Hoag Innovators Award $1M to 3 Doctors
Hoag Innovators Award $1M to 3 Doctors
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November 27, 2023 • By Peter J. Brennan
Hoag Innovators voted to split $1 million among three doctors who pitched their ideas as part of the “Shark Tank meets Ted Talk” incubator that’s been spun out of Newport Beach’s Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
About 160 people, including 20 doctors, met at Newport Beach’s Lido Hotel in late October to discuss health during a two-hour meeting. Each doctor had six minutes to pitch a project followed by a five-minute question-and-answer period. The winners were:
Women’s Health Institute, which received $299,000 for a project called “PeriGen vigilance—Artificial Intelligence in Fetal Telemetry,” addresses the healthcare challenge of high-risk pregnancies, where delivery can last as long as 36 hours and nurses and doctors can develop fatigue, Dr. Lisa Karamardian, Hoag’s medical director of maternal child health, told the audience.
Over the course of a long delivery, several different doctors and nurses will assess the patient and baby, which results in paperwork that can be time consuming to read. Karamardian proposed using artificial intelligence to develop a modern system that includes up-to-date risk assessments.
“This technology will allow me to have a snapshot of what’s occurring on the unit,” she said. “It will allow everyone on the unit to prioritize who needs the most attention.”
The new AI technology can help 16,000 Hoag patients annually—the 8,000 babies delivered annually and their mothers, she said. “We can visualize it on my cellphone,” she said. “Anybody in any part of the unit or any physician involved in the care can look and know exactly what is happening.”
Hoag’s Integrated Center for Pain Relief won $400,000 to pioneer a model for pain management for interventional and minimally invasive-surgical innovations. The center includes an alliance of pain physicians representing rehabilitation, anesthesiology, neurology, psychiatry, neurobehavioral and internal medicine.“The investment ask is for the imaging technology to allow this elite group of pain physicians to carry out these novel therapies,” said Dr. Charles de Mesa, chief of interventional pain, physical medicine and rehabilitation for the Hoag Spine Center.
The Hoag Family Cancer Institute sought $405,000 to begin a Translational Research Lab to focus on precision medicine. Hoag wants to improve the communications between those treating cancer patients and those conducting clinical trials.
“How can we fill in the gap between research and clinical practice?” said Dr. Sourat Darabi, the clinical genomics scientist for Hoag’s Center for Applied Genomic Technologies at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute.
She was funded $301,000 by the Innovators, and Otis Healy, a member of the Innovators group, matched $104,000 to make up for the requested $405,000.
Innovators
Kitty and Robert Brunswick began Hoag Innovators in 2017 to quickly funnel funds to doctors who want to start programs or buy new equipment.
Robert Brunswick, who co-founded local real estate firm Buchanan Street Partners in 1999 and is incoming chairman of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, in September won a Business Journal Innovator of the Year Award.
The group’s attracted about 63 families with 121 members. To become a member, a person must donate a minimum of $250,000 over a five-year period. Members have raised $22.5 million and have a goal of $50 million. The group has attracted notable OC entrepreneurs like Stuart McClure and Mike Gray.
To date, the group has made 19 such investments, ranging from NK Cell Therapy, which supports immunotherapy clinical trials for pancreatic cancer care to Invenio’s laser imaging allowing neurosurgeons to make a more accurate and expeditious diagnosis.
“Our investments are measurably impacting care at Hoag while enhancing recruitment,” Brunswick told the audience.
Read Original Article
November 27, 2023 • By Peter J. Brennan
Hoag Innovators voted to split $1 million among three doctors who pitched their ideas as part of the “Shark Tank meets Ted Talk” incubator that’s been spun out of Newport Beach’s Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
About 160 people, including 20 doctors, met at Newport Beach’s Lido Hotel in late October to discuss health during a two-hour meeting. Each doctor had six minutes to pitch a project followed by a five-minute question-and-answer period. The winners were:
Women’s Health Institute, which received $299,000 for a project called “PeriGen vigilance—Artificial Intelligence in Fetal Telemetry,” addresses the healthcare challenge of high-risk pregnancies, where delivery can last as long as 36 hours and nurses and doctors can develop fatigue, Dr. Lisa Karamardian, Hoag’s medical director of maternal child health, told the audience.
Over the course of a long delivery, several different doctors and nurses will assess the patient and baby, which results in paperwork that can be time consuming to read. Karamardian proposed using artificial intelligence to develop a modern system that includes up-to-date risk assessments.
“This technology will allow me to have a snapshot of what’s occurring on the unit,” she said. “It will allow everyone on the unit to prioritize who needs the most attention.”
The new AI technology can help 16,000 Hoag patients annually—the 8,000 babies delivered annually and their mothers, she said. “We can visualize it on my cellphone,” she said. “Anybody in any part of the unit or any physician involved in the care can look and know exactly what is happening.”
