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A VITAL CAMPAIGN

WRITTEN BY PHIL PAVESI

As a young kid growing up in a coal mining town outside Pittsburgh, I was taught by my father, an electrician and plumber, the value of a strong work ethic and treating people fairly and with dignity. Serving on the Foundation board since 2008, it has been a remarkable experience to collaborate with other board members, medical staff, volunteers and employees who embody these values by providing exceptional care for our community.

My life was saved twice by Torrance Memorial—the first time for cancer and again for a nearly blocked heart artery. My wife, Christina, and I feel very fortunate to live in Palos Verdes, and our community is blessed to be served by Torrance Memorial Medical Center. For 11 straight years, Torrance Memorial has been ranked in the top 3% in the state by U.S. News & World Report.

While I was still working in aerospace, I ran the TRW company contributions committee and provided funding for the Torrance Memorial Polak Breast Diagnostic Center. After I retired, it became a natural fit to join the Foundation board and become a hospital Patron—a decision I have always been very happy with. It has given me a firsthand look at the tremendous compassion and clinical expertise provided by highly talented and caring personnel at this vital medical center. We are fortunate to have this level of care in our South Bay communities.

Torrance Memorial is now planning a vital expansion of the emergency department. In 2021, 65,000 patients came to the department. In 2022, that number swelled to nearly 90,000—approximately 250 people per day—of which nearly 20% require admission. Despite this tremendous demand for

emergency services, the staff has worked tirelessly to get us through the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining respectful performance statistics. Now the community’s help is needed to expand the capacity, efficiency and access to lifesaving emergency care. The multiyear $40 million expansion will nearly double the department’s size and feature a two-story environment designed with the future in mind. Our community is thankful to be served by Torrance Memorial’s medical experts, innovative technology and state-of-the-art facilities without ever leaving the South Bay. I encourage our community to continue to support Torrance Memorial with their generosity. Supporting a hospital that has saved my life twice has been an honor and privilege. I am grateful. •

Christina and Phil Pavesi enjoy attending the Holiday Festival Gala. This year's fundraising efforts will support the expansion of the emergency department.

PHOTO BY VINCENT RIOS

TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MARK LURIE, MD, PRESIDENT

Codirector, Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute

PHIL PAVESI, VICE PRESIDENT

Retired Aerospace Executive, TRW

GREG GEIGER, TREASURER

Principal, Westport Capital Partners, LLC

HEIDI HOFFMAN, MD, SECRETARY

Radiology, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

JOSEPH HOHM, CPA/JD, OFFICER Medical Accounting Service, Inc.

PATRICK THEODORA, OFFICER

Cofounder and Chairman, DocMagic

MICHAEL ZISLIS, OFFICER

Owner, The Zislis Group

BOARD MEMBERS

CHRISTY ABRAHAM

Community Volunteer

NADINE BOBIT

Community Volunteer

JOHN G. BAKER

Founding Partner, The Brickstone Companies

HARV DANIELS

Retired Airline Executive

THYRA ENDICOTT, MD

Radiation Oncology, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

PAUL G. GIULIANO

President, Integrated Food Service

ALAN GOLDSTEIN

First Vice President PVG Group, RBC

Wealth Management

GINA KIRKPATRICK

Community Volunteer

SONG CHO KLEIN

Community Volunteer

CONNIE LAI, ESQ.

Board Chair, JI REN Primary School

Former Litigator, Musick Peeler

RICHARD E. LUCY Investor

LAURIE MCCARTHY

Retired Investment Banker

W. DAVID MCKINNIE, III

Consultant, McKinnie Consulting

ERIC C. NAKKIM, MD Emergency Medicine, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

TOM O’HERN

CEO and Director, The Macerich Company

RICHARD K. ROUNSAVELLE, DDS General Dentistry

MICHAEL ROUSE

Retired VP of Philanthropy & Community Affairs, Toyota Motor Sales

PATRICIA SACKS, MD

Retired Radiologist, The Vasek and Anna Maria

Polak Breast Diagnostic Center

SAM SHETH

Cofounder and Senior Managing Director, VerityPoint

STEVEN SPIERER

Partner, Spierer, Woodward, Corbalis & Goldberg

JANICE TECIMER

Community Volunteer

RUSSELL VARON

Owner, Morgan’s Jewelers

ANN ZIMMERMAN

Community Volunteer

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 receive this publication, please contact marketing communications at 310-517-4706.

A Publication of the Torrance Memorial Foundation

EDITOR

Julie Taylor

DIRECTOR, MARKETING

COMMUNICATIONS

Erin Fiorito

PUBLISHER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Vincent Rios

COPY EDITOR

Laura Watts

CONTRIBUTORS

Lisa Buffington

Melani Morose Edelstein

John Ferrari

Diane Krieger

Phil Pavesi

Tom Schlappatha

Nancy Sokoler Steiner

Melissa Bean Sterzick

Laura Roe Stevens

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Deidre Davidson

Philicia Endelman

Mary Ford

Micheal Neveux

Vincent Rios

MIRACLE OF LIVING

Lectures are held in person and on Zoom on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm*

Hoffman Health Conference Center

3315 Medical Center Drive, Torrance

Information and questions: 310-784-3707

All lectures will provide a current state of COVID-19 and vaccine distribution update.

May 17

Stroke/Movement Disorder

June 21

Caregiver Stress Syndrome

July 19

Sleep Disorders

August 16 Vertigo & Dizziness

September 20 Everything Feet

October 18 Cancer

November 15 Aging

Visit TorranceMemorial.org/healthy-living for links to upcoming lectures and to view our library of past lectures.

*All dates and topics are subject to change

37TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023

Palos Verdes Golf Club

3301 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Check-In

10:00 a.m.

Driving Range/Practice Putting

10 to 11:30 a.m.

Barbecue Lunch

10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Stampede Putt

11:45 a.m.

Shotgun Star noon

Cocktails & Silent Auction

5 to 6 p.m.

Reception & Awards

6 p.m.

Golfers and sponsors are encouraged to call or reply early as spaces are limited and the tournament will sell out quickly.

Call: 310-517-4703

Visit: TorranceMemorialFoundation.org/golf

PATRON PROFILE

Randy and Luke Dauchot — Making a difference from the Midwest to the South Bay

PROGRESS NOTES

10 Torrance Memorial and Cedars-Sinai celebrate five-year anniversary of affiliation

12 A bouquet of thanks – the Daisy Award recognizes extraordinary nurses

16 Made to order – nutrition plays a role in healing

18 A family story – Dan Pryor tells of the miraculous work of the emergency department

CLINICAL SPOTLIGHT

20 Innovation and new technologies improve choice, outcomes and health

EVERY DONATION COUNTS

24 Photographing newborn babies, Luminaries & Novas, gift totes for NICU babies, Shirley Ho, LA Philharmonic and the LA Kings all give back

AMBASSADORS CORNER

30 Ankush Chhabra, MD – interventional cardiologist and die-hard Oklahoma Sooner fan

FUTURE FOCUS

32 Colleen O'Neill is deeply committed to service

33 SECURE Act 2.0 provision

YPPA PLAY-BY-PLAY

34 Matt and Annsley Marshall find there is no place like the South Bay to call home

50 Torrance Memorial gives special thanks to our many supporters

NEWSWEEK 2023

Torrance Memorial is named a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek—one of only five hospitals in Los Angeles County to receive this distinction for the second year, and the only hospital in the South Bay. This year Torrance Memorial ranked 223rd in the world, 40th best hospital in the nation and 10th best in California. This achievement is due to our outstanding physicians and nurses and our entire staff who work together to provide the highest-quality health care to our patients every day.

GOLD LEVEL BEACON AWARD

Torrance Memorial’s 4 West Progressive Care Unit is proud to receive The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence! This top-level designation is a three-year award to meet national criteria consistent with the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the National Quality Healthcare Award. The award is a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments by recognizing unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy Work Environment Standards.

PRESS GANEY PATIENT EXPERIENCE AWARD FOR TORRANCE MEMORIAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

The Torrance Memorial emergency department (ED) received the Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award, a patient experience recognition from Press Ganey for ED performance. Press Ganey is the global leader in health care experience solutions and services. As a winner of this award, Torrance Memorial's ED ranks in the top 5% of health care providers in the U.S. delivering patient experience over the past year.

JOINT COMMISSION LEVEL III MATERNAL CARE VERIFIED FACILITY

The Joint Commissions’ Maternal Levels of Care verification program, offered in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, has named Torrance Memorial Medical Center a Level III maternal care verified facility. Torrance Memorial is the first facility in California and third in the nation to receive this new national designation in recognition of its capability to care for more complex maternal medical conditions, obstetric complications and fetal conditions.

JOINT COMMISSION GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR SPINE

Torrance Memorial Medical Center earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Spine Surgery

Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization's commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST OF THE SOUTHLAND FINALIST WINNER

Torrance Memorial Medical Center is honored to be voted the Best of the Southland finalist winner from the Los Angeles Times in the health and wellness Hospital category. The Los Angeles Times created this multiple-phase voting award in 2021 to celebrate readers’ favorite businesses across 65 categories in five regional zones. We thank every physician, nurse, caregiver and volunteer for delivering on our promise to provide expert care. Your hard work and support continue to distinguish Torrance Memorial as a top regional medical center. Congratulations!

The certification recognizes health care organizations that provide clinical programs for spinal conditions across the continuum of care. The certification evaluates how organizations use clinical outcomes and performance measures to identify opportunities to improve care and educate and prepare patients and their caregivers for discharge. Through rigorous unannounced on-site visits, Joint Commission reviewers conducted observations and interviews to ensure Torrance Memorial met the standards and expertise to earn this prestigious certification.

NATIONAL GOLD CERTIFIED SLEEP HOSPITAL

Torrance Memorial has received certification as a National Gold Sleep Safe Hospital from Cribs for Kids, making it the first and only L.A. County National Gold Certified Sleep Center. This program awards recognition to hospitals committed to reducing infant sleep-related deaths by promoting and educating on best safe-sleep practices.

Celebrating Five Years of Success

CEDARS-SINAI AND TORRANCE MEMORIAL MARK PARTNERSHIP ANNIVERSARY

Since the affiliation began in 2018, the South Bay community has benefited from close-tohome access to leading-edge oncology, neurosciences and cardiology care.

In 2018 Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai announced a new partnership designed to enhance health care access, coordination and quality throughout the South Bay.

Five years later, this affiliation has brought the resources and expertise of Cedars-Sinai’s

academic-level oncology, cardiac surgery and neuroscience clinical specialties to Torrance Memorial patients—providing convenient local access to leading-edge treatments and clinical trials for cancer, heart disease and brain disorders.

“Our affiliation with Cedars-Sinai has worked

Torrance Memorial Medical Center celebrates our fiveyear affliation with Cedars-Sinai.

out remarkably well and exceeded our expectations,” says Torrance Memorial CEO Craig Leach. “The South Bay community has benefited greatly from these two institutions working together to coordinate world-class care while also continuing the unique relationships they both have within the communities they serve.”

“When you ask people in the South Bay where they want to get their health care, they say Torrance Memorial,” says Tom Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System. “Because Cedars-Sinai is also an institution with community roots, it was natural for us to seek partners for the health system with those similar community roots.”

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH

The strategic partnership between Torrance Memorial and Cedars-Sinai has enhanced care throughout the South Bay in three key areas:

ONCOLOGY

Even before the formal partnership, Torrance Memorial and Cedars-Sinai had a long history of cancer care collaboration. Today Torrance Memorial patients have access to advanced clinical trials, multispecialty clinics and Cedars-Sinai subspecialists who provide advanced care for complex conditions, such as head and neck cancers.

Hugo Hool, MD, medical director of the Hunt Cancer Institute, says Torrance Memorial remains focused on building seamless interactions between the two partners and their physicians while offering more Cedars-Sinai clinical trials locally.

“We have always had a strong clinical research focus, and we’re excited to now give our patients a direct pathway to evolving novel therapies like CAR-T cell and CAR-NK cell and CAR-NK cell therapies. We look forward to expanding the repertoire of clinical trials to a variety of new cancers,” Dr. Hool says.

NEUROSCIENCES

In the five years since Torrance Memorial affiliated with Cedars-Sinai, patients at Torrance Memorial’s Lundquist Neurosciences Institute have experienced expanded access to world-class treatment options, technology and clinical trials. Additionally, patients

in the South Bay receive care from a multidisciplinary team of experts from both hospitals who collaborate on all aspects of neurological care.

“The hospitals began their collaboration on the stroke side, but our South Bay patients’ neurological needs go beyond that. We now have the expertise of specialists in movement disorders, spine, aneurysm repair and brain tumor resection,” says Paula Eboli, MD, medical director of endovascular neurosurgery at Lundquist Neurosciences Institute. Dr. Eboli joined Torrance Memorial from Cedars-Sinai after the affiliation and has helped build the neurosurgery team.

CARDIOLOGY

Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute cardiothoracic surgeons practice alongside Torrance Memorial’s exceptional surgical team to provide the latest and best cardiac surgery options to South Bay patients. Due to the team’s expertise, the community also has access to innovative technology—including the only extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine in the South Bay, which is used to support patients with extensive heart damage.

“Our goal is to merge our experience and expertise with Torrance Memorial, partnering with their physicians to make more of these services available to patients at the Torrance Memorial campus,” says Aziz Ghaly, MD, Cedars-Sinai cardiac surgeon and director of cardiac surgery at Torrance Memorial’s Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute.

LOOKING TOWARD A BRIGHT FUTURE

After celebrating the five-year anniversary of their partnership, Torrance Memorial and Cedars-Sinai are looking forward to continued expansion—enhancing access to resources, expertise and clinical trials at Torrance Memorial while enriching the care Torrance Memorial physicians and staff provide to patients, their families and the entire South Bay community.

“These collaborations have enhanced the scope of services we can provide to the people in the South Bay, and we’ve seen a very, very positive response from the community,” says Keith Hobbs, president of Torrance Memorial Medical Center. “Our patients appreciate they can continue to get the care they’ve always trusted close to home at Torrance Memorial and also have access to more resources and expertise of Cedars-Sinai.”

Graphic artwork illustrates the Healer's Touch statue, symbolizing the relationship between nurses, patients and families.

A BOUQUET OF THANKS

The Daisy Award recognizes nurses’ skills and compassion.

WRITTEN BY NANCY SOKOLER STEINER | PHOTOGRAPHED BY VINCENT RIOS

When Elaine Hume-Dawson, RN, started to open the door of the OR education room, she caught a glimpse of a yellow and green banner. Then she ran out of the room.

“I bolted. I was shocked,” says the manager of the perianesthesia units. “I was completely speechless, which is not my norm.”

Hume-Dawson recognized the banner signifying the Daisy Award and was overcome with emotion. She regained her composure and re-entered the room, where she was presented with the Daisy Nurse Leader Award.

