Top Doctors 2020 UC Davis Health

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UC Davis Health harnesses the power of a world-class university to tackle our most pressing health issues — and to connect our patients with remarkable health knowledge and discoveries.

Dr. Dean Blumberg

UC Davis Health’s coronavirus response

We’re a nationally recognized academic medical center offering personalized primary care for all ages, renowned specialty care in 150 fields, and the latest treatment options and expertise for even the most complex health conditions.

Bringing expertise, clarity and the latest advancements in research and care to our shared community

Since treating America’s first known case of community-spread COVID-19, UC Davis Health has played important roles both locally and nationally in responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Teams from across UC Davis deliver essential care for those with and without the virus; help to advance treatments and testing; investigate vaccines, and more.

Throughout the pandemic, experts like our chief of pediatric infectious diseases Dean Blumberg (shown) have also worked tirelessly to provide the latest evidence-based safety advice for our daily lives — tracking the emerging science from around the globe, then providing context and insight here at home through web content and hundreds of media interviews.

We’ve responded with extra measures to serve our own patients, such as rigorous safety precautions and increased telehealth video visits for different types of care. We validated our own highly accurate COVID-19 test early in the pandemic, allowing us to test all hospital patients and continue important procedures such as cancer surgeries and kidney transplants.

UC Davis Health coronavirus website and e-newsletter: health.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus

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Highly specialized care for patients of all cultures

In addition to common conditions, UC Davis Health dermatologists are leaders in treating even the most complex skin disorders. With a faculty of 20 board-certified dermatologists and other clinicians, our department is proudly one of the largest in the nation — and home to broad experience and expertise in both general dermatology, surgery, and cosmetic services.

UC Davis Dermatology

We’re also honored to be the home of our region’s first specialty center for multicultural dermatology, established

by Oma Agbai. Dr. Agbai’s special interests in pigmentary disorders, hair loss disorders, and other conditions unique to ethnic skin are rooted in her own clinical research — she’s a co-author of multiple scientific publications and book chapters related to these topics.

The UC Davis cosmetic dermatology service offers advanced, clinicallyproven dermatologic and cosmetic treatments to restore the skin’s healthy and youthful appearance.

Our respected and experienced board-certified physicians can help erase damage from chronic overexposure to sunlight, years of facial muscle movement, loss of skin elasticity and other factors.

Our work is also informed by the leading edge of dermatologic science, with physicians and researchers investigating conditions such as aging skin, psoriasis, dermatitis, diabetes, inflam-

Dr. Oma Agbai

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mation, autoimmunity, and more.

UC Davis Dermatology Clinic: 916-734-6111 or 800-770-9282 Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/dermatology

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Less-invasive treatment options and extensive support

Dr. Frank Ing

UC Davis Pediatric Heart Center

Drs. Jeanny Park, Gary Raff, Sherzana Sunderji, Jay Yeh, Andrew Pelech and Jonathan Dayan

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UC Davis Health’s full-service pediatric heart center provides some of the region’s most sophisticated specialty and surgical expertise. Cardiologists and surgeons work together to offer the least-invasive treatments for each patient, such as “hybrid” options that can reduce bypass time, pain and recovery time.

The center’s co-director is internationally renowned catheter expert Frank Ing, who leads a team of pediatric cardiologists that includes Jonathan Dayan, Jeanny Park, Andrew Pelech, Sherzana Sunderji, and Jay Yeh. They partner with a team of pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists and co-director Gary Raff, a 20+ years experienced pediatric cardiac surgeon.

Our state-of-the-art facilities include the West Coast’s first level I Children’s Surgery Center. In 2016 we became just

the fourth hospital in the nation to earn this verification from the world’s largest organization of surgeons, the American College of Surgeons. Level I centers have specialty trained children’s surgeons in every discipline, with pediatric anesthesiologists and dedicated operating rooms for kids available 24 hours a day.

