Four UCI Health hospitals, UCI Health — Orange, formerly known as UCI Medical Center, along with community network locations UCI Health — Fountain Valley, UCI Health — Lakewood and UCI Health — Los Alamitos, have earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s 2025 Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, along with recognition on the Stroke and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Rolls.

UCI Health — Orange also received the Heart Failure Gold Plus and Target: Heart Failure Optimal Award for its commitment to evidence-based care that improves outcomes and reduces readmissions.

“Such accolades affirm UCI Health’s dedication to providing the highest level of heart, stroke and diabetes care to the communities we serve,” said Chad T. Lefteris, president and CEO of UCI Health. These honors reflect the system’s continued excellence in managing complex cardiovascular and cerebrovascular cases across its network.