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News

2019

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SEP 03UCI Health receives national recognition for stroke and heart failure care
JUL 22Young woman now seizure-free due to successful UCI Health epilepsy surgery
JAN 19UCI Health successfully treats first patient using new system for intracranial bleeding

2018

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MAY 15A chronic runny nose and headache can sometimes signal a cerebral spinal fluid leak, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery Chair Dr. Frank Hsu tells Healthline.com.
APR 27UCI Health neurosurgeon Sumeet Vadera, MD, appointed to Epilepsy Foundation’s National Professional Advisory Board

2017

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FEB 16UCI Health neurosurgeon Dr. Sumeet Vadera explains the value of clinical trials for epilepsy patients.
FEB 08Scary movies help identify key brain circuits for processing fear, Dr. Sumeet Vadera and a team of UC Irvine researchers report in the journal Nature Communications.

2016

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APR 07UCI Health epilepsy surgeon Dr. Sumeet Vadera and his patient talk with CBS2 News about the need to raise awareness about the disease.
APR 01UC Irvine neurosurgeon Dr. Sumeet Vadera shares easy science projects for children with CBS Los Angeles.

2015

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MAY 27UC Irvine physicians discuss how technology is shaping medicine with the Orange County Register.
FEB 09UC Irvine Health neurosurgeon Dr. Sumeet Vadera talks about the use of the Rosa robot in complex brain surgery.

2014

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JUN 25Experimental UC Irvine Health treatment using deep brain stimulation offers hope for patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms.
MAR 26Dr. Frank P.K. Hsu is named chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery.
FEB 03Online registration is now available for the 9th annual UC Irvine Health epilepsy symposium, where Dr. Frank P.K. Hsu will discuss new surgical options on March 8.

2013

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AUG 20Dr. Frank P.K. Hsu is named acting chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery.

2011

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NOV 17UC Irvine neurosurgeon organizes inaugural brain tumor clinical trials course for the National Society for Neuro-Oncology.
OCT 07UC Irvine’s Dr. Mark E. Linskey receives the Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Distinguished Service Award for professional excellence and leadership.
AUG 05UC Irvine's Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program receives second donation of $250,000 from philanthropists Sue and Ralph Stern.
AUG 03Stem cells show promise for restoring cognitive abilities after chemotherapy, say UC Irvine brain tumor specialists Dr. Daniela Bota and Dr. Mark Linskey.
JUL 25UC Irvine's Dr. Mark Linskey and the late Dr. Marianne Cinat honored by Orange County Trauma Intervention Program.
JUN 18The UC Irvine residency training program in neurological surgery received full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
JUN 03UC Irvine neurosurgery resident Amandip Gill receives the UC Irvine School of Medicine's 2011 graduating class's Sterling Staph Award for Excellence in Teaching.
APR 08Dr. Mark Linskey is elected Vice Chairman of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS).

2010

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SEP 20UC Irvine neurosurgeon Dr. Samer Ghostine and colleagues report on unusual cases of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma in "The Laryngoscope," the American Laryngological Association journal.
JUL 10UC Irvine neurosurgeon Dr. Mark Linskey honored by the New Mexico State Neurological Society
FEB 18Philanthropists Sue and Ralph Stern donate $250,000 to UC Irvine's Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program

2009

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JUL 11UC Irvine neurosurgeon Dr. Laura Paré tells the Orange County Register that five percent of people thought to have dementia may have a treatable condition known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH