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Press Release April 25, 2010 Dr. Bang Hoang, Director of the UC Irvine Multidisciplinary Sarcoma Center, was recently invited to present his research at the Osteosarcoma Symposium of the Third Jishuitan Orthopaedic Forum in Beijing, China. Jishuitan Hospital is the most comprehensive orthopaedic center in China with one of the largest musculoskeletal oncology programs in the world. This symposium was attended by several Chinese delegations and U.S. investigators from Baylor, National Cancer Institute, Stanford, and UC Irvine. During this symposium, the latest information on translational research and treatment for sarcoma from UC Irvine was highlighted. During this trip, Dr. Hoang also served as a visiting professor to Jishuitan Orthopaedic Hospital and People’s Hospital of Peking University, two major centers for musculoskeletal oncology in China. As a result of this exchange, several collaborative projects were established to find new ways to combat osteosarcoma, the most common form of bone cancer in children and adolescents. We would like to thank our Chinese counterparts and the QuadW Foundation for their support and hospitality. The Sarcoma Program at UC Irvine has been established as a comprehensive, multidisciplinary service comprised of orthopaedic and surgical oncology, medical and pediatric oncology, radiation oncology, musculoskeletal pathology, musculoskeletal and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, nursing and psychosocial support. October 19, 2009 The UC Irvine Healthcare Multidisciplinary Sarcoma Center has been at the forefront of clinical care and research into the causes, epidemiology, and new treatment strategies for sarcoma since its inception in 2006. Center Director Dr. Bang Hoang, and his colleagues (Drs. Jason Zell, Yi Guo, Joe Lee, Argyrios Ziogas, Xiaolin Zi, Michael Nguyen, and Ms. Jun Xie) were recently invited to present their research at the Combined Meeting of the International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) this year. The ISOLS / MSTS held their annual meeting in Boston, MA from September 22-26, 2009, which drew attendees from all over the world, including North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. On the first day of the conference, Drs. Hoang and Guo started off by presenting a cutting-edge research project from the Musculoskeletal Oncology Laboratory entitled “Dkk3, a Secreted Wnt Antagonist, Suppresses Tumorigenic Potential and Lung Metastasis of Osteosarcoma”. Dr. Hoang then participated in an expert panel discussion of the current state of sarcoma research. Dr. Hoang’s laboratory at UC Irvine is one of a few National Institutes of Health-funded facilities in this country currently conducting research on the mechanisms of how sarcomas grow and spread. On the second day, Dr. Michael Nguyen, a resident in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery presented a paper entitled “Analysis of Prognostic Factors in Epithelioid Sarcoma Using a Population-Based Cancer Registry”. This project, representing one of the largest series of epitheloid sarcoma in the world, contributes tremendously to our understanding of this deadly type of cancer. This seminal work is a culmination of a collaborative effort between Drs. Jason Zell (UC Irvine Epimediology) and Bang Hoang (UC Irvine Orthopaedic Surgery) over the last two years. Dr. Hoang received his training at UCLA, Case Western Reserve University, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He joined UC Irvine Healthcare as an Assistant Professor and has recently been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure within the University of California system.
