Orange, Calif., March 21, 2013 — UC Irvine Health and Circle of Care Burn Foundation are working together to heal the victim of an acid attack who suffered third degree burns over 40 percent of her body. The patient is known as Jane Doe, and she was the victim of domestic violence in Mexico. Details [...]
IN THE MEDIA: The New York Times highlighted a study led by UC Irvine’s Dr. Robert Bristow which found that most women with ovarian cancer don’t get the proper treatment for their disease: Most women with ovarian cancer receive inadequate care and miss out on treatments that could add a year or more to their [...]
IN THE NEWS: UC Irvine’s Dr. Manuel Porto described the complex delivery and treatment of a newborn with an life-threatening tumor in his neck for an Orange County Register feature story. The tumor had grown as large as his head by the time he was delivered: The UCI team had agreed the best course was [...]
UC Irvine’s Dr. Sunil Verma will appear on the syndicated medical program “The Doctors” on Dec. 21 on KCBS to discuss why your voice changes as you age as well as surgical techniques to improve the aging voice. His advice is part of the show’s review of 20 Health Changes You Need to Make Now! “Patients, friends and [...]
UC Irvine Healthcare invites people with inflammatory bowel disease to the 6th Annual IBD Patient Education Conference “Live Healthy, Laugh Loud” on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 in Winifred Smith Hall at the UC Irvine campus. Presented by the UC Irvine’s H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Diseases Center in association with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of [...]
IN THE NEWS: Dr. Sam Garg, medical director of UC Irvine’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, recently appeared on PBS SoCal to discuss the implantable miniature telescope for patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration. The condition is leading cause of blindness among older Americans and the device restores a portion of vision lost to the disease. [...]
Two UC Irvine surgeons have been elected to leadership positions in their disciplines’ professional societies. Michael J. Stamos, MD, and Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, have been named president-elect of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, respectively. Both will assume the presidency of their organizations [...]
IN THE NEWS: Residents of Huntington Beach can legally purchase fireworks for the first time in 20 years. The Orange County Register talked to UC Irvine’s Dr. Nicole Bernal about potential fireworks-related injuries: Dr. Nicole Bernal, acting director of the UCI Regional Burn Center, said they generally don’t see a high volume of firework-related injuries [...]
Two UC Irvine ophthalmologists are the first in Orange County to implant a miniature telescope in the eyes of patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among older Americans. The device restores a portion of vision lost to the disease. UC Irvine’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute is the sole facility in [...]
Doctors from UC Irvine’s Department of Urology are taking issue with the revised prostate cancer screening guidelines issued this week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which calls for eliminating the PSA blood test as a screening tool for most men. A rising level of PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, can be an indication of [...]