As a young medical student, Dr. Erik D. Barton was intrigued by emergency room rotations and the challenge of determining patients’ diagnoses when they arrived with various symptoms. Today, Barton is a UCI Health emergency medical specialist and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. He completed his medical degree…
The UCI Health Division of Hematology-Oncology has again been recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, for its high-quality cancer care. Participation in the ASCO Quality Oncology Practice Initiative assures patients that an outpatient oncology practice meets the highest…
About five years ago Kathy Halsey, a school administrator, decided she had to do something about the nagging chronic heartburn and reflux that had plagued her for years. “The burning and pain would happen all day, making it hard to work. I had to eat right before any meeting and…
When Elaine Cain and her husband Al moved to Orange County from Michigan five years ago, their goal was to be close to family. They had no idea the move would also bring them hope for Elaine’s vision for the first time. Cain has been losing vision since age 32…
Meg Newton, 62, was on an evening stroll one day last November with her husband, Skip, when she turned to him with words that now seem prescient. For weeks she had been fighting weight gain and a feeling of abdominal bloating. “I had cut back on food portions and was…
Beth Lynn Koehler and Frank Carri met in community college. They married in 1967, then divorced in 1973. But they were connected for a lifetime. “Even after we divorced, we’d travel together. We went to Hawaii, Europe, Mexico. We loved each other; we just couldn’t live under the same roof,”…
The National MS Society’s Partners in MS Care program has again recognized UCI Health as a provider of exceptional and innovative patient care by recertifying it as an official Center for MS Comprehensive Care. This formal recognition honors UC Irvine’s continuing partnership with the Society and commitment to addressing the…
Health experts recommend that almost everyone age 6 months or older receive a flu vaccine, preferably in the fall before the start of the season. However, for kids that may mean a few more tears this season. In recent years as many as one-third of kids ages 2 through 17…
The UCI Health Bariatric Surgery Services has earned renewed accreditation in the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, conferred by the American College of Surgeon and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. “This accreditation means that UCI Health has the infrastructure, specialized equipment, qualified staff and…
Orange County philanthropists Sue and Ralph Stern have received UCI Health’s highest honor, the UCI Health Hero Award, in recognition of their transformational impact on healthcare in the community. The Sterns, whose generosity has made a difference for individuals and organizations across Orange County, partnered with UCI Health’s Chao Family…
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