UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest advances in diagnosis, treatment options and research findings from world-renown experts on a wide variety of health issues, diseases and chronic conditions. The Newport Beach Library lecture series is held from 7 – 8:30 p.m., monthly starting in September…
The Tustin Library will host a series of talks with UCI Health specialists through November about topics such as thyroid health and the epidemic of over-diagnosis of thyroid cancer, latest therapies for hip and knee arthritis, as well as medical and non-surgical treatment for GERD and esophageal cancer. All lectures…
IN THE NEWS: The Wall Street Journal article “The Ultimate Battle Against MRSA” highlights the work of UCI Health infectious disease expert Dr. Susan Huang and her research into combating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. She is a leading proponent of an approach called “universal decolonization,” which calls for bathing…
The UCI Health Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce that it will begin providing emergency room services at Catalina Island Medical Center in Avalon starting Sept. 1, 2016. The agreement calls for round-the-clock daily high-level emergency and urgent care evaluation services for 4,500 Catalina Island residents and more…
The UCI Health H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center (CDDC) is undergoing a complete renovation and expansion at the UC Irvine Medical Center campus in Orange. When the CDDC building reopens in summer 2017, there will be new procedure rooms for endoscopy services, as well as other multispecialty exam rooms…
Tom Arai has always lived an active, healthy life. The 65-year-old former commercial real estate agent and Yorba Linda resident is especially fond of cycling. For 25 years, he made a habit of riding upwards of 20 miles per day, pedaling scenic road routes along the Santa Ana River Trail…
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health neurosurgeon Dr. Sumeet Vadera discusses silent or hidden symptoms of brain tumors for a recent Reader’s Digest article: “Patients suffering from a brain tumor may develop depression, anger or anxiety, even if they don’t commonly exhibit these types of emotions,” says Vadera. “This is related…
A research paper written by UCI Health Heart Disease Prevention Program researchers was chosen by Hypertension as the top 2015 paper in the category of population science. The American Heart Association journal annually selects the best original work published in its pages in the categories of basic, clinical and population…
Josephine Herbert Gleis is pledging $5 million to UCI Health’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute to move current eye research forward at a faster pace and enable the pursuit of innovative new ideas for sight-saving treatments. Gleis, who will be 104 in September, is a longtime friend of UCI. Over the…
The National Cancer Institute has renewed the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center designation as a comprehensive cancer center and bestowed an “excellent” rating in its scientific review of the center’s capabilities. The distinction is the highest in the center’s 24 years as an NCI-designated cancer center. “The Chao…
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