Xavier Gaeta MD PhD

Postdoctoral Medical Fellow, Nephrology Fellow in Pediatrics - Nephrology

Clinical Focus

Fellow

Honors & Awards

Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) Awardee, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) (2022-2024)
Alice Litman Moss Outstanding Resident Award, UCLA Pediatrics Residency Program (2021)
Emil Bogen Research Prize, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (2018)
Inductee, Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Medical Honor Society (2017)

Professional Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2018)
Doctor of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (2018)
Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, BIOL-BSH (2009)
Residency, UCLA, Pediatrics (2021)
MD, UCLA (2018)
PhD, UCLA, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (2016)
BS, Stanford University, Biological Sciences (2009)

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