Now an international program, the Daisy Award for extraordinary nurses honors “the superhuman work nurses do for patients and families every day,” according to the program’s website. Torrance Memorial Medical Center is among the 5,400+ health care facilities participating in the Daisy Awards.

The family of J. Patrick Barnes founded the program in 1999. They wanted to express gratitude for the exceptional nursing care Barnes received over eight weeks of hospitalization before he passed away.

At Torrance Memorial, one nurse receives the Daisy Award each month. In addition, one nurse leader

Elaine Hume-Dawson, recipient of the Daisy Nurse Leader Award, in the Healing Garden standing next to the Healer's Touch statue.

PHOTOS BY MARY FORD

1. Celine Shin, 5W PCU

2. Ednalyn Viesca, 4W PCU

3. Juan Cruz, Hospice

4. Jimmy Tiano, Home Health

5. Lauren Ayres, 3E ICU

6. Members of the Daisy Council, L to R, front row: Elena Rodriguez, Shanna Hall, Brandy Van Zitter, Sana Hamedani, Hazel O'Connor. Back row: Audrey Bejo-Huerto, Nancy Lean, Atefeh Eftekhari, Erin Mann, Eliza Oliveros, Craig Leach, Kharla Carino, Rina Alba, Lupe Quesada, Beth Marshall

7. Rahel Ayelemanly, 4E CVICU

8. Rosie Del Rosario, Short Stay

per year receives the Daisy Nurse Leader Award for nurse leadership. Anyone within the medical center may submit a nomination, including patients, families, other nurses, physicians or staff.

The Nursing Professional Development Council collects the nominations and selects a winner and a runner-up. “We ask so much of our nurses,” says vice president of nursing Shanna Hall, RN. “The Daisy Award helps show them they are heard and valued.”

“We like to surprise the winners and present the award in their unit,” adds senior vice president of patient services and chief nursing officer Mary Wright, RN. “We read the nomination form aloud, and it really touches the recipients.”

Winners receive the Daisy Award banner, proudly displayed in their unit for a month. They take photos with their colleagues and hospital leadership and appear on hospital screen savers and social media.

Daisy Award recipients also receive a statue called Healer’s Touch, a pin and other goodies from the Barnes Foundation. (A replica of the Healer’s Touch statue, symbolizing the relationship between nurses, patients and families, graces Torrance Memorial’s healing garden.) Hall also writes a personalized note to each winner.

An annual Daisy Breakfast in Hoffman Health Conference Center brings together the year’s award winners to celebrate with CEO Craig Leach, Wright, Hall and other hospital leaders. A representative from the Barnes Foundation presents the nurse leadership award.

At last year’s breakfast, Daisy Award cofounders Bonnie and Mark Barnes spoke to the more than 75 attendees. (For two years during COVID-19, nurses received care packages at home and participated in Zoom-based ceremonies.)

“Reading Daisy Award nominations makes you remember what nursing is all about—it’s caring for our patients and giving ourselves to them,” says Wright.

“That art is alive and well at Torrance Memorial.”

“We have extraordinary nurses who practice the art of healing and compassion along with science. Altogether it makes the art of nursing,” says Hall.

“This is one way we can recognize the art of nursing in a formalized way.”

Hume-Dawson affirms the award’s impact. “For me, it is the highest honor,” she says. “And as a

nurse leader, it was extra special to me because [the nomination] came from my team. They recognize I try my best, and they validate what I do.”

Torrance Memorial began participating in the Daisy Awards in 2010. Winners have come from nearly every department, including ICU, Home Health, Wound Care and Hospice. Nine recipients have won the Daisy Award twice, and 7 West nurse Suzanne Tatikian received the award three times. Collectively, over 144 recipients have been honored.

A sampling of recent nomination forms provides a window into the nature of the extraordinary care provided by Torrance Memorial nurses. 4W cardiology nurse Ednalyn Viesca’s patient felt sad and frustrated her hospitalization prevented her from celebrating her 11-year-old son’s birthday with him. She wished her son could at least have cake. Viesca purchased and delivered a birthday cake to the boy.

Home health nurse Hiromi Sako’s colleague nominated her for “embodying everything Torrance Memorial values in a leader,” noting, “I believe her to be the best nurse I have ever worked with. She has made me a stronger nurse and educator.”

A COVID-19 patient nominated Lauren Ayres of 3E ICU for providing extraordinary care and daily updates to her family. “She came in to take care of me on her days off,” says the patient. “She set up nightly computer calls with my children all over the country when I was on the breathing machine. I know Lauren’s care was responsible for saving my life.”

As one of the emergency department’s medical directors and chief medical officer appointee, Zachary Gray, MD, works closely with nursing and nursing leadership. He considers the Daisy Award among the most important and meaningful types of recognition at Torrance Memorial.

“Nursing care is at the very core of how the hospital operates. Without nurses, the medical center would not function,” he says. “When the rubber meets the road, medicine happens person-to-person at the individual level, over and over again. The Daisy Award really captures that.”

That’s the case for Hume-Dawson. Seeing and hearing about the year’s winners at the Daisy Award breakfast, she says, “You feel the joy, gratitude, professionalism and camaraderie, and you think, ‘Let’s keep this flame going.’” •

Daisy Award honorees are presented with a daisy lei and Healer's Touch statue. The moment is captured with colleagues and leadership.

"WE ASK SO MUCH OF OUR NURSES. THE DAISY AWARD HELPS SHOW THEM THEY ARE HEARD AND VALUED."

—Shanna Hall, RN

MAKING HOSPITAL MEALS MORE APPETIZING

WRITTEN BY MELANI MOROSE EDELSTEIN | PHOTOGRAPHED BY PHILICIA ENDELMAN

Eating well and consuming nutritious foods so your body can stay healthy, work efficiently and grow properly are the cornerstones of overall wellness. Perhaps you’ve noticed your mood affects what you choose to eat, or wholesome eating contributes to your overall sense of well-being.

Hippocrates said, “Let thy food be thy medicine.” The popular phrase “You are what you eat” means your body directly responds to the food you consume.

With the knowledge that nutrition plays a key role in healing and wellness, Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s food and nutrition services department focuses on making a hospital stay more

appealing and more delicious. “Nutrition touches everything and everybody, and out in the broader community, socially, people are looking for food to be a healer,” explains Johanna Johnson-Gilman, director of food services for the hospital.

Focusing on giving patients a hotel-style experience, the hospital’s vibrant room service menu is tempting and engaging. “When you’re in the hospital you don’t want to eat—you don’t usually have much of an appetite. But when something is visually appealing, that can make a difference,” says Dani Rodriguez-Brindicci, director of clinical nutrition.

Nutrition plays a role in healing. Dani Rodriguez-Brindicci, Chef Sam Sellona and Johanna JohnsonGilman collaborate on menu planning, locally sourced produce and made-to-order cuisine.

The plant-forward, sustainably sourced and prepared food served on the Torrance Memorial campus is on par with any restaurant. Food and Nutrition Services, led by executive chef Sam Sellona, is responsible for supplying and serving made-to-order meals for thousands of patients, guest meals for hospital visitors, the Yang Café and Coffee Bar on the first floor in the Lundquist Tower, and Helena’s Bistro on the second floor of the West Tower.

With approximately 75% of the hospital’s produce locally grown, a conscious cuisine menu, a variety of heart-healthy options, no food dyes, no MSG, antibiotic-free meat and poultry, wild-caught salmon and homemade desserts, this is not your grandmother’s bland hospital food. Mass meals prepared to feed many people can no longer be found at the hospital.

The made-to-order cuisine is more like what you would find at a hotel. “We have the portobello burger, wild-caught salmon, fish tacos, black bean tostadas and items like the cauliflower pizza,” says Rodriguez-Brindicci.

While the menu promises California cuisine with a modern flare, it is fully customizable to each patient’s needs. “We have had patients who didn’t want to leave because they said the food was so good,” laughs Rodriguez-Brindicci.

The concept of “I can order what I want when I want” helps patients feel a sense of ownership over their state, something unique in a hospital setting where so many things are out of the patient's control. The nutrition services team presents meals appealing to everyone.

A patient on a special diet receives the same visual presentation of the beautiful menu meal, but it's therapeutically appropriate for them. Everyone in food and nutrition services receives ongoing education to better understand what’s in the food they serve. Cooks are even trained in the aesthetics of plating—a very important touch that elevates Torrance Memorial’s dining options.

“Even simple things like providing an orchid on a plate for breakfast, which we do, make a difference. Patients love it. On Yelp patients will post a picture of their plate with the orchid. They comment it's a nice little touch, and you don't see that at other facilities,” says Johnson-Gilman.

The team strives for excellence and patient satisfaction in every regard: reading reviews, engaging with patients and practicing sustainability whenever possible. They’ve been green-waste recycling since 2018 and practice food recovery and redistribution—cooling and sending all leftover food to a local food bank partner.

While working daily to bring food and nutrition services to the cutting edge, the team also dreams of the future. “A garden would be so fabulous. We started talking about gardening activities right before COVID-19. We will get back to it, but right now we are focused on staff wellness and provide therapeutic activities like succulent planting and other things,” Johnson-Gilman beams, acknowledging wellness as a lifestyle is thriving at Torrance Memorial. •

COMMANDER OF THE KITCHEN: EXECUTIVE CHEF SAM SELLONA

With culinary skills that have propelled him up the professional kitchen hierarchy and business savvy that allows him to successfully manage food production in Torrance Memorial’s kitchens, executive chef Sam Sellona brings the highest degree of professionalism to the hospital’s food services.

From Yang Café to Helena’s Bistro to the catering and patient kitchens where all the meals are freshly prepared and delivered room service style, Chef Sam plans and executes a wide variety of large-scale menu offerings to over 2,500 customers daily, serving up food with a smile.

With a degree from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, Chef Sam has been in food service for more than 40 years. He began his career in hotels and restaurants in his native Hawaii. He then worked as a chef while serving in the U.S. Navy, cooked for multiple celebrities and dignitaries, and worked in some of the finest dining establishments in New York and Los Angeles before moving into health care food services in 1993. He joined Torrance Memorial in 2015.

Bringing artistry to his cooking, Chef Sam not only prepares mouthwatering delicious food, he is also a master of plate presentation and is known for the way he prepares fruit and vegetable carvings and ice sculptures. He has made many guest appearances on "Torrance Community Cooking," a show that can be viewed on YouTube. Going above and beyond his duties as executive chef, he even offered a private in-home dinner for 10 guests as an auction item at the hospital’s Holiday Festival.

When he’s not commanding the kitchen, Sam enjoys paddling with the Outrigger Canoe Club in Newport Harbor, riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and RV camping with his wife and dogs.

A FAMILY STORY

A day in the emergency department forever links the Pryor family and Torrance Memorial.

WRITTEN BY MELISSA BEAN STERZICK

Every family has its folklore. It is the stories they share when they are together— remembering and retelling their most dramatic moments. These stories are what make a family a family: the day mom and dad met, the day you were born, the day we lost each other at the zoo, the day you broke your arm.

The Pryor family has a story about the day in 2016 when Dan Pryor survived an almost unsurvivable heart attack in Torrance Memorial Medical Center's emergency department (ED). It includes his daughter’s awareness and his wife’s responsiveness, which meant Dan was in the best place possible at the exact

moment needed to save his life.

Karen Pryor and Emily Pryor Hardesty remember it as a day of a handful of conversations and decisions that meant the difference between life and death. Dan remembers a quick drive to the ED and an even faster transfer to the cardiac catheterization laboratory. He didn’t feel too bad, but doctors told him, “You’re having a heart attack right now!” They all say he is lucky to be alive.

Dan had been sick for a couple of weeks with bronchitis and walking pneumonia. He felt pain in his upper body but attributed it to soreness from coughing. Karen was out running errands and stopped by

Dan Pryor proudly walked daughter Emily down the aisle at her wedding last fall.

L to R: Karen Pryor, Dan Pryor, Emily Hardesty, Dakota Hardesty, Katie Pryor, Kevin Pryor

Emily’s workplace. After talking, Emily felt concerned for her dad and called him to ask about his symptoms.

"I knew the different signs of a heart attack, and because he hadn't been feeling well and was a smoker, I was certain he was having a heart attack," she says. She hung up and told Karen to go home and immediately take Dan to Torrance Memorial.

“I dropped him off at the ED and parked my car, and by the time I came in, they had already taken him back. I hadn’t even been sitting for 30 seconds,” Karen says.

Torrance Memorial is a STEMI Receiving Center, designated by Los Angeles County as a facility prepared to accept patients who are having a heart attack and quickly treat them with primary angioplasty. Victoria Shin, MD, a Torrance Memorial Physician Network interventional cardiologist, treated Dan in the ED and is still his heart specialist today. She says in Dan’s case, the ED physician made the initial assessment and activated the STEMI team and protocol.

“Timing is crucial. We have a saying, ‘Time is myocardium,’ so every minute an artery is blocked, the more likely that heart muscle will die—resulting in worse outcomes for the patient,” Dr. Shin says. “We take pride in the fact most of our patients who present with a heart attack are brought to the cardiac cath lab, and their artery is opened in under 60 minutes, which is the ideal goal.”

Today Emily is a registered nurse at Torrance Memorial. Dan’s heart attack inspired her to return to school and earn her second degree: a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Her education and experience have confirmed Dan’s amazing outcome. “I’ve seen the EKG. It was bad,” Emily says. “He had a massive heart attack.”

Dan had a 100% blockage of the left anterior descending artery—a type of heart attack known as a “widow-maker.” Rapid treatment made all the difference. “That’s what saved him. We have state-of-the-art technology, run the latest labs and have amazing physicians, nurses and technicians. Everyone who works here wants the best outcomes for the patients,” Emily says. “We are spoiled to have Torrance Memorial so close by.”

Karen has since joined the Professional Advisory Council for the Torrance Memorial Foundation and is participating in fundraising to expand the emergency department. “It was a happy accident I got involved with the hospital,” she says. “I wanted to be able to give back, though there’s no way we can repay what was done for our family.”

During his recovery, Dan lost 25 pounds, quit smoking and moved to a less stressful position at work. Now 65, he continues taking his meds, eating a balanced diet and walking daily.

Dan’s remarkable treatment and survival saved him for better things. He plays golf regularly with his two older brothers and his 94-year-old father. He enjoys playing cards, making jigsaw puzzles and watching sports with his adult kids. He happily walked Emily down the aisle at her wedding last fall.

Dan is grateful his wife and daughter got him to Torrance Memorial that day. "I know it was hard on them and the rest of the family, but I came through and changed many things. I'm very happy to still be here, that's for sure." •

Karen and Dan Pryor are grateful to Torrance Memorial and celebrate at the annual Holiday Festival Gala.

INNOVATION IS IN TORRANCE MEMORIAL’S DNA

New technologies improve choice, outcomes and health.

