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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Ranked Among Best Hospitals Newport Beach, Calif. — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian was ranked among the Best Hospitals in the United States according to the U.S. News and World Report. Hoag was ranked the 13th best hospital in California and the seventh best hospital in the Los … Read More

The American Diabetes Association estimates that more than 20 million Americans live with diabetes and over 40 million Americans have pre- diabetes, which can oftentimes be prevented through a healthy lifestyle combination of diet, exercise and weight management. Offering comprehensive services for adults and children with diabetes, including physician specialty services in endocrinology, ophthalmology and … Read More

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Hoag’s Orange County Vital Aging Program Data Presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease Paris, France – Dr. William Shankle MS, MD, FACP, program director, Memory and Cognitive Disorders, of Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute (HNI) presented Orange County Vital Aging Program (OCVAP) data today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference … Read More

  Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow to the body. During atrial fibrillation, the heart’s two upper chambers (the atria) beat irregularly and out of coordination with the two lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart. Atrial fibrillation symptoms include heart palpitations, shortness of breath … Read More

Thursday, June 09, 2011 Pravin M. Shah, M.D., Receives the American Society of Echocardiography 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award Newport Beach, Calif. – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced that Pravin M. Shah, M.D., M.A.C.C., medical director of non-invasive cardiac imaging and academics program at the Hoag Heart & Vascular Institute, was awarded the American Society … Read More

Monday, May 16, 2011 Hoag President and CEO Named Among Fifty Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare Newport Beach, Calif. – Hoag today announced that Richard Afable, M.D., M.P.H., president and chief executive officer of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, was named to Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician’s “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare.” The … Read More

Monday, April 11, 2011 New Analytical Approach Using Hierarchical Bayesian Cognitive Processing Models Provides More Precise Measurement of Cognitive Changes Honolulu, Hawaii – Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute (HNI) announced encouraging study results for a new analytical approach that can ultimately improve the analysis of clinical trials’ data for Alzheimer’s disease at the American Academy of … Read More

Monday, April 11, 2011 Honolulu, Hawaii -Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute (HNI)announced encouraging study results for a new analytical approach that can ultimately improve the analysis of clinical trials’ data for Alzheimer’s disease at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in Honolulu, HI. The study results concluded that the hierarchical Bayesian cognitive processing models (HBCP) … Read More

Tuesday, April 05, 2011  Newport Beach, Calif.  – The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to Hoag Family Cancer Institute as a result of surveys performed during 2010. Hoag is one of a select group of 90 currently accredited and newly accredited cancer programs across the … Read More

Friday, April 01, 2011 Dipti Itchhaporia, MD., Elected to American College of Cardiology’s Chair of the Board of Governors Newport Beach, Calif. – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced that Dipti Itchhaporia, M.D., F.A.C.C., Robert and Georgia Roth Chair for Excellence in Cardiac Care and director of disease management at the Hoag Heart & Vascular … Read More