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Innovative Technology Lets Hoag Fix Hearts Without Skipping a Beat

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – May 29, 2014 – When the heart skips a beat in poetry and pop songs, it’s usually due to excitement and love. But when the heart beats abnormally in real life, the results can be deadly. To treat heart arrhythmias, or disturbances in the normal rhythm of the heartbeat, surgeons must … Read More

Hoag Hospital Foundation Hosts 10th Anniversary Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag Luncheon with New York Times Best-Selling Author Dean Koontz

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – September 18, 2014 – The Hoag Hospital Foundation hosted its 10th Anniversary Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag 2014 Luncheon, held on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at the Balboa Bay Resort with grateful Hoag patient and best-selling author, Dean Koontz, as the keynote speaker. America’s most popular suspense novelist Dean Koontz is a … Read More

Hoag the First in Orange County to Specialize in Pituitary Tumors

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

Hoag Offers Dedicated Obstetrics Emergency Department

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

Legacy Foundation Helps Hoag's Most Vulnerable Patients

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

Newly Expanded Hoag Health Center Huntington Beach Opens Urgent Care

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

CHOC Children's and St. Joseph Hoag Health Form an Accountable Care Organization

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

Hoag Opens Infusion Center in Irvine to Bring Important Service Closer to South County Patients

​IRVINE, Calif. –July 14, 2014 – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Hoag Family Cancer Institute today are excited to announce the opening of the Hoag Infusion Center in Irvine, in the medical building connected to Hoag Hospital Irvine. The new Infusion Center is located at 16300 Sand Canyon Ave, Suite 504. The center, which is … Read More

Hoag Hospital Foundation Receives $1 Million Gift From Loyal Philanthropists James and Catherine Emmi

​NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – June 4, 2014 – Hoag Hospital Foundation has received a $1 million gift from grateful patient James Emmi and his wife Catherine, of Corona del Mar, who have supported the hospital every year since 1976. “Twenty-five years of teaching kindergarten tugs at my heart and makes me want to give back,” … Read More

Hoag and the Angels Help Baseball Fans Strike Out Stroke

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – June 30, 2014 – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is teaming up with the Los Angeles Angels to host the first Strike Out Stroke Day on July 5, 2014. During the Angels vs. Astros game, leaders from Hoag, St. Joseph Health, Angels Baseball, Genetech and the Retreat and Refresh Stroke Camp will … Read More