Port-wine stain masters
The Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic at UC Irvine is home to one of the nation’s elite research and treatment centers for vascular birthmarks.
July 18, 2011
KEYWORD
surgery
Expanding the role of robots
Lourdes Medina had a common problem: relentless back pain and sciatica caused by a herniated disk and an unstable spine. The solution, however, was anything but common. At UC Irvine Medical Center, she underwent the first robot-assisted spinal surgery on the West Coast. Within a day of her March 15 operation, the 32-year-old Los Angeles woman was […]
April 01, 2011
UCI ophthalmologist on cutting edge of laser eye surgery
Dr. Roger Steinert has developed techniques that have helped improve the eyesight of millions.
March 25, 2011
Patient advocate
Levity, gossip and idle chitchat have no place in Dr. Ralph Clayman’s operating room. The pioneer in minimally invasive surgery once asked a gabby colleague to leave in the middle of an operation because the chatterbox lacked focus. Clayman, a urologist so dedicated he gives his home phone number to patients, makes no apologies for […]
January 01, 2010