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Carolynn Patten, Ph.D., PT, FAPTA, director of the UC Davis Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Lab, is leading a study to understand the gait patterns of older adults in their natural environments. The study’s technology leverages computer vision and deep convolutional neural networks to perform 3D analysis.
A 5-year-old boy diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the first in California and fourth in the nation to receive groundbreaking gene therapy outside of clinical trials. The treatment, years in the making, brings hope to as many as 12,000 people in the U.S. who live with DMD.
UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital is Sacramento County’s first freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Developed in collaboration with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, the 58,000-square-foot facility is equipped with leading-edge amenities and 52-beds, including a 12-bed brain injury unit and 3,100-square-foot physical therapy gym.
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A U.S. News & World Report best hospital in cancer, cardiology, heart & vascular surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ENT, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, and pulmonology & lung surgery.
UC Davis Medical Center received Healthgrades® America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award for 2024, placing us among the top 2% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance. We also received accolades for high-quality patient care, known as Specialty Excellent Awards, in five areas including cardiac, neurosciences, gastrointestinal, critical care and pulmonary specialties.
UC Davis Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitals by the 2023 edition of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Great hospitals in America” list.
UC Davis Medical Center has received Magnet® recognition, the nation’s highest honor for nursing excellence.
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital by U.S. News, and high-performing in back surgery, COPD, colon cancer surgery, gynecological cancer surgery, heart attack, heart failure, hip fracture, kidney failure, leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, lung cancer surgery, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery, stroke, TAVR, and gastroenterology & GI surgery.