Many pediatric heart patients also have other associated medical issues, and our pediatric heart center can involve UC Davis colleagues across a “village” of 30 pediatric subspecialties to help. Our nationally ranked children’s hospital offers the highest level of care for virtually every pediatric health condition.

UC Davis Pediatric Heart Center Clinic: 916-734-7439 Referrals: 916-734-3456 pediatricheart.ucdavis.edu

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UC Davis Vascular Center The UC Davis Vascular Center unites the Our center’s expert medical director

latest proven technologies with personalized care plans in order to provide state-of-the-art treatment for all types of blood vessel diseases, including aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, carotid artery intervention, vascular embolization, uterine embolization, arterial venous malformations, lymphedema and varicose veins.

Our team coordinates the efforts of

experts from multiple specialties, including vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, interventional radiology, cardiovascular anesthesia, and vascular medicine. We have access to numerous, innovative clinical trials, creating opportunities to introduce new and improved options for our local communities.

Matthew Mell helped the UC Davis center become our region’s first Center of Excellence for a new carotid artery disease treatment known as Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) that can reduce stroke risk. The Vascular Center achieved this award as recognition for the quality of its team and outcomes.

Help for every vascular condition, from aortic disease to varicose veins

Dr. Matthew Mell

We provide state-of-the-art vascular

care offering both minimally invasive and traditional approaches to individualize care. Our highly personalized vein program helps to solve aesthetic issues and our aorta program tackles potentially life-threatening conditions with both minimally invasive “endovascular” procedures and complex surgical reconstructions.

UC Davis Vascular Center Clinic: 916-734-3800 Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/vascular

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From the Olympics and professional leagues to local collegiate favorites, UC Davis Sports Medicine experts have offered care or consultation for a variety of athletes and teams over the years. Our physicians have served as team doctors for U.S.A. Track and Field, U.S.A. Gymnastics, Sacramento’s professional basketball and soccer teams, the city’s ballet, and regional college teams — plus directed the California International Marathon and international ultramarathon events, just to name a few.

The physiatrists, primary care physicians, orthopaedic surgeons and sports performance experts in our one-stop Sports Medicine center provide the same high-level service for active people of all ages and goals — from aspiring pros to weekend warriors to fitness buffs. Our team can help enhance sports fitness, prevent injuries, extend athletic careers, or reach daily activity goals. And when injuries do occur, we offer expert management of joint, muscle and bone problems.

Fellowship-trained sports medicine physicians Brandee Waite, Kevin Burnham, Brian Davis, Marcia Faustin, Julie Ingwerson, Kevin Mullins, Jeremiah Ray, and Alyssa Speciale offer a wide range of treatment options — from ultrasound-guided high-tech and regenerative procedures, to complementary, alternative and lifestylemanagement approaches.

Our Sports Medicine Program is also home to UC Davis Health’s Sports Performance and Wellness Suite. The performance program offers patients and our shared community a variety of a-la-carte state-of-the-art assessments, including body composition testing, bike fitting, running gait analysis and fitness testing.

The sports orthopaedic surgeons on our team provide expert consultation and intervention when surgery is the right choice for treatment. Our orthopaedics service regularly ranks among the nation’s best and is a key player in UC Davis Medical Center’s level I trauma program, a major source of new knowledge about injury treatment.

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UC Davis Sports Medicine Major-league services for active people of all stripes UC Davis Sports Medicine Program Appointments: 916-734-6805 Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/sportsmedicine

Drs. Julie Ingwerson, Kevin Burnham, Brandee Waite, Alyssa Speciale, Kevin Mullins, Marcia Faustin, Brian Davis and Jeremiah Ray

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Dr. Herman Hedriana

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UC Davis Maternal-Fetal Medicine

UC Davis Health Birth Center Birth center: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/birth-center Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Appointments: 916-734-8068 health.ucdavis.edu/obgyn/ specialties/mfm.html

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Experts in high-risk pregnancies and unique situations

In addition to skilled partnership for routine pregnancies, UC Davis Health’s Birth Center is proud to provide growing families with the highest standard of management of high-risk pregnancies, unique health concerns, complications and unexpected situations. This expertise — available on-site around the clock — is a special hallmark of our care as the region’s only academic medical center, and as one of Newsweek’s Best Maternity Care Hospitals for 2020.

Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine service, led by Herman Hedriana, includes specialists ranked among the region’s top doctors. They offer expertise across all areas of high-risk obstetrical care, from medical complications like diabetes in pregnancy, to pregnancy-related complications related to multiples (twins, triplets, quads), preventing early deliveries, detecting inherited conditions, postpartum depression and early-onset preeclampsia.

The team works to quickly coordinate care across multiple specialties, leveraging UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Children’s Hospital advantages such as: » our region’s only nationally ranked level IV neonatal intensive care unit (the highest level of care); » our region’s first and only center for on-site fetal surgery, which can intervene in utero or in real time during the birthing process; » the West Coast’s first level I Children’s Surgery Center; and » the area’s only hospital with the nation’s highest recognition for nursing excellence.

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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

UC Davis Medical Center routinely ranks among the nation’s top hospitals for cancer care, and is home to the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — inland Northern California’s only center to earn “comprehensive” designation from the nation’s top cancer organization, the National Cancer Institute. Held by just 50 other U.S. centers, the designation is a mark of the highest standards and achievements in research, outreach and education — which are then reflected in patient care.

“Comprehensive” designation means patients get access to leading-edge treatments — such as development of personalized therapies based on the unique molecular characteristics of individual tumors — and access to clinical trials in early phases of drug development. The physicians who see patients in clinic collaborate with researchers to develop new approaches to beating cancer.

We leverage the cancer-fighting expertise of the entire University of California system through the UC Cancer Consortium, a partnership between cancer centers to boost early detection and develop innovative treatments. Experts like our center’s physician-in-chief Richard Bold collaborate on problems like pancreatic cancer, one of the few for which survival has not improved substantially.

We provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for nearly every cancer as well as all stages of cancer. Patients can often receive all care in one location from a team of physicians covering the spectrum of treatment specialties, and have access to numerous, innovative clinical trials from a large network — creating opportunities for the latest advances.

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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center New patient referrals: 916-734-5959 or 800-770-9261 cancer.ucdavis.edu

Dr. Richard Bold

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Drs. Hui “Amy” Chen, Rebecca Ann Brooks, Vanessa A. Kennedy, Rachel Ruskin and Gary Leiserowitz

UC Davis Gynecologic Oncology A focus on minimally invasive approaches

Located at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, our gynecologic oncology team is part of the largest cancer program in inland Northern California. Our board-certified oncologists focus on the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological cancers, including cancers of the uterus, ovary, cervix and vulva.

Our surgeons are highly skilled in minimally invasive techniques such as traditional and robotic-assisted laparoscopy, which may offer patients faster recovery times and less pain, scarring and blood loss than traditional “open” surgery.

Another area of expertise is fertility-preserving surgeries for women with gynecologic cancers, traditionally available only at a handful of institutions nationwide.

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Photo taken prior to COVID-19 social distancing and masking guidelines.

For patients with more advanced disease, our surgeons also have mastery of radical procedures, chemotherapy, and gynecologic cancer specific radiation protocols.

Rebecca Ann Brooks, Vanessa A. Kennedy, Gary Leiserowitz, Rachel Ruskin and Hui “Amy” Chen are all physician-researchers who are active in research, such as clinical outcomes research, sexual health for female oncology patients, and integrative medicine. We publish on best practices in cancer care, and are actively engaged in clinical trial protocols that provide access to leading-edge novel therapies early.

UC Davis Division of Gynecologic Oncology Appointments and referral coordinator: 916-736-6958 health.ucdavis.edu/obgyn/specialties/gynonc.html

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