UCI Health was a major sponsor of the 2025 Nixon National Cancer Conference (NNCC) held at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda. This conference is an annual convening of global leaders in cancer research, innovation, education and care, to deliver honest assessments of current benchmarks, catalyze future goals, and be a source of inspiration to patients, doctors, and those who support them, advancing the promise rooted in the National Cancer Act of 1971. The event was well attended by many physicians from the nation including the former director of the NIH, Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO.
UC Irvine School of Medicine Dean, Michael Stamos, MD, gave the lunch keynote remarks, featuring the expansion of UCI Health cancer services in Irvine, Yorba Linda, and Laguna Hills. UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Director, Richard Van Etten, MD, contributed his expertise to a panel discussion on the complexity of cancer care today.