Jos'lyn Woodward

Jos'lyn Woodard, MD

Neurosurgery

Biography: Jos’lyn Woodard (UCLA Scholar) is a neurosurgery resident at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Yale University with a major in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and minor in Neuroscience, where she was named most decorated track and field athlete in the history of the Ivy League in 2006. She earned her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and earned the distinction of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Between her undergraduate studies and medical school, Dr. Woodard spent 2 years serving a Teach for America volunteer where she taught high school environmental science and biology and served as department chair. She also coached track and field, cheerleading and dance. During this time, Dr. Woodard also earned her Masters in Teaching from the National Louis University in Chicagco, IL.