The school was renamed in 2001 in honor of media mogul David Geffen who donated $200 million in unrestricted funds.

It no longer made sense by the 1940s, after Los Angeles had overtaken San Francisco to become the leading metropolis on the West Coast of the United States.

Warren had served on the Manhattan Project while on leave from his post at University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Along with William Longmire Jr., a 34-year-old surgeon from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the group was called the Founding Five.

Clinical education was initially conducted on the wards of Harbor General Hospital, which today is Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

A partnership was formed with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in 1966 to train medical students with the goal of meeting the needs of the underserved in South Los Angeles.

In 1974, the school co-founded the Biomedical Sciences Program with UC Riverside, which offers 24 students each year the opportunity to earn both the B.S.

1981 saw the dedication of the Doris and Louis Factor Health Sciences Building which houses the School of Nursing and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

In 1987, construction began on UCLA Medical Plaza, an outpatient facility located across the street from the main hospital.

Washington, a clinician, academician, researcher, and university administrator, was recruited from UCSF, where he served as Vice-Chancellor and Provost, as well as Professor of gynecology, epidemiology, and health policy.