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ALMOST 70 UCSD PHYSICIANS NAMED IN 2007 TOP DOCTORSNearly 70 UCSD physicians from 28 departments earned a place in San Diego Magazine’s 2007 “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence.” The San Diego County Medical Society annually compiles the list of board-certified physicians within San Diego County who are held in highest regard by their peers. These are the physicians to whom they would entrust the care of their own family members and their own patients. Many of the UCSD physicians selected have been honored several times on San Diego’s Top Doctors List. Four of them were selected in two different specialty categories. San Diego Magazine is available on newsstands and online. View the list of UCSD Doctors Voted Tops in San Diego.
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center is the only San Diego hospital that ranks among the best in the nation in six specialty areas in the 2007 U.S. News and World Report annual “Best Hospitals” issue.
In the 2007 report, UCSD Medical Center is ranked:
On August 16, 2007, the San Diego Business Journal presented its first ever Health Care Champions Award, recognizing individuals and organizations that have made a significant impact on the quality of health care in San Diego county.
From a pool of nominees, an independent panel of judges selected 94 finalists and from those finalists, 17 honorees.
Congratulations to the 7 Health Care Champion Honorees from UCSD:
- Patrick Lyden, M.D.
- Dorothy Brown, R.N.
- Richard Liekweg
- Ellen Beck, M.D.
- David Harders
- Irving "Jake" Jacoby, M.D.
- Jody Corey-Bloom, M.D.
 For the second consecutive year, UCSD Medical Center is among the nation’s “Most Wired” and “Most Wireless” hospitals, according to Hospital and Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association. The magazine ranks UCSD Medical Center as one of the 100 “Most Wired” and one of the 25 “Most Wireless” in its ninth annual survey. Both awards recognize the highly developed technology infrastructure that allows UCSD Medical Center to use multiple technologies to seamlessly connect clinical systems and improve care.
The report credits the top-ranking hospitals with having successfully adopted information technology to improve patient outcomes, streamline clinical practices and decrease the occurrence of medical errors. As a result, these hospitals have improved quality, satisfaction, customer service, and patient care through their use of technology.
Two UCSD Physicians Named Among San Diego's "40 Under 40"
Drs. Amanda Gosman and Edward Mariano have been named by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine as two of San Diego's "40 Under 40." Each year the magazine honors forty San Diegans under the age of forty who represent the region's most talented professional and civic leaders.
- Dr. Gosman is being honored for her exceptional skill as a plastic surgeon and for her international work in numerous countries around the world. Read more...
- Dr. Mariano is being recognized for his innovative work in regional anaesthesia and for his international volunteer work in Ecuador and the Philippines. Their profiles can be linked to below. Read more...
UCSD Medical Center recently received the American Heart Association’s “Get with the Guidelines” Coronary Artery Disease Annual Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes UCSD Medical Center’s success for implementing a higher standard of care for all patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease.
To receive the award, UCSD Medical Center consistently complied for 12 consecutive months with the requirements of the American Heart Association program. Under the program, patients are started on aggressive risk reduction therapies such as cholesterol lowering drugs, aspirin, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in the hospital, and receive smoking cessation and weight management counseling and referrals for cardiac rehabilitation before they are discharged. Read more...
Last Updated: October 2, 2007
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