WRITTEN BY JOHN FERRARI

People are the heart of Torrance Memorial Medical Center. Anyone who has visited as a patient or relative knows that the care given by the medical center’s surgeons and physicians, nurses, technologists and administrators makes the hospital what it is. An array of technology assists these caregivers and keeps Torrance Memorial at the forefront of medical

diagnosis and treatment. In the hands of the hospital’s medical staff, that technology is lifesaving.

“We have a culture that believes in the importance of investing in new technology and clinical leadership to help people adopt new technology,” explains Torrance Memorial senior vice president and chief operating officer Derek Berz. “We have a culture that values collaboration between

Torrance Memorial adapts to the needs of the community by investing in breakthrough Inspire technology to give patients more choices in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

administrators and clinical staff throughout the facility—a culture of excellence and improvement. We’re always asking, ‘How can we do this better?’”

That culture gives Torrance Memorial the ability to adapt to the needs of the community— identifying, evaluating and adopting new technologies that give patients more choices, lead to better clinical outcomes and, ultimately, improve patient health.

Don’t underestimate the importance of patient choice, Berz says. “What treatments are available to you in your community, regionally or by your physician? What are your individual medical requirements? These are the choices people consider when finding the treatment most likely to provide the best outcome.”

Torrance Memorial’s new Inspire sleep technology is a prime example. Designed for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Inspire gives patients a new option. Sleep apnea takes different forms; OSA is one of the most disruptive and potentially harmful.

“In sleep, muscles relax,” explains Torrance

Memorial physician Alexander Gertel, MD, an otolaryngology specialist. “When we sleep, some of the soft tissues in the back of our throat can collapse and cause an obstruction.”

OSA affects more than sleep, Dr. Gertel says. Over time, inadequate sleep leads to poor immune response and increases the risks of health conditions including diabetes, hypertension, heart attacks and strokes.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy using a CPAP machine is the standard treatment for OSA, “but a very high percentage— up to 50%—of patients do not tolerate CPAP,” Dr. Gertel says. “They might feel claustrophobic, the mask may fall off or they may be uncomfortable and unable to sleep with air blowing constantly. In the past, there weren’t really any other options. Inspire is for those patients with moderate to severe OSA.”

With Inspire, a small sensor is implanted in the patient’s chest in an outpatient procedure. A slender lead connects the sensor to the patient’s hypoglossal nerve, which controls movement of

With Inspire, a small sensor is implanted in the patient’s chest in an outpatient procedure. A slender lead connects the sensor to the patient’s hypoglossal nerve, which controls movement of the tongue and other key airway muscles.

the tongue and other key airway muscles. It’s only on when the patient is asleep and at risk of the airway collapse that causes OSA. When the sensor detects an interruption in the sleeping breath pattern, it sends a mild signal to the hypoglossal nerve—not enough to wake the patient, just enough to tense up the airway muscles so they don’t obstruct the airway.

“It’s a breakthrough,” says Dr. Gertel. “It allows us to treat patients who do not tolerate CPAP.” That means more than another choice for OSA patients; it means better clinical outcomes and, ultimately, better health.

Many medical technologies offer physicians more choices, rather than patients, but the goal is the same: to provide options that lead to better outcomes and health. That’s the idea behind the GE OEC 3D C-arm surgical imaging system. Referred to simply as the 3D C-arm, it “allows surgeons the ability to have a new standard of imaging intraoperatively with high resolution and detail,” says Paula Eboli, MD, Torrance

Memorial’s medical director of neuroendovascular surgery.

Intraoperative is the key word. The 3D C-arm allows surgeons to acquire three-dimensional scans of a patient during operations. “Patients used to have to go get a CT scan to create a 3D image,” Dr. Eboli explains. “Using the 3D C-arm, can be done with the patient still in the operating room.”

The 3D C-arm integrates with another piece of technology in use at Torrance Memorial—the BrainLab® imaging system— to create a detailed map for surgery. The surgeon conducts the surgery while looking through a monitor, allowing the surgeon to do more complex surgeries and work with higher levels of accuracy.

“This is extremely useful for any type of spine surgery, deep brain stimulation, neurosurgery and endovascular surgery,” Dr. Eboli says. “Spinal surgeries are going to be our big use for this. It will be utilized for every single spinal fusion and for deep brain stimulation procedures.”

Consider spinal fusion surgery, in which bone or a bonelike material is placed in the space between two spinal bones. Metal screws hold the bones together, and after the surgery they fuse to heal as a single bone. The 3D C-arm provides real-time imagery, says Dr. Eboli. “You can use it for screw placement navigation, and then once finished with screw placement you can do another spin to confirm screw placement.” This leads to better clinical outcomes and potentially a lower chance of a need for any follow-up procedures.

“Part of what we look for in a new technology is value added,” says Berz. “Does it deliver better care or a more efficient outcome? Some technologies mean less patient care is needed—fewer days in the hospital, fewer readmissions, less post-procedure care. That allows Torrance Memorial to be more efficient and provide care to more patients, and it means patients don’t need to visit the hospital as much or stay in the hospital as long.”

Staying healthy is another way to minimize time in the hospital; that’s the goal of the Ion bronchoscopy platform. Ion, a robotic-assisted system for minimally invasive biopsies, is “essentially a navigation tool,” explains Khalid Eltawil, MD, a Torrance Memorial physician board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care and sleep medicine. “It’s an advanced way to navigate through the bronchial tree (the airways). As they progress deeper through the lungs, the airways get smaller and smaller, and to be able to reach where we need to reach has been challenging.”

GE OEC 3D C-arm technology allows surgeons to intraoperatively acquire 3D scans of a patient during operations to create a detailed map of surgery and to work with a higher level of accuracy.

He continues to explain: “Typically, Ion is used to evaluate for lung cancer, but it can be used for any condition where you want to be very precise where you navigate within the airways and bronchial tree—for example, a site of bleeding or an area of infection. We have had the ability to perform bronchoscopy for many years, but that can only go so far inside the lung, then it’s too large to pass any further. And sampling would have to be done by a blind biopsy, or you would have imaging guided by a CT scan, which is limited to areas of the lung close to the chest wall. The Ion technology, because it is so small and precise, can go much deeper.”

The Ion system also uses a special form of CT scan, loaded into the system prior to surgery, to create a “very accurate, detailed virtual map of the anatomy.” The software and technology of the Ion bronchoscope match what it “sees” with the map, giving surgeons unparalleled precision in navigating airways to an area of concern so a biopsy sample can be taken.

“By using Ion to collect biopsies, we can save patients unnecessary surgery,” Dr. Eltawil says. “We’re able to diagnose cancers early, before they become advanced. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and has the highest mortality. With Ion we can diagnose lung cancer much earlier, before it spreads, and keep patients healthy.”

Torrance Memorial is the only medical center in the South Bay to have adopted the Ion technology. Berz, Torrance Memorial’s COO, works with physicians to ensure each of the hospital’s programs has the right technology to provide the best care. In the case of the hospital’s cancer program, that meant asking if there were ways to detect and treat lung cancer earlier.

“Until Ion,” Berz explains, any suspicious areas in the lung “had to be a certain size before we could take a biopsy. With Ion, we can get down to 2 mm. Also, we can take

biopsies further out into the lung. Berz says both Ion and Inspire are exclusive to Torrance Memorial in this area. “That exclusivity isn’t just about being able to say we’re the only hospital offering this,” he adds. “It’s also about providing great care so patients don’t have to leave the South Bay. Patients, both locally and from further away, come to Torrance Memorial to access

treatment from these new technologies and to benefit from the experience and expertise of our physicians and clinical teams. If I’m a patient and I’m looking for a surgeon or a physician, I want to be sure they know what they’re doing. At Torrance Memorial, we’ve been keeping up with new technologies. A lot of other hospitals simply don’t have the resources to do that.” •

Ion, a robotic-assisted system for minimally invasive biopsies, is an advanced way to navigate through the airways and bronchial tree for precise biopsy samples.

LUMINARIES AND NOVAS SUPPORT OUR HEALTH CARE HEROES

The Luminaries and Novas have been incredibly good to our community and Torrance Memorial health care workers. They donated baked goods throughout the pandemic, bringing in thousands of items for hospital staff to enjoy. They also made Valentine’s candy bouquets and recently donated pediatric comfort kits to the emergency department that include coloring pages, crayons, stickers and fidget popper bracelets. Other donations included encouragement cards and special occasion buttons for patients and staff to wear and appreciation kits for staff that include a coffee pouch, candy, snacks and a thank-you card.

MY MULTI-COLORED LIFE

Shirley Ho recently retired as Torrance Memorial’s Chinese American community liaison. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she put her time to good use writing her autobiography, My Multi-colored Life. Written primarily in Chinese, Shirley promoted the sale of her published book as a fundraiser for the Torrance Memorial Foundation. She sold all printed copies and generously donated the proceeds of $2,727 to support the emergency department expansion.

Thank you, Shirley, for your service and your generosity.

CELEBRATED NEWBORNS RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY PHOTO SESSION

For the past five years, newborn photographer Kristy Black of Riley Cooper Photography has generously donated a complimentary photo session to Torrance Memorial’s firstborn New Year’s baby. This year, baby boy Ian was born to Renata and Marcel Victoria on January 1, 2023, at 10:29 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 5.3 ounces.

COOPER STEINHAUSER FOUNDATION

The Cooper Steinhauser Foundation supported Torrance Memorial families and NICU staff through parent care package donations. The vision of the organization is to provide a positive NICU experience supportive of patients and families so there can be positive outcomes for babies. Edward and Hayley Steinhauser started this 501(c)(3) foundation in memory of their son, Cooper Steinhauser, who was born prematurely at 25.5 weeks gestationally and then spent 82 days in the NICU.

LA PHILHARMONIC

To show gratitude toward essential workers, the Los Angeles Philharmonic donated more than 1,000 complimentary tickets to Torrance Memorial employees. The partnership began in May 2021 with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl. Efforts to show appreciation continue to the present day with 300 tickets donated in March to Mälkki Leads Dvořák at Walt Disney Concert Hall. This is a unique experience shared with #TeamTMMC

LA KINGS

LA Kings and AEG Worldwide provided every Torrance Memorial employee with two complimentary tickets to a select LA Kings home game. The program launched in February during Heart Health Month to show love and appreciation to frontline workers. Sami Feinstein, account executive with group sales for the LA Kings, says, “Being the hardest hit in the pandemic and still coming out of it, the LA Kings wanted to give back to those who have dedicated so much of their time helping the world in a time of need.”

Randy and Luke Dauchot create balance between family, careers, travel, athletic pursuits, hobbies and a commitment to philanthrophy.

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LUKE AND RANDY DAUCHOT: MAKING A DIFFERENCE— FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE SOUTH BAY

WRITTEN BY LISA BUFFINGTON | PHOTOGRAPHED BY MICHEAL NEVEUX

Luke and Randy (Manning) Dauchot first met in 1985 through mutual friends at a party at a community pool in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where Randy was a lifeguard and Luke a former lifeguard. Less than two years later, they married.

Since then, the Dauchots have balanced raising three children, successful careers, travel, athletic pursuits and hobbies with a commitment to philanthropy that continues to change lives at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, in the South Bay community and beyond.

Randy grew up in Shaker Heights, and Luke’s family hailed from Ghent, Belgium. In 1972, when Luke was around 10 years old, his father, anesthesiologist Paul Dauchot, MD, moved the family from Belgium to Cleveland, Ohio, so he could practice medicine and engage in academia at Case Western Reserve University and its affiliated hospitals, where he became a tenured professor of medicine.

Randy attended high school at Purnell, an all-girls private boarding school in New Jersey, before earning an undergraduate degree at Hillsdale College in Michigan. Luke attended Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, followed by Case Western Reserve University, where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees.

“The Jesuits at Saint Ignatius taught me to question convention and think critically, a skill set that has served me well as an attorney. I was also fortunate to have professors in law school who were invaluable mentors,” says Luke. “After graduating from law school in 1986, I started my practice in Chicago. The evening before moving there, I proposed to Randy.”

GROWING FAMILY, CAREERS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The couple married in 1987 when Randy was 23 and Luke was 25. They lived in Chicago for about a year before moving back to Shaker Heights when Randy became pregnant. Explains Randy, “Friends and family were back in Cleveland, and the city has a first-rate legal community. So the move back made much sense to us both.”

While living in Shaker Heights, Randy and Luke welcomed three children: Nicholas (Nick), Christopher (Creefer) and Elise (Ellie).

“By the time I was 29, we had three kids,” says Randy, “so I had my hands full as a mom—a job I had dreamed of as a young girl.” But Randy also had an entrepreneurial itch to scratch. “I think I got that from my father, who was a very successful business executive in Cleveland.”

Randy balanced the day-to-day activities of the couple’s young family with running a successful business called EVENTions, LLC. The company specialized in coordinating corporate events and facilitating experiential marketing-style team-building activities, such as a memorable, life-size Monopoly game complete with huge dice and a giant fill-in-theblank contract.

“I started the business with a friend who also had three kids, so we hired a sitter to take care of them at one house while we worked out of the other,” says Randy. “We figured out how to make it work, and we loved it. Our husbands even helped with some of the events. One time, much to their chagrin, we dressed them up as costumed characters.”

Randy’s event-planning experience made her an ideal choice for chairing various charity events, including Cleveland Clinic and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital functions, golf tournaments, galas and fashion shows.

Meanwhile, Luke’s law career continued to grow. In 2003 he was recruited by Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a trial attorney in its intellectual property practice. Although the firm has offices in various cities relatively close to Cleveland, the two decided to leave the Midwest for sunny Southern California, where they relocated to Palos Verdes Estates. Although the couple knew virtually no one outside Luke’s work, that changed quickly.

“I connected with active women in the community and became involved with Vistas for Children, A Window Between Worlds, Las Madrecitas and Childhelp,” says Randy, who served as chair of many events for these organizations. She is particularly passionate about supporting women and children who have experienced trauma.

“We also became involved with Torrance Memorial—our local hospital—and supported their annual Holiday Festival fashion show luncheon and dinner gala, an event Luke and I look forward to enjoying with close friends every year,” she shares.

MAKING TIME FOR ESSENTIAL DISTRACTIONS

With the unwavering support of Randy and their children, Luke took and passed the California bar examination and set off to build his national intellectual property and complex business trial practice. Since then, he has tried many jury trials across the country. In 2020 Luke was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, considered among the most prestigious honors bestowed on trial lawyers.

“I travel a whole lot—probably about 80% of the year—so Randy deserves a lot of credit for holding down the fort,” says Luke. “To put Randy’s patience and commitment in perspective, I’ve logged roughly 3 million flying miles in my career so far. She more than anyone else can attest to the old adage that trial practice is a ‘jealous bride.’”