Hoag’s Integrated Center for Pain Relief won $400,000 to pioneer a model for pain management for interventional and minimally invasive-surgical innovations. The center includes an alliance of pain physicians representing rehabilitation, anesthesiology, neurology, psychiatry, neurobehavioral and internal medicine.“The investment ask is for the imaging technology to allow this elite group of pain physicians to carry out these novel therapies,” said Dr. Charles de Mesa, chief of interventional pain, physical medicine and rehabilitation for the Hoag Spine Center.
The Hoag Family Cancer Institute sought $405,000 to begin a Translational Research Lab to focus on precision medicine. Hoag wants to improve the communications between those treating cancer patients and those conducting clinical trials.
“How can we fill in the gap between research and clinical practice?” said Dr. Sourat Darabi, the clinical genomics scientist for Hoag’s Center for Applied Genomic Technologies at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute.
She was funded $301,000 by the Innovators, and Otis Healy, a member of the Innovators group, matched $104,000 to make up for the requested $405,000.
Innovators
Kitty and Robert Brunswick began Hoag Innovators in 2017 to quickly funnel funds to doctors who want to start programs or buy new equipment.
Robert Brunswick, who co-founded local real estate firm Buchanan Street Partners in 1999 and is incoming chairman of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, in September won a Business Journal Innovator of the Year Award.
The group’s attracted about 63 families with 121 members. To become a member, a person must donate a minimum of $250,000 over a five-year period. Members have raised $22.5 million and have a goal of $50 million. The group has attracted notable OC entrepreneurs like Stuart McClure and Mike Gray.
To date, the group has made 19 such investments, ranging from NK Cell Therapy, which supports immunotherapy clinical trials for pancreatic cancer care to Invenio’s laser imaging allowing neurosurgeons to make a more accurate and expeditious diagnosis.
“Our investments are measurably impacting care at Hoag while enhancing recruitment,” Brunswick told the audience.
Read Original Article
November 27, 2023 • By Peter J. Brennan
Hoag Innovators voted to split $1 million among three doctors who pitched their ideas as part of the “Shark Tank meets Ted Talk” incubator that’s been spun out of Newport Beach’s Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
About 160 people, including 20 doctors, met at Newport Beach’s Lido Hotel in late October to discuss health during a two-hour meeting. Each doctor had six minutes to pitch a project followed by a five-minute question-and-answer period. The winners were:
Women’s Health Institute, which received $299,000 for a project called “PeriGen vigilance—Artificial Intelligence in Fetal Telemetry,” addresses the healthcare challenge of high-risk pregnancies, where delivery can last as long as 36 hours and nurses and doctors can develop fatigue, Dr. Lisa Karamardian, Hoag’s medical director of maternal child health, told the audience.
Over the course of a long delivery, several different doctors and nurses will assess the patient and baby, which results in paperwork that can be time consuming to read. Karamardian proposed using artificial intelligence to develop a modern system that includes up-to-date risk assessments.
“This technology will allow me to have a snapshot of what’s occurring on the unit,” she said. “It will allow everyone on the unit to prioritize who needs the most attention.”
The new AI technology can help 16,000 Hoag patients annually—the 8,000 babies delivered annually and their mothers, she said. “We can visualize it on my cellphone,” she said. “Anybody in any part of the unit or any physician involved in the care can look and know exactly what is happening.”
Hoag’s Integrated Center for Pain Relief won $400,000 to pioneer a model for pain management for interventional and minimally invasive-surgical innovations. The center includes an alliance of pain physicians representing rehabilitation, anesthesiology, neurology, psychiatry, neurobehavioral and internal medicine.“The investment ask is for the imaging technology to allow this elite group of pain physicians to carry out these novel therapies,” said Dr. Charles de Mesa, chief of interventional pain, physical medicine and rehabilitation for the Hoag Spine Center.
The Hoag Family Cancer Institute sought $405,000 to begin a Translational Research Lab to focus on precision medicine. Hoag wants to improve the communications between those treating cancer patients and those conducting clinical trials.
“How can we fill in the gap between research and clinical practice?” said Dr. Sourat Darabi, the clinical genomics scientist for Hoag’s Center for Applied Genomic Technologies at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute.
She was funded $301,000 by the Innovators, and Otis Healy, a member of the Innovators group, matched $104,000 to make up for the requested $405,000.
Innovators
Kitty and Robert Brunswick began Hoag Innovators in 2017 to quickly funnel funds to doctors who want to start programs or buy new equipment.
Robert Brunswick, who co-founded local real estate firm Buchanan Street Partners in 1999 and is incoming chairman of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, in September won a Business Journal Innovator of the Year Award.
The group’s attracted about 63 families with 121 members. To become a member, a person must donate a minimum of $250,000 over a five-year period. Members have raised $22.5 million and have a goal of $50 million. The group has attracted notable OC entrepreneurs like Stuart McClure and Mike Gray.
To date, the group has made 19 such investments, ranging from NK Cell Therapy, which supports immunotherapy clinical trials for pancreatic cancer care to Invenio’s laser imaging allowing neurosurgeons to make a more accurate and expeditious diagnosis.
“Our investments are measurably impacting care at Hoag while enhancing recruitment,” Brunswick told the audience.