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  • Spring 2021

    For Local Patient and Nurse, Hoag ‘Has Been the Constant’

    By Elizabeth Swanson My first nursing job was at Hoag, and I delivered both my children at Hoag. I helped my mom through her hip replacement surgeries at Hoag Orthopedic Institute, and when my husband was hospitalized with COVID-19 complications, it was Hoag that restored his health. Through every medical event in our family – the … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Routine Screenings Save Lives

    COVID-19 posed an obvious health risk to millions of Americans. As the pandemic wore on, the disease began to pose a subtler risk, as well. People delayed seeing their doctors for routine screenings and chronic disease management. Early on in the pandemic, Hoag implemented enhanced safety measures throughout its health centers and encouraged patients to resume … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag-Quality Urgent Care Services Now Available at John Wayne Airport

    A first-of-its-kind health care facility has landed at John Wayne Airport (JWA), providing travelers access to health services at a time of heightened health awareness among passengers and airport employees. Now open, the Hoag Fly Well Clinic, located post-security in Terminal B across from Gate 10, offers walk-in and scheduled appointments with an onsite licensed health … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Leaders in the Detection and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

    Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease that is often detected too late for effective treatment. Hoag Family Cancer Institute is changing that. As a leader in the early detection and innovative treatment of pancreatic cancer, Hoag offers programs unlike any other hospital in Orange County to turn the tables on pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program Thanks to … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Offers First Molecular Imaging and Therapy Clinical Trials in Orange County

    Hoag now offers the only Molecular Imaging and Therapy cancer trials in Orange County, including the hospital’s first National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial. The two trials in this emerging field of medicine build on Hoag’s promise to offer the most advanced care possible to its patients. Hoag is one of only 40 hospitals in the nation … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    What the Heart Wants: Hoag Offers Unique, Tailored Approach for Mitral Valve Care

    The mitral valve is the gatekeeper between the left atrium and the left ventricle. When it works properly, it keeps oxygen-rich blood flowing through the body. When it doesn’t, people can experience fatigue, shortness of breath, and even serious heart failure. The types and causes of mitral valve disease vary, as do appropriate treatments. Mitral valve stenosis, … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Makes Innovative Maternity Program a (Virtual) Reality

    What if you could meet your baby before he or she was born? What if you could experience the early stages of motherhood, just before they happened? The questions sound like the premise for a science fiction movie, but they’re real desires expressed by women for years. As the hospital with the highest volumes of … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Newest Robotic Navigation Platform for Spine Surgery Arrives at Hoag

    Wilson Yeung’s back pain was a nuisance at first. It came on when he turned 40, so Wilson figured it was just a function of aging. Then the pain grew worse. Five years and several complementary and alternative medicine techniques later, Wilson’s degenerative spine disease advanced to the point that he began experiencing a terrible, persistent pain … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Innovative Antibody Brain Cancer Drug

    Hoag Family Cancer Institute and Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag have begun testing a promising treatment for patients with glioblastoma (GBM), the deadliest form of brain cancer. Chosen by Nascent Biotech, Inc. to become the first testing site in the nation, and through philanthropic support, Hoag is currently enrolling patients for a Phase 1 clinical trial to … Read More