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Contact: Heather Mabale
heather.mabale@hoaghospital.org
Hoag Breast Care Center leads the first Breast Consortium in Orange County history
Hoag Breast Care Center brings together medical experts from leading
Orange County hospitals to discuss the future of breast health care
August 18, 2008 - Newport Beach, CA: Hoag Breast Care Center announced the first Orange County Breast Consortium (OCBC) was held August 13, 2008. Breast surgeons from leading Orange County hospitals met to discuss Interoperative Radiation Therapy, presented by J.K. Harness, M.D. from St. Joseph’s Hospital, as the first topic at the inaugural meeting.
OCBC is setting a new precedent by opening dialog with Orange County’s top experts in breast care at the very first consortium for Orange County breast physicians. OCBC will meet monthly to continue an open dialog among breast experts in the region.
“The purpose of the Breast Consortium is to facilitate a stronger consensus on treatment of breast disease among our county’s leading breast care experts,” says OCBC founders, Melvin Silverstein, M.D., medical director for Hoag Breast Care Center and John West, M.D of the Breast Care and Imaging Center of Orange County. “Our goal is that these meetings will ultimately lead to better access to advanced breast care for all Orange County women.”
Leading-edge techniques, such as oncoplastic surgery, will be discussed at each meeting. Breast Surgeons from major Orange County hospitals will attend. These meetings will serve to provide additional continued education for breast physicians and introduce the latest advances in breast health. It will serve as a forum for experts to share techniques and adopt new protocols.
About Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (www.hoaghospital.org) is a 498-bed, not-for-profit, acute care hospital located in Newport Beach, Calif. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission and designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Hoag offers a comprehensive mix of health care services, including Centers of Excellence in cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, orthopedics and women’s health. Recent studies released by Health Grades place Hoag among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for both Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 12 consecutive years. And for an unprecedented 12 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as the county’s best hospital in a local newspaper survey.
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