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NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF., August 12, 2019 — Hoag Hospital Foundation has surpassed the $627 million Hoag Promise Campaign goal 18 months ahead of its December 31, 2020, target thanks to more than 22,000 donors who made 83,000-plus Hoag Promise Campaign gifts. Hoag will continue raising funds for the Hoag Promise Campaign until its end date … Read More

Hoag Hospital Newport Beach is making progress in research for a cure and ways to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the school “have made it possible to learn how key human brain cells respond to Alzheimer’s, vaulting a major obstacle in the quest to understand and one day vanquish it,” the article … Read More

“I feel very lucky,” Virginia said. “Everyone at Hoag was just awesome.”

For several years, Mike Barnes was told by internist William Fukuda, M.D. that he had a heart murmur that might later require intervention. Under the advice of Dr. Fukuda, Barnes sought expert input from cardiologist Carey O’Bryan, M.D. to help monitor his heart health. Dr. O’Bryan told him that he had a failing aortic valve … Read More

Hospitals in Southern California accounted for more than half of the best 25 hospitals in the state in new quality rankings from U.S. News & World Report, with Newport Beach’s Hoag hospital and UCI Medical Center in Orange making the Top 10. More than 4,600 medical facilities around the United States were evaluated to create … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 30, 2019 — Once again the highest ranked hospital in Orange County, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian proudly announced today that U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Rankings named Hoag the fourth-best hospital in the Los Angeles metro area and eighth-best in California. The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, … Read More

As part of its best hospitals rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals for their handling of nine surgical procedures and chronic conditions: colon cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, COPD, heart failure, heart bypass surgery, aortic valve surgery, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, knee replacement and hip replacement. In each procedure and condition … Read More

Hoag Hospital Irvine has won the American Heart Association/Stroke Association’s Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Hoag Hospital Irvine earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other … Read More

Spoiler alert: This column may save your life. If nothing else, it could dramatically improve your quality of life as you march into old age. Unless you are under the age of 45, the time to act is now and I am not kidding. My mom was so worried about losing her marbles she chose … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 19, 2019 — Many causes of memory loss are treatable and even preventable. The key is early primary care involvement, according to findings presented at the 2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC). Researchers and physicians from Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag presented several posters at this year’s annual conference, the … Read More