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Circle 1000 Celebrates 32 Years and Raises Over $1 Million to Benefit Hoag Family Cancer Institute with Stand-Up Comic & Cancer Survivor Mack Dryden

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 23, 2019 — The 32nd annual Circle 1000 Founders’ Celebration Brunch raised over $1 million to benefit Hoag Family Cancer Institute, raising the group’s cumulative giving to more than $20 million over the last 32 years. More than 300 Circle 1000 donors and friends, along with Hoag physicians, staff and volunteer … Read More

Hoag's Teen Mental Health Program Accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 13, 2019 — The After-School Program for Interventions and Resiliency Education (ASPIRE) Program at Hoag is now accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) for teens to receive high school credits. The ASPIRE program, offered by the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag, received a three-year accreditation, and … Read More

Donna Dessau Named Hoag's 2019 Nurse of the Year

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 2, 2019 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced today that Donna Dessau, MSN, FNP-C, RNC-OB, an OBGYN Nurse Practitioner and Labor and Delivery Nurse, is the hospital’s 2019 Nurse of the Year. A true role model and mentor, Donna was selected as Nurse of the Year for her clinical excellence, her … Read More

Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag Adds First Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery Platform to New Brain & Spine Fully Integrated Operating Room Suites

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF., April 25, 2019 — In an incredible leap forward for surgical outcomes and patient safety, Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag today announced the addition of the 7D Surgical System for spinal procedures. This system uses the same technology found in self-driving cars to provide an unprecedented level of surgical navigation for … Read More

Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag Earns Level 4 Epilepsy Center Designation

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF., April 16, 2019 — On April 1, 2019, the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) designated the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute’s Epilepsy Program at Hoag as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center, the highest level of accreditation. This prestigious accreditation recognizes the Institute’s Epilepsy Program for having the professional expertise and resources necessary … Read More

Hoag Named One of the Top Hospitals in the U.S. – and the World

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 4, 2019 — Hoag is proud to announce that it recently received two global designations highlighting the hospital as one of the best in the U.S. by IBM Watson Health – and the world by Newsweek. “We are proud to be recognized by these esteemed organizations for demonstrating that high quality … Read More

Richard & Virginia Hunsaker Donate $10 Million to Hoag

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 25, 2019 — Longtime philanthropists Richard and Virginia Hunsaker recently notified Hoag Hospital Foundation that they have included a transformational $10 million gift in their estate to support the work of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, as well as advancements in ophthalmology. In honor of their extraordinary generosity, the North Tower … Read More

Hoag Clinical Trial Contributes to 'Eye-Popping' National Heart Surgery Data

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 18, 2019 — The Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute at Hoag, the largest volume cardiovascular program in Orange County, was the first hospital to bring transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to the community. Today, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) released data from two trials showing that select patients … Read More

Hoag Debuts Two State-of-the-Art Brain & Spine Operating Room Suites

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 5, 2019 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is taking complex brain and spinal surgical procedures to new technological heights with the installment of two highly advanced Brain & Spine Fully Integrated Operating Room (OR) Suites. The two new 820-square-foot OR suites are filled with state-of-the-art equipment and technology designed to significantly … Read More

Hoag Named One of America's 50 Best Hospitals™ for 2019 by Healthgrades

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., February 12, 2019 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has again been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ for 2019. This is the eighth consecutive year – 2012-2019 – Hoag has received this designation, and Hoag is the only Orange County hospital in the Top 50 and Top 100. … Read More