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LAURIE MCCARTHY AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

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fortuitous and unexpected journey led to my whole-hearted support of Torrance Memorial Medical Center. I have lived in the South Bay, together with my husband, Tom, and our family for 38 years.

About five years ago, a close friend highly recommended we consider becoming Patrons at Torrance Memorial. Neither of us had any health concerns at the time. It simply seemed like a good idea to begin supporting a strong health care provider in our community, along with our other philanthropic endeavors. So we did, having no idea what was in store.

Within three months, with no family history or known risk factors, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had two surgeries at Torrance Memorial. While it was a very unnerving health event to experience, it is hard to overstate the exemplary quality of the specific care I received.

The surgeon, the oncology and radiation physicians, and the incredible nursing staff made me feel highly informed as I made decisions about my care, trusted their extensive and cutting-edge skills, and became realistically optimistic about my recovery. This was huge for me because, in addition to having been an investment banker for the greater part of my career, I was a cardiac critical care nurse for the first part of it. I know what great health care should look and feel like, and I absolutely received it at Torrance Memorial.

I was so inspired by the personalized quality of care at Torrance Memorial that I agreed to join the Foundation board. I also began telling my story to friends and acquaintances, providing personal testimony about why I believed so strongly in both its day-to-day operations and its long-term strategy for the overall health care campus.

The Foundation board support includes the $75 million emergency department expansion currently underway, which will nearly double the size of this facility. This expansion is a major part of how Torrance Memorial is transforming the meaning of health care in the South Bay. Tom and I have both experienced additional unexpected health care events during the five years since we joined the Torrance Memorial community.

Tom’s life was literally saved two years ago by cardiac physicians who, acting on knowledge and strong instinct, required him to have a cardiac catheterization, which revealed the need for immediate emergency stents. And I have spent time with the cardiac physicians due to an arrhythmia developed a few years ago.

Our experiences have done nothing but build our confidence in Torrance Memorial’s highly intelligent, compassionate and team-oriented professionals, the thoughtful personal care we have received and the need to continue providing financial resources to further expand its capabilities. We are grateful beyond measure for the quality of care we have received.

In April, Torrance Memorial is reaching a milestone. It will be celebrating 100 years of serving the community.

We encourage you to join us in supporting its efforts because together we can ensure Torrance Memorial is positioned to provide this exceptional care to our community over the many years to come. •

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2025 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

G I N A K I R K PAT R I C K

Editor Julie Taylor

Community Volunteer M A R K LU R I E , M D, P R E S I D E NT

S O N G C H O K LE I N

Retired, Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute

Community Volunteer

P H I L PAV E S I , V I C E P R E S I D E NT

CO N N I E L A I , E S Q.

Retired Aerospace Executive, TRW GREG GEIGER, TREASURER

Board Chair, JI REN Primary School, Former Litigator, Musick Peeler

Principal, Westport Capital Partners, LLC

C R A I G LE AC H

H E I D I H O F F M A N , M D , S E C R E TA RY

Radiology, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

Retired President & CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

J O S E P H H O H M , C PA /J D , O F F I C E R

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Medical Accounting Service, Inc.

Principal, Calstan Capital, Inc.

PATR I C K T H E O D O R A , O F F I C E R

L AU R I E M C C A R T H Y

Co-founder & Chair, DocMagic

Retired Investment Banker

M I C H A E L Z I S LI S , O F F I C E R

W. DAV I D M C K I N N I E , I I I

Owner, The Zislis Group

Consultant, McKinnie Consulting ERIC C. NAKKIM, MD

BOARD MEMBERS

Emergency Medicine, Torrance Memorial Medical Center TO M O ’ H E R N

C H R I ST Y A B R A H A M

Retired CEO & Director, The Macerich Company

Community Volunteer

S E JA L P E N K A R

J O H N G . BA K E R

Director, Capital Group

Founding Partner, The Brickstone Companies

MICHAEL ROUSE

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Community Volunteer

Retired VP, Philanthropy and Community Affairs, Toyota Motor Sales

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Retired Airline Executive LU K E DAU C H OT

Retired, Radiologist, The Vasek & Anna Maria Polak Breast Diagnostic Center

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

SA M S H E T H

TH Y R A E N D I C OT T, M D

Cofounder & Senior Managing Director, VerityPoint

Radiation Oncology, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

Publisher, Creative Director Vincent Rios Art Director Wendy Saade Copy Editor Laura L. Watts

Contributors Lisa Buffington Melani Morose Edelstein John Ferrari Diane Krieger Laurie McCarthy Nancy Sokoler Steiner Melissa Bean Sterzick Photographers Philicia Endelman Tony LaBruno Ed McClure Michael Neveux

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Community Volunteer

President, Integrated Food Service

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A L A N G O LD ST E I N

Owner, Morgan’s Jewelers

First Vice President, PVG Group, RBC Wealth Management

R O B E R T A . YO U N G

RICK HIGGINS

ANN ZIMMERMAN

Retired Technology Management Professional

Community Volunteer

Retired Director Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center treats all people equally without regard to race, color, national origin, age, gender or disability. The section 504 coordinator can be reached at 310-784-4894. If you do not wish to recieve this publication, please contact marketing communications at 310-517-4706.

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Executive Director Marketing Erin Fiorito

Published by Vincent Rios Creative, Inc. VincentRiosCreative.com ©2025 Torrance Memorial Medical Center. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited.

This publication is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as medical advice. It has not been designed to replace a physician’s medical assessment and medical judgment. Always consult first with your physician regarding anything related to your personal health.

MEET OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS Torrance Memorial Medical Center appointed two new distinguished members to the Foundation board: Luke Dauchot and Sejal Penkar. They are dedicated to serving on the board and supporting health care services provided by Torrance Memorial for the South Bay community.

LUKE DAUCHOT

SEJAL PENKAR

Luke Dauchot has been married to his wife, Randy, for 37 years. They live in Palos Verdes Estates. They raised three children, who are now all married, and have added two grandchildren to the family.

Born in Ghent, Belgium, Luke moved to Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 12. His upbringing was shaped by much love and wisdom from his father, an esteemed anesthesiologist and tenured professor of medicine, and his thriving, now-92-year-old mother.

Among their most cherished gifts was a Jesuit education that taught Luke the art of critical thinking and encouraged much intellectual curiosity. Luke gives that foundation much credit for what he has accomplished.

Luke is a trial lawyer who specializes in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, much of it related to health care. He has served as lead counsel in numerous high-stakes civil jury trials, securing some of the most significant jury awards in courts across the country. He is a Fellow in The American College of Trial Lawyers, has been recognized in many professional publications such as The National Law Journal, and has written and taught on the subject of intellectual property, including at the University of Southern California.

Luke brings much benefit to Torrance Memorial as a member of the Foundation board. He’s honored to serve and looks forward to doing his part in ensuring the continued excellence of the hospital.

Sejal Penkar was raised in Palos Verdes Estates and attended Chadwick School. She then spent 17 years on the East Coast, first earning a bachelor’s degree in biology from Cornell University.

She then earned an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and a master’s degree in teaching from Pace University while participating in Teach For America.

During her high school and college years, she conducted research on colorectal cancer treatments at Harbor UCLA, with publications in The Archives of Surgery, The American Journal of Surgery and The American Surgeon.

Sejal is currently a director of fixed income markets at Capital Group. Previously she was a private wealth advisor at Merrill Lynch and spent seven years on the trading Maneesh, Aiden, Sejal and Kieran floor at Wells Fargo Penkar Securities as director of institutional sales in fixed income sectors.

Now based in Manhattan Beach with her husband, Maneesh Penkar, MD, and their two sons, Aiden (10) and Kieran (8), she remains active in the community. In 2022 she joined the Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance as a committee member to reconnect with Torrance Memorial and the medical community. In her free time, Sejal enjoys tennis, skiing, running and traveling. •

Randy and Luke Dauchot with their granddaughters

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Cove r Sto ry 32 Farima and Joe Czyzyk are celebrating 40 years of marriage and dedicated to giving back and making a lasting impact.

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Farima and Joe Czyzyk in their home garden.

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Meet Luke Dauchot and Sejal Penkar

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Torrance Memorial Volunteer Auxiliary donates $233,000; Valentine’s Day care packages; seeing a DIFFerence with blue-light eyeware; 5,500 volunteer hours of service for Torrance Memorial’s 41st Holiday Festival

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Awar ds & Acco l ad e s 10 Celebrating the many prestigious awards at Torrance Memorial

Pro g r e s s N ote s 12 Celebrating a Century of Care 14 Grateful stroke survivor Dan Taylor 16 ED Expansion Campaign Progress 18 A Fond Farewell to Judy Gassner 22 Reducing Radiation-Related Risks

Cli n i cal S potli g ht 24 Meet the problem-solvers of the Care Management team 28 Conducting Care – hospitalists play a vital role

Am bas saD o r s Co r n e r 36 It’s a lifetime passion for interventional radiologist Richard Krauthamer, MD

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F utu r e fo cus 38 Volunteer extraordinaire Mimi Brody 39 Introducing Nicholas Maddox — the new Director of planned giving

yppa pl ay- by- pl ay 40 From parenthood to philanthropy, Katy and Sam Morris have their hands full

I n Yo u r co m m u n it y 42 Emergency department groundbreaking 44 YPPA Casino Night 46 Fundraising salon for ED at Ted Schwartz’s home 48 Holiday Festival Fashion Show 50 Holiday Festival Gala

S u ppo rte r s 58 Torrance Memorial gives special thanks to our many supporters

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MIRACLE OF LIVING

Lectures are held in person and on Zoom on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.* Hoffman Health Conference Center 3315 Medical Center Drive, Torrance Information & questions: 310-784-3707 May 21 Mental Health

September 17 Sleep Disorders

June 18 Longevity – Living Your Longest and Healthiest Life

October 15 Balance and Strength

July 16 Skin Health

November 19 Cancer Series

Visit TorranceMemorial.org/healthy-living for links to upcoming lectures and to view our library of past lectures. *Dates and topics are subject to change.

39TH ANNUAL

GOLF TOURNAMENT MONDAY, JUNE 2 Palos Verdes Golf Club 3301 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Check-in: 10 a.m.

Shotgun Start: noon

Driving Range/ Practice Putting: 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Cocktails/Silent Auction: 5 to 6 p.m.

Barbecue Lunch: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Reception/Awards: 6 p.m.

Stampede Putt: 11:45 a.m.

FINANCIAL HEALTH SEMINARS*

Sponsor donors receive priority registration.

Call: 310-517-4703

Seminars are held in person and on Zoom, Saturdays, 9 to 11 a.m.

Visit: TorranceMemorialFoundation.org/golf

Hoffman Health Conference Center 3315 Medical Center Drive, Torrance Information and RSVP: 310-517-4728 May 10 Investing For and During a Successful Retirement

September 13 Generating Income in Retirement

July 26 Long-term Care Options, Planning and Insurance * Dates and topics are subject to change * For information visit TorranceMemorial.org/ financialhealthseminars

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LOVE IS A VERB: HONORING TORRANCE MEMORIAL’S STAFF

L to R: Keith Hobbs, Mark Lurie, MD, Laura Schenasi, Mary Wright, Melinda Richmond, Tim Stratton

VOLUNTEER AUXILIARY DONATES $233,000 TO TORRANCE MEMORIAL

At Lab Learning Space, love isn’t just a feeling—it’s an action. Through the Love is a Verb project, grateful patient and educator Lucia Leon (Ms. Lucy) teaches her students the power of giving back. A frequent patient at Torrance Memorial, Ms. Lucy knows firsthand the kindness of hospital staff. This project is a heartfelt thank-you for their compassion and care.

For the past two years on Valentine’s Day, Ms. Lucy and her students have assembled care packages for inpatient and ED staff, spreading kindness to caregivers. This year they continued their mission, extending gratitude to Food Services and ED staff with another round of heartfelt care packages.

Torrance Memorial’s Volunteer Auxiliary presented a check for $233,000 to the Torrance Memorial Foundation at its 2025 Auxiliary annual meeting. This donation will support the Torrance Memorial emergency department campaign. Thank you, volunteers, for providing over 109,000 hours of service last year and for this generous donation.

SEEING THE POWER OF GENEROSITY HOLIDAY FESTIVAL 2024 VOLUNTEERS Holiday Festival 2024 not only achieved record-setting financial donations but also showcased the tireless dedication of our volunteers, some of whom commit their time yearround. Much like Santa’s elves, these committed individuals have met weekly since early January to transform the tent into a holiday wonderland. With contributions from various volunteer groups—Las Amigas, Auxiliary, Luminaries and Novas—the event marked over 5,500 hours of service during its 41st anniversary. Additionally, a remarkable team of more than 250 community volunteers filled countless roles in the tent during public hours.

Thanks to the generosity of DIFF Charitable Eyewear, 1,200 Torrance Memorial team members are now sporting stylish new blue-light readers and sunglasses! This thoughtful donation brightens our staff’s day and serves as a reminder of the incredible support we receive from our community. We are deeply grateful for DIFF’s kindness and commitment to making a difference. Thank you for helping us see the power of generosity!

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LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADE

JOINT COMMISSION

Torrance Memorial has received The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval in several categories. The Joint Commission is an independent nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States and is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality. Accreditation is required to participate in the CMS program as well as by most major health insurers and HMO providers. Organizations accredited by The Joint Commission can also earn certification for programs devoted to chronic diseases and conditions.

Torrance Memorial has received Joint Commission accreditation in the following areas: • Torrance Memorial Medical Center • Home Health, Hospice & Home-Based Palliative Care • Clinical Lab & Blood Bank • Spine Surgery • Maternal Child Health • Total Knee & Hip Replacement

Torrance Memorial Medical Center received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Torrance Memorial’s achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.

TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IS CERTIFIED DNV GL

Torrance Memorial Medical Center is a certified DNV GL Healthcare Comprehensive Stroke Center, reflecting the highest level of competence for treatment of serious stroke events based on standards set forth by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association. This affirms the medical center addresses the full spectrum of stroke care—diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and education—and establishes clear metrics to evaluate outcomes. Comprehensive stroke centers are typically the largest and best-equipped hospitals in a given geographical area that can treat any kind of stroke or stroke complication.

In a growing number of states, stroke center certification determines to which facility a patient should be taken for the most appropriate, reimbursable care.

LANTERN AWARD

The Emergency Nurses Association again recognized the Torrance Memorial emergency department with the 2024 Lantern Award. The Lantern Award showcases an emergency department’s accomplishments in incorporating evidence-based practice and innovation in emergency care. Emergency departments are encouraged to share stories that highlight a commitment to care of patients and the well-being of nursing staff. The award serves as a symbol of our commitment to quality, safety and a healthy work environment.

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SILVER BEACON AWARD

Torrance Memorial’s 5 West unit has been awarded the Silver Beacon Award. The Beacon Award signifies exceptional care in a unit that puts patients first. The award highlights caregivers in units whose consistent and systematic approach to evidencebased care and hospital culture optimizes outcomes.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center once again proudly secures a coveted spot on Newsweek’s 2025 World’s Best Hospitals list, ranking among the top 150 to 250 globally.

This achievement surpasses many prestigious academic institutions in California and the South Bay. Notably, our hospital stands at an impressive #10 in California and 43rd in the United States.

Newsweek partnered with Statista Inc. to ensure the ranking’s credibility, drawing on insights from medical experts, patient surveys, key hospital metrics and Statista’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) survey. Our medical excellence speaks for itself— reinforced by comparisons with other top-ranked hospitals across the nation and the South Bay.

NEWSWEEK BEST HOSPITALS 2025 HOSPITAL

CA Ranking

U.S. Ranking

World Ranking

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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5

13

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

3

9

34

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

5

23

121

Keck Medicine of USC

6

29

178

TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

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43

249

UC Irvine Medical Center

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90

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MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center

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106

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Hoag Memorial Hospital

25

176

N/A

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center

27

189

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Huntington Medical Center

34

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IN 2025 TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER REACHES AN HISTORIC MILESTONE WITH ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. OUR PROGRESS IS INSPIRED BY ALL THE PHYSICIANS, NURSES, EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN BACK TO HELP US GO FORWARD.

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ur founders, Jared and Helena Torrance, had a dream: to create a city with businesses and services that could meet the growing needs of a community. They envisioned a hospital deeply rooted in improving the health of those living and working in this new city.

Since its founding in 1925 as a community hospital, Torrance Memorial has evolved into a regional leader recognized as one of the top 3% of hospitals in the state.

We are proud to offer expert care with state-of-the art facilities, multidisciplinary services and groundbreaking research, and

we look forward to leading the way for our community over the next 100 years. We’re just getting started.