Although Luke concedes his work-life balance has been far from ideal, he always made time for his family, exercise and hobbies. “I coached my kids’ basketball teams, and I’ve always enjoyed exercise,” says Luke, who was a collegiate swimmer and later ran marathons. Among his other “essential distractions” are playing music and reading, much of it about notable historical figures. “I majored in history and still find it a rich source of inspiration and wisdom.”

Randy is also an athlete—a skier, scuba diver and racquet sports enthusiast who can be found playing beach tennis in Hermosa Beach and serving on the board of the Beach Tennis Association. She also enjoys playing pickleball at the Palos Verdes Tennis Club and golfing at the Palos Verdes Golf Club, where she serves on the Women’s Board and the Membership Committee.

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH RENOVATION AND EDUCATION

After the couple’s move to California and the subsequent three renovation projects of their home, Randy founded CMD Development LLC, a real estate development business that specializes in home renovations and rebuilds. “We renovated our home in 2007, added on in 2009 and again expanded in 2011,” she shares, “and I realized during the experience that I love construction—the smell, the process and watching the transformation of a space. But after nearly doubling the size of our home over a four-year period, I decided it was time to leave my house alone and start a real estate development business.”

Randy began by purchasing homes in foreclosure and renovating them for sale. After she had cut her teeth on that, she started buying homes and renovating or rebuilding them. Today she has established a team that includes her trusted contractor, who has been with her since the beginning, along with an architect, project manager, designer and Realtor.

“It’s amazing to take a home that has suffered neglect and turn it into something beautiful for another family,” says Randy, who finished her most recent project in early 2023: the construction of a South Bay coastal farmhouse that was purchased by a current Los Angeles Dodger.

Luke has also found ways to ground himself in the SoCal community beyond his law practice. He served as an adjunct professor at the Marshall School of Business at USC, where he launched the first intellectual property course for undergraduates, titled The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property.

“The course was the brainchild of a friend and client of mine, Gary Michelson, a retired spine surgeon and inventor who is now engaged in a wealth of philanthropic causes. He correctly deemed intellectual property too important a subject to relegate to postgraduate studies,” says Luke. The elective course became one of the more popular ones at USC.

SUPPORTING ENHANCED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Luke and Randy’s children are now adults and are busy launching their careers and starting families of their own. Now empty nesters, the two have renewed their interest in travel in the United States. You’ll find them in Colorado or Utah for ski season, as well as on trips abroad, most recently visiting Luke’s family in the Netherlands.

Closer to home, 2022 and 2023 have proven to be exciting years for the Dauchot family. Nick got married in March 2022, and Ellie got married in September 2022. In January 2023, Nick and his wife, Marisa, welcomed a daughter, Skylar Randolph Dauchot—Luke and Randy’s first grandchild. Christopher will marry his fiancé, Brynna, in August.

And throughout their time raising their active family in the South Bay, Luke and Randy were glad to have a strong hospital nearby. “When life introduces you to a medical emergency, having access to resources when you are at your most vulnerable is a tremendous blessing,” says Luke.

When his mother experienced a traumatic fall at his home, he asked that she be transported to Torrance Memorial, where he knew the medical staff would deliver second-to-none medical treatment with a caring touch. And when Ellie needed medical care while Randy and Luke were out of town, the Torrance Memorial team went out of its way to make her feel safe and

comfortable. That experience was part of the reason Ellie decided to become an occupational therapist.

This feeling of community—combined with the quality of care at Torrance Memorial—led Luke and Randy to become Patrons in 2012. And they’ve never looked back. “We believe in supporting Torrance Memorial because equal access to quality health care is so essential,” says Luke. “When we support the hospitals and health care providers in our community," he says, "they feel appreciated and that begets better health care. Everybody wins.”

GIVING BACK THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

In addition to supporting Torrance Memorial and other organizations in their community, Luke and Randy also prioritize giving back to the people and places that have made a difference in their lives. They created the Dauchot Family Scholarship to support students in need of financial assistance at Saint Ignatius High School, and they also fund a scholarship at Case Western Reserve University School of Law named in honor of a former law school professor who was particularly helpful to Luke.

“Randy and I have been very fortunate in our lives, and that is by no small measure a function of good people who helped us along the way,” says Luke. “Through education and philanthropy, we are glad to give back and hopefully make a difference in the lives of others.” •

Celebrating the marriage of Ellie and Ben Bobit.

Left to right: Marisa, Nick, Luke, Ellie, Ben, Randy, Christopher and fiancé Brynna White

Ambassadors corner

A DOUBLE BEAT IN CARDIOLOGY

WRITTEN BY DIANE KRIEGER | PHOTOGRAPHED BY VINCENT RIOS

Ankush Chhabra, MD, leads a double life. “I spend 100% of my time as a working cardiologist, and another 100% of my time as a medical administrator,” he jokes.

The Torrance Memorial Medical Center physician hasn’t cloned himself. He just works twice as hard.

During the day he performs peripheral vascular or endovascular interventions, “and after hours, before hours, between patients and over lunch, I do a lot of the administrative stuff,” says Dr. Chhabra, who is the codirector along with Mark Lurie, MD, of the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute. The institute is a signature program of the hospital and a major beneficiary of funding through Torrance Memorial Foundation’s Ambassadors program.

Dr. Chhabra also shoulders administrative duties as managing partner of COR Healthcare Medical Associates, the largest

cardiology group in the South Bay, with 22 cardiologists.

The Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute, however, is the jewel in Dr. Chhabra’s crown. Founded in the early 2000s with a $10 million gift from Melanie and Richard Lundquist, it’s the centralized hub for all cardiology-related “service lines” across Torrance Memorial.

“You could say it’s the tent under which all of cardiology lives,” he says.

It’s a very large and dynamic tent, spanning everything from aggressive interventional cardiology and electrophysiology to preventive care and managing lipids. “Through the institute, we have metrics and quality standards to make sure we’re at or above national standards and achieving the highest quality of care,” Dr. Chhabra explains.

Without such an umbrella, hospital-based cardiology programs can be fragmented and

susceptible to miscommunication. Thanks to the institute, all aspects of cardiac care are well integrated at Torrance Memorial.

“Everybody is aware of what’s going on in all the other service lines,” Dr. Chhabra says. That includes emerging interdisciplinary niches where cardiology overlaps with other medical specialties.

One such niche is cardio-oncology. Because chemotherapy agents can be toxic to the heart, close guidance and even alternative therapies are needed for this special patient population, Dr. Chhabra explains. Torrance Memorial is exceptional in housing both the Hunt Cancer Institute an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai Cancer and the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute. Together, the two entities operate a cardio-oncology program run by Brenton Bauer, MD, that is nationally recognized and participates in major clinical trials.

Another exceptional interdisciplinary niche is cardio-obstetrics. As women delay pregnancy until later in life, cardiac complications may affect their health and the health of their babies. Cardio-obstetrician Nadia Jafar Curran, MD, directs the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute’s Women’s Heart Health Clinic at Torrance Memorial.

Dr. Chhabra’s niche is interventional cardiology, a minimally invasive option using catheters to repair damaged or weakened vessels and narrowed arteries. He also specializes in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, where blood vessels outside the heart—usually in the legs and feet—are narrowed or blocked.

Within interventional cardiology, Torrance Memorial is a magnet for highrisk patients with chronic total occlusion, a condition involving 100% blockage of coronary arteries. People travel long distances, often from out of state, to receive expert care from Ray Michael Wyman, MD, who specializes in this niche. “Chronic total occlusion interventions are the pinnacle of interventional cardiology,” Dr. Chhabra says. “The vast majority of highly trained interventional cardiologists are not

equipped to fix these blockages.”

Torrance Memorial is also noted for its structural heart program, which focuses on minimally invasive repair of valves and chambers. In terms of volume, Torrance Memorial ranks among the top three nonacademic hospitals in the Los Angeles area for these procedures. Salman Azam, MD, director of the nationally recognized structural heart program at Torrance Memorial, often proctors and teaches doctors at other hospitals to perform these procedures.

The Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute has also advanced Torrance Memorial’s reputation in electrophysiology, the specialty responsible for pacemakers and defibrillators. Led by Matt Ostrom, MD, this program currently serves 90% of all South Bay patients needing such implants. Data from these procedures is uploaded to a national registry, and Torrance Memorial consistently charts excellent results.

“And I can keep going,” Dr. Chhabra says. “Across the board, our programs are fantastic. We are a nationally recognized institute.”

Last year the American Heart Association acknowledged Torrance Memorial’s cardiology excellence with five Mission: Lifeline achievement awards. The year before, the cardiovascular institute elevated Torrance Memorial onto Newsweek’s list of the world’s best specialized hospitals for cardiology.

Dr. Chhabra was born in Arkansas and grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma—the corporate headquarters of Phillips Petroleum, where his dad was an engineer. Almost everyone in his hometown worked for the oil company.

An honors high school student, Dr. Chhabra studied biology at Johns Hopkins University and earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University. After completing his internal medicine residency at the University of Michigan, he received advanced training in cardiology and interventional cardiology at UCLA, and in peripheral vascular cardiology at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital.

Medicine aside, Dr. Chhabra is a self-described sports fanatic. He played varsity tennis in high school and continues to play

recreationally. Dr. Chhabra spends free time with his family: his wife, Sheena, a data analyst with Abbott, and two boys, Sachin, 11, and Sahil, 10. He enjoys spectating his sons’ games and attending other sporting events with them.

“Sahil loves baseball, football, basketball— and he plays all three,” Dr. Chhabra says. “Sachin is our tennis guy. His thing now is sports commentating, maybe because of all the ESPN I’ve exposed him to.” On Saturdays during football season, the cable sports channels run all day in the Chhabra household, starting at 6 a.m. with ESPN’s College GameDay.

“Growing up in Oklahoma, a love for college football was deeply ingrained in me,” Dr. Chhabra says. He roots for many teams, including Michigan and UCLA. But his deepest loyalties lie with the Oklahoma Sooners. “Everyone in my family went to the University of Oklahoma—my sister, my cousins. I’m the black sheep who didn’t go there, but I’m their craziest fan,” he says, laughing.

Dr. Chhabra also enjoys traveling, both with his family and with a handful of Manhattan Beach buddies. He recently returned from a guys trip to New Orleans, which involved “an alligator swamp tour, lots of jazz and good Cajun food.”

Other interests include election politics and presidential history. Throughout high school and college, he volunteered with presidential campaigns. During his last semester at Johns Hopkins as an undergraduate, he interned for U.S. Rep. Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma, splitting his week between Congress and classes in Baltimore.

Dr. Chhabra enjoys reading presidential biographies, which he calls “more fun than fiction.” He says, “My wife thinks it’s weird, but I also love going to presidential libraries and museums. I still have three or four left on my list to visit.”

He doesn’t drag his family on these political pilgrimages. But the boys are eager to accompany him to America’s baseball stadiums—the next travel series on his itinerary. •

FUN FACTS

Why is there an extra “h” in Chhabra?

“In the Indian alphabet, there are two ch sounds—chh is actually a little bit longer and phonetically a different sound.”

Who is your favorite president?

“Harry Truman, because in the midst of chaos, storm and uncertainty, he always kept his cool.”

Did you meet your wife in Oklahoma?

“No. I grew up in Bartlesville, and she grew up in Tulsa. We met in Los Angeles, and it was only after we got married in 2010 we discovered our paths had crossed much earlier. My dad loves going through old photo albums. One day he says, ‘Oh, look.

Isn’t that Sheena in the background?’

It was a picture of me at some random kid’s birthday party in fifth grade. And there’s Sheena standing behind me. Isn’t that crazy?”

Go Sooners! Sahil, Ankush and Sachin Chhabra enjoy tossing the football around on the Mira Costa High School field near their home.

A MEANINGFUL MISSION

WRITTEN BY MELISSA BEAN STERZICK

Colleen O’Neill grew up in a Midwestern town like the ones in the movies where everyone knows everyone else and everyone takes care of everyone else. Her instinct for helping others comes from a deeply rooted commitment to generosity and service.

Colleen no longer lives in a small town, but she creates community wherever she goes. She’s on a mission. Her desire to share her time, energy and resources and a no-nonsense approach to the ups and downs of life make her a force for good.

Several years ago, Colleen’s brother passed away and she faced a difficult process to settle his estate. He had a trust, but probate was complicated and stressful. The experience made her realize she did not want her trustees to go through the same struggle. She decided to establish a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT)—a unique planned giving tool that lets individuals draw an annual income for life and then donate assets to designated charitable beneficiaries.

“I looked at what I needed to do to prevent difficulties for my trustees. I talked to financial advisors, read books, spoke to my CPA, and the CRUT seemed to be an excellent vehicle to serve others,” she says. “It will provide me an income and the opportunity to give to others. It’s an effective way to take care of what is important to me—and hopefully my mission is successful.”

Torrance Memorial Medical Center is one beneficiary.

Colleen is also giving to two children’s hospitals and Doctors Without Borders. “Torrance Memorial is right in my backyard, and I have seen what they have done throughout the years. I am impressed with the way the hospital educates people in the area on how to improve their emotional, physical and mental health,” she says.

Setting up the CRUT took time and effort, but now that it’s done, Colleen can go back to the other priorities in her life—her friends, interests and a lot of community service. She still manages her family’s ranch in Nebraska, takes classes to keep up with the latest technology and loves to garden. “I love to dig in the dirt,” she says. “I was raised in the Midwest, and that’s just what we do.”

Colleen O'Neill posed for a photo at the entrance to Air Force One at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum during a Patronssponsored event last summer.

She also volunteers as a “conversational companion” for disabled and homebound seniors. When she stays at her home in Palm Desert, she gives her time to Martha’s Village & Kitchen, a nonprofit providing food, emergency shelter, child care, education and case management for homeless individuals and families.

“It’s just giving back to the community. You can spread yourself around. I am generous with myself because this is my fourth quarter in life,” she says. “I think you must focus on whatever you can do to improve the quality of life for everyone. I was taught that’s what is important.”

Colleen’s mantra is “having a positive attitude is the best tool for making the most of life.” Giving to others is work that makes her feel fulfilled and grateful. Retirement hasn’t been as leisurely as she expected, but she’s happy about that. “I really believe it is a responsibility for all of us to be philanthropic—the magnitude does not matter. It makes me feel good to give back in a small way.” •

SECURE ACT 2.0

Creating an Income Stream that Benefits Charity

WRITTEN BY F. THOMAS SCHLAPPATHA, CFP®

Anew provision in the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) Act 2.0 allows you to create an income stream for yourself now and benefit your favorite charity in the future. Signed into law in December 2022, the SECURE Act 2.0 now allows you to establish an income-producing charitable gift annuity with your required minimum distribution (RMD).

Let me explain. If you are at least 70½ years old with an IRA, you may benefit your favorite charity using a qualified charitable distribution (QCD). This distribution of any amount up to $100,000 is sent directly to the charity by your IRA administrator and counts toward your RMD. Because it is sent directly to the charity, you do not include this QCD amount as income on your tax return.

