Overview
The Healthcare Administration and Quality Improvement Fellowship was created in 2017 to train future organizational leaders who will thrive in academic and community practice environments alike. Since 1978, Harbor-UCLA has played an integral role in providing care to the largely underserved communities of the South Bay of Los Angeles. Our philosophy encourages education through service to a diverse and underserved population facing significant barriers to healthcare in addition to a tremendous spectrum of high-acuity diseases. We are a public-bed academic medical center with 64 EM residents serving approximately 95,000 patients annually through the Emergency Department.
Our team includes exceptional faculty and mentors with national reputations for excellence in education, research, and leadership in Emergency Medicine and its subspecialties. We built our state-of-the-art emergency room in 2014 and we provide comprehensive emergency services as a Level 1 Trauma Center, STEMI Receiving Center, and Paramedic Base Station.
Curriculum
- ED Management
- Leadership Styles and Communication
- Quality Assurance
- Process Improvement
- Risk Management
- Patient Satisfaction
- Data Analytics
- Human Resources
- Hospital Administration
- Nursing Administration
- Health Policy
- Insurance Models
- Financial Accounting
- Public Hospitals and County Operations
- Democratic and Regional Groups
- Global Healthcare
- EMS
- Telemedicine
- Bedside Teaching
- Interacting with a Residency Program
Patient Care and Teaching Activities
- Eight attending shifts per month, seven to nine hours in length.
- Duties on clinical shifts include seeing and evaluating patients, supervising resident physicians and medical students, providing direct patient care, conducting teaching rounds, and providing medical records documentation for services provided.
- Preparation of “grand rounds” presentations that fellows deliver to the Department of Emergency Medicine during normally scheduled conferences.
Compensation and Benefits
- The fellow will function as an Assistant Medical Director of the Emergency Department, and will have access to a shared office space and secretarial support.
- The highly competitive compensation and benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; the opportunity to contribute to an FSA and 403B retirement plan; paid holidays; and life and long-term disability insurance.
- We provide additional educational funds to support educational expenses and scholarly presentations at state and/or national conferences.
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is located in the heart of sunny Southern California – only 10 miles from the beach and 100 miles from the snow at Big Bear.
How to Apply
Candidates must be EM residency-trained through a four- or three-year program with at least one year of post-training clinical experience, board-eligible/certified, and eligible for licensure in California. They also need to demonstrate an interest in leadership and scholarship.
Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest describing their career goals and qualifications for the position, accompanied by their CV and contact information for three references. Applications for the academic year beginning 7/1/2025 must be received by 11/23/2024 to be considered. The Los Angeles Department of Health Services is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community.
Bradley Chappell, D.O., M.H.A., FACOEP
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
Co-Director, ED Administration Fellowship
Jennifer Roh, M.D., M.B.A.
Medical Director, Adult Emergency Department
Co-Director, ED Administration Fellowship