Alexander Khalessi Named President-Elect of Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA, chair of neurosurgery at UC San Diego Health, has been chosen as 2023 president-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
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UC San Diego Health Physicians Named ‘Top Docs’ in San Diego County
More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians have been named “Top Docs” in the 2022 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey.
Ocean Science Leaders Come Together to Create First-ever Ocean Pavilion at COP27
A group of the world’s leading ocean science and philanthropic organizations, led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will highlight the global ocean at COP27 climate negotiations with first-ever Ocean Pavilion.
The Thinking Undead: How Dormant Bacteria Calculate Their Return to Life
Facing extreme conditions such as starvation and stress, some bacterial cells enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Biologists have discovered how they assess environmental conditions for a return to life, carrying implications for evaluating life on Earth as well as other planets.
Patient First in Region to Receive New Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer
UC San Diego Health is the first hospital system in the region to offer a novel treatment option for patients with prostate cancer that has spread throughout the body and has not responded to other therapeutics.
Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters
In a recent collaborative effort, physicians with UC San Diego Health and scientists at the Salk Institute reported a form of intermittent fasting, called time-restricted eating, improved the health of study participants who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.
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