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  Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke GOLD PLUS Quality Achievement Awards for its hospitals in Newport Beach and Irvine. The comprehensive Stroke Program of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute coordinates stroke care at both Hoag hospitals, each of … Read More

Newport Beach, Calif., June 28, 2022 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced today it has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke GOLD PLUS Quality Achievement Awards for its hospitals in Newport Beach and Irvine. The comprehensive Stroke Program of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute coordinates stroke care … Read More

  Fireworks are a sight to behold. But, please, don’t be holding them! The Consumer Products Safety Commission warns that 15,600 were injured by fireworks in 2020 – more than 10,000 of them between June and July alone! Many cities allow “safe and sane” fireworks, which feature the state Fire Marshal seal and don’t explode. … Read More

Dan Ryan is a competitive person with an abiding appreciation for sports. So, when he refers to Anthony Caffarelli, M.D., as the “Tom Brady” of heart surgeons, the analogy commands attention. “It is pretty cool that you’re excited that the guy is going to give you a quintuple bypass,” said Dan, 59, who recently underwent … Read More

  You know the basics: Avoid alcohol. Get plenty of water and lots of rest. But what about the less-than-obvious tips to a healthy pregnancy? Ranked among the nation’s best for maternity care, Hoag welcomes more babies into the world than any other hospital in Orange County. So, we asked our maternal medicine specialists for … Read More

At the Hoag Spine Center in Newport Beach, one call delivers it all. The board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeons at Hoag Spine Center, part of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, consistently deliver cutting-edge surgical treatment options, including spinal navigation – not unlike using GPS in your car — and robot-assisted surgery. Many times, however, some of the … Read More

  Mindy Bixby, D.O., is Hoag’s newest Parkinson’s disease (PD) and movement disorders expert. She is a board-certified neurologist, with offices in Aliso Viejo, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. PD is the second most common adult neurogenerative disease behind Alzheimer’s. The incidence of PD and other movement disorders is growing as our population ages. Recognizing … Read More

More evidence has suggested the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes family that causes mononucleosis (aka the “kissing disease”), can cause Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Recently, a study published went further, citing EBV infection as likely the leading cause of MS. EBV is one virus that has reportedly become re-activated during COVID-19 infection. The … Read More

His seizures began at the age of 4. By the time Michael Merritt was 72, his epilepsy became so severe his wife was sure he was going to die. But in 2018, Michael’s doctors referred him to the Epilepsy Program at Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, where he met Program Director David Millett, M.D., Ph.D. … Read More

  Allyson Brooks, MD, FACOG, has experience working as a frontline provider, an OB/GYN physician, and in healthcare administration. She currently serves as a senior physician executive for Hoag, overseeing quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance, accreditation, performance improvement, infection prevention, and patient relations at the California-based health system. She’s also the Ginny Ueberroth executive medical … Read More