Blood & Platelet Center

Westwood Village Donor Center

Welcome to the Westwood Village Donor Center. Thank you for selecting UCLA to facilitate your generous blood and platelet donations.

The Westwood Village Donor Center is conveniently located near the UCLA Campus and the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Our donor center offers a comfortable and pleasant environment where amazing acts of kindness happen each and every day. This particular center is the largest of the two and provides essential blood products to our hospital patients. We welcome community members, visitors, faculty, staff, and students. In addition, this location offers convenient parking options for our donors. To learn more, please see below.

Address:

Westwood Village Donor Center
1045 Gayley Avenue, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA, 90024

PARKING INFORMATION - SCROLL DOWN

Phone Number:

(310) 825-0888 Select Option 2

Appointment Hours:

Blood Donations

Monday - Friday: 7:00AM - 6:30PM
2nd Saturday of every month: 8:00AM - 1:30PM

Platelet Donations

Monday - Friday: 7:00AM - 5:30PM
Saturday: 7:00AM - 11:45AM

Directions to the Westwood Village Donor Center:

From the 405 Freeway

  • Exit Wilshire Blvd. East (towards Westwood).
  • Turn left on Gayley Ave. (second signal).
  • Turn left on Kinross St. (second signal).
  • Turn right on Weyburn Place (an alley) and drive about half a block (north) to the donor center (on the right).
UCLA Blood & Platelet Center Map

Access the Donor Center from Weyburn Place (Alley):

Follow the directions above to get to the center.  We are located in a brick building that is halfway up the alley (going north) on the right hand (east) side.  

WE PROVIDE PARKING

Parking Information:

If you require parking, please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time. You may park temporarily behind the donor center in one of our 5 designated "15 Minute Time Limit" parking spaces. Please ring the doorbell to gain entry and proceed to the second floor. Parking information and instructions will be provided when you check-in at the front desk.

UCLA Blood & Platelet Center - Weyburn Place Entrance

Additional Transportation Information:

Campus Shuttles: From campus and CHS, you are encouraged to ride the shuttle when you visit us to donate. Both the Campus Express and the Ackerman Express stop at lot 32, which is adjacent to the UCLA Blood & Platelet Center. There is a shuttle stop in front of the Medical Plaza buildings.

Driving to the Center: From the 405 Freeway, exit at Wilshire Blvd./Westwood. Go east on Wilshire to Gayley Avenue. Turn left (north) on Gayley. The Center is on the left (west) side of the street two blocks north of Wilshire. The building is directly across the street from the Whole Foods Market.

1045 Gayley Avenue Entrance to UCLA Health Blood & Platelet Center

Patient Shuttle: The patient shuttle from the Medical Plaza is available for all donors. Inquire at the Information desk in the 200 Medical Plaza Building. Handicapped Parking is located near the Donor Center.

The goal of the UCLA Blood & Platelet Center is to provide patients with safe blood collected from volunteer donors. Like all other facilities in the nation that collect blood, we must follow FDA rules about who may donate. To determine eligibility, visit our Eligibility Page.