Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 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, orthopedics and women's health services. A National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award endorses Hoag as Orange County's most preferred hospital based on overall quality of health care services and places Hoag in the top five percent of hospitals nationwide. And in a local newspaper survey, Orange County residents have named Hoag the county's top hospital for nine consecutive years.
Hoag's Mission
Our mission as a not-for-profit, faith-based hospital is to provide the highest quality health care services to the communities we serve.
Vision Statement
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is recognized as a leading hospital in California, renowned for its excellence, specialized health care services, and exceptional physicians and staff.
Core Values
Excellence
Respect
Integrity
Patient Centeredness
Community Benefit
History Of Hoag Mem Hospital Presbyterian
The idea to build a hospital for the residents of coastal Orange County dates back to 1944. The Rev. Raymond Brahams, seven Presbyterian church members and one physician formed a corporation called the Presbyterian Hospital of Laguna Beach. They began a fund-raising campaign in the local community and changed the name to the Presbyterian Hospital of Orange County after securing a site on the bluffs in Newport Beach. Unable to afford construction costs following World War II, their search for funds became more critical.
In 1950, the Hoag Family Foundation-established 10 years earlier by George Hoag, Sr., who was an early partner in the J.C. Penney Company, his wife Grace and their son George Hoag II-learned of the hospital project and donated the funds needed to begin construction. With the support of the Hoag Family Foundation and the community, the hospital was completed in just two years and named Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
The George Hoag Family Foundation and the Association of Presbyterian Members, as the two founding organizations of the hospital, continue providing leadership as corporate members of the hospital board of directors. These corporate members annually elect the hospital's 21-member board that includes representatives from the Hoag Family Foundation, the Association of Presbyterian Members, the community and Hoag Hospital's medical staff. When the hospital opened on September 15, 1952, there were 75 beds, 68 staff physicians and 60 employees. Today, Hoag has grown from 75 licensed beds to 498; from 68 physicians to more than 1,000; and from 60 employees to more than 4,000.