JOIN US FOR A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION APRIL 26–27

We are honored to celebrate 100 years of excellence with free Community Days featuring a historical gallery wall, interactive exhibits, health screenings, live technology demonstrations, music, food and more.

CENTENNIAL HISTORICAL GALLERY WALL

The Torrance Memorial gallery wall, located in the hallway between the outpatient center and the west entrance of the Central Tower, is taking on a new look.

The community will be treated to a vibrant artistic display of a pictorial timeline of key milestones, achievements and awards to celebrate our 100th anniversary.

COMMUNITY DAYS (FREE) APRIL 26–27, 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.

Hosted on Torrance Memorial’s campus inside the big white, 16,000-square-foot

Designed in a Spanish architectural style, the hospital opened in 1925 on Engracia Avenue.

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Rendering of the new gallery wall. Named with an appreciation gift from Michelle and Hangup Moon.

tent in the Skypark parking lot, Community Days will feature interactive vendor demonstrations, hands-on health screening opportunities, information tables and free giveaways galore.

HISTORIC EXHIBIT

An automotive display of collectible cars—including a Ford Model A, a 1966 Mustang and others—will grace the outside of the Torrance Memorial centennial event space and welcome visitors to step inside and explore not only our past but the promise of our future.

Take a walk through the past 100 years of Torrance Memorial and enjoy the interactive exhibit displaying historical photography, videos, medical equipment and uniforms; test your trivia knowledge; and experience hands-on displays featuring some of the most advanced surgical equipment available.

A time capsule from the original Engracia Avenue site of the hospital will be on display.

LIVE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS

• Vendors will share interactive experiences like React Health with groundbreaking sleep and respiratory devices.

• Interventional radiologists will share advanced lifesaving stroke care equipment.

station will be available so their snuggly patient can get a minor procedure and be discharged with a clean bill of health.

EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• Experience real-time active simulation with Inari Medical demonstrations for thrombectomy, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms.

• Check out the robotic-assisted Ion bronchoscopy platform demonstrating the minimally invasive, precise usage in pulmonary care.

• Witness the lifesaving use of the MitraClip device showing immediate results when used to repair critical valves.

Have you ever thought about a career in health care? Curious to learn more about Torrance Memorial Medical Center?

This is a perfect opportunity to visit with talented Torrance Memorial team members from 15+ different departments within the health care system: Torrance Memorial IPA, HealthLinks, Burn Unit, Pediatrics, Mother/ Baby, Integrated Medicine, Nutrition & Food Services, Human Resources, Volunteer Services, Nurse Navigators, Diabetes Outreach, Auxiliary, Luminaries and more.

PARTICIPATE IN LIFESAVING SCREENING OPPORTUNITIES

FUN, FOOD, MUSIC, VIDEOS

Enjoy complimentary expert health care screenings—from cholesterol and lipid panel tests to derma screenings—so you can take immediate action to improve your health. Check out the health of your carotid artery and visualize your thyroid gland via an ultrasound. Learn how to save a life through CPR demonstrations. UV lighting will illuminate how well you are preventing the spread of harmful bacteria through proper handwashing techniques.

Health screenings extend to your child’s favorite stuffed animal. A teddy bear repair

Listen to music through the decades, sample retro refreshments and head to the pop-up Centennial Café for timeless treats or lunch. Take the day to learn and explore the many ways Torrance Memorial has changed over the decades. Commemorative gear will be available for purchase. •

For more information, visit TM100Years.org

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Grateful stroke survivor Dan Taylor has a new lease on life and a new red Vespa.

THE COMEBACK RETIRED MOVIE SOUND-SYSTEM EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCES FULL STROKE RECOVERY, THANKS TO QUICK ACTION AND EXPERT CARE. WRITTEN BY NANCY SOKOLER STEINER | PHOTOGRAPHED BY VINCENT RIOS

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ast November, South Bay resident Dan Taylor spent the morning shoveling snow off the deck of his second home in Park City, Utah. Last summer he and his wife, Debbie, took a six-week, 6,000-mile driving tour in their Airstream trailer. The couple traveled to Canada, across the Canadian Rockies and down through Montana to Utah.

“I had no issues hooking and unhooking the trailer,” he says. Such physical endurance at age 74 is impressive. It’s even more so since Taylor suffered a serious stroke just over a year ago.

SOMETHING’S WRONG

Sitting at his home office desk paying bills, Taylor, a retired movie sound-system executive, felt a sniffle. He started to reach into his pocket for a tissue, but his left hand wouldn’t cooperate. So he decided to get a tissue from the box near his front door.

Taylor could barely push his chair back from the desk but was determined to get to the tissue box. Making his way down the stairs of his multilevel home, he felt the left side of his body becoming more numb. Taylor realized he might be having a stroke.

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He called Debbie, who was out doing a nearby errand. She immediately recognized from his voice that her husband was having a stroke and called 911. When the ambulance arrived, Taylor says, “They assured me right away: ‘Sir, you’re going to be fine.

Torrance Memorial is a certified stroke center. We’ve alerted them we’re coming.”

HIGHEST-LEVEL STROKE CARE

As a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Torrance Memorial Medical Center meets strict standards set by the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association, and the safety and performance-certifying organization DNV GL. This designation affirms the hospital can treat the most complex stroke cases and provide top-level stroke care 24/7.

“Stroke care begins with the Emergency Medical System (EMS),” says stroke program coordinator Marco Pech. “Paramedics perform several neurological assessments to determine whether the patient is having a stroke and its degree of severity. They notify Torrance Memorial’s emergency department a stroke patient is

coming and provide the patient’s scores. That activates a ‘code stroke’ here.”

Sheila Kelliher Berkoh, fire captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, urges people to quickly call 911 if they think they are having some kind of heart or neurological issue. “They are not bothering us; this is what we do,” she explains. “If we check you and it’s nothing, no harm no foul. But if it’s the beginning of a heart attack or stroke or aneurysm, we will provide the proper medical care in the ambulance and will have the specialists you need ready for you at the hospital. That time-saving action is crucial.”

As soon as a potential stroke patient arrives at Torrance Memorial, an emergency department physician will immediately examine the patient to determine whether he or she is experiencing a stroke, Pech explains. “If so, the stroke team meets with the patient at our CT scanner for evaluation,” he says.

“The team includes a neurologist who evaluates the patient and determines the course of treatment. The neurologist might be physically on-site or based at Cedars-Sinai but ‘present’ via our telestroke robot, which allows the physician to assess patients remotely through videoconferencing.”

CLEARING THE CLOT

That was the sequence of events for Taylor, who received the clot-busting medication tPA (tissue plasminogen activator) soon after arriving at Torrance Memorial. This medication can break up blood clots in about 30% of cases. However, it must be given within 4.5 hours of the first symptoms to be effective. Although Taylor received the medication well within that window, he still required further treatment.

“He had a large area of his right brain without a blood supply,” says Richard Krauthamer, MD, the interventional radiologist who treated Taylor. “His speech was slurred, but he was comprehensible and understood what was going on. That’s always a plus.” (People who have strokes on the left side of the brain often cannot communicate or understand what’s happening.)

“Taylor had a large amount of recoverable brain, so we knew we had to move fast to preserve it,” Dr. Krauthamer says.

“Fortunately, he had what we call collateral blood vessels that bypass the blockage similar to how people use side streets to bypass a blocked freeway.”

In the interventional radiology suite, Dr. Krauthamer performed a thrombectomy (clot removal) aided by biplane imaging technology, which provides simultaneous views of the brain’s arteries from the front and side. He accessed the clot by feeding a tube through Taylor’s groin to the blocked artery and removed the clot via suction.

“I’m lying on the table, and suddenly I’m feeling sensation come back in my left arm and hand, and then my left leg,” Taylor recalls.

Tweaking Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature line from The

Terminator, he announced, “I’m back!” Taylor returned home from the hospital after three days and needed minimal physical therapy.

“This was one of the more dramatic cases where we got a great result,” Dr. Krauthamer says. “Not everyone has the bypass collateral vessels. Recovery also depends on how quickly we can administer treatment.” He says Taylor has an excellent prognosis and can compensate for the tiny amount of brain function he lost.

MOVIE MAGIC

Taylor started in the motion picture industry in 1970 as a projectionist. He soon became involved with motion picture sound equipment and served as vice president of marketing and sales for a company that manufactured it. In 1993 Taylor moved to Southern California from the Boston suburbs with his wife and three children when Sony Pictures recruited him to join their new program to put digital sound on film.

“The motion picture industry was only about 75 years old when I started, so I have been in it for close to half of its existence. It’s been an absolutely great career and so much fun,” says Taylor, who retired in October 2023. He remembers seeing actors like Jack Nicholson walking on the lot and enjoyed visiting sets including Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and Men in Black. “Back then security was more lax, and studio doors were just open. It was magic.”

RISK FACTORS

Taylor had two factors that increased his risk of stroke. He had mitral valve repair surgeries in 2011 and 2022. “Valve surgery can lead to a clot building up on the valve, which can slip up into the brain,” says Dr. Krauthamer.

Taylor also has a history of atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that prevents the heart from pumping efficiently and can cause blood to pool in the heart and form blood clots. Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke by five times.

Blood thinners can help reduce the risk of blood clots in those with atrial fibrillation, and Taylor now takes blood-thinning medications. For people at risk of falling or who have other factors that might disqualify them from taking blood thinners, a surgical device called the Watchman Implant, available at Torrance Memorial, may help. It involves inserting a circular implant about the size of a quarter to close off a small part of the heart where clots generally form.

Today Taylor shows no signs of slowing down. He and Debbie will spent Christmas in Puerto Vallarta with their children and grandchildren and just returned from a visit to New Zealand in February. Most days you can find Dan scooting around town on his red Vespa.

“I have no residual effects from the stroke,” he says. “I know it’s because of the speed and caliber of the care I received and the fact Torrance Memorial is a Comprehensive Stroke Center.” •

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Major Torrance Memorial donors and leadership were on hand to celebrate the groundbreaking of the hospital’s new two-story emergency department last fall. From left: Craig Leach, Gretchen Lent, MD, President/ CEO Keith Hobbs, Emmanuel David, Richard Lundquist, Melanie Lundquist

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION PROJECT – PHASE I NEARING COMPLETION PROGRESS REPORT BY CONNIE SENNER

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n September 24, 2024, Torrance Memorial Medical Center officially broke ground for its new two-story emergency department. Major donors, hospital leadership and physicians gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking— and wall-smashing—of the Lundquist Leach Emergency Department expansion project.

This expansion will enable the hospital to better serve the community’s health care needs. It will increase patient capacity, reduce wait times and improve the overall patient experience by integrating the latest medical technologies and creating additional private treatment rooms. The expansion aims to ensure the hospital’s emergency department remains a state-of-the-art facility capable of delivering critical care efficiently, especially as patient volumes grow.

After months of dedicated work, Phase I of the emergency department expansion project is almost complete. This phase has

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focused on laying the groundwork for a more modern, efficient space designed to enhance patient care and staff workflow.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PHASE I:

• A designated materials staging area for construction crews has been established east of the ED entrance, near the recently installed MRI trailer.

• A new temporary triage space is underway, ensuring uninterrupted patient care while the existing triage area is transformed into a more efficient and comfortable space.

Although it is hard to predict the exact timing of the opening, the California Department of Public Health has 100 days to perform its survey and issue licenses for the space.

• The second-floor demolition is nearly complete, and utility rerouting will begin in June. As a result of the cooperation and assistance from staff with communication to the public, we have

November 25: Exposure of hard lid ceilings after removal of ACT ceiling tiles on level 2

December 2: Removal of ceiling tiles and insulation on level 2

January 10: Commencement of the temporary triage buildout on level 1.

December 13: Phase zero, framing and insulation on new security wall on level 1 - ED waiting room

January 24: Demolition of walls and creating open space on level 2

been able to maintain the construction schedule so far.

• Upcoming Work: The hard demolition phase of the second floor is complete and the build out will begin when we have a building permit issued from the state. Construction is currently targeted to start in June.

We deeply appreciate the commitment of our staff in delivering exceptional patient care throughout this construction process. We are also grateful for the generosity of our community, whose support has made this extraordinary project possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work toward a stronger, more advanced emergency department. •

February 28: Finish demolition of overhead duct removal on level 2

SET TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 2026, THE EXPANSION WILL DOUBLE TREATMENT SPACES, INCORPORATE A FLEXIBLE DESIGN AND ELEVATE SAFETY WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY FEATURING:

• more than 80 treatment spaces—double the department’s current capacity • an open-concept design, including spaces that can be used for multiple purposes or modified depending on staff and patient needs • rooms with glass partitions for enhanced viewing, safety, security and privacy • enhanced technology to improve efficiency and safety

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THE RESILIENT JUDY GASSNER Photographed by Joey Ikemoto

ON THE EVE OF ITS CENTENNIAL, TORRANCE MEMORIAL BIDS ADIEU TO A TRUE BELIEVER WHO CHAMPIONED HOSPITAL ADVANCEMENT FOR 24 YEARS. WRITTEN BY DIANE KRIEGER

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ike an intriguing novel, Judith Gordon Gassner’s life can be divided into three parts: Part 1 – symphonic movements. Part 2 – warm scenes of domesticity. Part 3 – hospital doyenne and super friend.

People compare the beloved Torrance Memorial fundraiser to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. A woman of refinement. Charming, quick-witted and utterly unbreakable.

Like Jackie, as a young woman Judy moved in sophisticated circles, rubbing elbows with famous artists and maestros. Later, having found her prince charming, she—like Jackie—turned her attention to building a family.

Tragically, Judy was widowed in her prime, left with two young daughters to raise alone. And five years later, not unlike Jackie, she came roaring back to start a new adventure.

In 24 years, Judy has raised enormous sums of money for the Torrance Memorial Foundation. As senior director of development and principal gifts, her most recent achievement is a $21.8 million donation

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from philanthropist Mary Tu. April 28 will be Judy’s last day with the hospital.

At 74, she’s stepping into well-earned retirement.

The hospital’s centennial celebration will be her final foundation project.

“It will be very difficult to fill the gap Judy leaves,” says foundation executive vice president Laura Schenasi, who hired her in 2001, when Judy had zero fundraising experience but possessed unique people skills. “The No. 1 most important thing in fundraising is relationshipbuilding, and Judy gets five gold stars in that.”

A STRONG FOUNDATION

Judy was raised in Rockland, Maine, a town of 8,000 people. Her grandfather, a Russian-Jewish immigrant named Isidor Gordon, was a respected town elder and one of the founders of Rockland’s only synagogue, Adas Yoshuron.

Her father, Edward Gordon, was a businessman, while her mom, Charlotte, stayed home to raise their five kids. Judy and her twin, Joan, are the second and third of four sisters, the others being Suzan and Gail.

Their brother, Peter, is the youngest sibling.

Judy loved growing up in a New England town steeped in culture. Rockland, touted as the “lobster capital of the world,” is home to the world-class Farnsworth Art Museum. It wasn’t uncommon to find painter Andrew Wyeth and sculptor Louise Nevelson strolling about town on Main Street.

Judy worshipped the arts—ballet, theater, music, especially jazz—though she wasn’t particularly gifted.

“I had a lot of lessons, but even I knew I was pretty mediocre at everything,” she says, with beguiling candor.

She studied art administration and art history at Vassar College and went to work in the subscriptions department of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO).

From the basement office, she could hear maestros Seiji Ozawa and Arthur Fielder in rehearsals.

Within six months, Judy was tapped as assistant to a young executive named Peter Gelb, who would go on to helm the Metropolitan Opera. As she rose in the ranks, Judy would escort the BSO to its summer home at Tanglewood and on road trips to venues like the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Behind the scenes, she took care of celebrity maestros like Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copeland and John Williams.

It was on a European concert tour that Judy met the love of her life, a young endocrinologist from the Bronx named Conrad Gassner. After a whirlwind romance in Rome, they were married in 1983. Having just finished his fellowship at George Washington University, Conrad was starting his career at Kaiser Permanente in Harbor City, California.

Judy willingly walked away from Boston’s glamorous concert world to begin a new chapter as a South Bay physician’s wife. Soon she was busy with babies and preschools. As time passed, Judy got involved in the PTA at Country Day School and with their synagogue, Congregation Ner Tamid.

“My friends from back East would ask me, ‘Aren’t you bored?’ But I never was. I loved being with my children, and through them I met great friends,” she says.

FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH

Judy’s world came crashing down in 1996 when Conrad was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer.

Within seven months, she was a widow, and her daughters, Alexandra, then 11, and Caroline, 8, were fatherless. The next few years were painful.

