Medicine

Living Our Values Award recipient Rose Jacobs makes sure UCI physicians have — and keep — the proper credentials. She’s director of medical staff administration at UC Irvine Medical Center.

Children treated at UC Irvine Medical Center find support among others with similar injuries.

Having beaten both colon and prostate cancer, Billy Pine now supports the larger battle by giving to the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

UCI’s Frances Jurnak explains how daily supplements, if taken correctly, can benefit lifelong health.

Ruth Mulnard, founding faculty member in UCI’s nursing science program, leads clinical trials to help Alzheimer’s patients.

UCI’s new pigmented lesion program monitors people at high risk of dermatological cancer.

Most nurses see patients in health clinics, hospitals and offices, but Jill Berg makes house calls, consulting with people who have asthma and other chronic pulmonary conditions. Her mission: to help them breathe easier.

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute refractive surgeons use cutting-edge lasers and world-class skill to restore good sight.

For PRIME-LC student Tommy Hand, healthcare is a platform for advocacy of global human rights.

UCI studies find weight loss surgeries are safer than they used to be and gastric bypass is most effective.