The Beat Goes On: How Minimally Invasive Surgery Saved A 77-Ye...
Just a decade ago, surgical options were limited for people like 77-year-old drummer Denny Seiwell, who came to Cedars-Sinai with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm. But advances i...
Being Patient: The Delicate Timing of Organ Transplantation
Organ transplantation involves waiting, rushing, and waiting. With long delays finding the donor organs, the race begins with the transplant, then a lifetime of antirejection maint...
A Double-Edged Sword: Inflammation and Your Health
Inflammation is the body's defense against injury and infection but, left unchecked, it can ravage organs and trigger disease. Cedars-Sinai scientists are seeking ways to dampen th...
Discoveries / Feb 12, 2021
Employees Jump Into New Roles to Help Cedars-Sinai
More than 400 staffers currently are helping Cedars-Sinai and the community through the Employee Resource Bank, or ERB, a makeshift internal temp-employment service set up in the e...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 10, 2020
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
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
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
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