“I functioned,” Judy recalls. “I did what I had to do, and in the summers I took the girls back to Maine.”

In 2001, with her daughters in their teens, she felt ready to make her next move. At age 50, Judy rebooted her career. She was grateful when Torrance Memorial CEO George Graham offered to look over her résumé. The two had been friends since their kids attended the same preschool. Graham introduced Judy to Laura Schenasi—the “crackerjack” USC fundraiser he’d recruited three months earlier to build a top-tier hospital advancement program.

Judy joined the development team at the entry level and failed spectacularly. Laura doesn’t mince words:

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“Judy was an awful administrative assistant,” she recalls, laughing. However, she had the makings of a great fundraiser: intelligence, a dogged work ethic and an uncanny ease of manner with powerful people.

Having trained her in the fundraising basics, Schenasi put Judy in charge of what would become the Ambassadors program. She watched in wonder as this middle-aged newbie devoured the Los Angeles Business Journal, thoroughly researching South Bay businesses.

It was Judy’s idea to ask the Toyota Motor Corporation to donate a car to the Holiday Festival.

She researched and learned the facts about Torrance Memorial and focused on understanding precisely how the hospital worked—which she shared with Michael Rouse, vice president for community relations at Toyota, to encourage him to donate a new car every year.

Together with senior vice president Sally Eberhard, Judy launched a series of lectures introducing Torrance Memorial to the surge of Westsiders moving to Manhattan Beach, attracted by the laid-back, luxury lifestyle. She tapped Michael Zislis, owner of several Beach Cities hotels and dining establishments, to tout the hospital’s virtues in the business community.

“She knows every doctor and everyone in the

Judy is surrounded by the greatest joys in her life, daughters Alexandra and Caroline

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administration. People in Manhattan Beach will call Judy before calling 911,” Michael says, only half-joking.

THROUGH THICK AND THIN

Recognizing her drive and talent, Laura started introducing Judy to potential major donors. Melanie Lundquist remembers their first lunch together some 20 years ago. She immediately liked Judy, and the two became dear friends. They would call regularly to chat about Judy’s kids and provide emotional support to each other through life’s ups and downs.

But running parallel to their friendship was a professional relationship built on trust and experience.

Melanie and Richard Lundquist have donated more than $100 million to Torrance Memorial over the last 15 years, and “we could not be more pleased with our investment. I mean, look at how this hospital has grown!” Melanie says.

Mark Lurie, MD who chairs the Torrance Memorial Foundation board, believes the same qualities that make Judy a great friend also make her a great fundraiser. His wife, Barbara, describes Judy as “fiercely loyal. Everybody can feel her warmth and attention,” she says, her eyes misting with a sweet memory.

Some years ago, Barbara explains, her husband was in a car crash that landed him in the ER. When word of the accident reached Judy, she happened to be in the dressing room of a department store. So frantic was she to reach the hospital, Barbara recalls, that Judy arrived at Dr. Lurie’s bedside with her dress on backward.

“There’s an old saying that friends are the family you choose for yourself,” Barbara says. “Judy has been an amazing family member to us—part mother hen, part sob sister. She’s one of our best friends. But half the South Bay could say the same thing.”

A JOB WELL DONE

It’s impossible to calculate how much money Judy independently raised for Torrance Memorial, but the process was always a team effort. Over the years the staff has grown to eight seasoned advancement professionals.

This much is certain: $400 million has poured into the foundation’s coffers since 2001, when Laura and Judy first started the ball rolling. On a year-by-year basis, revenues have rocketed from about $500,000 annually to today’s $25 million to $40 million range.

Clearly, Judy has raised “a tremendous amount of money” for Torrance Memorial, says Melanie. But what’s truly remarkable is “she has made so many friends for the hospital, and many of them have also become her own friends. She absolutely loves what she does, and it has given her such a wonderful mission.”

Reflecting on her journey, Judy muses: “If anyone had told me when I was young that I would someday be in hospital fundraising, I wouldn’t have believed them. But I have truly loved this job.”

As her last day approaches, Judy is sanguine about the future. Her retirement plans include volunteering at a museum and serving on the Torrance Memorial Foundation board in the future. And wild horses couldn’t keep her away from the annual Holiday Festival, especially the glamourous fashion show she has chaired since 2002.

She looks forward to spending time with her grown daughters. Alexandra Dunlap is married to Zach and they live in New York City, and Caroline Gassner lives in Santa Monica. They have a long-standing tradition of meeting for an annual mother-and-daughters getaway.

Now Judy will have the flexibility for more family travel.

“I’ll be footloose and fancy-free,” she says gaily. Two of Judy’s siblings still live in Maine; the other two are

From philanthropy to cherished friendships ... Judy with Melanie Lundquist and Michael Zislis

in Florida. She has nine nieces and nephews sprinkled across the country.

As always, her top priority is her relationships with people. Asked what she’ll miss most about Torrance Memorial, Judy names her colleagues, whom she considers family and dear friends.

“I have met the most magnificent people,” she says, “and I have loved every minute.” •

Mark Lurie, MD, Barbara Demming Lurie and Judy celebrating at a fundraising salon for the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute

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REDUCING RADIATIONRELATED RISKS FUNDED BY A GENEROUS CHARITABLE DONATION, TORRANCE MEMORIAL INSTALLS A RADIATION PROTECTION SYSTEM TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND COMFORT OF THE CATH LAB TEAM. WRITTEN BY LISA BUFFINGTON

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hysicians, nurses, technicians and others who work in the Torrance Memorial Medical Center Cardiac Catheterization Lab use advanced X-ray imaging technology to provide lifesaving diagnostic and therapeutic care for patients every day. However, when an X-ray beam strikes the patient’s body, it causes lowerenergy radiation to spread out—or scatter—in different directions. Cath lab team members must wear heavy protective lead aprons during all procedures to block this scatter radiation and reduce the associated risks of cancer and cataracts.

To further reduce these radiation-related risks, Torrance Memorial recently became the first hospital in California to install the EggNest Protect system. Made possible by a generous donation, EggNest features a specially designed cardiac cath lab platform that offers 360-degree radiation protection, shielding staff

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and reducing radiation exposure by 97% to 99%. This protection allows team members to wear lightweight aprons, reducing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries.

“Many people don’t think about the risk of radiation exposure that comes with working in the cath lab because even though the procedures we perform are radiation-dependent, it’s something you can’t see,” says Andrea Alarcon, RN, manager of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. “But research has shown the risk of cancer and cataracts from radiation exposure—and musculoskeletal disorders from wearing heavy lead aprons—increases for people who work in a cath lab.”

As a regional referral center for complex percutaneous coronary intervention and a national destination for chronic total occlusion care, the Torrance Memorial Cath Lab provides advanced

Interventional cardiologist Chris Matchison, MD, and the Cath Lab team understand the long-term benefits of using the EggNest Protect system.

treatment for some of the sickest patients with the most challenging cardiac conditions.

“Some of the complex, high-risk procedures we perform take hours, and wearing the lead for that length of time can cause significant discomfort, fatigue and strain on the body,” says Alarcon. “By wearing ultralight lead, we can improve physician and team member comfort—which means we can focus all our energy and attention on providing the highestquality patient care.”

But even when wearing protective lead, Alarcon says, the team’s shins, arms, eyes and head are still exposed. EggNest uses a shield to block scatter radiation, providing all-around protection for everyone in the cath lab.

“With EggNest, I can perform my work with more peace of mind because I don’t have to worry about the deleterious effects of radiation exposure and the risk of cancer—and I can

get out of heavy lead,” says Torrance Memorial interventional cardiologist Chris Matchison, MD. According to R. Michael Wyman, MD, another interventional cardiologist at Torrance Memorial, implementing EggNest has long-term benefits for team members, patients, the hospital and the community. “It’s not uncommon for cath lab team members to sustain careerending injuries from wearing lead or develop other health problems related to radiation exposure. For prospective team members or those who are just entering the field, choosing a center that offers the enhanced protection of EggNest can reduce work-related risks. While our team members will certainly benefit from the increased protection, our patients and our community will also benefit from improved access to expert care delivered by experienced providers.” •

Left: Catherine Tsai, Quan Tran, Ryan Mascioni, Benedict Dela Cruz Below: Structural heart medical director Salman Azam, MD, Michael Healy, MD

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SURROUNDING PATIENTS WITH SUPPORT THE CARE MANAGEMENT TEAM CONNECTS PATIENTS TO RESOURCES WHILE REMOVING BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE. WRITTEN BY LISA BUFFINGTON | PHOTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL NEVEUX

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anaging a chronic health condition or a serious medical event can come with a lot of challenges, from insurance coverage issues and discharge planning to medication management and anxiety about what’s going to happen next. But when a health crisis or diagnosis strikes, Torrance Memorial Medical

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Center patients don’t have to navigate these challenges alone.

Whether a patient needs social work services, assistance with discharge planning or help with insurance coverage, the hospital’s Care Management team is there to provide everything they need to cope with their diagnosis.

The Care Management leadership team makes patient advocacy their No. 1 priority.

L to R: Tracy Bercu, MD, physician advisor; Tracey Green, LCSW, clinical social work manager; Lindsey Stone, RN, director of care management; Heather Shay, VP of clincial quality and accreditation; Mary Espinoza, RN, utilization management manager; Giles Ordinario, RN, case management manager

“THE ENTIRE CARE MANAGEMENT TEAM WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE PATIENT, FAMILY AND MEDICAL TEAM TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, ADDRESSING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF PERSONALIZED PATIENT NEEDS AND ENSURING EACH PATIENT GETS THE SUPPORT, COMPASSION AND CARE THEY DESERVE.” — HEATHER SHAY, RN “We’re problem-solvers, and patient advocacy is our No. 1 priority,” says Lindsey Stone, RN, director of care management at Torrance Memorial. “We serve every unit in the hospital, and our goal is to ensure each patient gets the right level of care at the right time and the right services to support their overall well-being.”

Led by Stone, the Care Management team is organized into three divisions, each with unique responsibilities: case management, clinical social work and utilization management. “Together our team works to balance clinical quality with the patient, physician, nurse, and organizational expectations and goals so each patient receives optimized care,” says Stone.

NEXT STEPS IN PATIENT CARE

The case management team, led by case management manager Giles Ordinario, RN, assists patients with discharge planning after their hospital stay. “For some patients, discharge planning is as simple as providing them with a walker, scheduling physical therapy appointments and sending them home,” says Ordinario.

“But for others it can be complex — especially if they have limited family support, insurance concerns or need a higher level of care but would prefer to return to their own home instead of a facility.”

Ordinario and his team work with medical partners, including transitional care and rehabilitation providers, home health, medical equipment companies and nursing homes, to ensure patients can seamlessly move to the next level of care.

will perform a comprehensive psychosocial assessment to determine what the patient needs to help them successfully manage their health.

“Our goal is to optimize each patient’s psychosocial and medical functioning while minimizing stress,” says Green. “After assessing each patient’s needs, we identify gaps in support, resources and services and figure out how to close them.”

Green says her team considers many factors during the patient assessment, including the patient’s home environment, social and family situation, emotional and mental functioning, ability to cope, spiritual needs, and access to necessities such as transportation, food, clothing and shelter.

Torrance Memorial clinical social workers also provide crisis intervention services, serving as mandated reporters and assisting patients who are victims of abuse or assault. They work closely with community organizations to connect patients with services such as mental health counseling, substance use treatment, childcare, food banks and shelters.

“We’re masters of resources,” says Green. “We meet the patient and family where they are in a nonjudgmental way, providing education and facilitating communication and collaboration with their treatment team. We also connect them with community-based services to remove barriers to receiving care and complying with treatment recommendations.”

NAVIGATING INSURANCE AND TREATMENT

PROVIDING PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT

When a patient’s care team identifies a need for additional support, the clinical social work team, led by clinical social work manager Tracey Green, LCSW,

The utilization management team, led by Mary Espinoza, RN, is responsible for supporting patients by obtaining insurance authorization, navigating compliance with Medicare, Medi-Cal and

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“We review patient admissions and work with providers to make sure each patient is placed in the proper status to ensure insurance payment and prevent denials,” says Espinoza. “If we receive an insurance denial, we work with our team of physician advisors to determine whether we should appeal.”

Espinoza and her team also collaborate with insurance and internal case managers on discharge planning, following patients as they progress

through the continuum of care and helping “paint a picture” for the insurance company that streamlines coverage decisions and claim approvals. After discharge, the team works closely with the billing office to manage denials and review claims to make sure they are compliant with insurance regulations.

“We work behind the scenes to make sure preauthorizations are completed, patients are placed in the correct status and insurance payments are received,” says Espinoza. “We make sure patients understand their health insurance coverage so they can use it appropriately for their health needs.”

Care Management team, L to R: Ana Nunag, Joserita Murphy, MaryCharm Delvo, Barbara Ignacio, Sandra Garcia-Trejo, Stephanie Canziani, Lana Chiv, Philip Warner, Linda Mendoza, Donna Andreoli, Lindsey Stone, Darleen Logan-Wyatt, Neenah Valenzuela, Sheena Shah, Marie Brink, Rosalyn Madera, Mar Hayag, Mary Espinoza, Jacqueline Ayres, Giles Ordinario, Zenaida Carrillo-Ramo, Claudia Cienfuegos, Kriska Cejes, Rosanna Moreno, Daneen Larecy, Anna (Kristine) Portugal

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Clinical social workers, L to R: Tracey Green, Lana Chiv, Eileen Whitfield, Chenette Cole, Adela Juarez-De Los Santos, Marie Brink, Ana Ibarra, Ana Eusse, Betty Liu, Debbie Wong, Stephanie Canziani

SUPPORTING PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS

In addition to supporting patients, the Care Management team is also a valuable resource for providers. “Our team gets things done, and we support our providers by helping remove patient care barriers so they can focus on providing the best possible medical treatment,” says Stone.

The team also works closely with Torrance Memorial physician advisors Tracy Bercu, MD, Roy Fu, MD, and Ernest Lee, MD, to ensure each patient receives supportive care that aligns with their treatment goals and complies with internal and external best practices, policies and regulations. They also support the Care Management teams as liaisons with the medical staff community.

“We work closely with care management to ensure our patients have a smooth transition through their

hospital stay and beyond and have the resources they need,” says Dr. Bercu. “The care management team is vital to our mission to provide patients with the best care possible.”

However, the real key to the Care Management team’s success is collaboration. “Having a life-threatening health event or managing a chronic medical condition can be terrifying for patients and their families — especially if they don’t have access to the resources they need to cope,” says Heather Shay, RN, vice president of clinical quality and accreditation. “The entire Care Management team works hand in hand with the patient, family and medical team to provide comprehensive support, addressing the full spectrum of personalized patient needs and ensuring each patient gets the support, compassion and care they deserve.” •

CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH ESSENTIAL RESOURCES At Torrance Memorial we’re proud to partner with our affiliate Cedars-Sinai to offer a comprehensive tool designed to connect individuals and families in the South Bay with nonprofits, government agencies and community programs providing critical support needed to live a stable, secure and fulfilling life.

If you or someone you know is struggling with not having enough food, needing health care, finding affordable housing or other challenges, the Find Help resource hub makes it simple to locate the support you need. Torrance Memorial cares about making a real difference in your life and the lives of those in our community.

Together we can build a stronger, healthier South Bay and bridge the gap to equality and opportunity— one connection at a time.

Discover resources at findhelp.org.

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Hospitalists Alexander Shen, MD, and Valente Ramos, MD, coordinate and monitor care during the shorter (but more intense) periods of inpatient care.

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n a hospital staff, everyone matters. Medical technicians and anesthesiologists, custodial crew members and cardiothoracic surgeons—in the medical center, everyone has a vital role.

It can be a complex workplace. Patients are at the center of care, and providing the care each patient needs—from diagnostic tests to physical therapy—may involve multiple specialists and support staff, all working in concert.

Coordinating patient care requires up-to-the-minute information and an awareness of everything about the patient’s history, condition and treatment. That’s where hospitalists come in.

If the interaction between specialists, medical technicians and support staff is an orchestra, hospitalists are the conductors. Where primary care physicians track their patients’ health and care over years as outpatients, hospitalists coordinate and monitor care during the shorter (but more intense) periods of inpatient care.

