April 15, 2019
UC San Diego Health has invested in a new robotic technology to benefit patients in need of restorative spine surgery. This technology enables minimally invasive spine surgery, the benefits of which include potential for shorter operations, less anesthesia, smaller incisions and reduced blood loss.
October 28, 2019
UC San Diego Health opens a new clinic in Eastlake that offers express care and imaging capabilities with primary care opening late 2019.
November 8, 2012
When David and Janice Katz sold their family business in Chicago, the couple looked forward to a full, active retirement in San Diego. They also planned to continue the philanthropic work that they had begun while in Chicago.
March 15, 2024
On Friday, fourth-year medical school students nationwide learned where they matched for residency training. At UC San Diego, 141 medical students matched, with 77% of them remaining in California for their graduate medical training.
March 15, 2018
…curing bone cement during orthopedic surgery. “Currently, in the 10 minutes that it takes bone cement to dry, the surgeon must physically hold the implant to the bone in order for it to dry in the correct place,” Williams said. “That is not only uncomfortable for the surgeon, but it’s…
October 12, 2022
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.
October 25, 2016
While astronauts on long space missions do not experience a change in spinal disc height, the muscles supporting the spine weaken, find researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. The study provides new insights into the elevated rates of back pain and disc disease associated with prolonged…
July 31, 2023
U.S. News & World Report ranks 10 medical and surgical specialties at UC San Diego Health among the nation’s best.
March 5, 2018
On March 12, 2018, UC San Diego Health will welcome its first patients to the Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion. Located on the La Jolla campus, the new 156,000-square-foot facility represents the most recent addition to the university’s world-class medical campus. In the past five years, UC San Diego Health has…
December 17, 2021
A celebratory groundbreaking event marks the beginning of a comprehensive revitalization project of UC San Diego’s Hillcrest campus, which upon completion will feature state-of-the-art facilities, expanded patient care services and technologies and other community amenities to promote wellbeing.
