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    Hoag Names Director for New Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Program

      Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced that bariatric surgery specialist Adrian Dobrowolsky, M.D., will be director of Hoag’s new Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Program. With Dr. Dobrowolsky as surgical director, patients will benefit from the expertise he has developed performing hundreds of minimally invasive bariatric surgeries throughout his career, including during his fellowship at Keck … Read More

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    Keeping you up-to-date on the ever changing COVID-19 landscape

      Dear Neighbors, You may have questions about the FDA’s recent authorization of a second booster shot. Please know that across the ever-changing COVID-19 landscape, Hoag is here, by your side as your healthcare partner. Here is what is new: – (On Tuesday), the FDA authorized a second COVID-19 booster for people ages 50 and … Read More

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    5 Cardiology Power Players

      Below are five power players making a difference in cardiology: Ali AbuRahma, MD. President of the Society for Vascular Surgery (Rosemont, Ill.). Dr. AbuRahma serves as the medical director of the vascular laboratory and co-director of the Vascular Center of Excellence at Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center. As an established editor and reviewer, he has … Read More

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    Hoag Hospital Honors Three New Endowed Chairs and Donors at Investiture Ceremony

      Photo by Kevin Warn Hoag Hospital Foundation celebrated the establishment of three new endowed chairs during a March 24 investiture ceremony. The anticipated event, halted previously by the COVID-19 pandemic, included a white coat processional of Hoag physicians, led by its endowed chair holders, and speeches from the honored physicians and donors. While endowed … Read More

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    $50 million gift helping Hoag expand, specialize care in Irvine

      A $50 million gift from the Sun Family Foundation is helping Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian create three new medical institutes at its Irvine campus, expected to open in 2025, hospital officials have announced. Catering to women’s health, cancer care and digestive illnesses, the institutes will be housed in three-story buildings being built to blend … Read More

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    Hoag selects accomplished oncologist as director of Hoag Melanoma Program

      Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has announced that Thomas N. Wang, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., a prominent researcher and nationally recognized author, has been named medical director of the Hoag Melanoma/Advanced Skin Cancer Program.  Dr. Wang comes to Hoag after spending the previous 15 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he served … Read More

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    Kickass Women of O.C.: 2022 Edition

      Webster’s dictionary offers two definitions for kickass: 1. having a strong effect on someone or something; powerful 2. exceptionally good; spectacular, impressive. The women we’ve chosen for our second edition of this feature easily live up to both descriptions. They’re but a sampling of the leaders in our community doing amazing work in many … Read More

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    What the spine tech surgeons say will explode in the next 5 years

      Regenerative medicine, patient-specific implants and artificial intelligence continue to gather momentum in the spine field, but robotics and augmented reality are the technologies surgeons expect to become more prominent in the next five years. Spine robots may catch up with the abilities of their joint replacement counterparts and the Iron Man-like headsets associated with … Read More

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    What’s Next for Augmented Reality in Spine Surgery?

      Augmented reality in spine surgery is taking off, and its growth could be exponential in the near future. With more and more places adopting the technology, many surgeons have a positive outlook for the technology. Seven details about AR in spine surgery and what lies ahead: 1. Surgalign’s Holo Portal augmented reality system received FDA 510(k) … Read More