“We effectively become patients’ primary care physicians while they are in the hospital,” explains Alexander Shen, MD. “We’re the patients’ stewards through the hospitalization,” adds Torrance Memorial hospitalist Valente Ramos, MD. “We manage their medical care but also guide them through the hospitalization and answer any questions they might have. When I introduce myself, I tell patients to think of hospitalists as their surrogate primary care physicians—it’s the same kind of role. I explain to them, in layman’s terms, what’s going on with them. Being a hospitalist presents a unique challenge in trying to establish a rapport very quickly. Our group in particular is very good about

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Hospitalists, bottom to top, L to R: Khoi Le, MD Ayushi Desai, MD Raahil Malhotra, DO Hana Lim, MD Kevin Maniar, MD Tracy Bercu, MD Deepak Singh, MD Ajit Mannan, MD Samuel Tomich, MD Keyur Patel, MD Manuel Hakimi, MD Prasun Ramakrishnan, MD

trying to bridge that gap and make patients as comfortable as possible.”

As specialized physicians, hospitalists train in internal medicine. “Our training is very broad in scope and very specialized in inpatient care,” says Dr. Shen, who came to Torrance Memorial in 2009 as medical director of the center’s then-new hospitalist program. “We receive extensive inpatient training in essential subspecialties including cardiology, critical care, pulmonology, nephrology, infectious diseases and gastroenterology—just to name a few! This is essential because we work hand in hand with these subspecialties to gather all the recommendations. When a condition requires a specialist, we’re good at knowing who to call and when. We’re also advocates for patients and their families, so we translate medical terminology for them and develop the best care plan.”

Torrance Memorial’s hospitalist program has been so successful that the center recently launched a medical teaching hospital program for Cedars-Sinai internal medicine residents. The residents will work two-week rotations including hospitalist services, ambulatory primary care, and specialty and urgent care training.

“This program is a recognition of the high level of health care we provide in the community,” notes Heidi Assigal,

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Torrance Memorial senior vice president. “Ninety percent of medical care in the United States is provided by community centers like Torrance Memorial, and our center is a great location for residents entering medical practice to see how a top-ranked hospital operates.”

“Torrance Memorial is such an amazing, dynamic place,” agrees Dr. Shen. “There is so much expertise in so many fields and such a diverse patient population. It’s a great experience for any hospitalist who wants to see a high-functioning medical center.”

The hospitalist specialty developed during the 1990s as inpatient hospital care became increasingly too complex for primary care physicians to be able to track their patients’ progress throughout each day alongside running their outpatient practice.

“You really do need someone to coordinate the team providing care, especially urgent care—heart attacks, strokes and the like,” says Dr. Shen. “These are conditions that must be treated within an hour, if not minutes. As hospitalists, it’s our job to coordinate complex care in a very short amount of time.”

Hospitalists coordinate care for elective inpatient procedures as well. “Many patients undergoing elective procedures have other conditions such as diabetes,” Dr. Shen explains.

Unlike primary care physicians, hospitalists don’t get to

follow their patients’ health over years, but the specialty provides the satisfaction of seeing patients—most of whom arrive at the hospital with an urgent medical condition— progress and leave in better health.

“We help patients through potentially some of the most difficult times in their lives, ” Dr. Shen says. “To see them walk out the door recovered is very gratifying. We spend quite a bit of time with our patients. We get to know them and really dive into their medical issues. We have discussions with them and their families to discuss their values and their goals for their medical care. We have the luxury of treating them in a very controlled environment, so we can see what’s working and what’s not working. After they leave, we check in on our patients and their primary care physicians too.”

The hospitalist specialty also emphasizes teamwork and systems thinking, Dr. Shen adds. “Teamwork is in the DNA of hospitalists. We’re really good at coordinating and operationalizing health care, making health care delivery more efficient and safer. Because we are everywhere as leaders in the hospital, we see how different systems are

working, and we can develop improvements. A big part of our job as hospitalists is to lead our health system in improving the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care, so we find ourselves extending the reach of our leadership.

We help develop better systems outside the four walls of the hospital, including care coordination at skilled nursing facilities and post-discharge outpatient clinics, and facilitating transfers of patients from outside facilities into the Torrance Memorial system.”

“The dedicated work of hospitalists is one of the keys to Torrance Memorial’s success in providing top-ranked inpatient care,” says Assigal. “We have close to 40 hospitalists on staff—hospitalists are on duty 24/7/365. That depth of coverage will be even more important when our expanded emergency department facilities come on line. When I speak with hospitalists, they tell me they’re busy—but also they love what they are doing.”

“I truly enjoy what I do” reflects Dr. Ramos. “I get a sense of satisfaction out of my job. To this day I enjoy what I do as much as I did when I finished my residency, if not more.” •

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ame an aspect of aviation, and Joe Czyzyk has probably touched it through one of his businesses. As the former chairman and CEO of Mercury Air Group, Czyzyk (pronounced CHIH-zick; rhymes with “physic”) led the largest ground handling companies at Los Angeles International Airport. He also developed numerous “under-the-wing” businesses involved in servicing and maintaining aircraft and providing jet fuel, as well as operating warehouses, hangars and passenger terminals on airports and U.S. military bases around the globe.

Meanwhile his wife, Farima (Faye) Czyzyk, focused on health. She worked as an emergency room nurse and nurse epidemiologist at hospitals including HarborUCLA Medical Center, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, USC and St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood. As director of nursing at St. Francis, she supervised 600 nurses. She later transitioned to health care management and administration and consulting for Ernst & Young.

Joe and Faye moved from the Westside to Rolling Hills in 2013 and became Patrons five years later. In 2022, Joe experienced a health issue requiring a trip to Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s emergency department. When they arrived, they were shocked.

“It felt like walking into a train station,” Joe recalls.

“There wasn’t a single seat available in the waiting room, and people were standing outside waiting to get in. Seven or eight people waited in line at the little triage window.”

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and severity of their health conditions. It troubled her that the process might be delayed due to enormous community demand and patient volume. (Last year the Torrance Memorial Emergency Department treated over 107,000 patients.)

The couple shared their concern with Judith Gassner, senior director of development and principal gifts. She told them about the medical center’s plans to double the capacity of the emergency department. The new two-story facility, which broke ground on September 24, 2024, will feature more than 80 treatment spaces and integrate the latest medical technologies. It is scheduled for the second floor completion in 2026.

Faye and Joe quickly decided this project deserved their support. As a result, the couple donated $1.5 million to the Torrance Memorial Emergency Department for triage expansion and modernization.

“We recognize the emergency room that was built decades ago was not designed to handle the load it handles today,” says Joe. Faye adds, “We committed ourselves to expediting triage for anyone who walks in and needs immediate care, because it’s vital to be triaged within a very short time after arriving at the emergency department.”

The Czyzyks, both born abroad, embody the American Dream and the opportunities it offers to hardworking immigrants. “We’re very patriotic Americans because it’s only when you’ve lived in foreign countries that you know how favorably the United States compares. Despite what goes on in the political environment, there’s no place like it,” says Joe. Before his birth, Joe’s parents fled from Poland to Russia and remained constantly on the run to evade

Faye and Joe Czyzyk embody the American Dream and the opportunities it offers to hardworking immigrants.

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Majestic bearded iris are in bloom in the garden that also includes over 300 rose bushes and 16 mature fruit trees.

the Nazis. After World War II, they returned to Poland, but no other members of their families had survived the Holocaust. Toddler Joe and his parents left Poland in 1949. They eventually received asylum from Canada and made their home in Montreal for over a decade.

One of Joe’s fondest memories is crossing the bridge from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, Michigan, in 1963. He and his parents became American citizens and settled in Los Angeles.

After two years in college, Joe enlisted in the Seabees, the U.S. Naval Construction Forces. He served two tours overseas in Vietnam. Returning in 1969, Joe completed his education at California State University, Los Angeles with the help of the GI Bill and became a civil engineer.

With jobs hard to come by in 1971, Joe worked at a bank for a few years. A customer who managed the United Airlines regional office in Los Angeles encouraged him to apply for a job there.

“That was the beginning of an aviation career that today is 58 years old,” says Joe. The United job led to diverse positions in the airline industry. In 1984, Joe joined Mercury Air Group to develop their air cargo

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business. He was named the company’s president and CEO in 1999. Mercury Air was listed on the American Stock Exchange for more than three decades until Joe took the company private in 2006.

“I’ve had tremendous satisfaction establishing the businesses and watching them grow and succeed. I enjoyed hiring people, putting them to work and making them part of our company family,” says Joe, who has since sold most of his businesses. “Even today, although I’m down to fewer than 100 employees, three of them have been with the company for more than 50 years.”

Joe has traveled to more than 100 countries and established businesses in more than 50 of them. He has visited every continent except for Antarctica and would like to go there one day. He returned from a business trip to Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong three months prior to speaking with Patrons. “We at our company still believe in the personal touch, and I’ll get on a plane to Asia to let our customers know we appreciate their business,” he says.

Philanthropy plays a major role for the Czyzyks, and they support a range of organizations and causes in addition to Torrance Memorial. “I believe everyone

who is successful in business should give back to the community because it’s the community that has contributed to their success,” says Joe. “Our satisfaction is in helping other people achieve their dream.”

Faye and Joe donated $1.5 million to the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The gift supports research into the early identification of high-risk cardiac patients and improves access to and affordability of coronary artery calcium (CAC) testing.

Having benefitted from the test there, Faye wanted to make it available to those unable to afford it. It bothers her that people often forgo potentially lifesaving measures due to financial constraints. They have also made endowments to urology research at Keck Hospital of USC. In addition to supporting hospitals, the couple has remained very committed to the Chabad movement and donates their time and philanthropy to a number of Chabad centers. They also direct their philanthropy to veterans. Joe has been a board member of U.S.VETS, a national organization dedicated to alleviating homelessness among veterans, since 2012 and served as board chair from 2016 to 2022.

“As a veteran, I understand how vets deal with life after they’ve served,” says Joe. “I consider myself very lucky that I did not bear the traumas of many veterans who served in Vietnam, who continue to bear those invisible wounds. After I was wounded overseas, I came home to a nation hostile to veterans. Thanks to the support from my parents and my community, I got my life back together and did something with it. But there are lots of homeless veterans out there. A veteran who is homeless and remains untreated is a national disgrace, and U.S.VETS will continue to lead and grow in providing housing and rehabilitation for our veterans until there are no more homeless veterans.”

More than a decade ago, former Governor Jerry Brown appointed Joe to the Governor’s Military Council, a state commission position he still holds. In this role, he serves as a liaison between California and the Department of Defense.

Joe has served on the board of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, including as chairman in 2011, and he has served as chairman of the board of advisors for Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy.

He was appointed to the Los Angeles Transportation Commission by then-Mayor Richard Riordan in 1999 and went on to serve as the president of the city’s

Taxicab Commission for 12 years.

Faye and Joe were introduced by a mutual friend. For Joe, it was love at first sight. (“For Faye, it was love at 10th sight,” he jokes.) Next year they will celebrate 40 years of marriage. They have four adult children and two grandchildren. The couple enjoys traveling and looks forward to visiting France later this year.

“We have multiple homes but love our Rolling Hills home the most. The close-knit community, the panoramic views, the spacious properties are testimonials to the love we have for this community.

Rolling Hills and the South Bay will always be our home. Our backgrounds of hard work, compassionate outreach and our own close relationship have made all of this possible,” says Joe. Faye and Joe have spent the last three years working on their extensive garden, which boasts many fruit trees and rose gardens. “It’s very satisfying to nourish and care for the trees and plants and see them bear flowers and fruit as a result,” Faye says.

Now the Czyzyks are cultivating Torrance Memorial Medical Center, planting seeds for growth that will nurture the community’s health for decades to come and helping propel the medical center into the next century of excellent care. •

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“I’ve had patients who have facial droop and deviation of the eyes, who can’t speak and can’t move one side of their body, go on to make a full recovery,” says Dr. Krauthamer, who at age 72 is the oldest Torrance Memorial Medical Center radiologist doing endovascular thrombectomies.

“And I still have the fastest time,” he adds, beaming.

“I’m pretty proud of that.”

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sked to name his favorite procedure, Richard Krauthamer, MD, doesn’t hesitate: endovascular thrombectomy. This emergency stroke intervention can be a game changer for patients with acute ischemic stroke. Entering through an artery in the groin, the interventional radiologist snakes a suction catheter into the brain and quickly vacuums up the blood clots.

Dr. Krauthamer holds the Torrance Memorial speed record on this procedure: 9 minutes, from puncturing the groin to exiting. “Time is brain,” so the saying goes, because around 2 million neurons and glia are lost every minute in untreated stroke.

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Dr. Krauthamer fell in love with radiology a halfcentury ago. Interventional radiology (IR) didn’t even exist when he got started. “Back then it was just X-rays and barium studies,” says the longtime Torrance Memorial doctor.

The profession has traveled light-years since then, and Dr. Krauthamer has kept pace while staying put in the South Bay. Since arriving here in 1982, the Brooklyn-born physician never strayed from Torrance Memorial, helping elevate the hospital to its current reputation for radiological excellence.

Much credit goes to the late Dr. Richard Hoffman, who founded Torrance Memorial’s interventional radiology program and for whom the conference center on the Torrance Memorial campus is named.

Like Dr. Hoffman, Dr. Krauthamer is a longtime Torrance Memorial Foundation supporter. He joined the Ambassadors Program early on and strongly believes in the group’s mission.

“Hospitals are run to help people,” he says, “but they need money and backing. You can’t have an excellent medical center without input from the community. The Ambassadors program does that.”

THE EARLY DAYS

Dr. Krauthamer grew up in a multigenerational home: mother, father, sister, grandmother and an aunt all occupied a single floor of their apartment in East Flatbush, New York. It was a happy childhood. Dr. Krauthamer remembers playing punchball and stickball with kids on the block.

A precocious learner, he tested into Brooklyn Technical High School at age 12, having skipped several grades. The legendary science magnet was a launchpad for future engineers; it boasted its own foundry and a decommissioned airplane, which students regularly disassembled. Young Richard landed a spot on the swim team, an impressive feat for an undersized kid competing in a school of 6,000 boys.

Many Brooklyn Tech graduates went on to work for companies like Bell Labs, and that was his vague plan when he enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at the tender age of 16. But two early encounters with the world of medicine had made deep impressions.

At 13, he fractured his lower forearm in a gymnastics class. The orthopedic surgeon who reset his arm “kept explaining everything he was doing,” Dr. Krauthamer recalls.

His second early encounter with medicine was heartbreaking. As his beloved grandmother vomited blood in the ER, the staff at the local hospital “basically stood by and watched her die.”

After college, he applied to medical schools and accepted a full-ride scholarship at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, just a few blocks from his childhood home. There, his love of radiology was sparked by Lucy Squire, MD. The world-famous Harvard educator held a part-time appointment at SUNY Downstate.

“This was pre-ultrasound, pre-CT scans, definitely pre-MRI. But radiology was technical and involved a lot of physics,” Dr. Krauthamer explains. And that fact tickled his suppressed inner engineer.

He matched at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in internal medicine and transferred to UCLA’s radiology residency program in his second year, training under Elias “Lee” Theros, MD—a trailblazer in the field of pathology-radiology correlations. Other UCLA mentors included John Benson, MD, and Bill Hanafee, MD, innovators in the field of neuro-angiography.

Dr. Krauthamer made his own modest contributions to UCLA’s radiology history.

As a Fellow in CT and ultrasound, he performed the first image-guided abscess drainage using a catheter. Pretty soon he and David Stone, MD, another UCLA fellow, were doing image-guided biopsies of the liver and pancreas.

The two were recruited into the Torrance Radiology Medical Group by

Ron Becker, MD. That was 43 years ago, and both are still active in the practice, which now boasts some 20 radiologists who collectively staff Torrance Memorial’s radiology department.

MEET THE FAMILY

It was Dr. Stone who introduced Dr. Krauthamer to his future wife, Kathleen.

She was an art student back then, working at an exclusive Manhattan antique gallery.

She went on to be a commercial artist while raising the couple’s two children.

Daughter Nicole Nary is now a clinical psychologist in private practice in Thousand Oaks. She’s married to David Nary, a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles. They have one child, 3½-year-old Noah.

The Krauthamers’ other daughter, Danielle Zobel, is a labor lawyer and a partner at Fisher Phillips. She’s married to Michael Zobel, MD, a pediatric surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. They have a son, 18-month-old Jack.

Dr. Krauthamer witnessed the flowering of modern radiology, frequently rubbing elbows with legends. Yet he was never tempted by academic medicine. “It gets you pigeonholed in one area,” he says. “I find private practice more stimulating. You have to know everything and do everything.”

He takes pride in having a canny eye for diagnostic radiology, but his passion—and the lion’s share of his practice—is interventional.

He finds the “MacGyver factor” exhilarating.

When a case feels hopeless, he says, surgeons will often look to IR for a Hail Mary pass. “We’re the last bastion. We have to really think outside the box.”

