Showing results for - Year: 2018

Dale Yurong Abc30 Action News talked to UCSF Fresno’s Lori Weichenthal, M.D., on avoiding heat illness during extreme temperatures this week.

Dr. Christopher Downer of University Obstetrics & Gynecology Center was part of the team that successfully delivered a baby girl after discovering and planning for her mother’s rare and dangerous condition, placenta accreta.

Dr. Christine Nelson of the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program Pediatrics Department gives critical water safety advice for the hot summer.

Roger Mortimer, MD, UCSF Fresno Family & Community Medicine Department faculty physician with expertise in wilderness medicine and cave rescues, joins a KQED panel discussing challenges associated with efforts to extract the boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave in Thailand.

Dr. Jessica Mason talks about how to stay safe during the hot summer.

Dr. Rafael Zuzuárregui, Sleep Disorder Specialist of University Sleep and Pulmonary Associates, lists the medical issues that can be affected by sleep apnea and gives the range of treatments available.

Dr. John Moua, Pediatric Pulmonologist at University Pediatric Specialists, talks about the need the Community Regional Medical Center Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Center fills as the only Cystic Fibrosis treatment center of its kind in the Central Valley that treats both adults and children.

Dr. Nicholas Levine, Neurosurgeon of University Neurosciences Institute, details the impact a brain tumor can have on an individual’s quality of life.

Michelle Storkan, MD, of the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Department, talks ticks with KSEE24 News and CBS47 Fresno.

In partnership with the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program and the National Parks Service, first responders were trained in a mock mass casualty incident.

UCSF Fresno toxicologist Patil Armenian, MD, is interviewed in this CBS47 Fresno special report on marijuana edibles and the dangers they pose to kids.

Dr. Krista Kaups highlights the impressive changes that have been made at Community Regional Medical Center as part of a collaborative effort among 63 hospitals to improve care and outcomes in ICUs.