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UCI Health celebrates transformational acquisition of four community hospitals

March 26, 2024
The addition of four medical centers expands health system's presence and advances the university's mission to serve Californians.

Surgeon leads overseas medical missions to impoverished villages

An older adult woman who had never seen a physician in her life hugs Dr. Cristobal Barrios Jr. of UCI Health during his humanitarian visit to Ecuador last year. Angelo Di Fusco
February 21, 2024
A team of volunteers led by Dr. Cristobal Barrios treated 3,750 patients as part of a humanitarian mission in Quito, Ecuador.

UCI Health gastroenterologist honored by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

March 15, 2022
The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has named Dr. Kenneth Chang, board-certified UCI Health gastroenterologist and executive...

Top hospitals have better GI cancer surgery outcomes, lower death rates, UCI study shows

Dr. Ninh T. Nguyen is a UCI Health gastrointestinal surgeon and chair of the UCI School of Medicine's Department of Surgery.
March 19, 2021
Patients are nearly 2½ times more likely to survive these complex gastrointestintal procedures at a ranked hospital than those whose...

UCI Health doctors offer minimally-invasive treatment for early esophageal cancer

June 27, 2019
IN THE NEWS: UCI Medical Center in Orange is one of few hospitals in the nation to offer the procedure.

Endoscopic foregut surgery and interventions: The future is now

Kenneth J. Chang, MD
January 10, 2019
UCI Health gastroenterologist Kenneth J. Chang, MD, has been honored for his career achievements in gastrointestinal endoscopy with the cover of...

UCI Health gastroenterology experts highlight latest digestive disorder treatments

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November 11, 2015
UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest non-surgical treatment options for digestive disorders when medication no longer...

UCI Health opens Digestive Disease Center – Newport

May 18, 2015
UCI Health now offers more Orange County residents access to highly trained, world-class digestive disease specialists with the opening of the UCI...

Patient unable to swallow food finds relief in POEM

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January 16, 2015
UCI Health expert Dr. Kenneth Chang uses a novel, scarless approach called POEM to treat the rare swallowing disorder achalasia. Procedure ends...

The Doctors TV program to discuss severe acid reflux with UCI Health GI expert

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May 02, 2014
UCI Health gastroenterologist Dr. Kenneth Chang appears on The Doctors TV show on Tuesday, May 6, to discuss a new treatment for severe acid...