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S AI NT JO H N ’S HEAL TH C E N T ER A N N UAL GAL A The Saint John’s Health Center Foundation and Irene Dunne Guild presented the 2018 Saint John’s Health Center Annual Gala Celebration on October 20 in the International Ballroom of the iconic Beverly Hilton Hotel. This annual fundraising event was a celebration of the power of partnership that fuels the campus of Saint John’s to provide innovative and compassionate health care to our community and beyond. More than $900,000 was raised. Net proceeds from the gala benefit vital programs, services and the greatest needs within our distinguished areas of excellence at Saint John’s including breast health, cancer, cardiac care, maternal and child health, men’s health, neuroscience and brain health, nursing, orthopedics, thoracic and urology.
(From left) Dr. Chester Griffiths, Dr. Daniel F. Kelly, Erik G. Wexler, Marcel Loh, Dr. Howard K. Krauss
Thank you to these trustees for serving as dinner chairs: Kathy Danhakl and John Danhakl, Lynda Oschin and Jerry Epstein, Mary Flaherty and Jay Flaherty, Stella Hall and Jim Fordyce, Martha and David Ho family, Beth Lowe and Bob Lowe, Teresita Notkin and Shelby Notkin, Dominic Ornato, Donna Schweers and Tom Geiser. The evening showcased the personal stories of Pacific Neuroscience Institute co-founder, Chester Griffiths, MD; Providence Saint John’s Health Center cardiac nurse, Nikki Luederitz, RN; and John Wayne Cancer Institute director of translational molecular medicine, Dave Hoon, PhD. David Foster and Ray Parker Jr. capped off the evening with outstanding entertainment.
Jerry Epstein and Lynda Oschin
Mary Flaherty
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David Foster
Ray Parker Jr.