Orange, Calif. — The transformative leadership of UCI Health President and CEO Chad T. Lefteris has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review in its annual Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know list. The writeup about Lefteris, who leads Orange County’s only academic health system, reads in part: “He leads a…
Orange, Calif. — Internationally recognized cancer expert Dr. Miguel A. Villalona-Calero has joined the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center as its deputy director and chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. “Dr. Villalona-Calero brings a wealth of experience in designing new, more…
What do you need to know about the new COVID vaccine? Infectious diseases experts Stuart Cohen and Dean Blumberg answer questions on the 2024-2025 COVID vaccines and who should get them.
The new UCSF Health Bayfront Medical Building, which brings new adult urgent care, primary care, same-day surgery, and specialty care to the community in a single setting, celebrated its opening on Friday, August 23.
UC Davis Health employees donated more than 900 backpacks to “Operation Backpack” to ensure children who are unhoused or in foster care were ready for the school year.
Orange, Calif. — Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered the neurons responsible for “item memory,” deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of “what” happened and offering a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Memories include three types of details: spatial, temporal…
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health infectious diseases expert Dr. Susan Huang is a nominee in the 10th annual Orange County Business Journal Innovator of the Year awards. Her nomination reads, in part: “For 20 years, Dr. Susan Huang has studied how contagious pathogens are spread and prevented in healthcare. She…
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