Director: Dean B. Baker, MD
5201 California Avenue, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: 949.824.8641
Fax: 949.824.2345
E-mail: dbaker@uci.edu
Internet: http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/com/oem

Total Number of Residents: 4-5

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Clinical Practice
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Toxicology

Post Graduate Prerequisites: At least one year in an ACGME-approved clinical residency program and eligibility for medical license in California

Academic Year: *

Degree(s) Awarded: Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Toxicology, or Master of Science in Environmental Health

Combined Training with Other Specialties: 
No formal affiliations but can be arranged on individual basis with internal medicine or family medicine residency programs.

Program Description: The goal of the UCI occupational medicine residency is to prepare residents for the comprehensive practice of occupational medicine in a variety of settings including clinical practices, corporate medical departments, public health programs, legal and regulatory authorities, and academia.

The residency is designed as a two year training experience consisting of the academic phase and practicum phase. Residents in the academic phase complete one of three graduate degree programs: a MS in toxicology or environmental health at UC Irvine or a MPH at the UCLA School of Public Health. During the practicum phase,

residents spend much of their time in field site rotations. The residency provides practicum training in petro-chemical, manufacturing, aerospace, and service sector occupational medicine programs, as well as in comprehensive occupational medical practices and in public health and regulatory agencies. Residents are required to complete an individual research project. Throughout the residency, residents receive core didactic, clinical, and research training through interaction with the faculty at the UCI Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.

Admission requirements include graduation from an approved medical school and one year of clinical internship and license to practice medicine in the state of California. The program will consider for entrance to the practicum phase of residency, physicians who have completed both the required clinical training and who have previously obtained a MPH degree from an accredited institution.