Over the years, Dr. Krauthamer has published journal articles describing his most interesting cases. His latest, in the July 2024 issue of The Cureus Journal of Medical Science, described a patient with massive pulmonary emboli “who was literally dying in front of me.” Under intense time pressure, Dr. Krauthamer improvised a strategy that saved the patient’s life, stopping a massive hemorrhage from her airways.

When he isn’t saving lives, Dr. Krauthamer likes to be in the water. “I’ve been scuba diving all over the world,” he says, though his swim stroke has slowed considerably since undergoing shoulder surgery in his 40s.

It was Dr. Krauthamer himself who diagnosed the tumor in his left humeral head. When the X-rays he ordered revealed a mass the size of a golf ball, he didn’t panic. To his trained eye, it looked benign.

Bone tumor experts at UCLA had a more alarming initial opinion: chondrosarcoma, a cancer that develops in cartilage. “Turned out I was right, and they were wrong,” he says, with a grin.

Decades later, now a spry septuagenarian, Dr. Krauthamer continues to work a full schedule in Torrance Memorial’s radiology department. “It’s a lifetime passion,” he says of his profession. “I still love to read medical journals. I keep up with what’s new and cutting edge. And I enjoy interacting with the hospital staff. It keeps me young.” •

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Celebrating 55 years of service, Mimi is being honored by Keith Hobbs, president and CEO of Torrance Memorial, and Mary Matson, director of service excellence.

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n the bustling corridors of Torrance Memorial Medical Center, the blue-jacketed volunteers are a familiar and comforting presence. They wheel new mothers and their babies to waiting loved ones, staff the information desk with reassuring smiles and fill the hospital’s atrium with the soothing sounds of a grand piano.

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Among this extraordinary group, one figure stands out: a woman whose silver hair, signature red nails and ever-present warmth have become an indelible part of the hospital’s fabric. At 97, Mimi Brody isn’t just a volunteer—she’s a legend. With nearly 33,000 hours of service accrued over 56 years, she has been a guiding force in shaping the hospital’s beloved gift

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shop, where she still greets visitors with the same kindness and care that have defined her decades of service.

“Sometimes people are celebrating, and sometimes they need to share their worries,” she says. “You listen, and it makes them feel better.”

Mimi’s journey with Torrance Memorial began with a simple act of friendship when she joined the hospital’s Auxiliary with a friend after moving to the South Bay. In those early days, the gift shop was no more than a cart stocked with candy bars and magazines, wheeled from room to room. Over time, the cart evolved into a full-fledged shop, a haven for last-minute gifts and comforting tokens. It now even offers an online ordering option.

Her roots run deep. Raised in Arcadia, Mimi studied at UC Berkeley, where she vividly recalls the unique post-World War II atmosphere: scarce gasoline, rationed nylon hosiery and a campus almost devoid of men.

Eventually, she built a life in the South Bay, raising two daughters, Marilyn and Jill, and embracing her roles as a grandmother and great-grandmother. Ever tech-savvy, she stays connected with her family through texts and video calls, though she laughs, “I usually have to text my grandson first if I want a response.”

But Mimi’s impact extends beyond her time and energy.

Having been a patient herself, most recently in the emergency department, Mimi knows firsthand the importance of hospital improvements. “I can see from experience how critical it is to expand the emergency department,” she says.

“There is a real need.”

That’s why she has chosen to include Torrance Memorial in her estate planning as part of the hospital’s Planned Giving Program. This initiative allows individuals to create a lasting legacy through wills, trusts or other planned gifts, ensuring future generations receive the same compassionate care Mimi has both given and received. These gifts not only support vital hospital programs and advancements but can also provide financial benefits to donors, such as tax advantages and income during retirement.

For Mimi, giving back isn’t just something she does; it’s who she is. And retirement? That word isn’t in her vocabulary. “They can’t get rid of me,” she jokes. “I’ve been here for three CEOs: George Graham, Craig Leach and Keith Hobbs. This is my place.”

With her unwavering dedication, Mimi has become more than a fixture at Torrance Memorial. She is its heartbeat.

Through her time, generosity and planned gift, she ensures her legacy will continue to touch lives, just as she has for more than half a century. She is living proof that kindness, service and a commitment to community can create an impact that lasts far beyond a lifetime. •

MEET THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PLANNED GIVING, NICHOLAS B. MADDOX Nicholas B. Maddox is a dedicated fundraising executive committed to building meaningful relationships and driving philanthropic impact. As the director of planned giving at Torrance Memorial Medical Center Foundation, he helps donors create lasting legacies that support vital health care initiatives. He envisions expanding the planned giving department by fostering deeper donor relationships, enhancing legacy giving opportunities and increasing awareness of philanthropic planning. His goal is to build a donor-centered program that ensures long-term financial sustainability while honoring donors’ values and intentions.

With a diverse background in development, government relations and wealth management, Nicholas has held key roles at WomenShelter of Long Beach and the ACLU of Southern California. His experience as a wealth management advisor at U.S. Bancorp Investments and private client advisor at J.P. Morgan has equipped him with deep financial expertise, enabling him to guide donors in making informed, impactful gifts.

A devoted husband and father, Nicholas lives in Cerritos with his wife, 9-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter.

His family is highly active, engaging in their children’s academic and athletic pursuits. He also serves as a board member on the ABC Unified School District Education Foundation and has been appointed to the school district’s Finance & Audit Board Advisory Committee.

With integrity, warmth and strategic vision, Nicholas continues to foster generosity, strengthen communities and make a lasting impact for future generations.

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aking an irrefutable impact in the community while embracing the exhilarating chaos of family life, Katy Morris is doing it all. As an active member of the Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance (YPPA) at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, she’s deeply involved in shaping the future of the community she lives in and fostering connections that matter.

The excitement doesn’t stop there; her home life is just as dynamic. With her toddler, Jackson, already running the show, Katy and her husband, Sam Morris, welcomed their second son, Meyer, in early February. Balancing her passion for her community with the joys of motherhood, Katy’s world is as fulfilling as it is busy.

Sam, a real estate professional with a deep passion for philanthropy, comes from a legacy of both business and giving back. As a trustee on several nonprofit boards, Sam is actively involved in philanthropy and has always been drawn to using his resources and influence to help others—a value he shares with Katy.

In 2020, the couple made a life-changing decision to move to Palos Verdes. It was a time when the world was still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were newlyweds with dreams of finding a peaceful place to call home. Despite the uncertainty of the world around them, their move to the area marked a fresh start.

“We absolutely love it here. We moved not knowing anyone—and in the middle of a COVID fog. We were about to get married and had been cooped up in a small place in Santa Monica with a rambunctious dog during the lockdown. One of the few silver linings of that time was the chance to explore new areas. We started hiking and walking around, and that’s when we really

KATY’S WORK HAS BEEN INTEGRAL IN ENSURING YPPA REMAINS A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONNECT, LEARN AND GROW BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY. fell in love with Palos Verdes. It’s like a little slice of suburban heaven,” Katy reflects.

As they settled into their new life, Katy found what she missed most was connection and community. Though they had a beautiful new home and a peaceful setting, it became clear to her building meaningful relationships was something she longed for. Together Sam and Katy embarked on this next chapter, bringing with them not only their hopes for a new life but also a shared commitment to giving back to their new community.

While she loved her new surroundings, Katy longed to get involved in something bigger—something that would allow her to meet others and contribute to her community.

As the daughter of two doctors, Katy felt an instant affinity for Torrance Memorial and its network of health care professionals. She was eager to join an organization where she could not only build relationships but also make a meaningful impact.

That’s when she was introduced to YPPA, a dynamic annual-giving group of young physicians and professionals who support Torrance Memorial’s mission and work to create opportunities for community engagement. YPPA focuses on organizing events, fostering partnerships and providing a platform for individuals who are passionate about both health care and community service. For Katy, it was an immediate fit.

She is one of the most active and dedicated YPPA recruiters, consistently going above and beyond to connect with new members and ensure the continued growth and success of the organization. Her passion for the YPPA mission is contagious, and she is widely respected for her commitment to both the organization and the community.

As a proud member of the YPPA volunteer committee, Katy has helped lead the charge in creating a variety of exciting events that do more than just raise funds. They bring people together, educate the community and foster a deep sense of belonging. These events range from casual meetups, like hikes and trivia nights, to CPR trainings and larger gatherings such as YPPA Casino Night at The Rex and the YPPA Summer Party, which unite professionals and

community members for fun and meaningful connections.

Katy’s work has been integral in ensuring YPPA remains a vibrant, inclusive space where people can connect, learn and grow both professionally and personally.

“It’s not just about the events themselves; it’s about the purpose behind them. Being part of YPPA is so much more than just attending events,” Katy explains. “It’s about creating real, lasting connections. For me, it’s about bringing together people who want to make a difference—people who are passionate about their careers and about giving back to their community. That’s what makes YPPA so special.”

“I’ve spoken to so many women in our community who are navigating the ups and downs of motherhood, and I’ve realized there’s a real need for more resources that help us understand our health and well-being,” Katy responds when asked about what she is dreaming about for the future of YPPA. “One possibility I have been talking about is creating empowering events for women, providing them with the tools to live a healthier, more balanced life. With so much information at our fingertips, we have the opportunity to learn directly from the experts at Torrance Memorial.”

Whether it’s learning about prenatal care, wellness after childbirth or general self-care, Katy believes in creating spaces where people feel supported and educated. Having already experienced the high level of care at Cedars-Sinai when she had Jackson, Katy was excited to have Meyer at Torrance Memorial—a place that makes her feel deeply at home.

This personal connection is something that sets Torrance Memorial apart, and it’s one of the things Katy loves most about being part of the hospital’s extended family. She enjoys attending events along with her husband Sam, though he tends to take a more behind-the-scenes role.

“We joined together, but it’s become my thing,” she shares.

“He goes to all the events, and I pick his brain.”

Together, they enjoy spending time as a family, whether it’s taking Jackson to the park or enjoying the outdoors with their dog. Katy and Sam look forward to being able to raise their children in a community where they feel supported, connected and empowered. •

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EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION GROUNDBREAKING On September 24, Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s major donors, hospital leadership and physicians gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking—and wall-smashing—of the Lundquist Leach Emergency Department expansion project. The new second floor of the emergency department is set to open in 2026, and the expansion will double treatment spaces, incorporate a flexible design and elevate safety with cutting-edge technology.

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YPPA: A WINNING CASINO NIGHT More than 200 guests gathered for an exciting evening of blackjack, roulette, poker and craps in the spirit of giving. The eighth annual YPPA Casino Night was held at The Rex Steakhouse in Redondo Beach. It was a resounding success—raising $130,000 to support the expansion of Torrance Memorial’s emergency department. A special thank you to Dan Nguyen and Chef Walter Nunez for their incredible partnership and commitment to the community. Their generosity and support helped make the night both memorable and impactful.

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EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SALON On September 30 physicians, community members and Torrance Memorial board members enjoyed an informative and impactful evening at the beautiful home of Ted Schwartz in Manhattan Beach. The night raised awareness for the ongoing emergency department expansion and the upcoming 100-year anniversary celebration. The dedication to growth and excellence ensures the hospital will continue to provide exceptional care to the community for years to come.

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41ST ANNUAL TORRANCE MEMORIAL HOLIDAY FESTIVAL FASHION SHOW Torrance Memorial’s 41st annual Holiday Festival kicked off December 3 with a stunning fashion show that set the stage for an afternoon of style, elegance and camaraderie. Professional fashion models graced the runway, showcasing the fabulous collections of designers Kevan Hall and Elie Tahari—leaving the 400 in attendance in awe. Guests also enjoyed a delicious lunch and explored a variety of unique vendors, making it a truly special and vibrant event.

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FESTIVAL GALA & LIVE AUCTION: AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING OF GIVING The 41st annual Holiday Festival Gala was held on December 6, 2024, in the stunning 23,000-square-foot tent on the hospital’s campus. This magical evening brought community leaders, donors and supporters together for gourmet dining, live and silent auctions and a showcase of 32 intricately decorated holiday trees. The event raised an incredible $2.1 million to support the hospital’s emergency department expansion, furthering Torrance Memorial’s mission to provide exceptional care for the South Bay. A highlight of the evening was the announcement of a transformative $21.8 million gift from Mary Tu, marking a historic moment in the hospital’s commitment to health care excellence.

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32. Gerhard Eberhart, Heidi Assigal, Susan Chan, David Chan, MD 33. Louise Koch, Adriana Popovich, Carole Hoffman, Rhonda Gottleib, Heidi Hoffman, MD, Gayleen Callister 34. Rick Mayer, Marc Schenasi, Dan Finnegan, Dave Klein, Andy Livian, Timur Tecimer, Dave Cocke, Steve Lopes 35. Laurie Inadomi-Halvorsen, Greg Halvorsen 36. Doug Laurin, Elisa Anhalt, MD

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37. John Andrawis, MD, Michaela Andrawis 38. Paul Moon, Eunice Moon, Michelle Moon, Hangup Moon 39. George So, MD, Hsin-Yi Lee, MD, Lisa Nakkim, Eric Nakkim, MD 40. Aziz Ghaly, MD, Marina Litwinski, Roman Litwinski, MD 41. Russ Barto, Debbie Barto, Pat Lucy, Rich Lucy 42. Jim Sala, Andrea Sala, Patty Lantz, Steve Lantz

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TORRANCE MEMORIAL GIVES SPECIAL THANKS FOR OUR MANY DONORS GIFTS FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2025

$1,000,000 Marilyn and Jack Chevalier Family Trust Jackson and Julie Yang

$300,000 - $800,000 Farima and Joseph Czyzyk Priscilla Hunt Carol and Jerry Marcil Norris Foundation

$250,000+ Barbara and David Bentley Jia Bee and Steven Chang Sherry and Eric Cheng Michelle and Darrin Del Conte Clair Eitel Jolyn and Brett Henry Yesie Choi and Patrick Huang Judy Jones Heather and Rick Kline Corina and Dave McGovern Erin and Richard Miller Karen and Michael Neuman Sejal and Maneesh Penkar, MD Cynthia and Laurence Percz Anne Kelly and Theodore Schwartz Alexandra and Michael Smith Sophie and Arnaud Solandt Ellen and Pat Theodora Yao Hui Wang and Lei Zhang Gina and Bill Whittlesey Lynda and Paul Yonamine

$200,000+ Eleanor Land Irving Levine and

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Sandra Rubinstein Diane and Davis Moore Torrance Memorial Auxiliary

$100,000+ Ofelia and Emmanuel David Richard and Lois Beyer DeKimpe Susan and Larry Delpit Jr. Darla Valliant and Jack Feldman Susan Greenberg Rudich and Howard Rudich Lisa and Lowell Hill Millie Kruger Mae and Joon Lee, MD Marilyn Misail Oarsmen Foundation Phyllis and Steven Spierer Joan and Herbert Stark

$50,000+ Ralph Allman and Family Ayne and Jack Baker Sandra Brunsmann Paul Chenglee and Bernadette Chao Deepak and Nandini Chopra Stephanie and Aaron De La Torre Francesca and Doug Deaver Harry and Frances Fleming Linda and Don Griffith Cindy and Bill Hagelstein Stephen and Amy Haw Mary Jo and Victor Hazard Jennifer and Paul Hennessey Ann and Steve Hinchliffe Peggy and Pei Huang Lori and Art Kaiser, DDS Evelyn D. Lapham Major and Cathy Lin Janette and Jacob Mandema

Allison and Rick Mayer Deana Buechel and Greg Mayer Laurie and Thomas McCarthy Carol McCully Carol and James McKay Karl and Carol McMillen McMillen Family Foundation Jane and Ajay Mehra Jacquelyne and Steven Miller Karen Vega and John Parks River Terminal Development Company – Tiffany and Jeffrey Neu Sima and Mahmood Saalabi Beatrice Sheng Lee and May Su Janice and Timur Tecimer Michael and Betty Tung Russell Varon Renee Warren Cliff and Tien Warren Colleen and Edward Whittemore, III

$25,000+ Renate and Steve A’Hearn Nadine and Ty Bobit James Philip Burt Michele and Robert Christensen Employee Ambassador Program Noelle and Paul Giuliano Joanna and Paul Giuliano Ronnie and Alan Goldstein Patricia and David Hempel Alfred Hill Carole Hoffman Clark Hsu and Sherry Chen Hsu Jody and Eric Jonsson Gina and Gregg Kirkpatrick Robert Koch John Lyons Colleen and James McKinnell, MD