FINANCIAL HEALTH SEMINARS*

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

Hoffman Health Conference Center 3315 Medical Center Drive, Torrance Information and RSVP: 310-517-4728

MAY 13

Why Estate Planning is Still Important

JULY 8

Long-term Care Options, Planning and Insurance

SEPTEMBER 9

Investing, Real Estate, Reverse Mortgages and more!

*Dates and topics are subject to change

Starting in 2023, you can use this QCD option (one time only) with $50,000 to establish a charitable gift annuity (CGA). The $50,000 counts toward your RMD and is included in the QCD annual limit noted above. The CGA will provide income for your lifetime at a rate based on your age and calculations using life expectancy tables. After your lifetime, the remainder in the CGA goes to the charity. For example, establishing a $50,000 CGA at age 75 would provide annual income of approximately $3,300 which can be set up in monthly, quarterly or annual payments.

Your professional advisors can help guide you through the benefits for maximizing your RMDs to reduce your taxes and support your favorite charity.

F. Thomas (Tom) Schlappatha is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ with Morgan Stanley in Torrance and a member of Torrance Memorial’s Professional Advisory Council. Contact him at 310-543-0209 or FT.Schlappatha@morganstanley.com.

A South Bay family is committed to community and service.

WRITTEN BY LAURA ROE STEVENS

Matt, Luke, Nicolas, Annsley Marshall celebrate Nicolas' first communion at St. Lawrence Martyr Church, Redondo Beach.

Matt and Annsley Marshall know a thing or two about starting over and seeking silver linings. Living in San Francisco during the 2008 financial crisis, Matt lost his job with a “high-pressure” financial services company that shuttered its doors in 2009. Annsley, an interior designer, also felt the effects of the economic slowdown.

To clear their heads and garner perspective, the young couple took a spiritual journey to India and Bhutan. When they returned, Matt says it didn’t feel right when he found himself on the 48th floor of another financial services firm in San Francisco.

“I looked out the window and thought: ‘What am I doing back here? We wanted to start a family.’”

A few months later, Annsley was pregnant. They knew they didn’t want to raise a child so far from family while working long hours in the city. So when Annsley’s father, Joseph Hohm, founder of Medical Accounting Service (MAS) of Redondo Beach, needed to add someone with a strong financial services background, it was the perfect job opportunity for Matt.

MAS provides tax preparation services but also consulting, business planning, auditing, retirement, payroll, estates and trust planning. Initially founded to assist medical/dental corporations and professionals, MAS has expanded to serve legal, real estate, trading and insurance fields.

Thirteen years later, Matt is still hard at work at MAS, and both agree moving back to the South Bay to raise a family in Palos Verdes was the best decision they ever made. “I grew up in PV,” says Annsley, co-owner of Lunada Bay-based Brende Marshall Interior Design. “I didn’t think I’d ever move back to Lunada Bay, but it’s worked out better than we ever could have imagined. I love it here. It’s amazing to raise children near family and within a small-town community where kids walk everywhere and ride bikes.”

“It’s so much better than if we had stayed [in San Francisco]. The South Bay is the best place to raise a family,” agrees Matt.

COMMUNITY ACTION

Both Matt and Annsley are active within the community and find meaning in volunteering. Matt coaches soccer and baseball teams—and any

other sport they try—for his sons, Luke, 11, and Nicolas, 9. Annsley is a Cub Scouts den mother and a Lunada Bay Elementary School volunteer. In both roles, she gets to share the value of giving back with her boys.

One of Annsley's favorite Scout projects was writing thank-you notes to Torrance Memorial Medical Center night shift workers during the height of the pandemic. Another endearing project with elementary school students was writing and delivering valentines to elderly neighbors.

YPPA MEMBERSHIP

With their natural inclination to get involved, it’s no surprise Matt and Annsley are valuable members of the Torrance Memorial Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance (YPPA), an organization that brings together community and business leaders with physicians to have fun, network and give back. Matt and Annsley have been active members since a year after its inception in 2012, and Matt serves on the committee.

He says he loves how much fun YPPA members have and how it brings together dynamic people who want to help the hospital and the community thrive. “YPPA was a natural fit for us. We were in our early 30s and getting to know people and the community. We’ve made great friends and like to be involved with the hospital.

Annsley says the “fun vibe” at YPPA events is a great way for busy, hardworking professionals to kick back, relax and connect. “There is always something fun going on. We recently attended the annual Casino Night event with a Superhero theme,” she says with a laugh, adding that Matt was Batman and she was Wonder Woman.

Matt says Torrance Memorial has an approachable, small-town feel, where physicians and staff are accommodating and welcoming yet they are highly trained and talented, utilizing state-of-theart technology and the latest research to provide expert care.

The Marshalls are happy to be part of YPPA. “Torrance Memorial has amazing resources, and it is an incredible hospital that just keeps getting better,” they share. “Having a highly respected hospital in the community is great for everybody.” •

THE “FUN VIBE” AT YPPA EVENTS IS A GREAT WAY FOR BUSY, HARDWORKING PROFESSIONALS TO KICK BACK, RELAX AND CONNECT.

MIRACLE OF LIVING AT THE BEACH

On October 11, 2022, Torrance Memorial’s Miracle of Living at the Beach hosted an in-person lecture at Shade Hotel Manhattan Beach. Speakers Nadia J. Curran, MD, cardiologist, cardio-obstetrics and director of the Women’s Heart Health Clinic, and Brenton Bauer, MD, cardiologist and cardio-oncologist, informed the audience about the latest advancements in cardiology. Highlights included how cancer treatments can affect the heart and how the cardio-oncologists minimize side effects of cancer treatments, as well as inequities in recognizing and educating women of heart disease symptoms.

1. Judith Gassner, Rob Young, Terri Young

2. Brenton Bauer, MD, Nadia J. Curran, MD, Judith Gassner, Mark Lurie, MD

3. Harriet Curcio, Rick Curcio

4. Erin Fiorito, Vickie Hershberger, Sharmone La Rose

5. Mark Lurie, MD, Cliff Berwald, Peggy Berwald, Barbara Demming Lurie

6. Wayne Bemis, DDS, Peggy Bemis, Laura Schenasi, Richard Meyer, DDS

PHOTOS BY DEIDRE DAVIDSON

YPPA HIKE

Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance (YPPA) kicked off the new year with a hike hosted by founding member of YPPA Nadine Bobit. It was a blustery, stormy day, and brave members and their families and pets came out to exercise, enjoy the camaraderie and beat the rain—which poured later that day.

Sophia Neveu, David Mackenbach, Debbie Banderas, Aley Arredondo, Laura Schenasi, Elizabeth Benardo, Stephanie Bezner, Nadine Bobit, Heidi Mackenbach, Yvonne Chavez, Angela Sheldon, Eliana Sheldon, Hank Sheldon, Zeke Sheldon

YPPA MEETS AT KINGS COVE

Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance members and friends met at Kings Cove—a South Bay family-owned bar and restaurant located in the Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo.

YPPA co-chairs Stephanie Bezner and Jamie McKinnell, MD, welcomed guests, and emergency physician Stephanie Tang, DO, shared about the fundraising campaign for the emergency department expansion.

PHOTOS BY DEIDRE DAVIDSON

1. Dana Kennedy, MD, Stephanie Tang, DO, Shannon Stacy, MD, Brian Miura, MD, Jenny Luo, MD, Bryce Fukunaga, MD

2. Vincent Rios, Sophia Neveu, Kevin Bidenkap

3. Marc Schenasi, Laura Schenasi, Meg Walker, Jamie McKinnell, MD, Anthony Walker

4. Todd Schenasi, Erisa Pooee, Bryce Fukunaga, MD, Jenny Luo, MD

5. Grace St. Clair, Sandy VandenBerge, Brandon Hohm

6. Connie Lai, Stephanie Bezner

7. Nicole Alexander-Spencer, MD, Nadia Antii, Danielle Boujikian, Austin Porter

8. Jeremie Campbell, Frances Campbell, Jamie McKinnell, MD, Scott McColgan, Germaine Gilles, Michael Farenas

HOLIDAY FESTIVAL FASHION SHOW

Under the big white tent, the much-anticipated Fashion Show kicked off the 39th annual Holiday Festival with 22 specialty shopping vendors and a delicious luncheon. Sophisticated designers Roger Canamar and Oliver Tolentino showcased their 2023 winter/spring haute couture collections. With over 500 women in attendance, it was sold-out event!

PHOTOS BY DEIDRE DAVIDSON

1. Kathy Paris, Timme Gunderlock, Diana Brandt

2. Carolyn Snyder, Nadine Bobit, Kak McKinnie

3. Ruth Daniels, Kim Riggs, Ayne Baker

4. Tracy Livian, Song Klein, Deena Ruth

5. Front row: Gina Quatrine, Ann Zimmerman, Lori Richard, Angela Furkioti, Christy Abraham, back row: Vicky Mar, Harriet Bailiss-Sustarsic

6. Laurie McCarthy, Kim Friedman, Kay Sheth, Bharti Sheth, Christine Carreon, Lynn Meyer

7. Pat Carlson, Bow-Wow Kylie

8. Amanda Clausen, MD, Monica Lee, MD, Melissa Benoit, Ines Anhalt, Elisa Anhalt, MD, Shannon Stacy, MD

9. Dede Hsu, Dora Ngan Zhang, Lin Chen, Chiao Yi Lin, Debby Kao, Karen Chuang, Sandy Yang, Wan Ping Yu, Czarina Su

10. Kathleen Parks, Lisa Hill

11. A bevy of beautiful women and gowns to end the glamorous show!

HOLIDAY FESTIVAL GALA

Torrance Memorial’s 39th annual Holiday Festival Gala was held December 2 in the big white festival tent. Nearly 600 guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, live and silent auctions, and dancing to the live music of The Society Band. More than $1.5 million was raised through sponsorships and auction participation to support the emergency department expansion and the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute.

PHOTOS BY DEIDRE DAVIDSON

1. Ayne Baker, Marc Schenasi

2. Jackson Yang, Julie Yang

3. Peter Zanino, Katie Zanino, Carla Zanino, Walt Zanino

4. Nuch Miller, Larry Miller

5. David Chan, MD, Susie Chan, Melody Lomboy Lowe, Tom Lowe, MD, Thyra Endicott, MD, Jonathan Cute

6. Jackie Geiger, Greg Geiger

7. Winston Mar, Vicky Mar, Christy Abraham, Jay Abraham

8. Phyllis Scribe, René Scribe

9. Jim Gormley, Mindy Gormley, Tom O’Hern, Lori O’Hern, Peter Morgan, Jennifer Morgan, Jim Schladen, Tori Schladen, Mark Costa, Kathy Costa, Chuck Noski, Lisa Noski

10. Mike Gleason, Sandi Gleason, Kathi Colligan, Perry Colligan, Laurie McCarthy, Tom McCarthy, Jamie Buckstaff, Ken Buckstaff

11. Carole Hoffman, Heidi Hoffman, MD

13. Judith Gassner, Jessica Tsai, DDS

14. Shannon Chung, David Chung, MD

15. Lisa Nakkim, Eric Nakkim, MD

16. Sally Eberhard, Craig Leach

17. Eve Higgins, Rick Higgins

18. Brian Miura, MD, Brandy Van Zitter, Gretchen Lent, MD

19. Joy Theodora, Kevin Theodora

20. Andrea Sala, Michael Rouse, Pat Furey, Terry Furey

21. Kelly Sultemeier, Keith Sultemeier

22. Jack Baker, Laura Schenasi, Russ Varon

23. Front ros: David Stern, MD, Chris Rogers, Kelly Rogers, back:  Sonny Stern, Jennifer Chen, Anthony Chen, MD

24. Connie Senner, Craig Leach, Heather Burt

25. Steve Spierer, Melanie Archer, Phyllis Spierer, Cindy Spierer, Joe Spierer

12. Ty Bobit, Nadine Bobit, Ben Bobit, Ellie Bobit, Randy Dauchot, Allison Mayer, Rick Mayer, Jackie Leimbach

26. Mary Wright, Steve Wright

27. Pat Theodora, Ellen Theodora, London Theodora, Sandii Minshull, Lee Minshull

28. George So, MD, Hsin-Yi Lee, MD

29. Dave Klein, Song Klein, Helaine Lopes, Steve Lopes

30. Christina Pavesi, Terri Young, Ruth Daniels, Harv Daniels, Serena Ngan, Julie Yang

31. Lt. Marlon Cammarano, Ellen Cammarano, Terri Cammarano, Dennis Cammarano

32. Front row: Chuck Noski, Lisa Noski, Timur Tecimer, Regina Finnegan, Janice Tecimer, back: Dan Finnegan, Steve Lopes

33. Nam Soo Lee, Michael Zinser, Joanna Lee, Michele Zinser, Sandy Yang, Yeon Moon, Tracy Moon, Frank Yang

34. Emmanuel David, Ofelia David

35. Roxanne Mirhashemi, Ramin Mirhashemi, MD

36. Danica Iannitti, Dominic Iannitti

37. Shintia Varon, Marshall Varon

38. Richard Krauthamer, MD, Brian Sherman, MD, Bob Plocky, Aaron Plocky, Karol Plocky

39. Moe Gelbart, PhD, Lisa Humphreys, MD, John McNamara, MD

40. Sam Sheth, Kay Sheth

41. Sabrina Ayala, Eddie Hayden

42. Saxon Nowotka, Priscilla Hunt

43. Front row: Bob Habel, Mary Hoffman, Joyce Jimenez, Camilla Seferian, back: Terry Furey, Pat Furey, Carolyn Snyder, Sheri Messerlian, Jack Messerlian

44. Tom O’Hern, Lori O’Hern

HEROES AND FESTIVAL TREES

For the third year, a 12-foot Heroes Tree lit up the grand lobby of the Lundquist Tower to honor community heroes including physicians, nurses, staff members, departments, patients, first responders and community members. Donation levels ranged from $150 to $10,000, and $11,450 was raised.

Featured inside the tent were 32 themed decorated trees available for purchase through silent and live auctions. Themes included Christmas in Our Town, designed and decorated by the Torrance Police Officers Association; A Firehouse Holiday, honoring our firefighter heroes and their adorable Dalmatian mascot; Kanakaloka (Santa Clause) Aloha, bringing a Hawaiianthemed spirit to the holidays; and Snow Much Fun, designed by Stephanie McKenny and decorated by the Luminaries, a Torrance Memorial volunteer group.

Thanks to our generous tree sponsors and auction winners for raising $186,650. Collectively, more than $1.5 million was raised from the Holiday Festival 2022!

