IN THE NEWS: Orange County Register columnist Jane Glen Haas described her experiences having her shoulder replaced by UC Irvine’s Dr. Ranjan Gupta: I’ve been replacing joints for a long time. My knees are almost a decade old and my hip was new two years ago. Just four weeks ago, Dr. Ranjan Gupta, chief of [...]
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Taming the weekend warrior: Dr. David Kruse explains how to avoid summer injuries
June 13, 2011 – 4:21 pm
Southern Californians are, by and large, active people. But every now and then, we overdo it, jumping headfirst into summertime sports we’re not prepared for — like pickup basketball, soccer, softball or beach volleyball, among others. Dr. David Kruse, medical director of UC Irvine’s Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, sees the all-too-often results: sprained ankles, [...]
UCI doctors perform West Coast’s first robotic surgery on spine
April 11, 2011 – 6:15 am
UC Irvine Medical Center’s Dr. Nitin Bhatia and Dr. Samuel Bederman have conducted the first robot-assisted spinal surgery on the West Coast using a system called SpineAssist. The technology increases precision, enhances healing and improves results in complex spine surgery. Read more >>
UC Irvine’s Hoang honored for bone cancer research
March 11, 2011 – 8:18 am
UC Irvine’s Dr. Bang H. Hoang and colleagues have been presented the prestigious 2011 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughan Award for their work advancing the understanding how bone cancer spreads. Hoang is the second UC Irvine orthopaedic surgeon to be honored by Kappa Delta. In 2006, Dr. Ranjan Gupta received the Young Investigator Award. Read [...]
VA names UCI’s Lee a senior research career scientist
November 3, 2010 – 7:41 am
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed Thay Q. Lee, Ph.D., senior research career scientist – the highest honor it bestows on scientists. He will also receive $1.4 million to support orthopaedic biomechanics research. Read more >>