Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD - The Physician Scientist Highway Behind the Microscope

Dr. Olujimi Ajijola is a leader in physician-scientist education and directs both the PSTP and MSTP at UCLA. He earned his BS from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, his MD from Duke, and his PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology from UCLA. He completed residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at UCLA. Today, Dr. Ajijola shares his thoughts on how and why we train physician-scientists - and what needs to change to keep the workforce robust and relevant.

Dr. Ajijola's Faculty Page: https://mstp.healthsciences.ucla.edu/people/olujimi-ajijola-md-phd/

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Executive Producers:

-       Bejan Saeedi

-       Joe Behnke

-       Michael Sayegh

-       Carey Jansen

-       Nielsen Weng

Faculty Advisors 

-       Brian Robinson

-       Mary Horton

-       Talia Swartz

-       Chris Williams

-       David Schwartz

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