Physicians Update

Physicians Update Winter 2020

Winter 2020

Included in this issue:

  • Less-invasive approaches to repairing and replacing heart valves expands scope of therapies for more patients
  • Sports cardiology program tailors care to competitive athletes
  • New clinic provides personalized care for patients with inherited or genetic cardiovascular disease
  • Mechanical circulatory support has extended life-sustaining options for advanced heart failure patients
  • UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center on the forefront of care for patients with most challenging conditions
  • UCLA Heart Failure Symposium 2020
Physicians Update Fall 2020

Fall 2020

Included in this issue:

  • Anesthesiologists have significant role to play in addressing opioid crisis
  • Clinical Updates
  • Regional anesthesia a boon to patients having joint replacement surgery
  • The role of anesthesiologists changes with the times
  • New technologies advance pain care for patients with cancer
  • Standardized protocols improve outcomes for patients across a broad spectrum of surgical procedures
Physicians Update Fall 2019

Fall 2019

Included in this issue:

  • Herceptin has saved countless women’s lives and earned UCLA’s Dr. Dennis Slamon the Lasker Award
  • Three-drug combination helps curb the growth of a deadly type of skin cancer
  • CAR T clinical trial aims at extending the lives of people with most common types of lymphoma and leukemia
  • Promise of CAR T-cell therapy may extend beyond current uses
  • 3D modeling to prepare for cancer surgeries should become new standard
  • Shorter course of radiation therapy effective in treating men with prostate cancer
  • Center works to identify children with genetic predisposition to cancer
  • Adding ribociclib to hormone therapy extends lives of women with most common breast cancer
  • BRCA initiative aims to increase access to testing
Physicians Update Spring 2019

Spring 2019

Included in this issue:

  • Center works to identify children with genetic predisposition to cancer
  • Specialized center offers evaluation and treatment for perplexing bone disorders
  • Drug study aims to reduce risk of preterm labor in women with infection in the womb
  • New therapies lead to major advances in treatment of cystic fibrosis
  • Children with short bowel syndrome benefit from recent treatment advances
  • 4th Annual Pediatric Board Review Course/Board Prep Course
Physicians Update Fall 2018

Fall 2018

Included in this issue:

  • Advances in facial reanimation are restoring smiles
  • Center is a national resource for treating the full range of voice problems, from common to complex
  • Researchers explore pharmacological approaches to treat NF2 tumors
  • New chair of head and neck surgery looks to the future
  • Taking steps toward personalized treatment for patients with head and neck cancers
  • Program established to address needs of head and neck cancer survivors
  • UCLA center offers management of complex nasal and sinus problems
  • Multidisciplinary expertise is best approach to treating balance disorders
Physicians Update Spring 2018

Spring 2018

Included in this issue:

  • Campaign aims to boost rates of colon cancer screening
  • MRI, endoscopy being used to screen patients at elevated risk for pancreatic cancer
  • Hands-on, multidisciplinary approach benefits IBD patients
  • Addressing diet and nutrition is essential when treating GI disorders
  • POEM procedure offers relief for patients with achalasia
  • Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
  • UCLA Clinical Updates Spring 2018
Physicians Update Winter 2018

Winter 2018

Included in this issue:

  • Specialized epilepsy center offers potential remedies to patients with uncontrolled seizures
  • New center offers comprehensive care for teens with epilepsy
  • Hospital on wheels brings immediate care to stroke patients
  • Addressing sleep issues can aid diagnosis of health concerns
  • Advances in neurogenetics opens window to rare neurological conditions
  • 6th Annual UCLA Review of Clinical Neurology
Physicians Update Winter 2018

Winter 2018

Included in this issue:

  • Specialized epilepsy center offers potential remedies to patients with uncontrolled seizures
  • New center offers comprehensive care for teens with epilepsy
  • Hospital on wheels brings immediate care to stroke patients
  • Addressing sleep issues can aid diagnosis of health concerns
  • Advances in neurogenetics opens window to rare neurological conditions
  • 6th Annual UCLA Review of Clinical Neurology
Physicians Update Fall 2017

Fall 2017

Included in this issue:

  • UCLA Registry Helps Researchers and Physicians to Better Understand Dwarfism
  • Synthetic-Cartilage Implant Offers Relief from Great Toe Arthritis
  • Tailoring Sarcoma Care to Meet the Needs of the Patient
  • New Orthopaedic Surgery Chair Addresses the Challenges Ahead
  • Partnership with Lakers Yields Benefits for Everyday Athletes
  • 8th Annual UCLA Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course and Hands-on Workshop
Physicians Update Spring 2017

Spring 2017

Included in this issue:

  • New Chemo Vector Offers Option for Patients with Difficult to Treat Urologic Cancer
  • Immunotherapy Treatment Can Increase Survival for Some Patients with Prostate Cancer
  • UCLA Clinic Takes Holistic Approach to Men’s Health
  • Comprehensive Approach Needed to Address Recurrent UTIs
  • UCLA Radiation Oncology Workshop: Integration of State-of-the-Art Innovations into Clinical Radiation Oncology Practice