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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital provides world-class care and focuses on 4 areas of expertise:

World-class care and an intimate setting are what makes Marina Del Rey Hospital stand out among other hospitals in the area. Although we only concentrate on 4 main areas of expertise, which include spine, weight loss, orthopaedics, and minimally invasive surgery, our highly-skilled multidisciplinary team of physicians perform those services extraordinarily well. Our Spine Department offers an unsu

rpassed array of spine services provided by world-class spine surgeons. From conservative and non-surgical pain management options, to the most advanced minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, our dedicated treatment team of professionals offer their expertise for easing debilitating back pain. At Marina Weight Loss, our patients are connected to the very best-in-class bariatric surgeons who are committed to helping you achieve your weight loss goals. Our Robotics Department is also staffed with highly-trained surgeons capable of providing minimally invasive procedures using the da Vinci® Si Surgical System, while Marina Orthopaedics provides a comprehensive range of orthopaedic services to help patients regain their freedom of movement. We also offer a full range of professional caregiving services to our patients and surrounding communities, as well as gynecological services at our Women's Center. We are committed to serving our community with our excellent medical services and 24/7 emergency room care. Our physicians are devoted to delivering compassionate care so that you can regain your health and well-being.

09/04/2026

Everyone knows smoke is hard on the lungs. The part that surprises people is what it does to the heart. The same fine particles in a bonfire's smoke, and in any secondhand cigarette smoke around it, slip into the bloodstream and make the heart work harder, which is why even brief exposure matters, especially for anyone with a heart condition. This is not a reason to give up one of the best parts of summer on the coast. It is just a reason to sit upwind, keep the fire burning clean and be a little mindful if your heart or lungs are already working hard. The bonfire is still yours. Just let the smoke drift the other way.

09/03/2026

Gallstones are strange in that you can carry them for years without a clue, then one evening after a rich dinner you are doubled over with pain that feels like an emergency. That sudden upper-right belly pain is the classic gallbladder attack, and it is worth taking seriously, especially if it comes with fever or yellowing skin. The reassuring side is that this is very well-trodden territory. When gallstones start causing trouble, removing the gallbladder is one of the most common and straightforward operations there is, usually done through a few small incisions with a quick recovery. You will not miss the organ one bit. If that after-dinner pain sounds familiar, it is worth a conversation.

09/02/2026

Almost everyone has reached for an antacid after a big meal, and for the occasional flare that is exactly the right move. The part worth knowing is the line. When heartburn becomes a regular thing, more than twice a week, it stops being a nuisance and becomes GERD, and that is more than a comfort issue. Frequent acid can slowly wear on the esophagus, which is why the pattern matters more than any single bad night. The good news is that GERD is very manageable once it is named. So if antacids have quietly become a daily habit, that is the signal to bring it to a doctor rather than the drugstore.

09/01/2026

For a lot of people, the scariest part of radiation therapy is not knowing what to expect. The imagination fills in something dramatic, when the reality is closer to lying still for a photo. The session is painless, the machine never touches you, and with the most common type you walk out no more radioactive than when you walked in, free to hug your kids and carry on with your day. It is normal to feel nervous before the first one. Most people find the actual experience far calmer and more routine than they feared. If you have questions before you start, your care team would much rather answer them than have you worry.

08/31/2026

Hit 50 and suddenly everyone’s a health expert with advice for you. Steven Krems, MD, chief medical officer at Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital, sorts the signal from the noise and ranks what truly moves the needle at this age.

08/28/2026

Here is something most people never hear: you can develop scoliosis for the first time in your sixties, without ever having had it as a child. As the spine ages, its discs and joints can wear unevenly and pull it into a curve, which is why adult scoliosis is more common than its childhood reputation suggests. The difference is that adults tend to feel it, usually as back pain or stiffness rather than the painless curve teenagers get. The good news is that most cases never need surgery, and staying strong and active does a lot of the work. If your back aches and your posture seems to be shifting, it is worth a look.

08/27/2026

You can always spot it by the morning hobble. Those first steps out of bed feel like landing on a tack, then things loosen up and you half forget about it, until the next morning. That is plantar fasciitis, and here is the part that surprises people: the fix often starts higher up, in your calves. Tight calves pull on the tissue under your foot, so stretching them, along with better shoes and a little patience, does most of the healing. It is stubborn and can take a few months, but it very rarely needs surgery. The trick is to treat it early instead of limping through it.

08/25/2026

You do not need to have ever picked up a racket or a club to end up with tennis or golfer's elbow. Over ninety percent of the time the real culprit is something far more ordinary, a computer mouse, a paint roller, a chef's knife, a toddler you keep lifting the same way. These are overuse injuries, and the sport names throw people off so much that some ignore the pain simply because they do not play. The useful part is easy to remember: the outside of the elbow points to tennis elbow, the inside to golfer's. Both usually calm down with rest and the right rehab, so a nagging elbow is worth naming rather than working through.

08/24/2026

Here is what makes atrial fibrillation tricky. How it feels tells you almost nothing about how much it matters. Some people feel their heart flip and flutter and worry it is a heart attack, when the episode itself is usually not the dangerous part. Others feel perfectly fine and have no idea their heart is out of rhythm at all. The real stakes are the same for both, since an irregular beat lets blood pool and clot, which is why AFib raises stroke risk fivefold. The good news is that once it is found, it is very manageable, and the right treatment lowers that risk dramatically. So a fluttering heart, or an alert from your watch, is worth a conversation.

08/19/2026

The ocean feels like the safest place to be on a hot day. Cool, breezy, refreshing. For your skin, it is one of the harshest. Surfers and paddlers get the sun twice over, once from above and once reflected off the water, and the very things that make it feel comfortable, the wind and the cool spray, are what hide the burn until it is too late. It is no coincidence that research links surfing to higher melanoma rates. The fix is not to quit the water. It is to treat sun protection like part of your gear, not an afterthought.

Address

4650 Lincoln Boulevard
Marina Del Rey, CA
90292

Website

http://www.marinahospital.com/

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