They tell me that I'm a miracle.
I truly believe that I'm alive today because of Dr. Gandara.
How come they're stick together?
All the things that we do between training
of junior physicians and students and research,
it's all about the care of the patient.
They've got to be taken care of.
They've got to be helped.
All people need to be helped.
Four people, four different stories.
But at UC Davis Health System, there's only one goal--
a healthy life for all.
UC Davis' bold vision of a bright future
stems from its dedicated doctors, nurses, researchers,
students, and community partners.
But it always begins with just one patient.
I was absolutely thunderstruck because I knew the statistics.
For Elizabeth Lacasia, the numbers were grim.
As a non-smoking, healthy, and active person
diagnosed with stage four lung cancer,
Elizabeth had a 15% chance to survive just 10 months.
How could this happen?
She came to UC Davis desperate for a second opinion
on treatment options.
Elizabeth, I think, is a very good example
of what we call the changing face of lung cancer.
The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center,
one of the nation's leading cancer centers,
became Elizabeth's home away from home.
Hi.
Good seeing you.
Nice to see you, Dr. Gandara.
We drive five hours every 21 days to go to UC Davis.
I could easily stay in the Bay Area and go somewhere here,
but I know the caliber of care that I get.
Quality care rooted in research and leading edge treatments,
customized for each patient.
That's what we call personalized medicine.
In Elizabeth's case, genetic and molecular testing
done on her cancer tissue determined what
therapies would work for her.
She was placed on a clinical trial,
utilizing a treatment that stopped
the progression of her disease.
So in your case, we hit a home run.
Home run, yes.
And hopefully for a very long time.
From all around the world, now, people
are wanting to work with us.
How do we get from the top 20 to the top five?
The way we're going to do that is
by increasing the resources that the scientists
and clinicians here at UC Davis have to work with.
I always felt that if I had something
and I had a little bit left over, that I would definitely
help somebody else.
For Hall of Fame football player Jim
Otto, who broke records as well as bones in his tenure
with the Oakland Raiders, philanthropy
means helping a place that helped him.
I looked for good orthopedic care,
naturally, because of my injuries
to my joints and stuff.
And I found that at UC Davis.
What else is found at UC Davis?
I have an airway established.
7.5.
Top notch critical care and emergency, trauma,
and surgical services.
Look at you, girl.
Helping the tiniest patients to teens,
UC Davis's Children's Hospital is
the most comprehensive pediatric facility in the region.
Hey, how's it going?
Good.
Nice to see you.
Long time no see.
It's where Bernice Jasso went after a complex and confusing
illness became truly life-threatening.
I lost half of my childhood when I was younger.
A mysterious condition was destroying Bernice's kidneys
and had her fighting for life.
She desperately needed a transplant,
and fortunately a donor was found right
at her side, her mother, Maria.
But Bernice was fearful.
At first I was not agreeable because I knew the risks, what
was going to happen to her.
I don't want to lose my mom.
For a child, you really are providing care
not only to the child, but to the entire family.
We're going to be starting on your mom's surgery first.
A team of UC Davis doctors guided
Bernice and her family every step of the way.
The kidney transplant gave Bernice a new and healthy life.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
The hospital, the UC Davis, it's a really good hospital.
The reason why I've been here for so long
is because I like the philosophy of the health
system and the institution, and its emphasis on the family.
There's Dr. Butani.
Oh, there's Dr. Butani and Yolanda.
Bernice and family, thankful to the UC Davis care team,
decided to honor several of them as guests at her 15th birthday,
her very special quinceañera.
And today Bernice is living a normal teenage life.
I feel great.
I can do everything I want.
I can EAT anything.
How are you doing today?
You OK?
UC Davis Health System's bold vision for the future
means recruiting the best and brightest.
Roxanna Cortez.
And training the next generation of health care providers.
That rhythm is sinus tachycardia.
Excellent.
The UC Davis School of Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore
School of Nursing do just that.
Should I take blood?
Take the blood.
OK, yeah.
You comfortable checking blood pressure?
These are tomorrow's health leaders.
We have one goal, and that goal is to really serve.
You usually get it this arm, John?
Being able to serve others begins with access
to education.
So this is the foramen of Winslow.
You can come through it.
Many students attend UC Davis's medical and nursing schools
because of visionary and very generous philanthropy.
We all have life and families.
And realistically, I wouldn't have
been able to go to school without the amazing, generous
support.
This patient here, when does he get physical therapy?
Amy Doroy spends her workweek overseeing an intensive care
unit in the hospital.
She's able to spend other days right
across the street pursuing a doctorate in nursing.
Nursing leadership, for me, is enabling the others around you
to be able to help care and improve the system.
You're doing great.
This is Emma, my sister.
Hi, Emma.
Across the 143-acre Sacramento campus,
another family illustrates the heart--
Whoa.
Got it, attaboy, all right.
Brian's going to play baseball.
And soul--
Can I make that, please?
Of the work being done throughout UC Davis.
You're being so patient.
You are working that well.
Diagnosed with autism at age three,
seven-year-old Ryan Vogt is now making great strides
at the world-renowned UC Davis Mind Institute, where
clinicians and researchers are working
to find cures for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Ryan's cause is truly a family affair.
Grandparents Al and Gail Montna are generous supporters
of the Mind Institute's work.
Their granddaughter Natalie, Brian's sister
raises money herself, just nine years old, opening her heart.
I like to donate money because Ryan's my little brother
and I just try to do everything I can to help him.
You see a child like that giving,
and it makes you want to give, too.
Watch it all into the glove.
Catch it.
I can see the progress, and that's the grand reward
of the whole thing.
UC Davis Health System.
A bold vision, a bright future for everyone.