The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) is a non-profit biomedical research organization dedicated to saving lives, not only in the greater Los Angeles area, but throughout the world. One of the aspects that sets LA BioMed apart from other research institutions is its broad range of translational research. That stems from their long-standing relationship with the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where many of their investigators are attending physicians. When problems are identified at the hospital, they work on their solutions at LA BioMed. As a result, many of their discoveries and solutions are simple and have wide clinical applications – making them beneficial to a broader base of the population. The organization is located on the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center campus and affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Over the past six decades, LA BioMed’s physician-researchers have been responsible for some of the most important breakthroughs in medicine today.