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Ranked #27 nationally and a leader in otolaryngology research and medical education.
RESEARCH
Cell Therapy for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia After Cancer Treatment
An investigational cell therapy being evaluated at UC Davis Health has been granted the expedited Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation by the FDA to help patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia following their treatment for head and neck cancer.
Clinical Science
Restoring Voices and Identity With Neuroengineering
Researchers at UC Davis are adapting technology to decode facial and muscle signals to restore voices to those who have lost them after head and neck cancer. The research is being led by Lee Miller, Ph.D., UC Davis School of Medicine professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
‘They Gave Our Child a Chance to Live a Normal Life’
Otolaryngology surgeons utilized augmented reality goggles to perform jaw-lengthening surgery to help an infant, Ryder, breathe on his own. Ryder was diagnosed with Robin sequence, a rare condition in which an infant has a smaller-than-normal lower jaw and a tongue that falls back in the throat.
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Ranked among the nation’s best hospitals
A U.S. News & World Report best hospital in cardiology, heart & vascular surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ENT, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, and pulmonology & lung surgery.
Nationally ranked #27
We offer comprehensive, leading-edge, and evidence-based treatments across the entire spectrum of Otolaryngology care. Our expertise encompasses medical and surgical treatments for birth defects, tumors, degenerative diseases, trauma and other problems that impair hearing, balance, taste or smell.
World-class cancer care
One of ~59 U.S. cancer centers designated “comprehensive” by the National Cancer Institute.
The nation’s highest nursing honor
UC Davis Medical Center has received Magnet® recognition, the nation’s highest honor for nursing excellence.
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital by U.S. News, and high-performing in aortic valve surgery, back surgery (spinal fusion), COPD, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, gynecological cancer surgery, heart arrhythmia, heart failure, kidney failure, leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, lung cancer surgery, pacemaker implantation, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery, stroke, TAVR, cancer, orthopedics, gastroenterology & GI surgery, and urology.