20/20 Vision: The Most Critical Discoveries This Century
At the dawn of a new decade, let’s look back with 2020 vision at how some of the biggest medical advances of the past 20 years have emerged from Cedars-Sinai’s labs and transformed...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Fearless—and No Longer Breathless
Despite an incurable lung condition, Shalini Waran is thriving following treatment including stem cell therapy. Today, she can walk farther and go up and down stairs without being ...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Good Blood
In 2015, Kevin McDevitt’s dream of buying a vintage VW van and taking a once in a lifetime road trip was put on hold after a month in isolation waiting to find out if a bone marrow...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Saving Grace
After a crippling fall, the Cedars-Sinai/USC Kaufman Dance Medicine Center helped aerialist Kerry Wee get back on her feet. After a strong comeback she took a welcome hiatus to rai...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Side by Side
Mary Wong Lee was one of the first patients to receive an experimental vaccine for an aggressive form of brain cancer, glioblastoma. That treatment gave her time which meant she co...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Small Portions, Full Life
After a long journey, Natalie Harris got her life back after receiving personalized treatment at Cedars-Sinai for Chron's disease. Today, the Texas native says she's in the best sh...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Your Fertility and Your Future
Krista Parker had just begun planting roots for herself. What she didn’t know was that she was suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Nor did she know the extent of the l...
Discoveries / Oct 21, 2020
On the Front Lines of COVID-19
From the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the pharmacy, every Cedars-Sinai employee plays a critical role in a unified force fight COVID-19 —but their experiences are unique. Here, sev...
Discoveries / Jul 31, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Joanna Chikwe, MD
Cedars-Sinai's Joanna Chikwe MD, shares all things heart—including her favorite love story, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Discoveries / Feb 14, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Alfredo Trento, MD
Smidt Heart Institute leaders on all things heart—including their favorite love stories
Discoveries / Feb 13, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Janet Wei, MD
Cardiologist Janet Wei, MD, at the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center in the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, shares all things heart—including her favorite love story, just ...
Discoveries / Feb 11, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Rose Tompkins, MD
Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Institute Associate Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Program, Rose Tompkins, MD, shares all things heart—including her favorite love story, just in...
Discoveries / Feb 08, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Evan Zahn, MD
Cedars-Sinai's Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program director, at the Smidt Heart Institute, Evan Zahn, MD, shares all things heart—including his favorite love story, just in time...
Discoveries / Feb 07, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Jignesh Patel, MD
Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Program Heart Transplant director, Jignesh Patel, shares all things heart—including his favorite love story, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Discoveries / Feb 06, 2020
Matters of the Heart: C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Smidt Heart Institute Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, C. Noel Bairey Merz, shares all things heart—including her favorite love story, just in time for Valent...
Discoveries / Feb 05, 2020
