Employee Spotlight – “Deanna Jackson Keeble, RN”
Deanna, also known as Dee Dee, started her Los Angeles County service in 1992 as an RN at Martin Luther King Medical Center. She worked in the Medical Surgical Unit until 1997 when she transferred [...]
Image Enhancement Award
In an elegant luncheon ceremony held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on October 21, 2015, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center / The Department of Health Services was awarded The Los Angeles County Image Enhancement Award at The [...]
June is Safety Month
Injuries are a leading cause of disability for people of all ages- and they are the leading cause of death for Americans ages 1 to 44. The good news is everyone can get involved to help prevent [...]
Harbor-UCLA Simulation & Skills Center
A growing body of evidence supports the effectiveness of simulation-based medical education as a tool to enhance the knowledge and performance of health care providers, which in turn may contribute to patient safety. Simulation strengthens [...]
Ronald Reyes, Surgical Technician
Ron just started at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in May 2014 when in August he was deployed to Afghanistan as a Navy Reserve. He had been deployed before to Peru, but never to an active combat zone. Ron would not [...]
Robotics Surgery Program
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is the first Los Angeles County operated hospital to establish a Robotic Surgery Program to provide state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgery to lower-income patients using da Vinci systems. With two robots (da Vinci systems), Robotic Surgery is an [...]