April 17, 2012
…the Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Cancer Hospital and the Hospital for Women and Infants. The visionary gift from the Jacobs will help fund a state-of-the art medical center that will be the largest component of the university’s East Campus in La Jolla, and allow the UC San Diego Health System…
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…
July 20, 2023
The ceremony recognized the work of individuals and teams whose improvement projects made a positive impact for providers, staff and patients at UC San Diego Health.
March 12, 2015
…a successful kidney transplant surgery at UC San Diego Health System. “We are in desperate need for lifesaving organ transplants in the United States,” said Dr. Kristin Mekeel, surgical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program at UC San Diego Health System. “Right now, there are more than 120,000…
August 27, 2019
For the first time in Southern California, surgeons at UC San Diego Health have transplanted the kidney of a deceased donor with HIV into a recipient with a pre-existing HIV infection. The procedure is part of an unprecedented multi-site national clinical trial.
November 6, 2017
The five University of California medical centers, including Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, have joined together to recruit 100,000 women in California to be part of WISDOM: a clinical trial to uncover whether annual mammograms are the best way to screen for breast cancer, or whether a…
February 11, 2019
The Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at UC San Diego Health is the only one in the region to provide a multi-disciplinary team with extensive knowledge in congenital heart disease and help patients transition from pediatric care to adult care.
August 14, 2018
UC San Diego Health and its medical and surgical specialties have again been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for 2018-19. Each year, U.S. News & World Report analyzes and reviews hospitals performance in a clinical specialties, procedures and conditions for its “Best Hospital” rankings. These rankings distinguish…
March 10, 2022
…when she underwent open-heart surgery for the first time. A procedure she’d experience again at two years old and once more at 22 years old. She was born with a congenital heart defect, which affects one in every 100 babies born in the United States. “I was born blue,” said…
March 4, 2015
UC San Diego Health System was this week named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM. This is the third time UC San Diego Health System has been recognized for this prestigious honor.
