Prevention and Wellness

Hoag Women’s Health Institute believes women deserve resources, support and tools that empower them to prevent disease and live their happiest and healthiest lives. Visionary donors help make this a reality for women in our community, enabling a variety of wellness services and programs that address the whole woman — mind, body and spirit.

Hoag for Her Center for Wellness

Hoag for Her Center for Wellness provides an integrative, proactive approach to health and wellness in a calming, spa-like environment. An expert team of credentialed wellness providers come alongside women with personalized education, support and proven therapies at each stage of her life. Philanthropy supports the Center’s comprehensive wellness offerings, including:

• Acupuncture

• Get Fit Program

• Guided Imagery & Clinical Hypnosis

• Massage Therapy

• Meditation, Mindfulness and Breath Work

• Pelvic Physical Therapy

• Registered Dietitian Services

• Reiki

• Sex Therapy and Psychology Services

• Yoga, Pilates, and PiYo

15,492 wellness visits since Hoag for Her Center for Wellness opened in 2016

By design, Hoag for Her Center for Wellness is closely integrated with many of the Women’s Health Institute’s clinical programs to incorporate a holistic wellness approach with medical care, which positively impacts a patient’s journey and health outcome.

Turning Awareness into Action with the Hoag Early Risk Assessment Program

The Hoag Early Risk Assessment Program (HERA) is a free resource to the community intended to help women ages 35-55 understand and minimize their risk for breast cancer. Women shown to have elevated risk of breast cancer are offered a one-on-one consultation with the program’s advanced practice nurse to create risk reduction plans, including personalized imaging, unique to their needs. Since its inception in 2014, the HERA Program, led by Heather Macdonald, MD, medical director, High Risk Breast Program, has screened over 101,360 women, provided high-risk screening and risk reduction consultations to more than 1,516 women and identified 44 early breast cancers in women whose initial breast cancer screening was negative.