Bridges: Combining
the Past and the Future Under the leadership of Dr. Neil F. Jones as Director of the UC Irvine Hand Center, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine contributed significantly to this year’s ASSH & ASHT annual meeting. Each member of the UC Irvine Hand Center- Drs. Gregory Rafijah, Ranjan Gupta, and Neil Jones- spent time sharing knowledge and educating members of both the ASSH and the ASHT. On the first day of the conference, Dr. Jones started things off with co-chairing an ASSH pre-course entitled “The Mutilated Hand- From the Emergency Room to Return to Work” and provided his insights about decision making for emergency and secondary soft tissue coverage. He then gave another talk entitled "The ischemic hand" in the ASSH precourse entitled "The 10 most difficult problems in hand surgery". While the pre-courses were running, the 27th Annual Adrian E. Flatt Residents and Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery was being held in parallel. One of Dr. Gupta’s stellar medical students, Antony Hazel, his research project “Can Demyelination Occur in the Absence of Inflammation? A Novel Murine Model of Chronic Nerve Compression Injury” at this session. Later in the conference, Dr. Ranjan Gupta presented work from the Peripheral Nerve Research Lab entitled “Ischemic Nerves are more Susceptible to Mechanical Injury.” On the last day of the conference, Dr. Jones shared his extraordinary series of pediatric hand cases in a presentation entitled “Microsurgical Reconstruction of Congenital Missing Digits with Toe-to-Hand Transfers”. And finally, Dr. Rafijah co-chaired the Interactive Case Reviews entitled “Difficult Carpal Bone Fractures” where he shared his insight for these challenging clinical cases . Drs. Jones, Rafijah, and Gupta are world reknowned experts in hand, elbow, and shoulder surgery and provides care to all members of the Orange County and southern California community including Irvine, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Laguna Beach, Seal Beach, Long Beach, Fountain Valley, Anaheim, Anaheim Hills, Orange, Tustin, La Habra, Brea, Mission Viejo, Fullerton, Apple Valley, Riverside, Temecula, Torrance, Palos Verdes, Corona, and all of Los Angeles. Appointments with these doctors can be made by calling 714-456-7012. Further information about the practice can be found at http://www.orthopaedicsurgery.uci.edu/
July 14, 2009 Orange, Ca. The lone survivor of the Adenhart car crash in April 2009, Jon Wilhite, owes if not his life, then certainly his nearly 100 percent recovery to Dr. Nitin Bhatia, the Director of the Spine Center at the UC Irvine Medical Center. Wilhite is the first Orange County survivor of internal decapitation. Wilhite’s injury, called an internal decapitation, means the head was literally held onto the body by skin and muscle. Dr. Bhatia says “95% of the people who suffer this type of injury, die at the scene. Of the 5% who survive at the scene, half of that 5% will spend their life in a wheel chair and the other half who do not die at the scene, will die later from the injury”. Dr. Bhatia, who graduated from Stanford and Baylor College of Medicine, trained at UCLA and the University of Miami. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is the world’s largest research center focused on paralysis. Dr. Bhatia then brought his cutting edge training to Orange County, California, when he joined the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. The doctor’s training, as well as his work with colleagues at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center, was key to Wilhite’s survival. Dr. Bhatia’s treatment plan was to immobilize the patient in a Halo Vest for six days which allowed Wilhite’s body to heal. Then, in a five hour operation, utilizing 30 team members, Dr. Bhatia began the process to re-attach Wilhite’s skull to his spine. While something as simple as moving Wilhite from the gurney to the OR table could have caused permanent and severe damage including permanent paralysis, under the skilled hands of Dr. Bhatia, the operation proceeded without complications and was a success. Wilhite will require intensive rehabilitation but Dr. Bhatia expects him to make a full recovery within one year and to be able to return to skiing, snowboarding and swimming. Jon Wilhite is not giving interviews, choosing instead to focus on his recovery but Dr. Bhatia may be reached through his assistant for further comment or explanation on this incredible medical triumph. How doctors saved Adenhart crash survivor's
life Survivor of crash that killed pitcher honored
at baseball game Dr. Nitin Bhatia, the surgeon who saved Jon Wilhite, a victim of ... his team performed the surgery to keep Wilhite alive. Video by Mark Eades of The Orange County Register. Click to see... Fox Sports coverage part 1 Fox Sports coverage part 2 |
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Dr. Nitin Bhatia and Dr. Thay Lee were presented with the prestigious "Harold and Nancy Willingham Award for Outstanding Research Paper" at the meeting of the Western Orthopaedic Association this year. Drs. Bhatia and Lee presented their paper, entitled "Biomechanical Evaluation of Short-Segment Posterior Instrumentation with Crosslinks In An Unstable Human Burst Fracture Model". The WOA, with more than 1,700 members, held it's 73rd annual meeting
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