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News Releases | March 6, 2019

Scripps La Jolla Named Among Top 100 Hospitals in the U.S.

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has been named to the 100 Top Hospitals list by IBM Watson Health for the fourth consecutive year.
Official photo for Scripps Health Board of Trustee John Boyer
News Releases | March 1, 2019

John Boyer Elected to Scripps Board of Trustees

Former health business executive and Navy nurse John Boyer, PhD, was recently elected to the Scripps Health Board of Trustees for a three-year term.
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
News Releases | February 19, 2019

Scripps Mercy Receives $260,000 Grant for Opioid Treatment

Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego has received a $260,000 grant to expand patient access to treatment for opioid use disorder.
Clinician speaks to a behavioral health patient.
News Releases | February 12, 2019

Scripps Announces New, Larger Behavioral Health Facility

Scripps Health will develop a new inpatient behavioral health facility in partnership with Acadia Healthcare Company, and to be located in Chula Vista.
Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, cardiology, Scripps Clinic.
News Releases | February 5, 2019

Scripps Clinic Named First Center of Excellence in San Diego County for Treating Prevalent Heart Disease

Scripps Clinic has been named a Center of Excellence by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, the first in San Diego County to be recognized for...
Dr. Richard Schatz, cardiology, recently won a prestigious international award for his work on stents.
News Releases | January 18, 2019

Scripps Cardiologist Wins Prestigious International Innovation Prize

Scripps cardiologist Richard Schatz, MD, was recently recognized for his groundbreaking role in the development of heart stents. Dr. Schatz won the Fritz J....
Megan Hamreus, D.O., Chief of Staff, Scripps Mercy Hospital
News Releases | January 17, 2019

New Chief of Staff Elected at Scripps Mercy Hospital

Dr. Megan Hamreus was recently elected as chief of staff for Scripps Mercy Hospital, which has campuses in San Diego and Chula Vista. Dr. Hamreus is a...
Jan Caldwell, chairman of Scripps Health Board of Trustees in January 2019.
News Releases | January 14, 2019

Jan Caldwell Named Chairman of Scripps Health Board of Trustees

Accomplished FBI and Sheriff’s Department veteran, Jan Caldwell, has been named chairman of Scripps Health board of trustees.
William Apodaca, who has a rare form of cancer, was treated at Scripps Mercy Hospital with a new cancer therapy. Seen in picture with his oncologist, Dr. Marin Xavier.
News Releases | November 28, 2018

First Patient in San Diego Treated with Novel Cancer Therapy

Scripps MD Anderson treated the first local patient with Lutathera, which treats gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors of the digestive tract that are...
News Releases | November 19, 2018

Scripps Reports Opioid Prescription Sizes Fall by 25 Percent

Scripps Health has achieved a 25 percent reduction in the average number of tablets per opioid prescription ordered for patients at its hospitals and...