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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian became the first Orange County hospital to have a dedicated Emergency Department for expectant mothers when it debuted a four-room Obstetrics Emergency Department (OB-ED) in its Newport Beach location earlier this year. This service contributes to a growing trend nationwide that helps increase access to specialists and improves patient outcomes. The … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – September 4, 2014 – Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute and Hoag Family Cancer Institute today announced they have recruited Robert G. Louis, M.D., from the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica to become the only fellowship trained skull-base and pituitary specialist in Orange County. Dr. Louis is being named Program Advisor … Read More

St. Joseph Hoag Health doctors and nutritionists will be visiting three OC Ralphs and Food4Less markets on September 9-10 to give shoppers tours around the stores, answer parents’ questions about healthy eating for their kids, suggest shopping strategies, and offer easy and healthy recipes to tempt tots toward healthier eats. Health providers everywhere are focusing … Read More

Orange County’s First Hospital with an Emergency Department for Expectant Mothers NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – August 27, 2014 – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian debuted a four-room Obstetrics Emergency Department (OB-ED) in its Newport Beach location earlier this year to provide continuity of care and quick treatment for pregnant women over 16 weeks of gestation. The … Read More

Robin Williams’ suicide is a tragedy that broke the hearts of his family and friends and an entire nation. But with the stunning revelation that the famous comedian had recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the actor’s death is particularly hard felt in the Parkinson’s community. In the first few days after Williams’ widow revealed … Read More

Newport Beach Philanthropy Grants $250,000 in Seed Money for Hoag NICU Telemedicine Program NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – August 21, 2014 – From tiny preemies with underdeveloped lungs to term babies born critically ill, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurtures the most vulnerable and fragile patients to health. But the days, weeks … Read More

If you have high cholesterol and you are not taking statins, it is time to make a doctor’s appointment. Recently, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association presented new guidelines for the prevention of heart attack and stroke that greatly widen the net of people who could benefit from statin therapy. Statins … Read More

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian hired Dr. David Millett as director of its epilepsy program. The neurologist previously directed epilepsy programs at LAC-USC Medical Center and Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – August 5, 2014 – Sometimes HB needs a little TLC: From surfers getting injured at the break of dawn to young parents caring for a sick child late at night to active seniors taking a spill on the weekend, Huntington Beach is a community that is constantly on the move – … Read More

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – August 4, 2014 – St. Joseph Hoag Health and CHOC Children’s announced this morning that they will form an accountable care organization (ACO), bringing together outstanding health care providers throughout Orange County. With this announcement, CHOC and St. Joseph Hoag Health will ensure integrated health care delivery, serving all generations of … Read More