A free heart screening next month is aimed at identifying youth with undiagnosed heart conditions that may put then at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
Read MoreThree UC Davis Health residency programs have been awarded $950,000 by CalMedForce. The grant program helps address California’s physician shortage by supporting residency programs.
Read MoreUC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez is the first physician in the world to implant a retrievable leadless pacemaker in a child.
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 MoreJames Marcin, director of the UC Davis Center for Health and Technology, vice chair for pediatric clinical research and professor of pediatrics, is back in the states after spending three months in Ireland sharing best practices in pediatric telehealth.
Read MorePediatric endocrinology outpatient nurse Sultanna Iden was honored with a DAISY Award, which recognizes outstanding members of the nursing community.
Read MoreWhen Adam Olson was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease, he needed infusions. UC Davis Health’s Acute Infection Management Clinic was his happy place. It still is.
Read MoreThe holidays were merrier for hospitalized kids at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, thanks to $28,989 that was raised during the 2022 Virtual Toy Drive.
Read MoreThis issue of the Pediatric Press newsletter features the world’s first stem cell treatment for spina bifida, patient milestones, hospital awards and more.
Read MoreUC Davis Health researchers assessed the carbon footprint and potential savings in lives, costs and time of telehealth visits during the pandemic’s first two years.
Read MoreThe 15th annual Donut Dash is scheduled for Saturday, March 4. Funds raised will support the UC Davis Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department.
Read MoreUC Davis pediatricians offer suggestions for families in search of alternatives.
Read MoreNineteen-day-old Mason was limp and unresponsive when the transport team got the call to move him to UC Davis Children’s Hospital. The family remembers this difficult night four years later.
Read MoreAn American College of Surgeons quality improvement program reduced surgical wait times and cut hospital stays by more than a day.
Read MoreAs families shop for children’s toys, UC Davis Children’s Hospital experts are warning that water beads, a popular sensory toy, can cause intestinal blockages if swallowed.
Read MoreThe UC Davis MIND Institute created a winter wonderland in its parking lot last weekend to thank the families who take part in research.
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 MoreOver 110 volunteers from UC Davis Health will provide medical support to more than 9,000 marathon runners at the California International Marathon (CIM) on Sunday.
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 MoreNovember is National Prematurity Awareness Month. UC Davis Children’s Hospital has partnered with community hospitals to bring its nationally ranked neonatal care to a greater number of premature babies.
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