ABOUT DR. ROBERT G. PUGACH
NAMED AS ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP PHYSICIAN FOR 7 YEARS IN A ROW!
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Pugach!

• Elected as Vice Chair of the American Medical Association's Organized Medical Staff Governing Council  
  Elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Healthcare Quality for the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review
  Honored as an educator with a lifetime membership in the Harvard Men’s Health Forum
  Selected for the SeekWellness.com Editorial Board 
  Awarded a "Certificate of Appreciation" from the College of Allied Health Professions  in recognition of his participation as a preceptor for the physician assistant program

2012 Message from Dr. Robert Pugach
 

"The first 2 months are always an interesting time in medical practice.  New Year’s Resolutions take many forms.  One of them is for patients to resolve medical issues that have bothered them for a long time.  At Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center (PCUMC), we are always prepared to help you deal with these but in 2012 we are seeing a new trend – women are coming in to our offices in record numbers to resolve their bladder control problems - more than ever before!  Being dry in 2012 and regaining bladder control is a top priority for our female patients in 2012.”

Meet Dr. Robert Pugach, Medical Director of Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center

Dr. Robert Pugach was born in 1952 in Englewood, New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from New York University in 1974. After completing medical studies at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, he went to New York University-Booth Memorial Medical Center where he completed general surgery residency. He then did his urology training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center in New York, finishing in 1985.

Dr. Robert Pugach moved to California, where he became Department Head of Urology for CIGNA Health plan. In 1988, he opened his private practice in urology. In 2003, he founded Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center to focus on new, minimally invasive treatment options for urology patients. Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center has convenient Orange County and Los Angeles County offices in Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach, and Beverly Hills, CA.

In recent years, Dr. Robert Pugach has focused many of his efforts on minimally invasive treatment therapies for treating urologic conditions such as benign prostate enlargement, bladder control problems and prostate cancer. He was instrumental in bringing microwave thermotherapy to Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Dr. Robert Pugach has performed more minimally invasive treatment prostate procedures than any other urologist in California, and he is actively involved in teaching other physicians about microwave thermotherapy and other minimally invasive treatment techniques.  Dr. Pugach is in a group of less than 1% of US urologists certified to perform HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) for prostate cancer.

For the 7^th year in a row, Dr. Robert Pugach has been honored to be named as one of America’s Top Physicians by the Consumer’s Research Council of America.  This prestigious award is based upon training, board certification, customer service and patient satisfaction.  “Only a handful of practices achieve this recognition in the United States.  All of us at Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center are truly honored,” says Dr. Pugach.  (Read more about America's Top Physicians). "This is a remarkable achievement because we consider this as recognition of our commitment to be at the forefront of urology as the country’s leading minimally invasive urology practice."

Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center continue to be one of the leading practices in the United States in procedures that minimize discomfort and allow you to achieve the same benefits as with more invasive procedures.  We are being recognized as a leader more and more and, in fact, Dr. Pugach had the honor of making a presentation in Orlando where the annual meeting of the American Urological Association was held.  

If you have a question about a service or procedure, please email or call us: (888) 735-4336

Why is your practice unique?

"To start with, we love what we do.  Offering services that are effective and cause minimal pain, discomfort and downtime – the definition of “minimally invasive” – allows us to treat our patients in ways that are unique and separates us from other urology practices.  We spend considerably more time with our patients than other urology practices.  Almost twice as much, in fact.  The average urologist has 3.3 staff members in the United States.  At Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center we have 6 full time staff members to assist patients. This lets us devote more time to our patients. Also, since Kim Pugach joined the practice in July 2010, we have added new patient service enhancements."

A Message from Dr. Pugach on PCUMC's 11,000^th Patient!
In November 2010, Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center achieved an amazing milestone – we treated our 11,000^th patient.  That’s a remarkable number for what is known in the medical community as a “solo” practice, one where there is a single physician caring for all patients.  What’s gratifying is that the number of new patients who seek our services increases year after year.  In our early days, we’d see 5 or 6 new patients each week.  Now, we see between 20 and 30 new patients every week!  Our growth is due, in large part, to patient referrals.  Many of our current patients tell friends and family members about our remarkable, advanced, minimally invasive patient care services.  That’s so helpful because many people don’t know about the wide range of services that we provide.  In addition, our reputation as a leader in minimally invasive urology services in the United States brings us patients from many parts of our country and throughout the world.  We are honored to see so many new patients and strive to provide the excellent level of service which all of our patients have come to expect.

Robert Pugach, MD, Medical Director

Awards & Achievements...Did You Know?

• Dr. Pugach provided free prostate cancer screening at Los Alamitos Medical Center.  Dr. Pugach has been providing this community service for more than 20years.

• Dr. Pugach and Gladys invited to join the Editorial Board of Seek Wellness. 

• Dr. Pugach forms and serves as Medical Director of ACS's Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group.

• Dr. Pugach elected Vice Chair of the American Medical Association's Organized Medical Staff Governing Council.

• Dr. Pugach is active in many medical executive capacities, serving on numerous committees for the California Medical Association, the American Medical Association and area hospitals.

• Dr. Pugach is an active member of the American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU).

• Dr. Pugach was awarded his certification for Continuing Medical Education by the Institute for Medical Quality, a subsidiary of the California Medical Association.

• Gladys is a member of the Society of Urological Nurses and has worked with Dr. Pugach for more than 9 years. Gladys is the Center's clinical specialist for bladder control biofeedback and urodynamics.  

• Dr. Pugach is the most experienced urologist in the western United States in thermotherapy for prostate growth.

• Dr. Pugach offers the two leading minimally invasive therapies for non-surgical treatment of prostate cancer in men.  One of these, cryoablation -freezes the prostate to kill cancer cells. Dr. Pugach has done more cryoablation procedures than any other urologist in southern California in 2008. 

• Dr. Pugach is in a group of less than 1% of US urologists certified to perform HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) for prostate cancer.

Dr. Pugach also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Hospital of Long Beach (www.chlb.org) and led the effort to re-open this valuable neighborhood hospital.