HOLIDAY FESTIVAL – TREE DECORATING

1. Torrance firefighters and friends

2. Torrance Police Officers Association and friends

3. Joyce Jimenez, Mary Hoffman

4. Jennifer Choi Won, Lindsey Lee, Minako Shimada, Helen Hwee

HEROES TREE

5. Heroes Tree in the Lundquist Tower lobby

6. Heroes Lanterns of Hope Lighting the Way

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

ADMIRAL JAMES STAVRIDIS

On January 26, guests of the Torrance Memorial Foundation enjoyed a dinner reception at Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach with the 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Admiral Stavridis. The four-star admiral and retired U.S. naval officer is one of the most trusted and widely recognized experts on the war in Ukraine. Based on both his personal and unparalleled global experience, the admiral outlined the dangerous profile of Vladimir Putin. He discussed the complexities of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the role of NATO and its broader impact, and ultimately how larger political forces will come to bear in this tragic and dangerous situation. Admiral Stavridis spoke to 100 guests before heading to the Distinguished Speaker Series at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.

1. Jack Baker, Nadine Bobit, John Bucher, Laura Schenasi, Ty Bobit

2. Linda Calhoun, Zan Calhoun

3. Diane Sanders, Sandra Sanders

4. Front row: Barbara Demming Lurie, Laurie Bucher, back: Marilyn Bernstein, The Honorable Milan Smith, Carole Hoffman, Rex Hoffman, MD, John Bucher

5. Jackie Miller, Steve Miller

6. Judy Leach, Pat Sacks, MD, Craig Leach

7. Irving Levine, Debby Rubenstein, Terri Young, Mark Lurie, MD

8. Doug Deaver, Ryan Deaver

9. Lisa Noski, Elaine McRae

10. Craig Leach, Admiral James Stavridis, Keith Hobbs, Mark Lurie, MD

TORRANCE MEMORIAL GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MANY DONORS

GIFTS FROM OCTOBER 1 TO FEBRUARY 28

$1,000,000+

Melanie and Richard Lundquist

$500,000+

Kinecta Community Foundation

Norris Foundation

Janice and Timur Tecimer

Patricia and Gerald Turpanjian, TF Foundation

$200,000+

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Sandra Brunsmann

Stephanie and Aaron De La Torre

Francesca and Doug Deaver

Janet Esposito

Priscilla Hunt

Pat and Richard Lucy

McMorrow Family Foundation

Victoria Nishioka Estate

Kay and Chuck Song, MD

Colleen and Edward Whittemore, III

$150,000+

Henry and Jessica Chen

Darla Valliant and Jack Feldman

Janis Adams and John Lyons

Carlene Ringer Estate

Torrance Memorial Auxiliary

$100,000+

Michael Greenberg

Oarsmen Foundation

Twanna and Tim Rogers

Phyllis and Steven Spierer

Joan and Herbert Stark

Deborah and Tom Thomas

Torrance Memorial Medical Staff

Russell Varon

Jackson and Julie Yang

$50,000+

Deveena Chandra and Jay Bajaria

Bayview Foundation, Inc.

Kim and Eric Belcher

Deepak and Nandini Chopra

Michelle and Darrin Del Conte

Sheri and Casey Dodge

Harry and Frances Fleming

Danielle Coates and Robert Greenberg

Amy and Stephen Haw

Clark Hsu and Sherry Chen Hsu

Jody and Eric Jonsson

Gina and Gregg Kirkpatrick

Allison and Rick Mayer

Deana Buechel and Greg Mayer

Carol and James McKay

Carol and Karl McMillen Jr.

Jacquelyne and Steven Miller

Jeffrey and Tiffany Neu

Serena and John Padian

Lavonne Rodstein

Beatrice Sheng

Sophie and Arnaud Solandt

Michael and Betty Tung

$30,000+

Laurie and John Bucher

Ofelia and Emmanuel David

Heritage Rehabilitation Center

Employee Ambassador Program

Joanna and Paul Giuliano

Noelle and Paul Giuliano

Lisa and Lowell Hill

Karen and Christopher Hutchison

Stuart C. Kern

Laura Lamping and Thomas Pawlak

Lisa and Greg Levine

Christie and John Mavredakis

Lynn and David McGowan

Elizabeth and William Messori

Linda and John Muckel

Lisa and Chuck Noski

Ellen and Mike Rosenberg

Simplehuman – Frank and Sandy Yang

Judith Sipes

Lee-Li-De and Erh-Mei Su

Srisamon and Peter Tansavatdi

Cengiz Volkan

$25,000+

Ayne and Jack Baker

James Burt

Susan and Larry Delpit Jr.

Ronnie and Alan Goldstein

Lisa and Steven Hansen

Danica Krslovic and Dominic Iannitti

Sandii and Lee Minshull

Pat and Richard Lucy

Brian Miura, MD

Ann Marie and Michael Morris

Lori and Tom O'Hern

Nancy Weisel

$20,000+

Timothy and Sandra Armour

Carole Hoffman

Gary Hunter

Integrated Digital Solutions, Inc. –Kim and Rick Leacock

Timothy Keenan

Elaine Scott

Phil Steinberg

Janet and Ian Teague

Teri and Rob Young

$15,000+

Keenan Healthcare

Song and David Klein

Laurie and Thomas McCarthy

Larry Prutch

The Lundquist Institute

$10,000+

Christy and Jay Abraham

Steve Booth

Ruth and Harv Daniels

Joyce and Bob Daniels

Regina and Dan Finnegan

Sandi and Mike Gleason

Kathleen and Rich Goldstein

Mary Harris and Doug Kendle

Pei Huang

Judy and Parnelli Jones

Ronna Katz

Norm Koutek

Katy and Greg Laetsch

Dorothy and Allen Lay

Judy and Craig Leach

Barbara Demming Lurie and Mark Lurie, MD

Marilyn and Ian MacLeod

Carol and Gerry Marcil

Andrea and John Mazzotta

Diane and Davis Moore

Lore and Marv Patrick

Michele and Robert Poletti

Bryce Rhodes

Patricia Sacks, MD

Laura and Marc Schenasi

Sam and Kay Sheth

Deborah and Jerry Soldner

Mimi and Frank Walsh, Jr.

Barbara Wilkinson

Ann and Gary Zimmerman

$5,000+

Valerie and Chris Adlam

Anesthesia Medical Group of Torrance Memorial Medical Center

Baker, Burton & Lundy Law Offices

Ali and Ron Bergeron

Nadine and Ty Bobit

Eldora Cathey

Susan and David Chan, MD

Chevron U.S.A.

Moya and Peter Collins

Randy and Luke Dauchot

Jan and Cliff d'Autremont

Debbie and Stephen Dinsmore, MD

Gary Elminoufi

EMCOR Services Mesa Energy

Thyra Endicott, MD and Rev.Jonathan Chute

Patricia and Paul Francis

Judith Gassner

Danielle and Mike Gatto

Laurie and Greg Halvorsen

J. McKeeve Plumbing, Inc.

Peter Johnson

William E. Kim, MD, and Kay Kim

William Lang

Dianne and Ned Mansour

Mascari Warner Dinh Architects

Bee and Ron Miller

Serena and John Ngan

Nixon Peabody LLP

Christina and Phil Pavesi

RCL Foundation

Mary and Timothy Richardson

Celia and Robert Rothman

John Sealy, MD

Allyson and Alex Shen, MD

Pam and Brian Sherman, MD

Barbara Shimabukuro

Solid Rock Structural Solutions, Inc.

Carol and Witt Stephens

Steve Miller Company

Joy and Kevin Theodora Sr.

Helen and Pasquale† Theodora

Stuart and Frances Tsujimoto

Robert Underwood

Terri and Dennis Cammarano

Woven Foundation

$2,500+

Ben Abrams and Rachel Bressi

Frank Y. An, MD

Ron Berberian

Joan Caras

Nancy Carter

Chivaroli & Associates and James & Gable Insurance Brokers

Sandy and Thomas Cobb

Kathi and Perry Colligan

Kathleen and Mark Costa

Kathleen D. Crane and The Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr.

Pam Crane

Alyson and Dean Decker

Manjri and Rajendra Dhami

Susan Dilamarter

Donna and R. Stephen Doan

Peggy and Robert Dowell

Diane Liebenson and Thomas Duralde, MD

Melanie Friedlander, MD

Teresa Gordon

Timme and Kurt Gunderlock

Shanna and Jack Hall

Ann and George Hartmann Jr.

Sabrina and Eddie Hayden

Chih-Ming and Shirley Ho

Merilee and Keith Hobbs

Jenny and Roger Hong, MD

Clarisa and Don Howard

Katherine and Kirk Johnson

Vicki and Jeff Kern

Stan and Barbara Levine

Kathryn and David McKinnie

Donna McNeely

Roxanne and Ramin

Mirhashemi, MD

Katy and Samuel Morris

Maureen and Mario Palladini

Trish and John Peterson

PNG Builders

Jonathan Po, MD, and Harriet Po

Suzanne Porch

Michelle and David Rand, MD

Lori and Ray Richard

Tamara Ritchey Powers

Kelly and Chris Rogers

Nancy and Michael Rouse

Adele Ruxton

Tori and Jim Schladen

Marge Schugt

Don Shue

Sam and Monica Sim

Linda and David Smith

Keith Sultemeier

Surf Management, Inc.

Torrance Emergency Physicians

Torrance Radiation Oncology Assoc.

Janet and Doug Van Riper

Laurie and Greg Halvorsen

Susan and Wade Welch

Mary and Steve Wright

Dwight and Kay Yamada

YPPA of Torrance Memorial

James Yukevich

$1,000+

Janice and Mark Ancheta, MD

ArentFox Schiff LLP

Amy and Ian Armbruster

Heidi Assigal and Gerhard Eberhart

Michele and William Averill, MD

Lori and David Baldwin

Brenton Bauer, MD

Marc Benson

Andrew Benton

Peggy and Cliff Berwald

CJ and Sharon Beshke

Stephanie and Brian Bezner

John D. Blakey, MD

Cynthia and William Bone

Boss Holdings, Inc

John Braniff

Sheryl and Walter Brannan, MD

Trudy Brown

Jamie Buckstaff

James Cabaniss

Vinh Cam, MD, and Judy Nei

Edna Campbell

Stanley Chang, MD, and Joanne Chang

Maria and Kevin Chapman

Jim and Julie Chen

Jennifer and Anthony Chen, MD

Sue and Fred Christie

Nancy Peterson and Dick Chun

Fred Clayton

Mei and Bill Collier

Peter Croke

Don Culler

Edith Dees

Cindy and Steven Dennis

Alice Diego-Malit, MD, and Earl Malit

James C. Ding, MD, and Marcia Ding, MD

Beth A. Dorn, MD

Krissie and Scott Douglas

Paige and Michael Doumani

Suzann and Don Douthwright

Marina Dsouza, MD

Anna Eakins

Cami and Donald Evans

Dorothy and Bill Farris

Jeannine and Dennis Frandsen

Juan Frisancho, MD

Terry and Pat Furey

Angela and Dean Furkioti, DDS

Deborah and Moe Gelbart, PhD

George & Reva

Graziadio Foundation

Naomi and Marc Glaser

Ric Hammond

Nan and Reed Harman

Patricia and James Hartman

Cynthia and Richard Harvey

Donna Helstrom

Bruce Hoerning

Mary Hoffman and Bob Habel

Jenn and Brandon Hohm

Daniel R. Hovenstine, MD

Lesley and Colin Hull

Joyce and Rudy Jimenez

Susan Johnson

John Johnson, MD

Page Jones

Allan Jones, DDS

Hakimeh Kadivar, MD

Dana Kennedy, MD

Lucy Kimball†

Arlene and Michael Klosk

Rachel A. Knopoff, MD, and Russell Dickerson, MD

Paula and Arthur Kozinski

Sherry and Ian Kramer, MD

Sandra and Ed Langhammer

Tonny Meng-Che Lee, MD, and Jessica Tsai, DDS

Linda Lee

George and Christina Legg

Linda and David Lillington

Tracy and Andy Livian

Helaine and Steve Lopes

Melody and Thomas Lowe, MD

Heidi and John Mackenbach

Norma Foster Maddy

Courtney and Ryan Mansour

Vicky and Winston Mar

Marlene and Jeffrey McKeeve

Sunny Y. Melendez, MD, and Ron Melendez, MD

Catherine Melton

Evi and David Meyer, PhD

Myron and Luise Miller

Lori Morgan, MD

Karen and Gene Naftulin, MD

Lisa and Eric Nakkim, MD

Nancy and Steve Novokmet

Diane and Stephen Nuccion, MD

Rosalie and Chirag Patel, MD

Payden & Rygel

Phyllis Pelezzare

Leslie and Todd Powley

Linda Pullen-Buehl

Rose Anne and Jerry Redman

Ann and W. Jack Rode

Laura and James Rosenwald, III

Andrea and Jim Sala

Anne and Scott Salisbury, CPC

Robert Santangelo

Denise Scarpetti

Krista and Tom Schlappatha

Diane and Eric Schott

Phyllis and René Scribe

Connie Senner

Robert Sickler

Deepjot Singh, MD

Fay and Mitchell Sklar, MD

Erin and Andrew Sloves

Michael Sparks

Elizabeth Spatz

Jim Specht

Aileen Takahashi, MD, and Charles Spenler, MD

Gina Sulmeyer, MD, and Michael Arriola

Ruth Sve

Cathrine and Carlo Tabellario, MD

David Tarlau

Lisa Green-Templeton and Kevin Templeton

Laurie Hunter and Bob Tiedemann

Todd C. Theodora

Triton Pacific Construction Group

Sandy VandenBerge

Marcela and John Vanhara

Karen Varon

Brigid and James Wethe, MD

Susan and Matthew Whelan

Cynthia L. Williams, MD, and Alan Gahleb

Peter and Monica Wong

Harry Yoshikawa

Jim and Margaret Yuen

Carla and Walter Zanino

Frances and Stanley Zee

$500+

Lesley Aitchison

AmazonSmile Foundation

Michaela and John Andrawis, MD

James Andrews

Nadia Antii

Robert F. Appell, PharmD

Bob Armstrong

Aley Arredondo

Bret Barrett

Brenda and Doug Beatty

Don Bedell

Lenore Bemis

Beti and Christopher Bergman

Meenakshi Bhasin-Shah, MD, and Samir Shah

Blackbaud Giving Fund

Ellie and Ben Bobit

Danielle Boujikian

Elena and Larry Bruns

Ann and David Buxton

Linda and Zan Calhoun

John Campo

Capital Group Companies Global Frederique Carver and Doug Popovich

Siripat Chaichan

Emily and Jeff Cheam

Christine and David Cheatham

Chan Chuang, MD

Cheryl and Stephen Connors

Francine and Phillip Cook

Christian Cordoba

CTBC Bank Corp. (U.S.A.)

