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  • Summer 2021

    Hoag to Participate in Groundbreaking Study Aiming to Help Prevent Memory Loss Due to Alzheimer’s Disease

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 3, 2021 — Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute has started recruiting volunteers for a study testing an investigational treatment that aims to help prevent the earliest stages of memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Eisai Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo), … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Reza Joolhar Named Hoag’s 2021 Nurse of the Year

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 17, 2021 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced today that Reza Joolhar, BSN, RN, is the hospital’s 2021 Nurse of the Year. Reza is a Float Pool Nurse but has spent the last year as the Charge Nurse for the 5 West, one of the COVID-19 units at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach. … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Newly Opened Hoag Fly Well Clinic at John Wayne Airport Increases Access to Urgent Care Services and COVID-19 Vaccines

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 12, 2021 — Officials with Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and John Wayne Airport today announced the opening of the Fly Well Clinic, making JWA one of just a few airports across the nation to offer travelers onsite COVID-19 vaccinations, urgent care, telehealth consultations and vital screenings. Located post-security in Terminal B across … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Launches Young Adults Mental Health Program to Meet Growing Need

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 4, 2021 — In response to the growing concern around mental health, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team of neurobehavioral health experts at Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute has designed an accredited, outpatient program to target the specific mental health needs for young adults ages 18 to 26. The Hoag Young … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Wound Healing Center Recognized as 2020 Healogics Center of Distinction

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 30, 2021 — Hoag Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center was recently honored by Healogics™ Inc. with the Center of Distinction Award for clinical excellence. This prestigious award recognizes both the Sally & Joseph Warpinski Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center in Newport Beach and the Hoag Wound Healing Center in Irvine for … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Receives Top Honors for Patient Safety

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 29, 2020 — Achieving the nation’s top honor for patient safety, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced today that it has received straight “A’s” on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for its hospitals in Newport Beach and Irvine. Additionally, Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, Hoag Hospital Irvine and Hoag Orthopedic Institute were recognized with … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Launches First In United States Myeloma Imaging Trial and First in Orange County Prostate Cancer Molecular Therapy Trial

    ​NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 19, 2021 — Hoag Family Cancer Institute announced the opening of two additional molecular imaging and therapy trials, the first to be offered in Orange County and in the United States. Hoag’s Molecular Imaging & Therapy Program is helping to pioneer the most sensitive imaging and therapy methods to date to … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Physician Named President of the American College of Cardiology

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 1, 2021 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is honored to announce that Dipti Itchhaporia, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A, F.E.S.C., the Eric & Sheila Samson Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Health and director of Disease Management for the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute at Hoag, has been appointed as the American College … Read More

  • Spring 2021

    Hoag Utilizes Virtual Reality Technology to Ease Emotional Toll of Caring for Critically Ill Patients

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 22, 2021 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is exploring new ways to support employees on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the launch of CenteredVR, a virtual reality-based mindfulness and stress management program developed by BehaVR, Hoag is among the first health care facilities in the nation to deploy virtual … Read More