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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach is showcasing state-of-the art equipment at its two 820-square-foot operating rooms that DEB Construction recently completed.

The 3D Surgical Theater, which was designed by former Israeli fighter pilots, takes the image of the patient’s brain and recreates a 3D model so neurosurgeons can “fly” through a patient’s brain to get a better look at tumors, nerves, blood vessels and tissue prior to surgery.

Other equipment includes an 84-inch touchscreen system known as the CollaboratOR that displays information from a variety of sources, including X-rays, MRIs and videos from the 3D Surgical Theater. The system permits surgeons, nurses and surgical assistants to simultaneously view, monitor and analyze the information.

Hoag is the only hospital in the nation with the CollaboratOR, according to Dr. Burak Ozgur, a neurosurgeon and chief of service for the neurosurgical spine program, and Dr. Robert Louis, neurosurgeon and program adviser of the skull base and pituitary tumor program. The two spearheaded Hoag’s initiative to bring in these technologies.

Another addition is called the “7D Surgical System” for spinal procedures. The device uses the same technology found in self-driving cars to provide what the doctors say is an unprecedented level of surgical navigation for radiation-free placement of spinal implants.

“This tool still allows the surgeon to be in complete control, but it enhances accuracy and speed during surgery,” Ozgur said.

“When you work with spine, it’s critically important to be precise because the placement of the screws, even off a few millimeters, could damage the spinal cord or hit a nerve,” he said.

A typical brain or spine surgery involves eight to 10 people.

For this project, the scope involved an installation of new pressure sensors onto live medial oxygen lines and a new digital area alarm panel into a fire rated wall. Additionally, new electrical and low voltage needed to be established for the alarm panel.

At the end of the project the final re-certification of the medical gas lines had to be completed by a hospital preferred vendor, in collaboration with DEB, prior to the entire affected system receiving clearance to go back online.

With the help of our Superintendent and onsite team, we were able to complete the entire scope of work ahead of schedule.

According to the City of Santa Monica’s architectural description, the three-story building, formerly called the Santa Monica Doctors Building, is a Streamline Moderne medical office building designed in 1946 and constructed during the early 1950s. The building has a distinctive, curved corner entrance located at the southeast corner at the intersection of 22nd Street and Arizona Avenue. The medical office building is the kind of building type that was developed in the early twentieth century as the population in Los Angeles and Santa Monica grew and the medical profession became more specialized.

Many Santa Monica residents have watched the 2125 Arizona Ave. building’s transformation over the years from its original construction between 1950 and 1952 as a medical office building for doctors, dentists and a pharmacy to its latest incarnation; a full core and shell renovation by DEB Construction.

The historic medical building is adjacent to Providence Saint John’s Health Center and within easy access of the hospital’s dedicated neurosurgical operating suites. The completely renovated facility owned by Saint John’s Health Center Foundation, features state-of-the-art equipment and consultation rooms where patients benefit from the highest quality of comprehensive care.