Perspectives from a Brain Tumor Survivor
After strange symptoms sent him to urgent care, Desmond, then 35, underwent a flurry of emergency tests and appointments before a surgeon told him there was nothing he could do to ...
Specialists Work Together to Protect Fertility During Cancer T...
Cedars-Sinai patient Lauren Bratman was hoping for news that she was pregnant. She got a breast cancer diagnosis instead. Read More.
Navy Veteran Gets Lifesaving Heart Surgery
Navy veteran Eric Axel Jensen underwent a lifesaving heart surgery by Dr. Fardad Esmailian, who had successfully replaced his aortic valve with a bovine (cow) valve and repaired hi...
First Person: I joined a clinical trial—here's why and how it ...
Michelle Mindlin is highly experienced with cancer treatments. Over the course of a decade, the 66-year-old has survived—and thrived—thanks to cutting-edge care, a positive outlook...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jul 01, 2021
Thevi's Story: Finding Beauty During Chemo
Last year in the midst of the pandemic, 19-year-old Thevi Jean-Louis was diagnosed with cancer. The seemingly healthy teenager was getting ready to start his sophomore year at Bard...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jun 29, 2021
Scars and Curves: A Scoliosis Patient Finds Healing in Art
Sandra Gray doesn't remember her first scoliosis surgery. That's because she was just one and a half years old. This signaled the start of a 25-year journey against an unusually ag...
A Lifesaving Second Opinion for Melanoma
When Kathy Dailey Ripperger was told she had stage 4 melanoma and only a year to live, she cried, yelled and got depressed. Then she decided to fight and sought a second lifesaving...
Three's a Charm: Woman Has Triplets After "Roller Coaster" Jou...
Everyone has a pandemic story, but Rommy Coutelin and her husband, Casey, had a life-changing year that ended with three bundles of joy. Read their against-the-odds story and hear ...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Apr 21, 2021
Bone Marrow Transplant Transforms Two Lives
A bone marrow transplant drastically changed the lives of both the donor Aline Muske and recipient, Christy Canin.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Apr 05, 2021
One Soccer Star, Two Torn ACLs: How Cedars-Sinai Made a Differ...
Emily Wiggins tore the anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) in both of her knees. Thanks to the personalized care and adolescent sports medicine expertise available at Cedars-Sinai a...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 19, 2021
Four Years Later, Couple Reflects on Shared Cancer Journey
During her last chemotherapy treatment, breast cancer survivor Jessica St. Clair learned her husband, Dan O'Brien, had advanced-stage colon cancer. The couple shares how they survi...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 01, 2021
Wynn for the Win: Bryan Wynn on Beating Obesity and Changing H...
After decades of struggling with obesity and illness, Bryan Wynn changed his life with gastric bypass surgery.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 09, 2020
By Herself, But Not Alone
Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey patient Carolina Adamo was alone and cut off from her world when a surprise COVID-19 diagnosis struck in March. But under the watchful care of Steven Kr...
Cedars-Sinai Magazine / Nov 05, 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
