NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., January 7, 2016 --- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
today announced it has opened the long-anticipated Newport Beach location
for WOMANOLOGY® by Hoag, a comprehensive, integrated pelvic floor
health program for the thousands of women in Orange County who are facing
incontinence, painful sexual intercourse and other pelvic floor disorders.
In a beautiful new space within Hoag Health Center Newport Beach, WOMANOLOGY
has begun offering its unique, integrated treatments in a soothing, serene
atmosphere.
“What’s so special about WOMANOLOGY is that it serves women
of all ages, starting with the teen years all the way to menopause and
beyond,” said Salpi Salibian, MS, PA-C, director of Clinical Operations
and Program Development for women’s outpatient health and wellness
at Hoag. “We have specialized programs to address the specific needs
of all women, in a fully supportive and compassionate manner.”
Designed by women, for women, WOMANOLOGY is not a medical group. Rather,
it is a program of complementary services provided by allied health professionals
such as physical therapists, certified Pilates instructors, massage therapists,
acupuncturists and a guided imagery therapist who work in concert with
a woman’s medical providers. A licensed psychologist, registered
dietician and a wellness coach are co-located in the Wellness Center allowing
women to have access to a multidisciplinary approach to care. Physicians
and obstetricians throughout the county refer women to the program to
receive the specialized pelvic health services that only WOMANOLOGY provides.
“Whether your physician refers you or you seek treatment directly,
we offer all the support services needed to complete your treatments and
help you achieve your goals,” Salibian said. “Our highly trained,
specialized practitioners not only provide exceptional care but are really
passionate about improving the wellbeing of all women.”
A National Institutes of Health study found that pelvic floor disorders
affects thousands of women of all ages, due to childbearing, obesity and
other factors. More than 10 percent of women ages 20 to 39, 27 percent
of women ages 40 to 59, 37 percent of women ages 60 to 79 and nearly half
of women age 80 or older suffer from these debilitating disorders.
Though pelvic floor problems are so prevalent, few discuss them –
even with their doctors, said Allyson Brooks, M.D., the Ginny Ueberroth
Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair of the Women’s Health Institute at Hoag.
“We hope that more women will take advantage of these rehabilitative
therapies,” Dr. Brooks said. “You can’t undo the causes
of pelvic floor problems: You can’t reverse childbirth, or chemotherapy
or C-sections. But you can have a healthier, more active life. You don’t
have to suffer in silence.”
Diabetes, cancer and other medical issues can contribute to pelvic floor
issues for men, too. For them, Hoag also offers RESTORE HIM®, an additional
component of the WOMANOLOGY program that focuses on men.
WOMANOLOGY operated a private clinic in Irvine for 12 years and later added
a second location in Fullerton before Hoag acquired them both in 2014.
Founder and physical therapist Robin Christenson, MPT, said Hoag’s
innovative approach to health care made it the perfect fit for her trusted
pelvic floor program.
“I trust Hoag’s caring staff and incredibly forward-thinking
medical team to expand upon the vision of helping women live better lives,”
Christenson said.
Today, WOMANOLOGY is housed between thriving OB/gyn groups and a reproductive
psychiatry practice, offering Hoag patients access to high-quality pelvic
floor physical therapy and complementary medicine. But, staying true to
its origins, the program is also offered to women from all over the community,
regardless of where they receive their medical treatment Salibian said.
“It is great that although we are surrounded by women’s services
that are offered by other practices, we continue to collaborate with all
physicians in the community,” Salibian said. “We are able
to support all physicians to help their patients and improve everyone’s
health and wellbeing.”
WOMANOLOGY by Hoag is located at 500 Superior Ave., Suite 315, Newport
Beach. For more information, please call 949-764-7277.
ABOUT HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN
Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery
network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 25,000 inpatients
and 369,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals
– Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital
Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to six health centers
and eight urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive
blend of health care services that includes five institutes providing
specialized services in the following areas: cancer, heart and vascular,
neurosciences, women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s
affiliate, Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic
hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers. In 2013, Hoag entered into
an alliance with St. Joseph Health to further expand health care services
in the Orange County community, known as St. Joseph Hoag Health. Hoag
has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the U.S. News &
World Report Metro Edition. National Research Corporation has endorsed
Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 20
consecutive years and, for an unprecedented 20 years, residents of Orange
County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s best hospitals in
a local newspaper survey. Visit
www.hoag.org for more information.
To download the official press release, please click
here.