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Susan Samueli and health heroes are celebrated with record $1.75 million in support

UCI Health — June 24, 2015

More than 500 community and business leaders came together to honor wellness advocate Susan Samueli and other health heroes of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the UCI Health Heroes Gala, held June 6 at the Disneyland Hotel. “Viva!,” a celebration of those who help others live well…

UCI Health earns Boeing Center of Excellence designation

UCI Health — June 17, 2015

UCI Health has become one of only four medical centers nationwide to earn the Boeing Center of Excellence Designation in bariatric surgery. Qualifying Boeing employees and their dependents from across the nation will be able travel to Orange, Calif., for treatment at the UCI Health H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease…

Breach of patient records investigated

UCI Health — June 16, 2015

On March 13, 2015, officials at UC Irvine Medical Center discovered that an employee, whose job required access to some patient records, had looked at additional records without a job-related purpose between June 2011 and March 2015. As far as it is possible to determine, the employee did not access…

Toddler treated for campfire burns

UCI Health — June 8, 2015

IN THE NEWS: Toddler Mikaela Halvorsen is lucky that she'll recover from severe burns caused by an accidental tumble into a smoldering fire pit, suffering third-degree burns on her back and second-degree burns on her left hand. UCI Health burn specialist Dr. Victor Joe and Mikaela's parents, Damon and Grace…

UCI Health offers latest prostate biopsy technology for more accurate results

UCI Health — June 8, 2015

With a family history of prostate cancer and an elevated PSA level, 57-year-old Paul Kroger was not content to follow the “wait and see” approach a urologist advised for his early stage diagnosis. The Los Alamitos resident sought a second opinion and a prostate biopsy from UCI Health experts. Using…

Personal trainer battles brain tumor and seizures

UCI Health — June 4, 2015

Every morning at 4:15, Dominic Valentine, began preparing for the boot camp classes she ran out of her garage. Afterward, the personal trainer would follow up with a walk of several miles. It was during one of those walks near her Eastvale home last January that Valentine, 48, suffered a…

UCI Health working to improve precision in breast cancer surgery

UCI Health — June 3, 2015

UCI Health breast cancer surgeon Dr. Alice Police recently performed Orange County’s first lumpectomy using a new process to improve tumor location. UC Irvine Medical Center is the only hospital in Orange County to participate in a national, multicenter clinical trial of the system, which is designed to make breast-conserving…

Chemotherapy and the kindness of strangers

UCI Health — June 2, 2015

Who would choose to drive 500 miles every week for their chemotherapy treatments? When Henderson, Nevada resident LeeAnn Brill was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, she and her husband Mike were determined that she would be treated at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange, Calif…

UCI Health invites public to open house at new Tustin multispecialty care center

UCI Health — June 2, 2015

UCI Health invites the public to meet the doctors, tour the facilities, get free health screenings, enjoy a light breakfast, and more to celebrate the addition of specialty care services in Tustin. The family-friendly festivities will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 27, at 1451 Irvine…

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