April 30, 2013
Dr. Raul Coimbra is the only trauma surgeon in the western United States recently invited to be part of the Global Alliance for the Care of the Injured – a World Health Organization initiative to improve trauma care in low and middle income countries.
June 5, 2014
…A Day in the Trauma Center Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications It’s 10 o’clock on a Tuesday morning and the UC San Diego Health System Level-1 Trauma Center is quiet. The only sounds are beeps and tones from machines monitoring the health and status of a handful of…
July 23, 2020
…Options for Severe Brain Trauma Every 15 seconds someone in the United States suffers a traumatic brain injury; a new research study at UC San Diego Health seeks to improve treatment options Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube, and is commonly used to…
March 22, 2022
A UC San Diego pilot study on parents of mass shooting victims finds that eight weeks of mindfulness training is effective in reducing trauma, depression, stress and grief caused by gun violence.
March 5, 2019
Novel study to investigate how sexual trauma increases HIV susceptibility in women.
August 30, 2024
The trauma medical director at UC San Diego Health reflects on her career in observance of the 40th Anniversary of the San Diego County Trauma System.
April 29, 2022
Trauma physicians at UC San Diego Health attribute the rise in injuries to a height increase of the border wall at U.S.-Mexico border.
December 17, 2020
…Per guidance for the Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration and public health experts, these first doses will go to health care workers at UC San Diego Health who are deemed at greatest risk of exposure to COVID-19, such as emergency department staff, critical care staff, trauma staff,…
December 4, 2018
UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest was named a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. The award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors that a U.S. hospital can receive.
October 25, 2024
UC San Diego alumna Mary Kouyoumdijian developed “Paper Pianos” to highlight the global refugee crisis.