Kristin and Andrew Curren

Shoshana and Phillip Cutler

Ittie and Warren Cutting, DDS

Teri Dart

Steven Davis, MD

Maureen and Tim Dearden

Sara and Omer Deen, MD

Jennifer Denis

Nora Devine

Thai Dinh

Darol Draggoo

Sally and Mike Eberhard

Carissa Ellis

Suellen Eslinger

Derrick Fisher

Farnaz and Lawrence Flechner, MD

LeRoy Forehand

Melanie and Robert Franco

Karen and John Freeman

Doris Garber

Aziz Ghaly, MD

Katrina Goldberg

Nancy and Bob Gragg

Suzanne and Paul Grudnitski

Nancy and Hans Gustafsson

Maral and Brian Hand

Jean Hardy

Eric Harris

Jennifer and Paul Hennessey

Julie and James Hezlep

Beth and Erik Higgins

Kitty and Al Hill

Sandy and Karl Jackson

Alexis and Peter Jensen

Aarchan Joshi

Mona and Derrick Kawamoto

Asad Khaja, MD

David S. Kim, MD

Steve Kostrencich

Patricia Kromka

John and Yukiko Kuno

Lianne La Reine

Coreen Lanza

Charlotte Lazar-Morrison

Barb and Barry LeQuire

Kathy Levy

Kathleen Liverpool

Elizabeth M. Lowerison and Ralph Lopez

LPL Financial Corporate

Darlene Lucio

Jenny Luo, MD

Susan and David Mackenbach

Carol Magee

Annsley and Matthew Marshall

Joan Mastick

Nancy Mateyka

Michaela and Shawn McGahey

Laura and Ronald McIntire

Lisa Humphreys, MD, and John McNamara, MD

Kimberly McNeil

Amanda Vanni and Matthew Mejia, MD

Melany and Paul Merryman

Sheri Messerlian, PhD, and Jack Messerlian

MHP Structural Engineers

Katherine V. Miller, MD

Kathy and Chuck Moine

Ann and Daniel Mueller

Alma Nakamoto

Sophia and Philippe Neveu

Mary and Dennis Noble

Susann Norton

Ann and Mike O'Brien

Sarina Pai, DO

Elizabeth Paul, MD

Sejal and Maneesh Penkar, MD

Candace and Larry Poindexter

Gayle Probst

Karen and Dan Pryor

QuinStar Technology, Inc.

Quirk Properties

Marcie and Scott Rees, DDS

Dwaine Mattei-Reitler and Lee Reitler, MD

Aloisia and Alfons Ribitsch

Magdalena Rodriguez

Abraham Santiago

Gregory Schill

Camilla Seferian

Stephanie and Brad Sherman

Carolyn Singleton

Craig Smith, MD

South Bay Evergreen

Seniors Association

Grace and Greg St. Clair

Kaylee and Mark Steinhauer

Bert Stewart

Diane and Lewis Stone

Carol and John Stratton, MD

Nancy and Larry Takahashi

Carol and William Taylor

Sylvia Thompson

Natalie and Dave Thorpe

Wynne Torqueza

Shelly Trites

Irene and John Trotter, DDS

Josephine Tuzzolino

Cynthia and Kazuaki Uemura

Brandy Van Zitter, RN

Abby and Bill Waddell

West Coast University Inc.

Lisa and Mike Wilson

Sarah Wohn, PsyD

Arlene Yakush

Judith Abad

$250+

Marti and Phil Adler

Nicole Alexander Spencer, MD

Tasneem Bholat, MD, and Sam Alherech

Sharon and Charles Amos

Ines Anhalt

Elisa I. Anhalt, MD, and Douglas D. Laurin

Ashcraft Design

Dale Asti

Marcia and Lawrence August, MD

Harriet Bailiss-Sustarsic

Ellen Baker, MD

Franziska and Raoul Balcaen

Pamela Bealo

Julie and Brian Beckman

Joshua Berger, MD

Roxan and Farhad Bottlewalla

Jennifer and David Bray Jr., MD

Rosalia Briguglio

Kim and Chris Brothers

Linda Campanale

Eileen Chang, MD

Lisa and James Cheatham

Lillian and Thomas Cheng

Jennifer Chocholek

David S. Chung, MD, and Shannon Chung

Diana and Ken Ciszek

Amanda Clauson, MD

Cordea Consulting, LLC

Dabao Inc.

Kristen Damon

Larry Davis

Elizabeth Dell-Sparkman

Cindy and Jeffery Deter

Martha Deutsch

Steven Dunner

Donna and Gary Duperon

Roxanne and Bruce Ellison

Margaret and Calvin Feliciano

Lisa Fisher, MD, and Brian Fitzgerald

Kyoung and Gary Frazier

Judith and Robert Frinier

Jackie and Greg Geiger

Brian Gilman

Anne Gonzales

Herna Gonzalez

Karen Gottlieb

Anna Hamedani

Hannum

Teri Hawkins

Olivia Hemaratanatorn

Gisele and Norman Herrington

Steven and Tina Hsiao

Joyce Ishimoto

Feng Jiang

Kathleen Jucar

Carolin Keith Wade and Bob Wade

Jackie and Vince Kelly

Sylvia Kennedy

Irene and David Khan

Christine Kim, MD, and Dong Kim, MD

Amy Kim

Lea Ann King

Wendy Klarik

Kathleen and Richard Krauthamer, MD

Eileen Krock

Lisa and Carl Lahr

Katharine Leader

Monica K. Lee, MD, and Ernest Kwok

Paula Leeds

Russell Lemley

Gretchen Lent, MD

Lihon Li

Laura Licea

Yvonne and William Liu, MD

Czarina Lo and Austin Su

Ana Lopez-O'Sullivan, MD

Leslie Low and Richard Kamm

Lei Lu

Mary and David Matson

Iona Matson

Judith and Gene Matsuda

Dorothy Mayer

Amber McAuley

Caro and John Miguelez

Shirley Mikami

Thipnongnuch and Larry Miller

Karen Mohr

Diane and Ron Montalto

Jennifer and Peter Morgan

Harriet Mizuno-Moyer and Stanford Moyer

Shalini Singh and Vimal Murthy, MD

Julie and Robert Nagelhout

Tamiko Nakama

Lori and Steve Nolls

Jason Nunez

Clinton O'Grady

Maria and Dru Olton

Colleen O'Neill

Mary Belen Ong

Melanie R. O'Regan

Susan Osa

Alexandros Papadopoulos

Kathleen and Buddy Parks, III

Robyn and Al Peacock III

Peacock Palace

Cynthia and Laurence Percz

Linda Perry

Bang Pham, MD, and Dolly Pham

Gretchen Privett

Terry Lewis Ragins and Mark Ragins

Cynthia Stone Raskin

Rhea and Patrick Rendon

Dani Rodriguez-Brindicci and Ricc Brindicci

Stephanie Roman

Suzanne Rowland

Raquel Roy

Dottie and Vincent Rudinica

Irene and Edmond Russ

Deena and William Ruth

Sadhna's Floral Studio

Julie and Andy Sager

Letty Sanchez

Carmen Scotten

Francesca and Joseph Scudiero

Natalie and David Shaby

Andrew Sheng, DMD, and Eunice Sheng

Julie Park Sim, MD

Marsha and William Singleton

Susan Smith

Ellen and Clay Smith

Alex Smith

Pam and Richard Squires

Shannon M. Stacy, MD

Janet and Michael Stoakley

Kimberly and David Stone, MD

Shari and Craig Sunada

Inez Tarver

Charity Teng

The Bocce Group Holtzman

Gerald Theodora

Mei and Steve Tsai

Julie Valentine

Jenny Ventura

Villa Sorrento

Aracely Villalobos

Jean and Bill Waddell

Lani and Roger Walker

Margaret and Peter Wang

Jackie Wang-Dijori

Patrick Wecker

Cindy and Grant Wells

Robyn Westfall

Timothy and Cecilia Yu, MD

Dora and Paul Zhang

$100+

Jocelyn Aguirre

Jeanne and Fikret Atamdede, MD

Joselyn Bailey, MD

Emily and Jerry Baker

Cindy and Matt Bandy

Sandy Behrens

Brenda and Luis Bentivengo

Barbara and David Bentley

Vinko Bjazevic

Michael Black

Boots & Bows Square Dance Club

E. Bove

Nancy Brennan

Mimi Brody

Donna and James Bunn

Flavio Bustillo

Debbie Butler

Alvenia and Ramon Cabatan

Thomas Campbell

Jennifer and Chris Caras

Zenaida Carrillo-Ramo

Kharla Cavina

Josephine Chan

Maria and Alfonso Chirco

Sallie and Thom Cintron

James Cook

Wafa Crawford

Kenneth Darr

Erin Deering

Tiffany and Russell Delia

John Dezso

Javier Diaz

Valerie and David Dingwall

Jacki and Murray Drechsler

Norma Estrada

Janet and Gordon Faber

Aneela Farooqi

Norma Fernandez

Jeff Figueroa

Kristen Flagler

Kristen Flieder

Darlene and Paul Foley

Martin Fox

Giovanna Fusco

Andrea and Charlie Gale

Vita and Abele Galletti

Chloe and Tony Gambardella

Jan E. Gardner, MD

Joseph Gerber

Carlos Gonzales

Susan Greenberg

Albert Gresto

Nina and Michael Guidry

Eve Guth

Christine and Alek Haidos

Rosalind Halikis

Lauren Harding

Nancy and Keith Hauge

Abraham Hawatmeh, MD

Nathan Higashigawa

Betty Hill

Erin Hoffman and Heidi Hoffman, MD

Mary Rose and Thomas Jeffry

Dale Jenkins

Frank Kane

Nancy Kellogg

Dorita Kerr-Lynch

Cynthia Keus

Marietta Key

Jan Kiernan

Dede King

Mary Ann Kohrs

Julia Kovisaras

William and Wen Kuo

Bonny and Albert Lam, MD

Debbie Landes

James Larson

Lynn Lavezzari

Wilfredo Lazarte

Judy Lebrillo

Joanna Lee

Ling and Edward Lee

Jacqueline and Joe Leimbach

Elizabeth Lizaso

Karen and Frederick Lorig

Kay and Paul Lupo

Judith Maizlish

Larry Maizlish

Sanae Matsukawa

Diane Maxwell

Anne McGinn

Jackie and John McGovern

Eric Mellem

Eric and Anna Mellor, MD

Sally Moite

Diane Morris

Eva Muchnick

Ken Murakami

Diana Murillo

George and Florence Nakakura

Julie Nakano

Dennis Noor

William Oberholzer

Catalina Obias

Patricia and Kenneth Ochi

Ariele Oda

Tomiaki and Nobuko Okada

Marisol Ortiz

Maria Pavlick

Sharon and Joseph Payne

Maranita Pegadiotes

Fred and Ann Peitzman

Dorothy Piurkowsky

Carlito Rafanan

Faye and Armando Ramos

Paul Reasbeck

Jim Reichardt

Bernie and Timothy Reid

Gerald Robinson

Robin Roger

Peggy and Lewis Roland

AMBASSADORS

VISIONARY

Sandy Behrens

Jean Breedlove

Katy and Greg Laetsch

Twanna and Tim Rogers

Elaine Scott

Liz and Rich Umbrell

Colleen and Edward Whittemore, III

PREMIER

Jeff Wilson, Chevron U.S.A.

Valerie and Chris Adlam

Susan and David Chan, MD

Jan and Cliff d'Autremont

Surf Management, Inc.

Patricia and Paul Francis

Cindy and Bill Hagelstein

William E. Kim, MD and Kay Kim

Dianne and Ned Mansour

Garrett Matsunaga, MD, and Melanie Dee, MD

Allison and Rick Mayer

Izzat Alamdari and Eric Milefchik, MD

Marilyn and Frank Miles

Jacquelyne and Steven Miller

Christina and Phil Pavesi

Phyllis Pelezzare

Mary and Timothy Richardson

Janette Rollins-Schaefer

Joanne and Michael Romanelli Jr.

Hilda Rondeau

Melinda Rouse-Beaver

Pamela and Robert Schachter

Beya and Robert Schaeffer Jr., MD

Carol and Craig Schenasi

Lucie and Stephen Schlesinger, CPA

Joanne and John Schmidt

Mike Schoelte

Rose Sherwood

Edward Shimp

Jennifer Smith

Ellen and William Smith

James Smolko

Diane and Ronald Spellman

Mary and Dale Spiegel Jr.

Lynda Stoodley

Joyce and Jared Stout

Mary Suzuki

Carmen Swain

Kathryn and Thomas Sweet

Diana and Dale Tarpo

Dorothy Teja

Erin Theodora O'Brien

Jennifer Velasquez

Dominique Vialar

Ed Vierzba

Janis and Gregory Vogt

Ronald Walecki

Heidi Ward

John Wong

Adam Zaffos

Yang Zhang

Geraldine Zientek

Anna Marie Zuanich

Celia and Robert Rothman

Robin and RJ Smith

PLATINUM

Paul's Photo, Inc.

Donald and Kathy Black

Patricia and Dick Carlson

Louise and David Clinton

Lynne and Horace Cochran

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.

Susan Heflinger

Nazanin and Amir Kaviani, MD

Stan and Barbara Levine

Sudy and Bud Mayo

Trish and John Peterson

Jonathan Po, MD, and Harriet Po

Tamara Ritchey Powers

Susan Greenberg Rudich and Howard Rudich

Ellen and Clay Smith

Robert Stephenson

Douglass Stewart

Ellen and Pat Theodora

Janet and Doug Van Riper

Terri and Dennis Cammarano

Nancy Weisel

Susan and Wade Welch

Lisa and Mike Wilson

Terry and Jim Witte

Dwight and Kay Yamada

Andrea and Michael Zislis

GOLD

Khrystyna Pavlova and Riad Adoumie, MD

Frank Y. An, MD

Janice and Mark Ancheta, MD

Elisa Anhalt, MD, and Douglas Laurin

Michele and William Averill, MD

Lori and David Baldwin

Peggy and Morton Bauchman

Peggy and Cliff Berwald

John D. Blakey, MD

Trudy Brown

Ann and David Buxton

James Cabaniss

Vinh Cam, MD and Judy Nei

Jim and Julie Chen

George and Diana Brandt

Philip W. Chung, MD, and Lauren Choi, MD

Priscilla and Frank Clark

Fred Clayton

Kathy and Paul Cohen

Pam Crane

Kathleen D. Crane and The Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr.

