Internal Medicine/Neurology

 

Ernestina Saxton, MD

  

Clinical Professor of Medicine - UCSF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Medical School:

University of California Los Angeles, CA
    Residency: University of California Los Angeles, CA – Neurology
Doctorate: University of California Los Angeles, CA – Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Internship: University of California Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship:

University of California Los Angeles - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD

University of California Los Angeles - National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD
    Board Certified: Neurology
    Awards and Recognition:

  • Canal Zone Government Scholarship, Balboa, Canal Zone
    Canal Zone Latin American Scholarship Committee
    Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU), US Alliance for Progress, Cambridge, MA
    Distinguished Student Award, LASPAU
    Graduate Advancement Fellowship-Doctoral, UCLA
    Distinguished Scholarship, UCLA
    Merit Scholar, Outstanding Academic Achievement, Leadership and Service in Medical School (Minority Medical Student) Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and National Medical Fellowships
    Norman Cousins Award: Presented to graduating medical student "whose broad range of cultural and human interests helps to qualify her for a profession that requires not just scientific competence but deep insights into the way people interact with each other..."  Hippocratic Oath
    Clinical Investigator Development Award (CIDA) National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, MD
    Volunteer of the Year Award, the Epilepsy Foundation, Los Angeles and Orange Counties Spanish Language Outreach Program
    Faculty Marshall, Hippocratic Oath Ceremony UCLA School of Medicine
    Invited Speaker, Joan Woods Lecture Program "Migraine in Academia" Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
    Second Prize for Excellence in Poster Presentation, 102nd  National Medical Association Annual National Convention and Scientific Assembly, Honolulu, HI
    First Prize for Excellence in Poster Presentation, 103rd National Medical Association Annual National Convention and Scientific Assembly, New Orleans, LA

    Super Doctors of Southern CA, Los Angeles Magazine