DIGESTIVE HEALTH: STEPPING UP

Orange County has long lacked facilities specializing in integrated digestive health care, leaving patients few places to turn for diagnosis and treatment. As a result, digestive disorders are often discovered in the emergency department after symptoms become severe enough to require hospitalization. With the largest digestive health program in Orange County, Hoag has a plan to do more for these patients.

Building on the comprehensive, whole-person model of care offered at the Digestive Health Institute Clinic in Newport Beach, the new Digestive Health Pavilion in Irvine will be the only facility of its kind in Orange County. Opportunities to pursue continuing education and research will support the best minds in this specialty, providing patients with personalized preventive and acute care, timely evaluations, and precise diagnoses.