Tim Stottlemyer is one of 13 patients who have received life-saving surgical procedures thanks to vascular surgery's new abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance program.
Read MoreWhen Adelyn Katzakian was diagnosed with the heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot, her parents chose the team at UC Davis Children’s Hospital … and won.
Read MoreUC Davis Health’s Department of Surgery has received a multimillion dollar grant to establish a National Center for Metabolic Phenotyping of Mouse Models of Obesity and Diabetes.
Read MoreA new outpatient endoscopy suite is now open on the second floor of UC Davis Medical Center. It serves patients from gastroenterology, interventional pulmonology and colorectal surgery.
Read MoreUC Davis Medical Center’s heart team has performed the institution’s first transfemoral transseptal mitral valve replacement procedure – the first hospital on the West Coast to do so.
Read MoreThe UC Davis Health Spine Center is leading a clinical trial seeking treatments that could give people disabled by severe spinal cord injuries more independence.
Read MoreAn American College of Surgeons quality improvement program reduced surgical wait times and cut hospital stays by more than a day.
Read MoreThe Interventional Pulmonology Program has completed its 100th robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedure for minimally invasive peripheral lung biopsy, becoming the first hospital in the Sacramento region to reach this milestone.
Read MoreThe Department of Surgery now offers patients an advanced option for hip and knee replacements, thanks to the addition of the Stryker Mako SmartRobotics system to its collection of innovative technology.
Read MoreThe UC Davis Health team used a new catheterization procedure to buy some time for a newborn baby with a congenital heart defect. Doctors want the baby to grow and develop before a major open-heart surgery.
Read MoreUC Davis Health has a new CT scanner that allows patients to bear weight during imaging, leading to more accurate diagnoses and treatment options.
Read MoreUC Davis Health is the first multi-site health system in the nation to implement a low-pressure insufflation systemwide for laparoscopic surgeries.
Read MoreUC Davis Health has performed its 100th Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) procedure, becoming the first hospital in the Sacramento region to reach this milestone.
Read MoreSick for weeks, Seth Hanson was transferred to UC Davis Children’s Hospital. There, the team repaired his ruptured appendix got him back to being a kid.
Read MoreUC Davis Health and AI software company Illuminate have developed a centralized abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance program using artificial intelligence software. The effort identifies at-risk abdominal aortic aneurysm patients who may have been ‘lost-to-follow-up’ either due to COVID-19 or other factors.
Read MoreAn active-duty Air Force reservist at Travis Air Force Base became gravely ill. Thanks to a 30-year partnership between UC Davis Health and the Air Force, teams were able to coordinate care and perform lifesaving surgeries.
Read MoreOctober is National Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spine and brain. Three UC Davis Health experts share developments that over the years have improved the quality of life for many patients and their families.
Read MoreUC Davis trauma surgeon Rachel Russo received the 2022 Women of the Year award from Congressman John Garamendi on Oct. 13. The prestigious award honors women from California’s Third Congressional District who are leaders and visionaries in their communities.
Read MoreMichelle and Jeff were excited to build their new family together, but when she received the distressing news that her developing baby was diagnosed with spina bifida, she looked for the best treatment. She was referred to the CuRe trial.
Read MoreThree babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells. This was made possible by a landmark clinical trial at UC Davis Health known formally as the “CuRe Trial: Cellular Therapy for In Utero Repair of Myelomeningocele.”
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