After a nationwide search, Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the UCI School of Medicine and director of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. He will hold the Roger F. Steinert, MD, Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology. "Dr. Kuppermann is an internationally respected…
In the News: UCI Health brain tumor expert Dr. Daniela Bota tells CBS Los Angeles about research underway that raise hope for treatments to combat glioblastomas, the aggressive type of brain tumor that has been diagnosed in Arizona's Sen. John McCain. In most cases, glioblastoma patients see a recurrence of…
Their name may be on UC Irvine buildings, but members of the Chao family prefer working behind the scenes to improve the health of the community. Since their first gift to the university in 1995, three generations of Chaos have given nearly $30 million to the campus, quietly reshaping cancer…
The UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center will honor renowned leukemia researchers Richard Van Etten, MD, PhD, and Susan MO’Brien, MD, with endowed chairs made possible by a $5-million gift from Chao family siblings Allen Chao, Agnes Kung, Phylis Hsia and Richard Chao and their spouses. The generous donation…
UCI Health recognizes June 25 as National Vitiligo (vit-ill-EYE-go) Day to help raise awareness of a condition that causes the skin to lose its normal pigment, resulting in white patches, especially on the face, hands and feet. Caused by an immune system abnormality that damages skin pigment, vitiligo affects up…
UCI Health blood cancer specialist Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, one of the nation’s foremost experts in all types of lymphoma, will be a key speaker at the Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation’s annual patient conference in Manhattan Beach on June 24. The free, two-day conference — to be held June 24-25 at the…
More than 2,000 riders, walkers and runners participated in the inaugural UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Anti-Cancer Challenge to benefit cancer research on June 10 and 11, 2017 at Angel Stadium. All of those that participated this weekend provided critical support for lifesaving cancer research at the Chao Family…
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…
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…
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…
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