UC San Diego Health Physicians Top the List
October 2, 2023
More than 100 UC San Diego Health Physicians named “Top Docs” in annual survey.
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Supercomputers Help Accelerate Alzheimer’s Research
March 16, 2021
Since 2009, Daniel Tward and his collaborators at UCLA and Johns Hopkins University have analyzed more than 47,000 images of human brains via MRI Cloud—a gateway created to collect and share quantitative information from human brain images, including subtle changes in shape and cortical thickness.
Comprehensive Stroke Center Earns Gold Recognition for Patient Care
December 10, 2015
When someone experiences a major stroke, almost two million nerve cells in the brain die each minute, emphasizing the need for rapid treatment. Stroke patients who receive life-saving interventions more quickly have a higher chance of recovery. A recent data analysis showed the Comprehensive Stroke Center at UC San Diego…
Igor Grant Named Chair of UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
April 22, 2014
Igor Grant, MD, FRCP(C), an internationally recognized neuropsychiatrist, whose research interests have ranged from the neurobiology of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse, psychobiology of stress, to the therapeutic potential of medicinal cannabis, has been named the new Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School…
Researchers Evaluate Controversial Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis
September 26, 2018
In the wake of media and public reports about increased mortality linked to a new drug for treating Parkinson’s disease psychosis, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine conducted a retrospective study of qualifying patients in the UC San Diego Health system concluding that the new drug,…
COVID-19 on the Brain: Neurological Symptoms Persist in Majority of Long-Haulers
June 15, 2022
A UC San Diego study describes the short- and long-term neurological symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and identifies a new group of COVID-19 long-haulers with advanced motor and cognitive symptoms.
UC San Diego Health System Retains No. 1 Ranking
July 15, 2014
UC San Diego Health System remains among the nation’s best, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 issue of “America’s Best Hospitals,” released this week. The magazine’s widely cited findings again placed UC San Diego Health System first in the San Diego metropolitan area and fifth in California,…
Neural Stem Cells Regenerate Axons in Severe Spinal Cord Injury
September 13, 2012
In a study at the University of California, San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare, researchers were able to regenerate “an astonishing degree” of axonal growth at the site of severe spinal cord injury in rats. Their research revealed that early stage neurons have the ability to survive and extend…
Alexander Khalessi, MD, Named Chair of Neurosurgery Department at UC San Diego Health
January 24, 2018
After a national search, Alexander Khalessi, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at UC San Diego Health and chief of the Division of Neurosurgery in the Department of Surgery at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
UC San Diego Health Ranks #1 Regionally by U.S. News & World Report
July 25, 2022
UC San Diego Health top ranked in 10 medical and surgical specialties, among the nation’s best.
