IN THE NEWS: The new surgical “megafloor” under construction at the acute care hospital on the UCI Health ― Irvine campus will streamline operations, reduce waste and errors and enable more inpatient…
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Orange, Calif. — The UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is the first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in California to offer a novel technology using highly focused sound…
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Orange, Calif. — UC Irvine emergency medicine expert Dr. Federico Vaca, one of the nation’s leading researchers on motor vehicle crash injuries and prevention, has received a grant from the National Institutes…
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Orange, Calif. — A new post-brain surgery wound care protocol significantly reduced the risk of surgical infection and improved the appearance of the incision, a study led by UCI Health researchers has…
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Orange, Calif. — UCI Health Dr. Sumit Garg is one of just 15 ophthalmologists and 50 healthcare professionals in the country to be named in the 2024 Healio Honors program, which recognizes…
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IN THE NEWS: A reunion of UCI Health neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates and their families drew a record 2,000 people. It was the first event since 2018. The reunion is…
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Irvine, Calif. — After a five-decade career as a pioneering ophthalmologist and medical innovator, 94-year-old John Graether, MD, is passing the torch to the next generation by making a $1 million donation…
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Orange, Calif. — With newly awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the Keck School of Medicine of USC will seek to revolutionize…
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IN THE NEWS: A UC Irvine study found that nearly 24% of patients miss their imaging appointments, which can lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment that result in poor outcomes.…
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IN THE NEWS: A recent survey of almost 3 million U.S. breast cancer patients in the National Cancer Database found that most people who decline treatment are Black, Asian, Native American…
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