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Press Room

Lisa Campana Named Hoag’s 2023 Nurse of the Year

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (May 10, 2023) – Hoag announced today that Lisa Campana, BSN, RN, CEN, MICN, has been named 2023 Nurse of the Year. Nominated for her compassionate care, clinical excellence and patient-centered approach, Lisa was selected as Nurse of the Year for going above and beyond in her role as Charge Nurse in … Read More

Hoag Earns Straight “A’s” on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 3, 2023 — Hoag has once again been awarded straight “A’s” for the Spring 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for its hospitals in Newport Beach and Irvine. Achieving the nation’s top honor for patient safety, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade rates a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable … Read More

Hoag Brings Leading-Edge Mitral Valve Replacement Option to Orange County and Selected for the MOMENTIS Study

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (April 17, 2023) – Hoag is recruiting patients for a long-term study designed to collect real-world clinical outcomes for a new mitral valve replacement option. The MOMENTIS study will follow patients who receive the MITRIS RESILIA valve, developed by Edwards Lifesciences using innovations that were developed to ease the orientation of the … Read More

Ernie Els Wins 2023 Hoag Classic

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 22, 2023 — The 2023 Hoag Classic, Orange County’s only PGA TOUR Champions event, returned to Newport Beach Country Club on March 15 to 19, 2023 with Hoag as title sponsor and presenting partners Konica Minolta and City National Bank. With an impressive PGA TOUR Champion lineup competing for the $2 … Read More

Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute Selected to Participate in Revolutionary Clinical Trial for the Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (March 2, 2023) – Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute has started enrolling participants for a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety and tolerability of a first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s disease vaccine. The hope is that the vaccine will eventually be used to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in healthy people who are at risk. Hoag … Read More

Hoag Unveils Newly Expanded Patty & George Hoag Cancer Center

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (February 22, 2023) – Hoag Family Cancer Institute this week unveiled the newly expanded Patty & George Hoag Cancer Center in Newport Beach. As Orange County’s top choice for cancer care*, the completion of this major reinvestment in its facilities and treatment technologies sets the stage for expanded cancer research and world-class … Read More

Hoag Digestive Health Institute Opens Comprehensive Clinic Focused on Whole-Person Care

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., January 30, 2023 — In its ongoing commitment to whole-person care, Hoag Digestive Health Institute has announced the opening of a new, comprehensive clinic that brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts who collaborate to provide a treatment plan tailored to each patients’ unique digestive health condition. Focused on managing chronic and … Read More

Hoag First in Southern California to Launch Phase I Clinical Trial to Treat Recurrent Neuroendocrine Cancer

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (January 12, 2023) – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently became the first hospital in Southern California and one of only a handful of hospitals in the world to provide patients with access to a clinical trial that is poised to change the face of cancer treatment. Hoag launched a phase 1 clinical … Read More

Hoag Recognized as Best Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 7, 2022 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has been recognized as high performing in maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report. The distinction puts Hoag in the top 10% in the nation to achieve high-performance rankings in 19 specialty procedures and conditions recognized by U.S. News & World … Read More

First SyncAR for Spine Surgery in the World Performed at Hoag

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 7, 2022 — Hoag’s innovative spine team has performed the first spinal fusion surgery utilizing the recently FDA-cleared augmented reality (SyncAR) surgical navigator for Spine, co-developed by neurosurgeons from Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute and medical visualization platform leader Surgical Theater. SyncAR for Spine utilizes 3D virtual reconstructions of CT and … Read More