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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UC San Diego Health Ranks No. 1 in San Diego, Makes National Honor Roll
July 31, 2023
U.S. News & World Report ranks 10 medical and surgical specialties at UC San Diego Health among the nation’s best.
Lost in Transition: Sickle Cell Clinic Helps Adults Continue Care
September 29, 2020
Networking California for Sickle Cell Care Initiative supports expansion of San Diego’s only adult sickle cell disease clinic at UC San Diego Health which offers child-to-adult transition health services to patients like Vanessa Hughes.
Senator Toni Atkins Visits Hospital to Recognize Plans for New Hillcrest Campus
July 23, 2021
Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins visited UC San Diego Medical Center today to recognize a $30 million allocation in the 2021-2022 California state budget that will support the redevelopment of the new Hillcrest hospital.
UC San Diego Health Recognized for Health Equity in Care of Sickle Cell Crisis
December 12, 2022
UC San Diego Health has been awarded the prestigious 2022 California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems Quality Leaders Award in the category of health equity.
UCSD Uses Heat Energy to Fix Odd Heart Beat
February 16, 2012
UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is now offering patients with atrial fibrillation the breakthrough benefits of heat energy, or radio frequency waves, to irreversibly alter heart tissue that triggers an abnormal heart rhythm or arrhythmia.
Blood Thinner Found to Significantly Reduce Subsequent Heart Failure Risks
April 24, 2019
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found using blood thinners in patients with worsening heart failure, coronary artery disease and irregular heart rhythms was associated with a reduced risk of thromboembolic events, such as stroke and heart attack.
Remapping Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
February 14, 2022
New heart arrhythmia mapping technology debuts at UC San Diego Health.
UC San Diego Health System Ranks No. 1
July 16, 2013
UC San Diego Health System is once again ranked among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 “America’s Best Hospitals” issue. The magazine placed UC San Diego Health System No. 1 in the San Diego metropolitan area with national rankings in 10 specialties.
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.
