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Students Learn About Medical Use of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Students at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School learned about the medical uses of virtual and augmented reality when Dr. Robert Louis made a recent appearance during a psychology class at the school. Louis, the Empower360 endowed chair in skull base and minimally invasive neurosurgery, also is the program advisor for the Skull Base and Pituitary Tumor … Read More
Becker's 11th Annual Meeting: Four Questions with Michael Brant-Zawadzki
Michael Brant-Zawadzki, MD, FACR, serves as Senior Physician Executive at Hoag Hospital; The Ron and Sandi Simon Endowed Chair, Executive Medical Director for Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute. On April 7th, Dr. Brant-Zawadzki will give a presentation on “Creating a Viable, Community Based Memory and Cognitive Care Program” at Becker’s Hospital Review 11th Annual Meeting. As … Read More
CUSD and Hoag Host Second Session of Speaker Series with Identifying Substance Disorders and Vaping Dangers Discussion
Capistrano Unified School District hosted its second community lecture event in partnership with Hoag Hospital. The 2019-2020 series titled, “Helping Teens and Families Navigate Mental Health and Wellness,” will feature discussions on a variety of topics that impact today’s young people. The second session of the series, dedicated to identifying substance abuse disorders and vaping … Read More
How to Tell Your Children You Have Breast Cancer
Twelve percent of women will get breast cancer at some point in their life. Getting a cancer diagnosis is devastating and will have a huge impact on a woman’s life. What’s foremost on the mind of a mother with breast cancer — helping her children cope along the journey. This, of course, begins with communication. … Read More
What Happens to Relationships When Sex Hurts
Women who suffer from the chronic-pain condition vulvodynia often feel isolated from their partners. But a better medical understanding is helping. In her 18 years as a sex therapist in Orange County, California, Stephanie Buehler has come to recognize a certain tense, fraught dynamic in couples when a female partner has vulvodynia. The chronic-pain condition … Read More
Rise in Suicide Rate in Orange County
KNX-1070 AM interviewed Michaell Rose about the recently released OCHCA report highlighting the rising suicide rate in Orange County. Listen to the broadcast here.
IHA Honors California Physician Organizations for Achieving Excellence in Healthcare
The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Healthcare Award, California’s top honor for physician organizations, including Hoag Medical Group. The award recognizes physician organizations that achieve top marks on quality and patient experience measures while managing costs. To earn this recognition, physician organizations must perform in the top 50% … Read More
Milestones
Dr. Dipti Itchhaporia, director of Disease Management for the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, has been appointed as the American College of Cardiology vice president for 2020-2021. She will move on to lead the college as president in 2021- 2022. Itchhaporia will be the fifth female president in … Read More
Hoag's Wellness Push on Display in Foothill Ranch
Hoag Hospital plans to roll out one of the region’s largest and most ambitious preventive health and wellness centers early next year at a new location in Foothill Ranch. The nearly 40,000-square-foot Hoag Health Center Foothill Ranch facility will include everything from a tech-infused exercise studio with digital monitoring, healthy food and beverage options, brand-name … Read More
Unified Plan to Tackle Mental Health Concerns in OC
A large cross section of Orange County healthcare and civic leaders expect a forthcoming $40 million facility in the city of Orange to mark the first step in a unified approach by the county toward combating mental health problems and treating drug abuse—and in doing so alleviating some of the area’s homelessness issues. Be Well … Read More