Operation Mend
'They are recovering quickly and getting real relief from the extreme pain that was bothering them,’ says UCLA orthopedic surgeon Dr. Don Young Park
A partnership formed in 1947 between UCLA and the VA has evolved into a multitude of services and research studies
UCLA Health President Johnese Spisso and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will join a contingent of nearly 100
New intensive-treatment program helps veterans get back to a healthy, active lifestyle
From lung disease to cancer, the health ramifications of that earth-shattering day continue for many present at Ground Zero
The program was created to care for post-9/11 veterans
'It’s very heartbreaking for the soldiers,' says UCLA Health psychiatrist Bruce Kagan who leads an outpatient PTSD clinic for the Veterans Administration
When it comes to helping a veteran with PTSD, families too often tend to focus the majority of their physical, emotional and mental resources into taking care of that person, inadvertently creating an imbalance that can both constrain the veteran’s healing and further stress the family. Dr. Jo Sornborger, director [...]
On Flag Day, June 14, a group of kindergarten students from the Berkeley Hall School in Los Angeles presented a homemade "quilt of valor" to UCLA Health Operation Mend, a program that provides medical, surgical and psychological services at UCLA for wounded members of the military who have [...]
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