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News in 2012

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Granville Kirkup makes a gift to endow stuttering center chair

Sidney & Granville Kirkup
December 01, 2012
As CEO of Irvine-based Telmar Network Technology, Granville Kirkup has proved both talented and exceptional in his business style. He rarely meets...

Dr. Dawn Lombardo developed program to help patients with moderate to severe heart failure

Dawn M. Lombardo, DO, Cardiologist
December 01, 2012
Dr. Dawn Lombardo joined UC Irvine Medical Center to initiate its Heart Failure Program. She developed the program and assembled a dedicated and...

Reducing obesity

In studies, UC Irvine surgeons find bariatric surgery safer, gastric bypass most effective
December 01, 2012
Bariatric surgery is an increasingly popular way to treat morbid obesity. More than 170,000 Americans undergo the surgery each year, 10 times more...

Leukemia patients feel her caring touch

UC Irvine nurse practitioner Karen Sommers has devoted her nearly 30-year career to caring for patients with leukemia.
December 01, 2012
When she was eight years old, Karen Sommers watched a movie about a young woman struggling with leukemia. It made her realized that she wanted to...

UC Irvine acute care team’s heroic efforts save new mother

Acute Care Patient Stephanie Shaffer
December 01, 2012
Hemorrhaging and without a pulse, new mother Stephanie Shaffer appeared close to death in an intensive care unit at UC Irvine Medical...

Saving your skin

UC Irvine’s new pigmented lesion program monitors people at high risk of dermatological cancer
December 01, 2012
Each year, millions of Americans develop cancerous skin lesions. The vast majority of these are easily treated and highly survivable, but some...

Beyond mammography

UC Irvine researchers go beyond mammography
December 01, 2012
Researchers at UCI Health Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic received a $7-million grant from the National Cancer Institute to standardize...

Moving fast on strokes

December 01, 2012
All too often, many of the nearly 8,000 Orange County residents who have a stroke each year experience warning signs that go unrecognized. This...

Treating fibroids without surgery

Dr. Scott Goodwin treats uterine fibroids without surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center
December 01, 2012
Nearly 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the United States—a rate unchanged since World War II. Uterine fibroids, benign...

Lifeline for stroke patients

Dr. Shuichi Suzuki
December 01, 2012
Growing up in Tokyo, Dr. Shuichi Suzuki was well aware of the destruction that stroke can cause. Stroke was Japan’s No. 1 cause of death at...