UC Irvine neurosurgeon Dr. Mark Linskey will receive the Trauma Intervention Program of Orange County’s 2011 Heroes with Heart award, which the organization has renamed in honor of trauma surgeon Dr. Marianne Cinat, director of UC Irvine Regional Burn Center, who died unexpectedly in June. The Heroes with Heart awards…
Dr. Nitin Bhatia, UC Irvine’s chief of orthopaedic spine surgery, will appear this week on "Healthy OC" to discuss back pain, spine surgery and the SpineAssist robotic system. "Healthy OC" airs on PBS SoCal, formerly known as KOCE-50. The interview will be rerun during the "Real Orange" news program at…
For the 11th consecutive year, UC Irvine Medical Center has been ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. It’s listed 28th for gynecology, 30th for urology and 50th for cancer and kidney disorders. The annual “America’s Best Hospitals” issue hits newsstands Aug. 30 and is…
Many people have birth marks, but three of every 1,000 American children are born with a larger mark called a port-wine stain that can significantly affect their quality of life. UC Irvine’s Beckman Laser Institute is making it easier to remove these intrusive birthmarks, as well as acne scars, sunspots…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register attended the July 14 burn survivors picnic, held annually by the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center at the medical center in Orange. View photos from the event ›
Each summer, the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center holds a picnic for burn survivors. Hundreds of former patients and their families attended this year’s picnic at the UC Irvine Medical Center on July 14. The burn center annually treats more than half of Orange County’s burn injuries, including the most…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register reported in a UC Irvine study that showed brain cancer patients who lose some of their smarts because of radiation treatments could regain them with injections of human neural stem cells. “The real appeal is to put these cells into the brain in…
If you were among the 1 million people annually who need an angioplasty to open a blocked artery, would you choose a procedure that required you to lie still for up to four hours and limit your activities for at least a week and that carried a risk of internal…
UCI Health physicians are among the recipients of the University of California Center for Health Quality & Innovation’s inaugural round of grants. Critical care specialist Dr. Elizabeth Turner was awarded $50,000 to—along with Dr. Chris Fox and Dr. Mark Rosen—implement an educational program on the bedside use of handheld ultrasound…
UCI Health is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a research study on the reasons for premature birth. "It’s critical to examine the causes of preterm birth in women who have never carried a pregnancy to term,” says Dr. Deborah A. Wing, professor and director of maternal-fetal medicine in UC…
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