Our Team

Dedicated experts providing comprehensive trauma care

Our multidisciplinary team collaborates to address all aspects of recovery, from acute medical care to long-term rehabilitation and social support. By partnering with experts across UCLA Health, we provide comprehensive resources to promote healing, empowerment, and lasting well-being.

Together, our core team and UCLA Health partners deliver specialized care in five key areas.

Areas of expertise

: Providing emotional support, counseling, and connections to mental health services
Addressing social determinants of health, ensuring patients have access to critical resources
: Ensuring seamless transitions between hospital and community care
Collaborating with healthcare providers to create personalized care plans
: Restoring mobility and function after injury
Developing personalized rehabilitation plans to support long-term recovery
: Delivering expert surgical care to manage traumatic injuries
Overseeing the patient’s medical and surgical needs throughout their hospital stay and beyond
: Offering specialized treatment to support healing and prevent complications
Educating patients on wound management and self-care post-discharge

HEaL Trauma Program core team members

Trauma surgeon & program director

Catherine J. Juillard, MD, MPH

Trauma Surgery

Director, HEaL Trauma Program
Professor of Surgery
Marjorie Fine, MD, Endowed Chair in Clinical General Surgery
Director, Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity (PASE)
Director, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship