Arbis Rojas, MD

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
High School: Pasadena High School
1995-1999

Undergraduate: University of California-Riverside
B.S., 1999-2003

Graduate/Professional:
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
M.D., 2005-2009

California Institute of Technology
M.S., 2013-2015

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Internship: Medicine
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, California 2009-2010

Residency: Medicine
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, California 2010-2012

Fellowship: Geriatric Medicine
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California, 2012-2013

Advanced Fellowship: Geriatric Medicine/Basic Sciences Research
UCLA/California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clincial Instructor in Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 2014-2016

Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, California 2016-present

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
Medical Licensure: California #A114775
Board Certification:
Internal Medicine, 2012
Geriatric Medicine, 2013

HONORS & AWARDS
NIH Minority to Access Research Careers Scholarship at University of California-Riverside, 2001-2003
Upper Division Honors, University of California-Riverside, 2003
UCLA Regents Scholarship and Regents Scholar Society 2005-2009
Specialty Training and Advanced Research Program (STAR) at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2013-2016 Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Advanced Research Fellowship 2013-2016

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Academic year 2015, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Lecturer, "Geriatric Fellow Conference, UCLA", Jul 30th, 2015, Lecturer, "The biological basis of aging”
Lecturer, "Medical Student Clinical Skills Workshop Conference, UCLA", October 14, 2015, Lecturer, "Geriatric Syndromes in Elderly

Academic year 2016, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Lecturer, "33rd Annual UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine + Pharmacy and Board Review UCLA", September 6th , 2015, Lecturer, "Dementia Screening and Management”.
Lecturer, "Medical Student Clinical Skills Workshop Conference, UCLA", October 14, 2015, Lecturer, "Geriatric Syndromes in Elderly

Attending Physician Responsibility:
Academic year 2013-2014

Attending Physician, Inpatient Geriatric Service at Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles,
12/16-12/31 in December 2013

Supervision and teaching of Geriatric fellows/medical students in Clinical Skills Workshop in Geriatric Syndromes, 2013
Academic year 2014-2015

Attending Physician, Inpatient Geriatric Service at Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles
December 16th to 31st in August 2014

Supervision and teaching of Geriatric fellows/medical students in Clinical Skills Workshop in Geriatric Syndromes, Jan 14th -16th in 2014
Academic year 2015-2016
Attending Physician, Inpatient Geriatric Service at Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles
Advanced Research, August 1st to September 1st in August 2015

Attending Physician, Inpatient Geriatric Service at Santa Monica UCLA, December 26th-Jan 1st 2015-2016 and March 12th-March 18th 2016

Supervision and teaching of Geriatric fellows/medical students in Clinical Skills Workshop in Geriatric Syndromes, October 13th-15th in 2015

Academic year 2015-2016

Attending Physician, Inpatient Geriatric Consult Service at Huntington Hospital
August 2016-present

Supervision and teaching of Internal Medicine residents at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena
August 2016-present