Cottage Health First in Central Coast to Offer Breakthrough Ultrasound Technology for Prostate Cancer

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SANTA BARBARA –Cottage Health is the first health system on the California Central Coast to offer
Focal One’s noninvasive Robotic High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment to patients
with localized prostate cancer. HIFU, an outpatient procedure, is today’s most advanced
technology for precisely targeted ablation of diseased prostate tissue. Dr. David Laub, urologist
with Cottage Health, performed the first three procedures on June 23, 2023, at Cottage Outpatient
Surgery Center.

The addition of HIFU builds on Cottage’s reputation for advanced patient care and the health
system’s multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment.