diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui.tsx
index f9c731461c2..547e926559b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui.tsx
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import {
 } from "@tremor/react";
 
 import { message, Select } from "antd";
-import { modelAvailableCall } from "./networking";
 import { makeOpenAIChatCompletionRequest } from "./chat_ui/llm_calls/chat_completion";
 import { makeOpenAIImageGenerationRequest } from "./chat_ui/llm_calls/image_generation";
+import { fetchAvailableModels } from "./chat_ui/llm_calls/fetch_models";
 import { Prism as SyntaxHighlighter } from "react-syntax-highlighter";
 import { Typography } from "antd";
 import { coy } from 'react-syntax-highlighter/dist/esm/styles/prism';
@@ -70,33 +70,17 @@ const ChatUI: React.FC<ChatUIProps> = ({
     }
 
     // Fetch model info and set the default selected model
-    const fetchModelInfo = async () => {
+    const loadModels = async () => {
       try {
-        const fetchedAvailableModels = await modelAvailableCall(
-          useApiKey ?? '', // Use empty string if useApiKey is null,
+        const uniqueModels = await fetchAvailableModels(
+          useApiKey,
           userID,
           userRole
         );
   
-        console.log("model_info:", fetchedAvailableModels);
+        console.log("Fetched models:", uniqueModels);
   
-        if (fetchedAvailableModels?.data.length > 0) {
-          // Create a Map to store unique models using the model ID as key
-          const uniqueModelsMap = new Map();
-          
-          fetchedAvailableModels["data"].forEach((item: { id: string }) => {
-            uniqueModelsMap.set(item.id, {
-              value: item.id,
-              label: item.id
-            });
-          });
-
-          // Convert Map values back to array
-          const uniqueModels = Array.from(uniqueModelsMap.values());
-
-          // Sort models alphabetically
-          uniqueModels.sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
-
+        if (uniqueModels.length > 0) {
           setModelInfo(uniqueModels);
           setSelectedModel(uniqueModels[0].value);
         }
@@ -105,7 +89,7 @@ const ChatUI: React.FC<ChatUIProps> = ({
       }
     };
   
-    fetchModelInfo();
+    loadModels();
   }, [accessToken, userID, userRole, apiKeySource, apiKey]);
   
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..579af1add2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat_ui/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { modelAvailableCall } from "../../networking";
+
+interface ModelOption {
+  value: string;
+  label: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetches available models for the user and formats them as options
+ * for selection dropdowns
+ */
+export const fetchAvailableModels = async (
+  apiKey: string | null,
+  userID: string,
+  userRole: string,
+  teamID: string | null = null
+): Promise<ModelOption[]> => {
+  try {
+    const fetchedAvailableModels = await modelAvailableCall(
+      apiKey ?? '', // Use empty string if apiKey is null
+      userID,
+      userRole,
+      false,
+      teamID
+    );
+
+    console.log("model_info:", fetchedAvailableModels);
+
+    if (fetchedAvailableModels?.data.length > 0) {
+      // Create a Map to store unique models using the model ID as key
+      const uniqueModelsMap = new Map();
+      
+      fetchedAvailableModels["data"].forEach((item: { id: string }) => {
+        uniqueModelsMap.set(item.id, {
+          value: item.id,
+          label: item.id
+        });
+      });
+
+      // Convert Map values back to array
+      const uniqueModels = Array.from(uniqueModelsMap.values());
+
+      // Sort models alphabetically
+      uniqueModels.sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
+
+      return uniqueModels;
+    }
+    
+    return [];
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error fetching model info:", error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}; 
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