Making the Rounds

be continuing our partnership with Ross University School of Medicine and the American University of the Caribbean while adding a new partner with Western University of Health Sciences. These medical students will join our growing cohort of students from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Over this past year, we increased our collaboration with UCLA, hosting a Graduate Medical Education Summit and multiple hybrid and in-person faculty development sessions. Our faculty, who hold clinical appointments at DGSOM, remain committed to the rigorous academic standards set forth by UCLA. Scholarly activity has also

proliferated over the last year. Our Valley Fever Institute hosted the inaugural Cocci-Con in April, bringing together multiple notable physicians

in multiple research projects and NIH-funded grants. As we traverse this inflection point and prepare to

hopefully transition from a pandemic to an endemic state, Kern Medical is poised to meet the challenges of medical training for years to come. We are especially proud of our 31 graduating residents and fellows who will be G R A D U A T I N G R E S

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joining the hundreds of alumni who have trained at Kern Medical over the last 66 years. I urge you to join our Alumni Association and help us continue our vital mission.

presentations. Medical continues to serve as the premier academic and scholarly institution in our community, participating Kern

Did you know? (2021)

OUTPATIENT CLINIC VISITS 225,999

SURGERIES 5,733

INPATIENT ADMISSIONS 12,846

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS 54,725 COVID VACCINATIONS 50,476

TRAUMA ACTIVATIONS 3,365 BIRTHS 2,321

COVID DRIVE THROUGH TESTS 27,935

WORKFORCE Employees, Contractors, Academics & Volunteers 2,500

COVID MOBILE EVENTS 249

SUPPORT OFFICES 5 TOTAL LOCATIONS 23 + + = ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS 6

CLINICAL LOCATIONS 12

OPHTHALMOLOGY

COLUMBUS CLINIC

PEDIATRICS

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Refine by Kern Medical is in the heart of downtown Bakersfield and offers laser services, Botox, fillers, facials and full body

Kern Medical has an Eye Institute on F Street with a full time Ophthalmologist

Columbus Clinic houses the Valley Fever Institute, a fully functional Oncology Suite and 38 Infusion Bays, and is home to the Sickle Cell Center

Kern Medical has a Pediatric office on Truxtun Avenue with 3 dedicated Pediatricians

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