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News in 2012

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Ken Mitchell, pancreatic and kidney transplant patient

December 01, 2012
When Ken Mitchell first met UCI Health transplant surgeon Dr. Clarence Foster, he was a diabetic in kidney failure. Mitchell, a 42-year-old...

Campaigning against elder abuse

Dr. Laura Mosqueda
December 01, 2012
Citing UC Irvine's award-winning Program in Geriatrics, the U.S. Administration on Aging has designated UC Irvine as the National Center on Elder...

Caring for the Latino community

Dr. Charles Vega
December 01, 2012
Dr. Charles Vega first walked into the UCI Health Family Health Center as a medical school graduate eager to make a difference in his first job as...

When to seek help for voice problems

December 01, 2012
The act of speaking involves a complex chain of events. It begins when air from the lungs travels through the trachea into the larynx (voice box)....

Cochlear implants provide hope for the hearing impaired

Hamid R. Djalilian, MD, Surgeon
December 01, 2012
Imagine being unable to hear music, ringing telephones, laughter, or the sound of a loved one’s voice. The world is a silent place for more...

UC Irvine center unites digestive disease experts

Dr. Kenneth Chang
December 01, 2012
The UC Irvine H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center (CDDC) is one of the few facilities in the nation—and the only one in Orange...

Skin-conserving surgeries for skin cancer

Dr. Christopher Zachary
December 01, 2012
Most types of skin cancer, such as basal and squamous cell cancers, are highly curable when treated early and appropriately. But the true size and...

Missionary work fueled Dr. Kenneth Chang's passion to treat digestive diseases

Kenneth Chang, MD, Gastrointestinal oncologist
December 01, 2012
Dr. Kenneth J. Chang has built one of the nation's finest digestive disease centers for UCI Health with a drive and passion inspired by doctors he...

From beach to backyard, caution can reduce fire pit burns

Tina Aldatz Norris, Patient
December 01, 2012
Backyard barbecues and beach bonfires are beloved summer activities across the country, but they also put people—especially children—at...

Aggressive breast cancer tumor caught early

Carey Moyer, breast cancer patient
December 01, 2012
Carey Moyer was 31 and still a newlywed when she felt a lump in her right breast in January 2010. "It felt like a rock, but it didn’t hurt...