Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD, the Danette D. Shepard Chair in Neurological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine and director of the UCI Conte Center on Brain Programming in Adolescent Vulnerabilities, will be honored with the American Academy of Neurology’s 2018 Cotzias Lecture and Award during the organization’s 70th…
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health pain medicine specialist Dr. Shalini Shah tells Kaiser Health News how her team is coping with a national shortage of opioid medications for hospital patients. They meet weekly to develop workarounds and alternatives. "We essentially have to ration to patients that are most vulnerable," she…
The second annual UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge to benefit lifesaving research at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center will be held Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. Participants will ride, run, walk or volunteer to help us move one step closer toward…
The UCI Health Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers. This is the third time UCI Health has earned the designation since the two-year Comprehensive Stroke Centers…
Three intensive care units at UC Irvine Medical Center have received the silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence, a prestigious recognition of caregivers who successfully adhere to the highest standards of acute and critical care nursing. Bestowed upon UCI’s neurosciences, cardiac care and medical intensive care units by the American Association…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have selected UCI Health to participate in the federal government’s Medicare Shared Savings Program as an accountable care organization. “As part of the program, UCI Health will work with CMS to provide quality, coordinated care to our Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries,” said Howard…
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health infectious disease expert Shruti Gohil, MD, spoke to the Orange County Register about the flu vaccination in an article about the flu complications that led to death of a local woman. It’s an unusually vicious season – a period of time that typically peaks between…
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