COVER STORY

Five- Star Care
New campus marries the warmth of a community hospital with the cutting edge
expertise of an academic medical center.
FEATURES

New Face for an Old Friend
Santa Monica Hospital has been a community fixture for 85 years.

 

Culture of Caring
Solid-tumor oncology unit's new role as research and teaching center.

 

Therapeutic Aesthetic
Artwork for the new Santa Monica campus evokes a calming atmosphere.

CURRENT ISSUE
The Cutting Edge
Detecting Pancreatic Cancer in Saliva
Study finds variation in bacteria in patients with cancer.

Visualizing the Web of Depression
Biochemical marker can be viewed though PET brain scan to pinpoint abnormalities.

UCLA Study Finds that Fish Oil Lowers Prostate Risk
Fish-oil supplements slow cancer-cell growth.
Leadership

The Invisible Backbone
Information technology is an indispensable tool in clinical care.

 
Conversation

Dr. David T. Feinberg
President of UCLA Health System talks about the evolving structure of
UCLA's healthcare enterprise.

News & Notes

Faculty Notes
Tara McCannel, M.D., Ph.D., surgeon and award-winning pianist.

 

Alumni Notes
One-on-one with Jamie D. Feusner, M.D. '99.

Friends
Honoring visionaries.

 

Epilogue
The healing medicine of a wet nose.