Innovative Voice and Swallowing Center Opens in Orange County

Innovative Voice and Swallowing Center Opens in Orange County

Hoag Hospital announces the grand opening of Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center, the most comprehensive program in Orange County. Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center provides the complete spectrum of multidisciplinary care located within the new Hoag Health Center-Newport Beach.

Newport Beach, CA (Vocus) June 17, 2009 -- Hoag Hospital announces the grand opening of Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center (www.hoaghospital.org/voice), the most comprehensive program in Orange County. Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center provides the complete spectrum of multidisciplinary care located within the new Hoag Health Center-Newport Beach.

The center offers procedures to improve voice and swallowing function, providing patients with less invasive operating options, and speech. State-of-the-art diagnostics and office-based treatment options include laser surgery using a pulsed KTP laser, a first in Southern California, and unsedated laryngeal procedures--a significant convenience over the conventional procedure.

Specialized care is available for people with hoarseness resulting from various voice and swallowing disorders as well as for professional voice users such as singers, actors, clergy, lawyers, and teachers.

"Many individuals being treated for other disorders may also find themselves with complications related to voice and/or swallowing," states Steven Feinberg, M.D., director of Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center (www.hoaghospital.org/voice), whose patients include those suffering from systemic neurologic disorders such as stroke and Parkinson's disease. "These patients benefit from expert diagnosis and treatments including medical and surgical therapies as well as voice therapy."

Dr. Feinberg is the only fellowship-trained laryngologist in Orange County and comes to Hoag from Massachusetts General Hospital where he trained with leaders in the field and held an academic appointment in the Harvard Medical School. He completed a 5-year residency in Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California-Irvine.

Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center is open 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday and located at 500 Superior Ave #305 in Newport Beach, CA 92663. For more information, call (949) 764-1850 or visit www.hoaghospital.org/voice.

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 on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 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. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County's most preferred hospital for the past 13 consecutive years. And for an unprecedented 13 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as the county's best hospital in a local newspaper survey. In order to meet the growing needs of Irvine and South County residents, Hoag will open an Irvine campus in 2010. Hoag continues to offer additional services to the community through the seven Hoag Health Centers located throughout Orange County.

Contact:

April Johnson

Hoag Hospital Marketing

Office: 949/764-8695

April.Johnson @ HoagHospital.org

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Contact Information April Johnson

Hoag Hospital Marketing

http://www.hoaghospital.org/voice

949-764-8695