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Living full throttle after hip replacement surgery

July 20, 2021 | Shari Roan

After being told he was too young for hip surgery and advised to get a knee replacement instead, 55-year-old retired Marine Corps officer Scott Shuster sought a second opinion at UCI Health. 

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Prostate cancer surgeon brings treatment advances to UCI Health

July 08, 2021 | UCI Health Dr. David I. Lee, MD, one of the nation’s foremost prostate cancer surgeons and the new director of the new UCI Health Comprehensive Cancer Program, explains advances in diagnosis and treatment that have improved patient survival rates at academic health programs such as UCI's. Read More

Learning medicine on the front lines of COVID-19

July 06, 2021 | UCI Health During the height of the winter 2021 coronavirus surge, medical student Violeta Osegueda worked with severely ill COVID-19 patients in UCI Medical Center’s intensive care unit (ICU). The experience took a heavy emotional toll, but it deepened her resolve to get accurate medical information to Southern California’s Latino community. Read More

UCI team readies universal coronavirus vaccine prototype for human trials

July 02, 2021 | UCI Health UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute scientists have designed a promising vaccine prototype that could prevent all coronavirus strains and variants, not just the one that causes COVID-19. Read More

Following in dad's footsteps

June 17, 2021 | Drew Farrington

Seeing the long hours her physician father worked, Dr. Kristen Kelly was dubious about pursuing a medical career. It was his passion and dedication to helping others that won over the UCI Health dermatologist and chair of dermatology at the UCI School of Medicine.

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