|
Latest News... Latest News & Press Release
June 24, 2014 Congratulations to Drs. Kain, Bederman, and Schwarzkopf for their exceptional contributions in the June Issue of AAOS Now, focussing on the Peri-Operative Joint Surgical Home Project at UC Irvine. Read more.. June 12, 2014 UC Irvine Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for its hip and knee joint replacement programs by demonstrating compliance with the organization’s national standards for health care quality and safety in disease-specific care. March 19, 2014 The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from March 11 to 15 in New Orleans. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions. Ran Schwarzkopf, M.D., of the University of California Irvine Medical Center, and colleagues evaluated the effects of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on patients undergoing total joint replacement surgery. The investigators found that MetS produced an increased rate of short-term complications, found likely to have longer term implications because the impact of MetS on all surgical complication rates (in hospital and/or within one year post surgery) was significant. For the second time in three years, the Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation (OREF) has chosen one of UC Irvine Orthopaedic residents to receive their prestigious OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant. The 2014 recipient of this award is Dr. Minal Tapadia. Research grant and award recipients are selected through OREF's independent, peer-review process, supporting musculoskeletal research and education-seeking clinically relevant advancements which orthopaedic surgeons can apply in daily practice to improve their patient’s lives. The OREF grant will afford Dr. Tapadia, also a lawyer by trade, to pursue her interest as an academic orthopaedic surgeon, teaching and conducting clinical research and potentially developing new therapeutic and diagnostic techniques, which may lead to the discovery of new therapeutic agents. Dr. Tapadia defended her proposal against rigorous competition and met strict peer review standards, earning her a grant for research and innovation in orthopaedic surgery. Congratulations, Dr. Minal Tapadia, on a job well done!" February 22, 2014
EVERY STEP COUNTS, EVERY
DOLLAR MATTERS! February Challenge: 2014 Walk to Cure Arthritis
Committee Important Dates Bank Day 2014 Honorees Youth Honoree New Incentive Prize February 14, 2014 Valentine's Day in a hospital? No problem February 4, 2014 OrthoBuzz: Q & A with Dr. Ran Schwarzkopf and His Experience Using Google Glass. After reading our item about Google Glass in the January OrthoBuzz, Dr. Ran Schwarzkopf, assistant clinical professor of orthopaedics at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), wrote us to explain briefly how teams of surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists use the technology at UCI. Dr. Schwarzkopf kindly responded to our follow-up questions in the following interview.
|
