Things looked bleak when Debra Baker, 60, sat down at UC Irvine Medical Center with Dr. Alessio Pigazzi, professor of surgery, in January 2015. Baker, of Crestline, had been diagnosed with cancer of the appendix and had undergone surgery to remove the appendix, uterus and ovaries at another Orange County…
As a young ophthalmologist in the 1980s, Dr. Roger Steinert became convinced that lasers then being developed to cut and reshape eye tissue could revolutionize vision surgery. However, nobody had systematically explored how to use them safely or advance their potential. Steinert made it his mission to unlock the power…
When you donate blood to UCI Health, you are helping patients who have been critically injured or who are fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer. You’ll also receive two tickets to a future Angels game. Visit the UCI Health Bloodmobile at the main entrance to Angel Stadium, near the two red…
Orange, Calif. — The Orange County Medical Association has named UCI Health geriatrician Lisa M. Gibbs, MD, its 2017 Physician of the Year. Gibbs is a clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine and chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at UC Irvine School of Medicine…
Irvine, Calif. — By using induced pluripotent stem cells to create endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the brain for the first time for a neurodegenerative disease, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists and colleagues have learned why Huntington’s disease (HD) patients have defects in the blood-brain barrier that contribute…
Two nationally regarded UCI Health blood cancer experts have been invited to debate treatment approaches at the 14th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland in June. The biennial conference — which will be held June 14 through June 17, and is expected to draw more than 3,000 physicians…
UCI Health has received a sixth consecutive “A” grade in The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grade is compiled by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit patient safety watchdog organization. The latest round of…
University of California, Irvine researchers have identified a specific mutation that allows melanoma tumor cells to remain undetected by the immune system. The finding may lead to the development of better immunotherapies and more effective methods to identify patients that would respond to these new therapies. The study, “ATR Mutations…
UCI Health anesthesiologist Shalini Shah, MD, has received an American Society of Regional Anesthesia’s Chronic Pain Research Grant to study the safety and use of Botox in treating chronic migraines in children ages eight to 17. “Onabotulinumtoxin A, better known as Botox, has been effectively used as a prevention therapy…
Healthcare is changing rapidly, and UCI Health experts want to keep you informed of the latest developments and advances that could impact your well-being. A five-week lecture and discussion series entitled Mini Med School 101 will kick off in March to present Orange County residents with the latest news in…
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