participant

Interview invites

Rotator reports4 reports · paraphrased

mixed hands-on

25-26Rotators recommended the county-site rotations for greater autonomy.
24-25Rotators described the Doheny rotation as attending-focused with no residents. Hands-on exposure varied by attending; rotators suggested setting expectations on day one. OR time was described as limited. Doheny attendings were described as relaxed.
23-24Rotators agreed with prior-year reports: attendings extended autonomy in proportion to what the student demonstrated they could handle.
22-23Rotators described a 3-week rotation in the student's chosen subspecialty at Stein with little infrastructure for aways. Experience was described as heavily dependent on the attending. Reports from current residents described county clinic rotations (Harbor, Olive View) as substantially more hands-on.

Paraphrased from rotator survey responses. Names and identifying details removed.

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