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This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Sept. 21-28. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone, who will add it to next week’s col...

$25M Gift Creates Alfred E. Mann Precision Medicine Innovation CenterAlfred E. Mann Charities, Inc., has just announced a $25 million gift to the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors. The gift will establish the Alfred E. Mann Single Cell Precision Medici...

Lifestyle changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic—such as increased hand washing and use of disinfectants—may have led to changes in the gut microbiome, according to investigators at Cedars-Sinai.Scientists compared the small intestine luminal flui...

Cedars-Sinai recently announced the selection of Joshua Levy, PhD, as the new director of Digital Pathology Research. Levy also will hold a joint appointment in the Department of Computational Biomedicine.Levy’s research focuses on implementing AI, d...

Physician-scientists from the Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer will present the latest research breakthroughs and discuss advances in clinical care at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting Oct. 1-4,...

Vascular surgeons Theodore Teruya, MD, and Sally Schonefeld, MD, have joined the Division of Vascular Surgery in the Smidt Heart Institute to provide care for Pasadena-area patients with vascular diseases at Huntington Health—an affiliate of Cedars-S...

WHATThroughout the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Annual Meeting Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2023, in Nashville, Cedars-Sinai experts will be available to discuss the latest research, innovations and treatment options. The co...

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cedars-Sinai Cancer experts are available to discuss an uptick in breast cancer among younger patients and the innovative ways the academic medical center is treating breast cancer in diverse Southern California ...

La Dra. Amanda Velázquez, directora de Medicina de la Obesidad en el Departamento de Cirugía de Cedars-Sinai, participó recientemente en un seminario en línea de WebMD sobre la obesidad, los desafíos de perder peso y mantener un peso saludable.La obe...

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Sept. 14-21. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone, who will add it to next week’s col...

Cedars-Sinai maternal-fetal medicine leader Kimberly Gregory, MD, MPH, is the new chair of the California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee (CA-PARC).Formerly known as the California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (CA-PARM), the committee ...

In 1998, scientists reported being able to derive cells from human embryos that could develop into almost any cell in the body. In 2007, the field took a huge leap when scientists discovered they could reprogram human adult skin cells to act like the...

Cedars-Sinai has selected Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr., MD, as the new vice chair of Research in the Department of Surgery, director of the Division of Plastic Surgery and director of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Program Development.Known for ...

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Sept. 7-14. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone, who will add it to next week’s coll...

This week’s edition of Cedars-Sinai Highlights includes faculty who were featured in the news media between Sept. 6-13. If you have story ideas for the Newsroom, questions about Newsroom stories and videos, requests for media coverage or requests for...

Dentro de unas semanas, Lizbeth Sanchez se despedirá de su trabajo en un laboratorio del Smidt Heart Institute y caminará unos 200 pasos hasta un salón de clases de Cedars-Sinai, donde comenzará a trabajar en su doctorado en investigación biomédica y...

Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, director of Health Services Research and founding director of the Master’s Degree Program in Health Delivery Science at Cedars-Sinai, has been named the inaugural holder of the George and Dorothy Gourrich Chair in Digital H...

WHODuring National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month throughout September and Aortic Disease Awareness Week, Sept.19-26, Smidt Heart Institute cardiologists and surgeons are available to speak with journalists about these common heart condit...

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has earned a prestigious designation for its excellence in adult and pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO—an often lifesaving treatment where blood is pumped outside of a patient’s body to a...

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that community-level socioeconomic disparities are associated with worse three-year survival rates for patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation who had valve repair surger...

Hematologist-oncologist Navid Hafez, MD, MPH, has joined The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai Cancer, as director of Precision Medicine and Thoracic Oncology. Hafez will focus on clinical research programs to develo...

Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, an internationally recognized leader in the diagnosis and treatment of complex orthopaedic and spinal oncology conditions, has joined Cedars-Sinai as the new director of Spine Oncology for Orthopaedic Surgery and the directo...

A large nationwide survey of 89,000 people conducted by Cedars-Sinai investigators found the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to be higher than previously reported: 6.1% compared with 4.7% to 5.3% in studies of significantly smaller sampl...

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Aug. 31-Sept. 7. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone, who will add it to next week’s...

Durante septiembre y octubre, profesionales de Cedars-Sinai administrarán vacunas contra la gripe y el COVID-19 en una clínica local , ofrecerán exámenes de presión arterial gratuitos en una conferencia pública y alentarán a los adultos elegibles a d...

Hematologist/oncologist Kevin Scher, MD, MBA, an expert in patient-centric care with more than 10 years of experience on the Cedars-Sinai Cancer faculty, has been appointed medical director of Cedars-Sinai Cancer in Beverly Hills. In his new role, Sc...

Investigators from the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute and Cedars-Sinai Cancer have collaborated to co-develop and test a new version of the chemotherapy workhorse doxorubicin. Their study, published in the peer-review...

Cedars-Sinai Neurosurgery experts who treat the most aggressive form of brain cancer and specialize in leading-edge spine surgery techniques will present research and discuss pioneering therapies at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2023 Annual M...

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Aug. 24-31. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone, who will add it to next week’s coll...

Los investigadores de Cedars-Sinai son líderes en la innovación y el uso del reemplazo valvular aórtico transcatéter (TAVR) con válvulas expandibles con balón. Ahora demuestran que volver a hacer los procedimientos TAVR son seguros y eficaces en comp...