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Where do you take your child for care when she's got a fever and it's 7 on a Friday night? Five years ago, many people would go to a hospital's emergency room to care for fevers, coughs and colds. The wait times would be four hours or more. People with serious life-threatening conditions would be … Read More

Hoag Hospital facilities in Newport Beach and Irvine recently got an “A” rating for safety from the Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that promotes health-care safety, quality and affordability. The selection was based on the results of Leapfrog's annual measure of hospitals' performance on patient safety and quality, according to a news release. “Hoag … Read More

The Hoag Hospital Neurosciences Institute has been selected by Cleveland Clinic as the West Coast location for the Brain and Body Program provided through the NFL Players Assn. Trust. This means that retired NFL players will be coming to the Newport Beach facility to get complete physical assessments and recommendations for treatment. “This is a … Read More

Today when people see Ginny Ueberroth, they see the well-heeled chair of the influential Ueberroth Family Foundation and the longtime partner of Peter – onetime baseball commissioner, chairman of the United States Olympic Committee and presidential candidate. But some part of Ueberroth will always be that young wife and mother of four in the 1970s … Read More

When Dr. Wes Chandler accepted his first hospitalist job, caring exclusively for patients during their hospital stays, he was handed the on-call pager on a Saturday morning and left to plunge in. That experience helped inspire him to start Pacific Hospitalist Associates in 1997. The group, which employs 44 doctors – 38 of whom are … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 2, 2015 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has been recognized for the second year in a row by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs.” “We are honored to be recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the most … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 2, 2015 — For the third year in a row, The Leapfrog Group has named Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian to its annual list of Top Hospitals. This coveted and respected recognition showcases Hoag’s commitment to Leapfrog’s vision of providing the safest, highest quality health care for consumers and purchasers alike. Hoag … Read More

It works. It's more effective than last year's. And really it doesn't hurt that much. So if you're still on the fence about getting your flu shot, you've run out of excuses. The flu is one of the more-vexing viruses we deal with as physicians — a sometimes-fatal disease that is preventable with vaccines and … Read More

A couple that found love in a very unlikely place has defied the odds after both were diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. Cindy Godshall and Mark Franklin were strangers when they both were diagnosed at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. “I had my brain tumor on my right side,” explains … Read More

During my pregnancy, “Congratulations” was nearly always followed by, “Get ready.” Sometimes a mom offered this wisdom as if she truly wanted me to emotionally prepare for the joy that becoming a mom would bring, which I later learned is impossible to prepare for. Most of the time, the advice felt more like a warning … Read More