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Former FBI agent meets his match, and his hero
Surgeon saves patient's life, leg and knee.
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Meet sports medicine and rehabilitation physician Brandee Waite
Brandee Waite is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In her role, she takes care of athletes of all shapes and sizes. Dr. Waite wants all her patients to continue to be healthy and mobile, no matter what their starting point is.
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After a diving accident, a lifeguard learns to walk again
On Aug. 5, 2012, lifeguard Zachary Pickett dived into Cameron Park Lake and hit a sandbar, shattering his C-7 vertebrae. Two years later, after spinal surgery and physical therapy at UC Davis Children's Hospital, he is back on his feet.
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A life-changing knee replacement at UC Davis Health
When Greg’s biggest challenge went from winning triathlons to trying to make it through the day, he turned to UC Davis Health for answers. Through meticulous pre and post-surgery care, a team of detailed orthopedic surgeons helped Greg build a plan to get back on his feet – with a brand-new knee for a brand-new life.
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Interview: Sac Republic FC team physician Cassandra Lee
Orthopaedic surgeon and team doctor Cassandra Lee discusses what it is like to be a team doctor for a major sport and gives advice on how to keep yourself healthy.
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Doctors Diving In: Teaching Aquatic Physical Therapy
A UC Davis education extends outside the classroom with hands-on (in this case, “in-pool”) learning! Physicians in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) residency program at UC Davis Health are learning exactly what patients go through during aquatic physical therapy – and developing a better understanding of the patient experience.
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Chordoma with Mass General's Joseph Schwab: UC Davis Orthopaedics Lecture
"Chordoma: Continuing Evolution of Care" presented by Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS
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An ankle becomes a knee for a sports-loving sarcoma patient
Childhood is typically filled with adventure and joy. Kids run and play with reckless abandon at recess and fill their minds with new concepts in the classroom. For 9-year-old Jorge Portugal-Herrera, a Green Bay Packers fanatic and aspiring football player, all that stopped when he was diagnosed with cancer.
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Rotationplasty delivers hope for a future in sports
Nine-year-old Jorge Portugal-Herrera was diagnosed with sarcoma in his left knee. UC Davis Health surgeons removed his knee and replaced it with his healthy ankle by using a procedure called rotationplasty.
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Top Pediatric Specialty Care, Close to Home
UC Davis Children’s Hospital is the Sacramento region’s only nationally ranked, comprehensive hospital for children, offering children and their families the highest level of care for virtually every pediatric health condition. Meet some of our doc stars and learn how our pediatric specialty care services are keeping families close to home!
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The West Coast’s first level I-designated children’s surgery center
Families do not have to travel far from home to get world-class pediatric surgical care right here in Sacramento. UC Davis Children's Hospital is home to the only level I children's surgery center on the West Coast and fourth in the nation, as verified by the American College of Surgeons.