Hoag Orthopedic Institute is on an expansion push.
The institute, the state’s largest volume provider of joint replacements for each of the past six years, last week opened its doors for a new specialty care clinic in Tustin.
The clinic is located within the recently built, 60,000-square-foot Hoag Health Center Tustin Legacy medical office building, near the intersection of Edinger Avenue and Tustin Ranch Road.
It will provide residents with access to general orthopedic care, as well as sports medicine, joint, spine, and hand surgery. The new facility will also feature a casting suite for fracture repair, as well as on-site imaging, it said.
“As we expand our footprint throughout Orange County, it was important to open specialty clinics in areas where residents have limited resources for their orthopedic injuries or conditions,” Chief Executive Jennifer Mitzner said in a statement.
“Our clinic represents the first full-service general orthopedic office in the area, meaning residents will not have to leave their community to receive high-quality orthopedic care,” Mitzner said.
Notable physicians at the Tustin location include Dr. Taylor Dunphy from the Newport Orthopedic Institute, and Dr. Travis Scudday and Dr. Joshua Schwind—both from Orthopedic Specialty Institute.
Both institutes represent the two largest orthopedic facilities in Orange County.
HOI is a joint venture between Hoag Memorial and a group of the area’s top orthopedic physicians; the physicians own 49% of the venture.
Its main facility is a 70-bed hospital along Sand Canyon Boulevard in the Irvine Spectrum. It has a medical staff of 300 physicians and more than 80 orthopedic specialists.
HOI ranked No. 15 among area hospitals by revenue last year, with nearly $120 million for the 12-month period ending in September, according to the Business Journal’s latest list.
Super Centers
The Tustin location marks its fourth in OC, outside the Spectrum facility.
More growth is expected.
In April, Mitzner told the Business Journal that HOI was in the planning stages of developing two or more “Super Centers” in the county. Each could run upwards of 35,000 square feet and be built within the next three to five years, she said.
Mitzner said the institute is currently looking at locations in North Orange County and Mission Viejo for potential Super Center locations.
“We envision if we need to serve all of Orange County, we need three hubs—here [at our main campus in Irvine], and Super Centers in North and South Orange County,” she said.
Super Center locations would incorporate physician offices, operating rooms, recovery facilities, imaging, and physical therapy in one location; and provide comprehensive care to include total joint replacement and spine procedures in a 23-hour stay facility.
Since its inception in 2010, HOI’s hospital has been named one of the best orthopedic hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, as well as Becker’s Orthopedic Spine & Pain Management Review.
