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Just hours before his wedding, Jordan Mendoza suffered a severe thumb injury during a workout, threatening to derail his big day. After being rushed to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, he received emergency hand surgery from orthopedic hand surgeon Kristopher Downing, MD. By using a time-saving surgical approach under local anesthesia, the care team repaired Jordan’s crushed thumb and helped ensure he made it to the altar on time.

Professional musician and producer Sean Wolfe faced the prospect of losing his hearing after being diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a rare tumor affecting hearing and balance. After seeking expert care at UC San Diego Health’s Acoustic Neuroma Program, he underwent successful surgery along with a cochlear implant, an option available only to select patients that allowed him to regain his hearing. Today, Wolfe has returned to music production and continues to create and release new music.  

A triplet pregnancy came as a surprise not just to Mikayla Toney, but also her doctor. That’s because Toney experienced a spontaneously conceived monochorionic triamniotic pregnancy — three babies sharing a single placenta, a condition that occurs in roughly one in 100,000 births. Under the care of Sean Daneshmand, MD, director of maternal-fetal medicine at Scripps Clinic, Toney, gave birth to healthy triplets following this exceptionally rare and high-risk pregnancy. The triplets received specialized care and spent about six weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla before going home health.