Ann Marie and Michael Morris Lori and Tom O’Hern Jonathan Po, MD, and Harriet Po Mariam, Haroon, Erem and Ali Rashid Sandra Sanders Judith Sipes TF Educational Foundation Deborah and Tom Thomas Torrance Memorial Medical Staff Liz and Rich Umbrell Nancy Weisel Ann and Gary Zimmerman

$15,000+ Anonymous Donor Timothy and Sandra Armour Jamie Franco and Neil Bhayani, MD Summer A. Andrada, DMD, and Michael Chan, DMD COR Healthcare Medical Associates Randy and Luke Dauchot Donna and R. Stephen Doan Carolyn Elliott Regina and Dan Finnegan Jackie and Greg Geiger Robert Hayashi Gary Hunter Keenan & Associates Vicki and Jeff Kern Kim and Rick Leacock David McGowan Hangup and Michelle Moon Nina Ritter and Robert Mullarkey Twanna and Tim Rogers Laura and Marc Schenasi Elaine Scott Sam and Kay Sheth Phil Steinberg Janet and Ian Teague Teri and Rob Young Oren H. T. Yuen

$10,000+ Christy and Jay Abraham Lisa and Ken Baronsky Kevin Bidenkap

Jean Breedlove Patricia Brewster Diana Cutler Harv and Ruth Daniels Manjri and Rajendra Dhami Thyra Endicott, MD, and Rev. Jonathan Chute Clifford S. Evans Fred & Peggy Hartley Family Foundation Nan and Reed Harman Eve and Rick Higgins Merilee and Keith Hobbs Peter Johnson Judy and Craig Leach Barbara Demming Lurie and Mark Lurie, MD Marilyn and Ian MacLeod Andrea and John Mazzotta Murray Company Nancy and Steve Novokmet Karen and John Odom Celia and Robert Rothman Patricia Sacks, MD Jackie and Mark Schutz Torrance Emergency Physicians Linda and Robert Vallee Jr. Frances and Stanley Zee

$5,000+ Valerie and Chris Adlam Elisa I. Anhalt, MD, and Douglas Laurin Ruth L. Bartron Kathy Black Vinh Cam, MD, and Judy Nei Marci and Gilbert Castillo Susan and David Chan, MD Jim and Julie Chen Nancy Peterson and Dick Chun Digestive Care Consultants Medical Group Diane Liebenson and Thomas Duralde, MD Sally and Mike Eberhard Richard Einhorn Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association Charity Foundation

Robbie and Bill Foltz Patricia and Paul Francis Roy C. Fu, MD, and Denise Fu Judith Gassner Danielle and Mike Gatto Kathy and Rich Goldstein Carol H. Griest Shanna and Jack Hall Thomas Hill Lauren and Michael Johnson Steve Johnson Melinda and John Kirk, Jr. Song and David Klein Linda Yang and William Lai Connie and Jeff Lai, MD Stan and Barbara Levine Tracy and Andy Livian Heidi and John Mackenbach Mascari Dinh Architects Kak and David McKinnie Eric and Anna Mellor, MD Marilyn and Frank Miles Steve and Mary Morikawa Colleen O’Neill Pacific Road U.S.A. Jan Philbin Michele and Robert Poletti Margie and Terry Reiter Vincent Rios Nancy and Michael Rouse Tori and Jim Schladen John Sealy, MD Allyson and Alex Shen, MD Fay and Mitchell Sklar, MD Erin and Andrew Sloves Ellen and Clay Smith Ellen and Charlie Steinmetz Kuo Tao Joy and Kevin Theodora Sr. Torrance Anesthesia Medical Group Torrance Radiology Medical Group Stuart and Frances Tsujimoto Woven Foundation Mary and Steve Wright

$2,500+ Michaela and John Andrawis, MD James Andrews

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S u ppo rte r s Anonymous Donor Heidi Assigal and Gerhard Eberhart Deveena Chandra and Jay Bajaria Peggy and Cliff Berwald Karen S. Black, MD, and James Black, MD William Brewer Trudy Brown Elena and Larry Bruns Kathleen and Milton Campbell Jennifer and Chris Caras Patricia and Dick Carlson Nancy Carter Eldora Cathey Angel Cejo Chivaroli & Associates David S. Chung, MD, and Shannon Chung Nancy Combs Kathleen D. Crane and The Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr. Alyson and Dean Decker

Juli and Michael DiLustro EMCOR Services Mesa Energy Surf Management, Inc. - Steve Fechner Dianne and David Field Mary and Steven Fisher, MD Kathleen Frazier Bruce Goodman Beverly Harrison Patricia and James Hartman Ann and George Hartmann Jr. Lindsay Heaphy Daniel R. Hovenstine, MD, and Richard Bruno Laurie Inadomi-Halvorsen and Greg Halvorsen J. McKeeve Plumbing, Inc. Katherine and Kirk Johnson Ronna Katz Harold and Linda Koletsky Donna LaMont Tonny Meng-Che Lee, MD

David Lillington Pat and Richard Lucy Mary and David Matson Dorothy Mayer Donna McNeely Nirav Mehta Karen and Michael Melideo Maki and Clark Michel Myron and Luise Miller Roxanne and Ramin Mirhashemi, MD Mockett, Inc. Katy and Samuel Morris Lisa and Eric Nakkim, MD Nixon Peabody LLP Susann Norton Diana and Stephen Nuccion, MD Kristofer and Alexandra O’Dowd Maureen and Mario Palladini Payden & Rygel Trish and John Peterson Kelli and Edward Piken, MD

Amanda Clauson, MD, Jenny Luo, MD, Alexandra Grossman, MD, Erin Hansen, Rachel Cheong, Stephanie Tang, DO

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Melvin Pittman PNG Builders Theresa and John Pujol Michelle and David Rand, MD Ann and W. Jack Rode Adele Ruxton Diane and Eric Schott Marge Schugt Darcy and Kurt Cathy and Alan Siegel Deepjot Singh, MD Jerry Soldner Phyllis and Steven Spierer Robert Stephenson Gina Sulmeyer, MD, and Michael Arriola Ruth Sve Torrance Memorial IPA Torrance Radiation Oncology Assoc.

Triton Pacific Construction Group Jan and Doug Van Riper Grace Velez Camille and Peter Wall Julie and Rob Waller Karen Wong Dwight and Kay Yamada YPPA of Torrance Memorial Grace Yuan Patricia and Glenn Zacher Dora and Paul Zhang

$1,000+ Omar Aly, MD Ju and AJ Anderson Nadia Antii Kathleen and Randy Avakian Emily and Jerry Baker Bret Barrett Peggy and Morton Bauchman Stephanie and Brian Bezner Roberta Bissell Elaine Booth-Carnegis Mary Bradfield-Smith Diana and George Brandt John Braniff Heather Burt and Donald Legg Ann Buxton Edna Campbell

Zenaida Carrillo-Ramo Dolores and Alfred Cellier Bryan Chang, MD Michelle Charfen, MD, and Christian Horvath Christine Chui Keith T. Chumley, MD Philip W. Chung, MD, and Lauren Choi, MD Amanda Clauson, MD Fred Clayton Robert Clayton Kate and David Cocke Pam Crane Peter Croke Don Culler Shoshana and Phillip Cutler Jon and Tess David Lenore and John DeLuca Cindy and Steven Dennis Ujjwala Dheeriya, MD Fred DiBernardo Nancy and David DiCarlo Bobbie Diekmann James C. Ding, MD, and Marcia Ding, MD Thai Dinh Matthew Dobrin Anna Eakins Mary Ford Kyoung and Gary Frazier Neva Gallegos Debra and Damien Goldberg, MD Herna Gonzalez Teresa Gordon Justine and Andrew Gregorio Deborah Griffin Marnie and Dan Gruen Timme and Kurt Gunderlock Lori and Jerome Haig Steven Hansen Christine Hanson Mary and Peter Hazelrigg Donna Helstrom Sue and Gerald Herbers John F. Herrmann Christina Hicks Sonia Hidalgo-Noda Sharon Higgins

Bruce Hoerning Terry and Joe Hohm Jenn and Brandon Hohm Christina Hom Naiwei Hsu Lesley and Colin Hull Island Pacific Supermarket Patti and Allan Johnson John Johnson, MD Paul Kantor Jen and John Katnik J. Daniel Keenan Pam Chitamitara, MD, and Dana Kennedy, MD Anne Kienberger and Michael Schenauer Matthew Kim Kinecta Community Foundation Arlene and Michael Klosk Rachel A. Knopoff, MD, and Russell Dickerson, MD Louise Koch Kari Kolderup Sherry and Ian Kramer, MD Carol and Bill Kulencavich Wilfredo Lazarte Monica K. Lee, MD, and Ernest Kwok Linda Lee George and Christina Legg Jacqueline and Joe Leimbach Karen and Keith Lent Marilou Lieman Marina and Roman Litwinski, MD Ellen Liu Helaine and Steve Lopes Bill and Esther Lopez Laurie and Steve Love Jenny Luo, MD, and Bryce Fukunaga, MD Mona Madani, MD Usama Mahmood, MD Sudy and Bud Mayo Michaela and Shawn McGahey Sunny Y. Melendez, MD, and Ron Melendez, MD Richard P. Meyer, DDS Brian Miura, MD Diane and Ron Montalto

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S u ppo rte r s Ross Moore Doris and Gregory Morton Jeffrey Murdock Karen and Gene Naftulin, MD Sophia and Philippe Neveu Brenda Nowotka Christina and Phil Pavesi Phyllis Pelezzare Sarah Pivo Leslie and Todd Powley Wudhidham Prachumsri Karen and Dan Pryor Andrea and David Rand Debbie and Rolly Reyes Mary and Timothy Richardson Kelly and Chris Rogers Laura and James Rosenwald, III Susan Rubio Andrea and Jim Sala Denise Scarpetti Donna and Harry Schauwecker Krista and Tom Schlappatha Marlene Schultz and Philip Walent Madeline and Alex Schumacher Phyllis and René Scribe Heather and John Shay Laura and Tom Simko, MD George J. So, MD, and Hsin-Yi Lee, MD South Bay Gastroenterology Medical Group South Bay Serenity Group Elizabeth Spatz Spierer, Woodward, Corbalis & Goldberg Dan Stefferud Elliot T. Sumi, MD, and Nani Sumi Susan Swerdloff Stephanie L. Tang, DO David Tarlau Julie and Bruce Taylor Natalie and Dave Thorpe Laurie Hunter and Bob Tiedemann Jeff and Yuki Tom Jennifer Turnbull Mary Jo and Jerome Unatin, MD Karen Varon Terri and Dennis Cammarano Meg and Anthony Walker

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Kerry and David Wallis, MD Jodi and Jim Watkinson Susan and Wade Welch Brigid and James Wethe, MD Susan and Matthew Whelan Lisa and Mike Wilson Peter and Monica Wong Pat and Frank Yee Harry Yoshikawa Carla and Walter Zanino Glenn and Tricia Zacher

$500+ Martin Adler Cheryl and Mitchell Allred Melissa Andrus Anonymous Donor Melanie and Benjamin Archer Alejandra Arredondo Marcia and Lawrence August, MD Cecilia Banania Daniel Bauman Brenda and Doug Beatty Michele and Robert Bell Dena Bialick Danielle Boujikian Mary Bradanovic Kristen Brosseau Joy Burkhardt Agnes Butardo Gayleen and Calvin Callister John Campo, MD Anita Canfield Frederique Carver and Doug Popovich Stanley Chang, MD, and Joanne Chang Jennifer and Anthony Chen, MD Alan Chung and Shannon Cao Fern and Martin Cohen Cheryl and Stephen Connors CTBC Bank Corp. (U.S.A.) William Cunningham-Corso Kristin and Andrew Curren Ittie and Warren Cutting, DDS Sandra Daos Josefina David-Engel Janis Dickson

Susan Dilamarter Karla Burns and Brett Dillenberg Debbie and Stephen Dinsmore, MD Marina D’Souza, MD Marilyn K. Dubas Carla G. Duncan Claire and Carlos Durand Vanessa and Matt Dzamba El Camino College Foundation Roxanne and Bruce Ellison Mary Espinoza Don Estrada Justin Ficke Erin and Stan Fiorito Derrick Fisher Farnaz and Lawrence Flechner, MD Kimberly Flores Judith and Robert Frinier Doris Garber Maria Garcia Deborah and Moe Gelbart, PhD Marlyn Gershuny Aziz Ghaly, MD Tammy Ginder Maria Sass Goldstein and Jared Goldstein Nancy and Bob Gragg Violette Gray, MD, and Zachary Gray, MD Nancy Griffith, MD, and Richard Schell Suzanne and Paul Grudnitski Ryan Halvorsen Shreen Hamed Maral and Brian Hand Jeremiah Hargrave Jen Irwin and Charlie Hargraves Gina Harpur Margaret and Roger Haug Lynne Held Tammy Hierlihy Chih-Ming and Shirley Ho Sandra Hobbs Terri Hogan Linda Howard Janine and Steve Hunt Barbara Ignacio Carolyn and Randall Ito Janet and Michael Johnson

Aarchan R. Joshi, MD Mona and Derrick Kawamoto Dennis and Carrie Kikuno William E. Kim, MD, and Kay Kim David S. Kim, MD Danny Klein Alicia Kosmides Steve Kostrencich Patricia Kromka John and Yukiko Kuno Min Min Kyaw Nikki and Jon Lane Patricia and Steve Lantz Coreen and Steve Lanza Paula and Bill Larson Sandra Leahy Devi Legaspi Charlotte and Russ Lesser Kathy Levy and Kevin Fujimoto Andrea and Jamie Lewis, MD Cynthia Libertini Kenneth Libkin Kathleen Liverpool Jeffrey Love, Esq. Elizabeth Lowerison and Ralph Lopez Crystal and Roderick Macdonell Susan and David Mackenbach Fernando and Eva Sophia Magdaleno Ravi Mahalingam Patricia Mann Cynthia Manson Jessica Manumaleuna Wei Mao Vicky and Winston Mar Lisa and Christopher Martz Nancy Mateyka Iona Matson Lisa Humphreys, MD, and John McNamara, MD Elaine McRae Cheryl Medina Maria Mendoza Melany and Paul Merryman Julie Meyer Silvino MHP Structural Engineers Candace Millek Katherine V. Miller, MD

Rene Miller Anne Milliken Joanne and Marc Moser Mychal’s Learning Place Jeffrey and Tiffany Neu Rhoda Newman Jeanell Novak Young Oh Linna Oh-Loangkote and Eugene Oh Melissa Orr and Ken Aster Ronald Padilla Sarina Pai, DO Elizabeth Paul, MD Marissa Peate Luis Peralta Linda Perry Annette Porter Premier Infusion Care Talese and David Pulley Quatrine Home Linda and Allan Rahn Ann Raljevich Karen and Mike Randazzo Marcie and Scott Rees, DDS Bernie and Timothy Reid Magdalena Rodriguez Adriana and Sam Rodriguez Tiffany Rogers, MD Suzanne Rowland Pat and Marty Ruel Suellen and Abraham Santiago Jr. Susan Santos Catherine Sarcona Amanda and Todd Schenasi Robb and Donna Scoular Camilla Seferian Nikhil Selvakumar Connie Senner Pam and Brian Sherman, MD Stephanie and Brad Sherman Roya and Hicham Siouty, MD Lisa and Craig Smith Linda and David Smith South Bay Evergreen Seniors Association Grace and Greg St. Clair Corey Stanbury Kaylee and Mark Steinhauer Amanda and Rob Stewart

Michele and Tim Stratton Carol and John Stratton, MD Nancy and Larry Takahashi Eloise and Steven Thompson Wynne Torqueza Shelly Trites Irene and John Trotter, DDS Josephine Tuzzolino Veronica Urbano Brandy Van Zitter, RN Sandy VandenBerge Roksolana and Bernard Vecerek Villa Sorrento Abby and Bill Waddell Wendy Waldman Richard P. Walker Patrick Wecker David Weitzel Helene and Richard Whilden Betty Wilber Mollie Williams Sean and Veronica Yokoe Joanne Yoshida Wallace Yuki Candice Zee

$250+ Deborah Adkins-Messenger Charlotte Adlam and Zach Matos Dan Alexander Ambassador Christian School Sharon Amos Dawn Anfuso Dale Asti Elizabeth Bailey Gwendolyn Bailey Beverly Bailey Harriet Bailiss-Sustarsic Elizabeth Bamgbose Cindy and Matt Bandy Lisa Bargar Dawn Barry Lauren Bauer Irene Bayan Julie and Brian Beckman Bela Fit Jennis Belen Lance Bommelje

