Wednesday, October 28, 2026
5:00 PM
Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor)
415 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
In person

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Co-sponsored by UCLA Comparative Literature and Health Humanities Minor

Dr. Marco Cordero is an Italian cardiologist, with a background in acute cardiac care and critical care, focusing particularly on heart failure, cardiomyopathies and heart transplantation. He has worked in Italy, Spain and Switzerland and now heads the heart failure division at the Sanremo Hospital in Italy. He has a longstanding interest in “patient – physician communication,” and has pursued humanistic education at the University of Turin, the University of Barcelona, and Stanford University, currently serving as vice president of the European Society for Narrative Medicine. He has developed a program of “humanistic cardiology” which uses the tools of health humanities to overcome a simple mechanistic approach to heart disease, thereby returning the failing heart to its anthropological, symbolic and psychologically integrated dimensions.

Parking for Campus Visitors

THERE IS NO FREE PARKING AT UCLA. All campus visitors (including disabled visitors) are required to purchase a valid parking permit to park on campus. Disabled parking spots are not free.

The closest parking structures to Kaplan Hall are Structure 2, Structure 3 North, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come, first serve basis. Please plan to arrive early if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures. 

The UCLA Comparative Literature Department is not responsible for any tickets or citations received by event attendees. Please contact the UCLA Transportation Department directly for assistance.

VISITOR PARKING AREAS:

♦ Blue curb/Disabled parking spots in front of Kaplan and Royce Hall: This is not a free parking spot. In order to park by the blue curb, disabled campus visitors are required to purchase a visitor parking permit at the closest pay station (located in the parking structures listed below) OR they can create a guest account on the Bruin e-Permit Portal and purchase a permit for any structure before hand on the website. Once they have an active visitor parking permit, disabled guests can park by the blue curb. You will receive a ticket if you park here without purchasing a visitor permit first. 

♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. View the Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”).

♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1, 2 and 3. View the Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”).

♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. View the Google Maps link to the visitor’s section.

♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking on level 6, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. View the Google Maps link to the visitor’s section.

HOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:
Self-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles in the parking structure, before they head to the event (not after the event). Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved. 

1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.
2. Once parked, go to the nearest parking pay station (grey box).
3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.
4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.
5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN, please place your receipt on your dashboard, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases.
6. Exit the parking structure and head to your event.

Additional visitor parking information, including disabled parking information, can be found on the UCLA Transportation website.