For Augen Batou, D.O., being a hospitalist enables him to serve himself by serving others. The son of a pharmacist, he has had a passion for medicine since he was young. He enjoys the challenge of developing a diagnosis — which many times is not so different from solving a mystery — and aims to treat every single patient with the highest standard of care, as if he or she were family.
Before City of Hope, Dr. Batou was as a hospitalist at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, California, and a physician advisor for Emanate Health. He served with the U.S. Air Force for nine years, first as a reservist and then on active duty, including a stint as staff internist at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. He achieved the rank of major and received the Meritorious Service Medal, among several honors. During his residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, he was recognized with the James L. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine.
In his free time, Dr. Batou enjoys exercising, international travel, reading graphic novels and comic books, and playing video games and board games with friends. He intends to one day pick up a hobby making and repairing watches.