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Alexandra Grossman, MD Linda and Gerald Grossman Debra and Brian Haag Kathleen Hagemeier Rosalind Halikis Charlene and Jon Harrison Amelia Sulkowski and Bruce Harvey Natalie Hassoldt Maureen and Jeff Hawke Teri Hawkins Julie and James Hezlep Debbie Hoagland Michelle L. Holman Lena Miller-Horii and Dwayne Horii Kelly Houghton Jayanna Howerton David Hozaki Dede Hsu RoseAnn and Gerard Imbro Joyce Ishimoto Rosario Jarquin Joyce Johnson Miki Jordan Emenhiser Meredith and Josh Kaplan Carolin Keith Wade and Bob Wade Margaret and Robert Keller Sylvia and Gregory G. Kennedy Hanhye and Changkyun Kim Lea Ann King Wendy Klarik Diana and Fred Klink Mitch Koch Susan Koch Lisa and Michael Krantz Kathleen and Richard Krauthamer, MD Julie Krueger Cassandra and Chance Krutsinger John Kumashiro Shirley Langer Vivian Lee Paula Leeds Russell Lemley Catherine and Steve Leys Jan Lim David and Anne Lin Yvonne and William Liu, MD Czarina Lo and Austin Su

Linda Loftus Martha and Richard Lopez Leslie Low and Richard Kamm Maricarmen Luhrsen, RN Cathi and Albro Lundy Michelle Lusen Patricia Demarest Lynch and Brian Lynch Janet Ma Fred W. Mackenbach Patti and Barry MacNaughton Patricia MacNaughton Payal Maheshwari Kevin Mak, MD Ajay Malik Carol Mannino Yvonne Marin Michael Mariscal Jesse and Shanon Markward Annsley and Matthew Marshall Patrick Matteo Amber McAuley Marguerite McCormick Anne McCormick Katie McCullough Janet McElroy Jackie McGovern Susie McKinney Eva Mendenhall M’lissa Meyer Caro and John Miguelez Millennia Education Janice Miyashiro Karen Mohr Michele and James Mollenkamp, MD Glenda Moore Harriet Mizuno-Moyer and Stanford Moyer Vimal Murthy, MD Tamiko Nakama Toby Nakamoto Angella Ng Lori and Steve Nolls William Oberholzer Mark and Betty Okuma Mary Belen Ong Susan Osa Ronald Osborne

Elizabeth Packwood Shirley Pasion Patricia Pearce Penny Royal Players Joanne Peterson Lorrie Pethick Bang Pham, MD, and Dolly Pham Michele Pinkston Vilma Plagata Mary and Tony Podell Gretchen Privett Kitty Quan QuinStar Technology, Inc. Ashley Rabin Faye and Armando Ramos Deborah and Michael Richardson Samuel Rodriguez Melissa Roy Dottie and Vincent Rudinica Deena and William Ruth Barbara Sabo Arachely Sal-Carroll Letty Sanchez Nicholas Sanders Richard E. Saunders Tara and Mike Schimmel Nancy and Ralph Schmoller Carmen Scotten Uma Sethi Marianne Sfreddo and Richard Dumke Andrew Sheng, DMD, and Eunice Sheng John and Carolyn Sibbison Brooke Sigler Susan Sions Anica and Jay Soon William Soto Bert Stewart Deborah Sur Jacqueline Sussman Kelie Wu Tabangay Majd Tarakji Joani Thompson Torrance Chamber of Commerce Dianna Tyndall Aileen N. Ungab Maria V. Valdivia Larry Vallalba, Jr.

Angela and Eric von Detten Margaret and David Waite Lani and Roger Walker Robyn Westfall Wendy and Rhys Williams Edward Wirtz Sarah Wohn, PsyD Lori Woodman Frances Louisa Woodward Richard and Claire Yamashita Sylvia and Philip Yim Rosie Zamora Geraldine Zientek

$100+ Alice Abram Susie Adams Tomoko Akazawa Bibi and Ameer Ali Mary Ann Alvarez Mei and Kent Amano Diana Arceri Marci Arrizon Maria Arteaga Jose Asis Martha C. Austin Sara Avakian Phillip Baltazar William Battles Mary Beehler Melissa Benoit Michael Black Maricela Bordenave Ruth V. Borges Kris Bradbrook Carly Brandt Liliana Brankovic Betty Broughton Leigh Bryan Donna and James Bunn Lon Burns Evelyn and Robert Calip Crystal Castillo Leny Catamisan Davisson Chang Ming Chang Julie Che Potter and Josh Potter Cheryl Chobanian

Marcia Christensen Ingrid Cobb Coral Cortez Carolyn Cruz Curious...

Mina Dastgheib Leticia De La Torre Cynthia Deculus Geraldine Dela Cruz Tiffany and Russell Delia Anne and Ray Destabelle Heather Dixon Linda Dobie Margaret Johnson Doran Mary Eddy Marilyn Edwards Juliana Enge Ana Maria Espejo Kristina Farr Helen Flores Thomas Fox Joseph M. Friedrich, MD Carol Fukuchi Deborah Giles Kristy Gittings Jayne Glodowski Jill Golden Nicole Graves David Gyerman Lisa Hall Betty Halvorson Michael Harada Penny and Richard Hayes Jacqueline Hemmah Nathan Higashigawa Calvin Hirasuna Suellen Hosino Lisa Hughes Donald and Valerie Ishihara Shi Johnson Margaret Johnston Carol Kazahaya Cynthia Keus Freda Khan Margaret King Patty Koester Mikhail Kovshilovsky, MD Pooja Kumar, MD Debbie Landes

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S u ppo rte r s Patricia and Gerald Lanphen Judy Lebrillo Kristina Lenehan Chi Leung Nolan and Mary Jane Lew Liki T. Lima Robert Luetgens Lisa Magliano Wanda Maldonado Karla Marmol Elizabeth Marquez Carol and Thomas McGarry Kimberly McNeil Ashok Mehta Pamela and Harold Michael Lauren Mitchell Rosalyn Modeliste Trisha Mohammed-Stein Sally Moite Ashley Moore Wallace Murker George and Florence Nakakura Nikolina and Jimmy Naumovski Edward and Allisha Nazareth Sylvia Neville Dennis Noor Susana Noya Maricel Olvera Doris Paloma Michele Palombo Maria and Joseph Pangindian Hank R. Parker, CPA

Winston Pascual Donna Patch Steven Patrick Jennifer Patten Jaquelina Patti Harold Payne Marco Pech Fred and Ann Peitzman Patricia Perez David Phung Karol and Bob Plocky Tracey Pollack Gigi Portugal Karen Provin Mel and Patricia Quan Felicia Quintana Sherry Rafters Christopher Rama Denzil Ramdhanie Paul Reasbeck Sondra and Edward Regan Rhea and Patrick Rendon Laura Renfro Lee Ann and Jerry Ripperger Sara Robinson Joanne and Michael Romanelli Jr. Sandra and William Rosen Ana Salinas Angela and Isabelo Salva Amanda SanClemente Khushboo Sareen Alia Schiltgen

Mary Schneider Mark and Lyyne Sedlacek Ernesto Segura Christine Serra-Harris Linda Shapiro Cheryl Shaw Heather and John Shay John Singh Lorraine Smith Mary and Dale Spiegel Jr. Edna Steel Michael Steele Madhulika Subherwal Marcy N. Taguchi Lisa and Daryl Takata Remer Tangoan Adolphus Tate III Dorothy Teja Trudi and Timothy Tessalone Mei and Steve Tsai Vivian Tsang-Harada Cesar Valle Katherine Van Meter Anna Liza Vanderhoof Bao Vu Michelle Glaser and John Weiner Nancy Yang Yasmin Yap-Mariano Beth and Nelson Zager Tiffani and Cesar Zanelli

Elaine Scott Colleen and Edward Whittemore, III Diane and Bill Wingerning

William E. Kim, MD, and Kay Kim Allison and Rick Mayer Marilyn and Frank Miles Jacquelyne and Steven Miller Christina and Phil Pavesi Phyllis Pelezzare Mary and Timothy Richardson Ellen and Clay Smith Robin and RJ Smith Diane and Bill Wingerning Terry and Jim Witte

AMBASSADORS VISIONARY Buff and Shine MFG, Inc Sandy Behrens Louise and John Bretney Timme and Kurt Gunderlock Cindy and Bill Hagelstein Diane and Davis Moore Nancy and Steve Novokmet Jonathan Po, MD, and Harriet Po Twanna and Tim Rogers Celia and Robert Rothman

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PREMIER Chevron U.S.A. Valerie and Chris Adlam Frank Y. An, MD Jean Breedlove Susan and David Chan, MD Patricia and Paul Francis

PLATINUM Patricia and Dick Carlson David S. Chung, MD, and Shannon Chung Louise and David Clinton Nancy Combs Alyson and Dean Decker Donna and R. Stephen Doan Peggy and Robert Dowell Diane Liebenson and Thomas Duralde, MD Dorothy and Bill Farris Melanie Friedlander, MD Rosalind Halikis Ann and George Hartmann Jr. Lindsay Heaphy Stan and Barbara Levine Trish and John Peterson Lori and Ray Richard Tamara Ritchey Powers Robert Stephenson Ellen and Pat Theodora Jan and Doug Van Riper Nancy Weisel Gina and Bill Whittlesey Lisa and Mike Wilson Dwight and Kay Yamada Andrea and Michael Zislis

GOLD Michele and William Averill, MD Peggy and Morton Bauchman Peggy and Cliff Berwald John D. Blakey, MD Trudy Brown Vinh Cam, MD, and Judy Nei Jim and Julie Chen Philip W. Chung, MD, and Lauren Choi, MD Priscilla and Frank Clark Pam Crane Marina D’Souza, MD Lenore and John DeLuca Juli and Michael DiLustro James C. Ding, MD, and Marcia Ding, MD Beth A. Dorn, MD Suzann and Don Douthwright Laura Fenn Mariann and Matt Fragner Jeannine and Dennis Frandsen

Cindy Wells, Michelle Rand Angela and Dean Furkioti, DDS Judith Gassner Jackie and Greg Geiger Marnie and Dan Gruen Christine Hanson Donna Helstrom Beth and Erik Higgins Merilee and Keith Hobbs Erin Hoffman and Heidi Hoffman, MD Kalpana Hool, MD, and Hugo Hool, MD Daniel R. Hovenstine, MD, and Richard Bruno Sandy and Karl Jackson John Johnson, MD Susan and Lawrence Kneisley, MD Rachel A. Knopoff, MD, and Russell Dickerson, MD Harold and Linda Koletsky Paula and Arthur Kozinski Sherry and Ian Kramer, MD Patricia Kromka Patricia and Thomas LaGrelius, MD Donna LaMont Monica K. Lee, MD, and Ernest Kwok George and Christina Legg Charlotte and Russ Lesser Tracy and Andy Livian Melody and Thomas Lowe, MD

Vicky and Winston Mar Sunny Y. Melendez, MD, and Ron Melendez, MD Karen and Gene Naftulin, MD Warren Oda and Juliet Chang Karen and John Odom Judith K. Opdahl† Delores Parcell Elizabeth Paul John and Theresa Pujol Robin and Steven Rome Raquel Roy Laura and Marc Schenasi Marlene Schultz and Philip Walent Robert Sickler Mae and Deren Sinkowitz, MD Fay and Mitchell Sklar, MD George J. So, MD, and Hsin-Yi Lee, MD Ruth Sve Irene Terrell Charles Turek, MD Mary Jo and Jerome Unatin, MD Karen Varon Terri and Dennis Cammarano Susan and Wade Welch Brigid and James Wethe, MD Susan and Matthew Whelan Cynthia L. Williams, MD, and Alan Gahleb

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S u ppo rte r s Judith and Barry Wolstan, MD Peter and Monica Wong Cathi and R. Michael Wyman, MD Khrystyna Pavlova and Riad Adoumie, MD Lori and David Baldwin John D. Blakey, MD James Cabaniss Judy Dabinett Karen Gottlieb Christine Haidos Kim and Donald Inadomi, MD Alma and Barry Johnsin, DDS Laurie and Steve Love Lori and Joel Marfield Sudy and Bud Mayo Catherine Melton Patricia and Larry Murphy Melanie R. O’Regan Allyson and Alex Shen, MD

SILVER Christy and Jay Abraham Michaela and John Andrawis, MD Robert F. Appell, PharmD Marcia and Lawrence August, MD Cindy and Matt Bandy Elena and Larry Bruns Edna Campbell Frederique Carver and Doug Popovich Ittie and Warren Cutting, DDS Farnaz and Lawrence Flechner, MD Karen and John Freeman Elaine and Byron Gee Deborah and Moe Gelbart, PhD Nancy and Keith Hauge Chih-Ming and Shirley Ho Lindsay and Peter Imwalle David S. Kim, MD Gigi and David Kramer

John and Yukiko Kuno Martha and David Leveille, MD Kenneth Libkin Helaine and Steve Lopes Marjory and John McKeeve Lisa Humphreys, MD, and John McNamara, MD Roxanne and Ramin Mirhashemi, MD Ann and Daniel Mueller Vimal Murthy, MD Mary and Dennis Noble Elizabeth Paul, MD Maria Pavlick Robyn and Al Peacock III Linda Perry Candace and Larry Poindexter Alfons and Louise Ribitsch Janette Russ-Roberts Kathy and Romolo Santarosa Suellen and Abraham Santiago Jr. Marcia and Michael Schoettle Barbara L. Schulz, MD Robin and RJ Smith Bert Stewart Carol and John Stratton, MD William Tarng, MD Janice and Timur Tecimer B.B. and Jefferson Wang Robyn Westfall Mary and Scott Wheatley Kathy and David Willock Curtice Wong, MD Arlene Yakush Ellen and George Zelinsky Ann and Gary Zimmerman Michele and Robert Bell Diana and George Brandt Anita Canfield Andrea and Jamie Lewis, MD Lisa and Christopher Martz

Joanne and Marc Moser Carmen and Gordon Schaye, MD Carolyn Snyder†

HONORARY Ruth and Harv Daniels Sally and Mike Eberhard Barbara Demming Lurie and Mark Lurie, MD Kak and David McKinnie Joy and Kevin Theodora Sr. Russell Varon

LIFETIME Gail and Doug Allen, CLU Betty Belsky Achara and Thomas Cowell, MD Virginia and Dennis Fitzgerald Sherry and Thomas Gossett, MD Patti and Al Hermann Carole Hoffman Terry and Joe Hohm Kathleen and Richard Krauthamer, MD Sylvia and Robert Laxineta, DDS Judy and Craig Leach Pat and Richard Lucy Carol Magee Cheryl Melville Genevieve and Hugh Muller Robin and Norman Panitch, MD Ellen and Fraser Perkins, MD Kellie and Edward Piken, MD Carlene and Edward Reuscher Patricia Sacks, MD Beya and Robert Schaeffer Jr., MD Laura and Tom Simko, MD Kimberly and David Stone, MD Tina and Peter Vasilion Erin and Patrick Yeh, MD

YOUNG PHYSICIANS & PROFESSIONALS ALLIANCE (YPPA) Christy and Jay Abraham Charlotte Adlam and Zach Matos Nicole Alexander-Spencer, MD Janice and Mark Ancheta, MD

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Michaela and John Andrawis, MD Elisa Anhalt, MD, and Doug Laurin Nadia Antii Melanie and Benjamin Archer

Alejandra Arrendondo, RN Liz Bamgbose, PhD, CRNA Cindy and Matt Bandy Megan and Andrew Bark

YPPA hikers: Dave Mackenbach, Heidi Mackenbach, Aley Arredondo, Nadine Bobit, Jamie McKinnell, MD, Sophia Neveu Bret Barrett Dawn Barry Lauren Bauer Stephanie Bezner, Esq. and Brian Bezner Tasneem Bholat, MD, and Sam Alherech Kevin Bidenkap, CFP Cynthia Blinn-Bauer Nadine and Ty Bobit Danielle Boujikian John Campo, MD Joanne and Stanley Chang, MD Rex Chang, MD, and TC Nguyen, MD Cody Charnell Pam Chitamitara, MD, and Dana Kennedy, MD Christine Chui Amanda Clauson, MD, and Sanjay Arora, MD Susanna Wolfe-Corpus and Ronald Corpus William and Josh Cunningham-Corso Shoshana and Phillip V. Cutler Kristen Damon, Esq. and Drew Damon Heather Davis Sara Deen, DDS, and Omer Deen, MD Gregory Dell Angela and Eric von Detten Ujjwala Dheeriya, MD

Alice Diego-Malit, MD Donna and R. Stephen Doan Carissa and Benjamin Ellis Joseph Friedrich, MD Denise and Roy Fu, MD Aziz Ghaly, MD Laurie Glover Maria Sass Goldstein and Jared Goldstein Teresa Gordon Justine and Andrew Gregorio Lori and Jerome Haig Ryan Halvorsen Erin and Kurt Hansen, MD Charlie Hargraves and Jennifer Irwin Erin and Heidi Hoffman, MD Jenn and Brandon Hohm Michaelle Luna Holman, RN Richard Huynh, MD Lisa Humphreys, MD, and John McNamara, MD Surja and Sushan Joshi, MD Kathleen Jucar Kang Family Dawn and Bo Kaplan Jennifer and John Katnik Veronica and Jeff Kern Lynn Kim

Terrence Kim, MD Chiaki and Aaron Klapper Song and David Klein Pooja Kumar, MD Connie and Jeffrey Lai, MD Gretchen Lent, MD Kathy Levy, RN Catherine and Stephen Leys Cynthia Libertini, RN, and Federico Libertini Jeffrey Love, Esq. Beth Lowerison, RN Jenny Luo, MD, and Bryce Fukunaga, MD Heidi and John Mackenbach Susan and David Mackenbach Courtney and Ryan Mansour Mona Madani, MD Annsley and Matthew Marshall Colleen and James McKinnell, MD Kristen and Oliver Mindur Kimberly McNeil, RN Chaitali and Akshay Mehta, MD Maki and Clark Michel Brian Miura, MD Katy and Samuel Morris Vimal Murthy, MD Nadav Nahumi, MD Lisa and Dan Nguyen

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S u ppo rte r s Sophia and Philippe Neveu Jeanell Novak Walter Nunez Maria Olton, RN and Dru Olton Sarina Pai, DO Jennifer and Victor Pan Francine Park, MD Angela Park-Sheldon and Hank Sheldon Sejal and Maneesh Penkar, MD Luis Peralta Lizzette Perdue William Rehrig Vincent Rios Maggie Rodriguez, RN Dani Rodriguez-Brindicci and Ricc Brindicci Nick Sanders

Andrea and Marc Sasso Andrew Schumacher, MD Madeline and Alex Schumacher Allyson and Alexander Shen, MD Stephanie and Brad Sherman Pamela and Brian Sherman, MD Karen Shum, DPM Brooke Sigler, CPA, and Marty Sigler Julie Sim, MD Kristin and Baker Smith Cyndy and Joseph Spierer Kellie and Todd Stender Brittany and Jason Stone Cassie Parra and Jeffrey Su Gina Sulmeyer, MD, and Michael Arriola Stephanie Tang, DO

William Tarng, MD Natalie Thorpe, RN and Dave Thorpe Wynne Torqueza, RN Shelly Trites, RN Elizabeth and Richard Umbrell Brandy VanZitter, RN Meg and Anthony Walker Colleen and Jim Watson Cyn and David Weitzel Mollie Williams Sarah Wohn, PsyD Basil Younes, MD Hilary and Clay Zachry Terri Zajec Andrea and Michael Zislis

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Nadia Antii, CRPC Gregory Becker, Esq. Beti Tsai Bergman, Esq. (Co-Chair) Stephanie Bezner, Esq. Kevin Bidenkap, CFP, ChFC, CLU, CEPA Gene Brown, CLPF Yvonne Chavez, CLPF Chris Cordoba, CFP Claire Durand, CFP

Nancy Gragg, CWS (Co-Chair) Suzanne Grudnitski, CLPF Ali Haidar, MBA Eric Harris, Esq. Brandon Hohm, CPA Carol Kulencavich, CPA Angela Park Sheldon, CFP, AEP Karen Pryor Gregory Schill, CFP

F. Thomas Schlappatha, CFP Grace Greer St. Clair, Esq. Larry Takahashi, CFP Tiana Takenaga Sylvia Thompson Mark Tsujimoto Stuart Tsujimoto, CFP Abby Waddell

HERITAGE SOCIETY Georgina Albi James Andrews Karen† and Robert Armstrong Ayne and Jack Baker Lenore Bemis Elaine Booth-Carnegis Jan and Virgil Bourgon Lucy Bradley Robert† and Patricia Brewster Gail and Robert Brierley Mimi Brody Maria Buechler James Philip Burt James R. Cabaniss

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Marie† and James Campbell Janet and Arun Chaudhuri Kim McCarthy and Benjamin Cheng Francine and Phillip Cook Melody and Gary Cooper Vicki and Michael Curran Joyce and Robert Daniels Ruth and Harv Daniels Manjri and Rajendra Dhami Ginny Dixon and John Dixon Sheri and Casey Dodge Arlene and ✝Dale† Dorman Thyra Endicott, MD, and

Jonathan Chute Judy English and William Crudup, MD† Janet Esposito Jack Feldman and Darla Valliant Rose and Sam Feng Frances and Harry Fleming Myrna Frame Jeanina and Herbert Franck Henry Frankenberg Judith and Robert Frinier Sidney Gamber Susan Glessner Irene Goldman and David Sato†

Rebecca Gonzales and James Ng Susan Goodlerner, MD, and Edward Wolfman Karen Gottlieb Patricia Hansen Patricia and Gary Hathaway, MD† Donna Helstrom Patricia and David Hempel Joan Henderson Eve and Rick Higgins Kitty† and Alfred Hill Keiko and Allen Hochstein Carole Hoffman

Daniel Hovenstin, MD Donald† and Priscilla Hunt Gary Hunter Maude Infantino David and Tracy Isenberg June Kaneoka Ronna and Robert† Katz Amy Kim Robert Koch Micki and Norman Lasky, MD Scott Lasky Judy and Craig Leach Irving Levine Ian and Cynthia Logan Hilary Lord Patricia and Richard Lucy Melanie and Richard Lundquist Barbara Demming-Lurie and Mark Lurie, MD Judith Maizlish Larry Maizlish Franceen† and Michael McClung Del McCulloch Carol McCully Kak and W. David McKinnie Sandra and Kenneth McKivett Linda Severy McMahon and

Jerold McMahon Carol and Karl McMillen Rita and Joseph Meistrell Catherine Melton Cheryl Melville Richard Meyer, DDS Luise and Myron Miller Evie Perrone Mitchell Doris and Gregory Morton Steve Nash Susann Norton Colleen O’Neill Kenneth O’Rourke Lore and Marvin Patrick Christina and Phillip Pavesi Nancy Peterson and Richard Chun Fran and Rod Peveler Judy and Daniel Platus Donna and John† Prysi Deborah and Rolly Reyes Mary and Timothy Richardson Betty Jane and Ernest Rivera Karen and Tom Roa Lavonne and Jerome† Rodstein Kristen Wagner, DDS, and Richard Rounsavelle, DDS

Joe Meistrell, Rita Meistrell Laura and Marc Schenasi Diane and Eric Schott Barbara Schulz, MD Elaine and David Scott, MD† René and Phyllis Scribe John Sealy, MD Steve and Christine Sheng Judith and Sherrill† Sipes Joan F. Stahura Joan and Herbert Stark Deborah and Donald Stewart Thelma† and Phil Steinberg Michael Stull Nancy and Douglas Teulie

Inge Thompson Frances and Stuart Tsujimoto Carolyn† and Charles Turek, MD Sandy VandenBerge Marcela and John Vanhara Susan Warner Lily Weckerly Nancy Weisel Carol A. Wharton Lois and Richard Winters Teri and Rob Young Frances and Stanley Zee

Lance Bommelje Ricc Brindicci Joy Burkhardt Heather Burt Agnes Butardo Changrong Cheng Alan Chung Phil Cutler Michelle Dahle Sandra E. Daos Josefina David-Engel Tami and Tanu DeVine Jann & Dan Dickson Josephine Espejo Mary E. Espinoza Don Florentino Estrada Justin Ficke

Erin Fiorito Kimberly Flores Maria Garcia Tammy Ginder Herna Joy Gonzalez Jeremiah Hargrave Keith Hobbs Linda Howard David Hozaki Barbara Jane Ignacio Carolyn Ito Mike and Janet Johnson Anne Kienberger Carrie Kikuno Daniel Klein Alicia Kosmides Min Min Kyaw

† Deceased

EMPLOYEE AMBASSADORS PREMIER $1,000+ Heidi Assigal Dan Bauman Mary Bradfield-Smith Zenaida Carrillo-Ramo Dolores Cellier Peggy Crabtree Mary Ford Judith Gassner Debbie Griffin Shanna Hall Christina Hicks Naiwai Hsu Paul Kantor Dennis Kikuno Wilfredo Jay Lazarte

Mary Matson Tami Nakama David Rand Chris Rogers Laura Schenasi Julie Taylor Mary Wright

BENEFACTOR $500+ Catherine Agpaoa Nancy Agustin Melissa Andrus Cecilia Ani Kathie Avakian Cecilia Banania Bret Barrett

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S u ppo rte r s Sandra Langhammer Steve Lantz Bill Larson Donald Legg Patricia Leonard Fernando & Eva Sophia Magdaleno Patricia Mann Cindy Manson Wei Q. Mao Marguerite McCormick Elaine McRae Maria L. Mendoza Mary Ann Merritt Melany Merryman René Miller Anne Milliken Rhoda M. Newman Young Oh Betsy (Mary) Osborne Ronald Padilla Lorena Maria G. Pascual Ann Raljevich Karen Randazzo Bernadette Reid Addy Rodriguez Susan Santos Catherine Sarcona Connie Senner Heather Shay LaDonna & Joe Shea Michael R. Steele Devi Sutrisna Natalie Thorpe Veronica Urbano Sandy VandenBerge Patrick Wecker Betty Wilber Sean Yokoe Joanne Yoshida

SPONSOR $250+ Mary Ann J. Alvarez Gwendolyn Bailey Lisa Bargar Irene L. Bayan Jennis Belen Susan Castillo

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Heidi (Hae) Chong Danielle Cosgrove Jeanette M. Cutuli Lety De La Torre Maria Eclevia Cheryl Ely Carlos Fernandez Alfrenda Gonzales Kathy Hagemeier Natalie Hassoldt Debbie Hoagland Rosario Jarquin Changkyun Kim Susan Koch Julie A. Krueger John Kumashiro Esther Lopez Maricarmen Luhrsen Patrick Matteo Anne McCormick Pamela Michael Barbara Minami Janice Miyashiro Glenda M. Moore Nancy Mukai Mary Ong Shirley Rose Pasion Paty Pearce Lizzette Perdue Vilma Plagata Zenaida Poquiz Armando & Faye Ramos Debbie Reyes Sam Rodriguez Arceli Salanguit Dan Schakel Susan Sions Dianna Tyndall Aileen N. Ungab Maria Valdivia Larry Villalba, Jr. Dianne Wood Lori Woodman Phil and Sylvia Yim Rosie Zamora Carla Duhovic Richard & Martha Lopez

DONORS $100+ Susie Kim Adams Tomoko Akazawa Bibi Ali Oliva Arcala Maria Arteaga Jose Albert Rey Asis Sheryl Y. Au Sara K. Avakian Sara Cruz Baldos Mary Beehler Melissa Benoit Maricela Bordenave Carly Brandt Liliana Brankovic Dinah Cabalatungan Evelyn Calip Crystal Castillo Rosalinda Catamisan Julie Che-Potter Ingrid Cobb Coral Cortez Carolyn Cruz Mina Dastgheib Geraldine De La Cruz Heather Dixon Linda Dobie Margaret Doran Mary J. Eddy Juliana S. Enge Ana Maria Espejo Marissa Farol Helen Flores Tom Fox Carol E. Fukuchi Sidney Gamber Jill Golden Mary Accetta Goodloe Zorayda Gozun Tracey Green Cathy Guthrie Jacqueline Hemmah Mary Hersh Bruce A. Hershberger Vickie Hershberger Nathan Higashigawa Suellen G. Hosino Lisa G. Hughes

Valerie Ishihara Cynthia Keus Freda Khan Kimberley Koontz Cassandra Krutsinger Chance Krutsinger Gerald and Trisha Lanphen Ashley Lavezzari Judy Grace Lebrillo Kristina Lenehan Chi Leung Mary Jane & Nolan Lew Liki Lima Christine Lopez Elizabeth Lowerison Elizabeth Marquez Johnny Medina Lauren Mitchell Rosalyn Modeliste Allisha Nazareth Edward Nazareth Maricel Olvera Martha D. Ortiz Michele Palombo Wendy Pangindian Winston Pascual Donna Patch Jennifer Patten Jaquelina Patti Patricia Perez David Phung Steve Porter Gigi C. Portugal Paul Pourzia Karen Provin Felicia Quintana Sherry L. Rafters Christopher Rama Denzil Ramdhanie Richard Rivera Dottie Rudinica Ana Salinas Isabelo Salva Angela Salva Alia Schiltgen Ernesto Segura Christine Serra-Harris John Singh Lorraine Smith

Madhu Subherwal Lisa Takata Remer Tangoan Keith/Adolphus Tate, III Terry D. Thomas Steven Thompson Beryl Tokunaga Wynne and Alan Torqueza Mei Tsai Cesar Valle Tara E. Victoria Wendy Vilca Bao Vu Lani Walker Laura Wilhelm Yasmin Yap-Mariano Tiffani Zanelli

FRIEND $50+ Alicia Alcazar Mei Amano Kent Amano Arlene Amigable

Ashley Archuleta Aley Arredondo Jacqueline Ayres Dawn Barry Lauren Bauer Marnie Bay Marisa Bay Kyomi Bolender Danielle Boujikian Josephine Boyon Glenda Buranasombati Caroline Cabilogan Felicidad Cabuena Cathrine Cainglet Thelma Carbonell Luzviminda B. Cartera Yan C. Bobbie Arliene P. Chang Elizabeth Cinco Linda Diaz Priscilla Ednilao Lauren Epstein Maria D. Gonzalez Michael Hanson

Corrine Hidalgo Tokiko Imai Nirachorn Intaruk Lynn Jagger Lisa A. Kiyohara Blanca Lardizabal Vivian Lee Devi Legaspi Susan Lieu Liza Lumanlan-Domingo Erica J. McClister Matthew Morales Sanjeshni Murphy Nooshin Naghsheh Sophia Neveu Sue-Ann Nouchi Eliza Oliveros Melissa O’Malley Moracjprm Omtaril Randy Patman Pat Quan Sophia Ramirez Maria D. Rangel Cora Roa

Laura Tweedt Roybal May Santos Rinnah T. Sapitanan Vilma H. Sapitanan Jamie Schneider Kathleen Sheridan Schumm Khalid Shariff Manette Sinkus Richard Tejada Shelly Trites Bertha Turk

Hammitt International City Theatre Jus’ Poke Little Sister El Segundo Locale90 Neapolitan Pizza Market Helaine and Steve Lopes Los Angeles Kings Lucky Dawg Grooming Salon Magic Castle Medawar Jewelers Musical Theatre West My Saint My Hero Valerie Ogawa Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club Palos Verdes Florist Palos Verdes Golf Club Palos Verdes Tennis Club PCB Label Company Primo Italia

Rancho Palos Verdes The Rex Steakhouse Rolling Hills Country Club Laura and Marc Schenasi Theodore Schwartz Sam and Kay Sheth Seychelles Shoes Cathy and Alan Siegel Michael Sims Phyllis and Steven Spierer South Bay Plastic Surgeons Nando Trattoria Trump National Golf Course, UCLA Athletic Department Walteria Cleaners Wine Shoppe Ann and Gary Zimmerman

RETIREE Betsy Biggins Kathryn Braasch Sandra Nazareth Bert Stewart

IN-KIND DONATIONS PREMIER ($10,000+)

CONTRIBUTORS

Jennifer and Anthony Chen, MD DIFF Charitable Eyewear Jackie and Greg Geiger Melanie and Richard Lundquist Sodexo Frank and Sandy Yang Simplehuman Andrea and Michael Zislis

Christy and Jay Abraham Alpha-Lit South Bay Aquarium of the Pacific Armstrong Garden Center Beauty Treats Spa Bettolino Kitchen Salma Bruno Nancy Peterson and Dick Chun Cliff and Austin Claydon Distinquished Speaker Series DuBunne Day Spa French Kande Four Season Maui at Wailea Tyler Fukumoto Gaetano’s Restaurant Grace and Louis Giovannetti Golftec H2O Hermosa Kande Hall

$5,000+ ClearWave Orthodontics Gina and Gregg Kirkpatrick Jeffrey and Tiffany Neu The Strand House

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“SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE AND EXTEND YOUR HELP ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO CANNOT REPAY YOU — THE HEARTFELT JOY YOU RECEIVE WILL BE FAR GREATER.” — AZIZ GHALY, MD

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