Hoag Comprehensive Stroke Program
Hoag’s nationally recognized, comprehensive Stroke Program is led by full-time neurohospitalists who specialize in advanced stroke management and intervention, and continue to develop best practice care pathways for optimal outcomes.
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The Stroke Program of Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute
Hoag is an Orange County Emergency Medical Services designated Stroke Neurology Receiving Center (SNRC) and one of the busiest stroke centers in Orange County, with over a thousand cases each year. Our Newport Beach hospital has been designated as a DNV Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, with our Irvine hospital designated as a DNV Certified Primary Stroke Center. We utilize the latest technologies, comprehensive stroke experts, and an experienced support team for rapid diagnosis and stroke rescue. We have documented top-tier outcomes for stroke patients. We have benchmarked our outcomes against other comprehensive stroke centers and abide by the Get With the Guidelines standards from the American Heart Association. Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as high performing for Neurology & Neurosurgery in 2024-2025 as well as a High Performing Hospital in Stroke.
Our integrated facilities include a 3D interventional suite, a Neuro Intensive Care Unit, a step down the Advanced Brain and spine Unit , and a post acute rehab all staffed with nurses experienced in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of stroke. Nurse navigators, and psychological counselors are key support staff.
All emergency room patients enter the Stroke Protocol. In place since January 2008, that Code 20 provides patients an initial assessment, lab testing, and neuro imaging within 20 minutes of their arrival, guiding patient specific management.
Hoag’s Stroke Team conducts a monthly multidisciplinary case conference to continually improve. Members of all disciplines—physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel attend and share information about innovative new therapies. The result: our outcomes continually receive recognition year over year.
Certified Stroke Center
The DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification is given to esteemed hospitals that have specific abilities to receive and treat the most complex stroke cases from the initial and rapid diagnosis, advanced and state-of-the-art treatment, comprehensive rehabilitation program and community wide stroke education.
Meet the Team
Our stroke team is comprised of emergency room physicians, neurologists, Interventional neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, physical medicine, interventionists and rehabilitation clinicians, specialty-trained nurses and other crucial support staff. All patients are overseen by our full time on-site neurology hospitalists, the highest level of care possible anywhere.
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David M. Brown, MD Program Director, Hoag Stroke Program
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Jose (Jay) J. Puangco, MD ABMS, FAASM Sleep Disorders, Service Chief, Voltmer Sleep Center and Irvine Sleep Center
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Andrew D. Ly, MD Concussion/Mild TBI Program, Program Advisor, Neurophysiology Services
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Jason S. Muir, MD Program Director, Neurophysiology Services, Board Certified Sleep Specialist, Staff Neurologist
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David E. Millett, MD Program Director, Epilepsy
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Victor B. Doan, MD Neurology
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Hoag is a comprehensively designated stroke center, ranking in the top 10% in the nation. Hoag is one of the busiest stroke centers in the state with a thousand cases each year.
Awards & Accreditations
Hoag has been awarded the Stroke Gold PLUS Performance Achievement Award by the American Stroke Association for over a decade running. In addition, Hoag achieved the Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Award and the Target Stroke Honor Roll Advanced Therapy Award by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. This award recognizes the accomplishment of Door to Device Times of 90 minutes or less in 50% or more of all thrombectomy cases.
Get With the Guidelines by the American Heart Association is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care. With seven Get With the Guidelines achievement measures, these awards recognize those hospitals that meet at least 85% compliance. Gold designation recognizes performance and compliance for 24 consecutive months or more. Learn more at Heart.org
Commitment to Quality
The Hoag Stroke Program continually monitors and publicly reports the quality of care we provide our stroke patients. We benchmark our performance against more than 3531 hospitals that have shared over 7.8 million records in the American Heart / American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines: Stroke Registry.
We Are Here for You
Everyone needs help at different times in life, so don’t hesitate to reach out to your care team at Hoag. We’ll help find fast answers to your questions before, during, and after your treatment.