Don Culler

Judy Dabinett

Cindy and Steven Dennis

Susan Dilamarter

Juli and Michael DiLustro

James Ding, MD, and Marcia Ding, MD

Beth A. Dorn, MD

Suzann and Don Douthwright

Marina D'Souza, MD

Valerie Carrier and Eric Dupont

Sally and Mike Eberhard

Mary and Steven Fisher, MD

Jeannine and Dennis Frandsen

Juan Frisancho, MD

Angela and Dean Furkioti, DDS

Judith Gassner

Jackie and Greg Geiger

Karen Gottlieb

Marnie and Dan Gruen

Christine and Alek Haidos

Christine Hanson

Donna Marie and Eugene Hardin, MD

Donna Helstrom

Agi Hirshberg

Mike Ho, MD, and Joanna Ho

Merilee and Keith Hobbs

Erin Hoffman and Heidi Hoffman, MD

Kalpana Hool, MD, and Hugo Hool, MD

Daniel Hovenstine, MD and Richard Bruno

Lesley and Colin Hull

Kim and Donald Inadomi, MD

Sandy and Karl Jackson

Alma and Barry Johnsin, DDS

John Johnson, MD

Hakimeh Kadivar, MD

Valerie and Edward Kelly

Susan and Lawrence Kneisley, MD

Rachel Knopoff, MD, and Russell Dickerson, MD

Paula and Arthur Kozinski

Sherry and Ian Kramer, MD

Patricia Kromka

John and Yukiko Kuno

Patricia and Thomas LaGrelius, MD

Donna LaMont

Monica Lee and Ernest Kwok

George and Christina Legg

Barb and Barry LeQuire

Charlotte and Russ Lesser

Linda and David Lillington

Tracy and Andy Livian

Laurie and Steve Love

Melody and Thomas Lowe, MD

Vicky and Winston Mar

Kimcee McAnally, PhD

Sunny Melendez, MD, and Ron Melendez, MD

Catherine Melton

Sheri Messerlian, PhD, and Jack Messerlian

Patricia and Larry Murphy

Karen and Gene Naftulin, MD

Erin and Brian Neal

Warren Oda and Juliet Chang

Karen and John Odom

Judith K. Opdahl

Melanie R. O'Regan

Delores Parcell

Linda Pullen-Buehl

Rose Anne and Jerry Redman

Rhea and Patrick Rendon

Raquel Roy

Laura and Marc Schenasi

Marcia and Michael Schoettle

Marlene Schultz and Philip Walent

Jerry Schwartz, MD

JoAnn and Kemper Shaw

Allyson and Alex Shen, MD

Robert Sickler

Mae and Deren Sinkowitz, MD

Fay and Mitchell Sklar, MD

Christine and Scott Smith

George So, MD, and Hsin-Yi Lee, MD

Ruth Sve

Irene Terrell

Charles Turek, MD

Mary Jo and Jerome Unatin, MD

Karen Varon

Kerry and David Wallis, MD

Brigid and James Wethe, MD

Susan and Matthew Whelan

Cynthia Williams, MD, and Alan Gahleb

Judith and Barry Wolstan, MD

Peter and Monica Wong

Cathi and R. Michael Wyman, MD

Nancy and Roger Zapor

SILVER

Christy and Jay Abraham

Michelle Ahnn

Michaela and John Andrawis, MD

Robert F. Appell, PharmD

Marcia and Lawrence August, MD

Harriet Bailiss-Sustarsic

Cindy and Matt Bandy

Michele and Robert Bell

Meenakshi Bhasin-Shah, MD, and Samir Shah

Diana and George Brandt

Elena and Larry Bruns

Edna Campbell

Anita Canfield

Lauren and Benjamin Carroll, MD

Frederique Carver and Doug Popovich

Stanley Chang, MD, and Joanne Chang

Donna and Michael Ciminera

Fern and Martin Cohen

Patricia Croce

Ittie and Warren Cutting, DDS

Vanessa Dickey, MD

Karla Burns and Brett Dillenberg

Diane Dunn

Lisa Fisher, MD, and Brian Fitzgerald

Farnaz and Lawrence Flechner, MD

LeRoy Forehand

Karen and John Freeman

Elaine and Byron Gee

Deborah and Moe Gelbart, PhD

Debra and Damien Goldberg, DDS

Susan and Richard Gomez

Nancy Griffith, MD, and Richard Schell

Timme and Kurt Gunderlock

Nancy and Keith Hauge

Lynne and Jim Held

Beth and Erik Higgins

Chih-Ming and Shirley Ho

Lindsay and Peter Imwalle

Maria and Robert Jaques

Michelle and John Katnik

David S. Kim, MD

Wendy Klarik

Song and David Klein

Harold and Linda Koletsky

Gigi and David Kramer

Lisa and Carl Lahr

Tonny Meng-Che Lee, MD, and Jessica Tsai, DDS

Martha and David Leveille, MD

Andrea and Jamie Lewis, MD

Kenneth Libkin

Helaine and Steve Lopes

Darlene Lucio

Ryan Mansour

Lisa and Christopher Martz

Laura and Ronald McIntire

Lisa Humphreys, MD, and John McNamara, MD

Mary and Gus Meier

Roxanne and Ramin Mirhashemi, MD

Margaret and Chris Moggia

Ann and Daniel Mueller

Shalini Singh and Vimal Murthy, MD

Cassandra Ndiforchu, MD, and Fombe Ndiforchu, MD

Mary and Dennis Noble

Elizabeth Paul, MD

Maria Pavlick

Robyn and Al Peacock III

Cynthia and Laurence Percz

Linda Perry

Candace and Larry Poindexter

Gina Quatrine

Marcie and Scott Rees, DDS

Aloisia and Alfons Ribitsch

Lori and Ray Richard

David and Yoshiko Rock

Kathy and Romolo Santarosa

Carmen and Gordon Schaye, MD

Linda Schultz, PhD, and Arthur Schultz, DDS

Barbara L. Schulz, MD

Jane Semel, MD

Stacey and Chris Shane

Trudy Smith

Carolyn Snyder

Erin and Paul Stanley

Bert Stewart

Diane and Lewis Stone

Carol and John Stratton, MD

William Tarng, MD

Janice and Timur Tecimer

Robyn Westfall

Mary and Scott Wheatley

Kathy and David Willock

Curtice Wong, MD

Arlene Yakush

Ellen and George Zelinsky

Ann and Gary Zimmerman

LIFETIME

Cathy Allen

Gail and Doug Allen, CLU

Betty Belsky

Mila and Patrick Chambers, MD

Mary and John Clark

Achara and Thomas Cowell, MD

Barbara Dorman

Virginia and Dennis Fitzgerald

Sherry and Thomas Gossett, MD

Patti and Al Hermann

Carole Hoffman

Terry and Joe Hohm, CPA

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

Franklin Pratt, MD

Peggie and Gerald Reich, 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

Mary L. Williams

Dovie and George Worcester

Erin and Patrick Yeh, MD

YOUNG PHYSICIANS & PROFESSIONALS ALLIANCE

Michelle Abraham

Charlotte and Zach Adlam

Nicole Alexander-Spencer, MD

Janice and Mark Ancheta, MD

Michaela and John Andrawis, MD

Elisa Anhalt, MD, and Doug Laurin

Nadia Antii

Melanie and Benjamin Archer

Alejandra Arredondo

Anthony Arellano-Kruse, MD

Megan and Andrew Bark

Bret Barrett

Stephanie Bezner, Esq., and Brian Bezner

Tasneem Bholat, MD, and Sam Alherech

Kevin Bidenkap, CFP

Angelie and John Blakey, MD

Nadine and Ty Bobit

Danielle Boujikian

Dani Rodriguez-Brindicci and Ricc Brindicci

Nik Bringleson

John Campo, MD

Drisa Carrizo, CPA

Lauren and Benjamin Carroll, MD

Cody Charnell

Stanley Chang, MD, and Joanne Chang

Christine Chui

Shoshana and Phillip V. Cutler

Kristen Damon, Esq.

Teri Dart, RN

Sara Deen, DDS, and Omer Deen, MD

Alice Diego-Malit, MD

Thess Duong

Carissa and Benjamin Ellis

Danielle and Brian English

Melanie Friedlander, MD

Denise and Roy Fu, MD

Aziz Ghaly, MD

Teresa Gordon

John Gragg, CFP

Kimberly and Justin Guichard

Jennifer and Robert Guillen

Courtney Hambleton

Charlie Hargraves

Erin and Heidi Hoffman, MD

Jenn and Brandon Hohm

Allison and Justin Holcher, CFP

NaiWei Hsu, RN

Slavka Jasik-Whitaker and Brad Whitaker

Kathleen Jucar

Dawn and Bo Kaplan

Dana Kennedy, MD

Veronica and Jeff Kern

Lynn Kim

Song and Dave Klein

Connie and Jeffrey Lai, MD

Cora H. Lee and Dan Chen

Kathy Levy, RN

Catherine Leys

Beth Lowerison, RN

Jenny Luo, MD

Heidi and John Mackenbach

Susan and David Mackenbach

Ryan Mansour

Annsley and Matthew Marshall

Herna Joy Gonzalez and James McKinnell, MD

Colleen and Jamie McKinnell, MD

Chaitali and Akshay Mehta, MD

Erik Milanez

Brian Miura, MD

Tricia Mohammed-Stein

Austin Moller

Roberta Berg Moller

Spencer Moller

Katy and Sam Morris

Amanda Murphy, MD, and Keith W. Murphy

Shalini and Vimal Murthy, MD

Nadav Nahumi, MD

Sophia and Philippe Neveu

Maria Olton, RN, and Dru Olton

Sarina Pai, DO

Jennifer and Victor Pan

Angela Park-Sheldon, CFP, and Hank Sheldon

Sejal and Maneesh Penkar, MD

William Rehrig

Maggie Rodriguez, RN

Leah Romine, RN, and Matthew Willis

Maria Sass Goldstein and Jared Goldstein

Vincent Rios

Andrew Schumacher, MD

Madeline and Alex Schumacher

Allyson and Alexander Shen, MD

Pamela and Brian Sherman, MD

Karen C. Shum, DPM

Brooke Sigler, CPA

Julie Sim, MD

Margaret and Edward Sipes

Cyndy and Joseph Spierer

Kellie and Todd Stender

Gina Sulmeyer, MD, and Michael Arriola

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Nadia Antii, CRPC

Gregory Becker, Esq.

Beti Tsai Bergman, Esq.

Stephanie Bezner, Esq.

Gene Brown, CLPF

Yvonne Chavez, CLPF

Stephen F. Connors, CFP

Phillip Cook, CFP

Christian Cordoba, CFP

Maureen Dearden

Vince Fierro

Nancy Gragg, CWS

Suzanne Grudnitski, CLPF

Eric J. Harris, Esq.

Connor Hartwell, CFP

Brandon Hohm, CPA

HERITAGE SOCIETY

James Andrews

Lenore Bemis

Peggy and Wayne Bemis, DDS

Hilde Boldt†

Elaine Booth-Carnegis

Jan and Virgil Bourgon

Robert† and Patricia Brewster

Mimi Brody

Ronnie Brown†

Maria Buechler

James Philip Burt

Marie and James Campbell

Benjamin Cheng and Kim McCarthy

Marilyn Chevalier†

Herbert Clarkson

Francine and Phillip Cook

Melody and Gary Cooper

Bette and Dick† Crowell

Joyce and Bob Daniels

Ruth and Harv Daniels

Rejandra and Manjri Dhami

Ginny and John Dixon

Sheri and Casey Dodge

Arlene and Dale† Dorman

Thyra Endicott, MD, and Jonathan Chute

Judy English and William Crudup, MD†

Jack Feldman and Darla Valliant

Sam and Rose Feng

Harry and Frances Fleming

Myrna Frame

Alexis M. Jensen, CPA

Derrick Kawamoto, EA

Ron Miller, CLPF

Mathew Moore

Karen Pryor (Co-Chair)

Cristin H. Rigg, CFP, CDFA

Gregory Schill, CFP

F. Thomas Schlappatha, CFP

Brittany and Jason Stone

William Tarng, MD

Stephanie Tang, DO

Natalie Thorpe, RN, and Dave Thorpe

Sean Tompkins

Shelly Trites, RN

Elizabeth and Richard Umbrell

Brandy Van Zitter, RN

Meg and Anthony Walker

Sarah Wohn, MD

Hilary and Clay Zachry

Andrea and Michael Zislis

Grace Greer St. Clair, Esq.

Larry Takahashi, CFP (Co-Chair)

Sylvia Thompson

Mark Tsujimoto

Stuart Tsujimoto, CFP

Kazuaki Uemura, Esq.

Abby Waddell

Henry Frankenberg

Judith and Robert Frinier

Sunila Fuster, MD

Sidney Gamber

Sue Glessner

Irene Goldman and David Sato†

Susan Goodlerner, MD, and Ed Wolfman

Marianne C. Sfreddo, CPA

Nancy Peterson and Dick Chun

Rebecca Gonzales and James Ng

Mary Gotham†

Karen Gottlieb

George W. Graham†

Patricia and Gary† Hathaway, MD

Adrianne and Alan† Hegge

Donna Helstrom

Patricia and David Hempel

Joan Henderson

Eve and Rick Higgins

Aida Hillway†

Keiko and Allen Hochstein

Carole A. Hoffman

Daniel Hovenstine, MD

Donald† and Priscilla Hunt

Gary Hunter

Maude Infantino

June Kaneoka

Ronna and Robert† Katz

Sylvia Kennedy

Stuart C. Kern

Robert P. Koch

Millie Kruger

Micki and Norman Lasky, MD

Irving Levine

Hilary Lord

Pat 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 and Ed Barad

Kak and David McKinnie

Sandra and Kenneth McKivett

Linda Severy McMahon and Jerold McMahon

Carol and Karl McMillen

Rita and Joseph C. Meistrell

Cheryl Melville

Richard Meyer, DDS

Myron and Luise Miller

EMPLOYEE AMBASSADORS

PREMIER $1,000+

Heidi Assigal

Derek Berz

Mary Bradfield-Smith

Robin Camrin

Zenaida Carrillo-Ramo

Dolores Cellier

Mary Ford

Judith Gassner

Debbie Griffin

Christina Hicks

Naiwai Hsu

Debra Kelley

Wilfredo N. Lazarte

Mary Matson

Tami Nakama

Maureen Palladini

Chris Rogers

Laura Schenasi

Julie Taylor

Mary Wright

BENEFACTOR $500

Nancy Agustin

Melissa Andrus

Cecilia Ani

Kathie Avakian

Cecilia Banania

Bret Barrett

Dan Bauman

Lance Bommelje

Joy Burkhardt

Heather Burt

Agnes Butardo

Alan Chung

Phil Cutler

Michelle Dahle

Sandra E. Daos

Josefina David-Engel

Janis Dickson

Patty Drew

Josephine Espejo

Mary E. Espinoza

Don Florentino Estrada

Doris and Gregory Morton

Steve Nash and Dell Fortune†

Victoria Nishioka†

Susann Norton

Colleen O'Neill

Judith Opdahl

Kenneth O'Rourke

Lore and Marv Patrick

Christina and Phil Pavesi

Nancy Peterson and Dick Chun

Fran and Rob Peveler

Judy and Dan Platus

Donna and John† Prysi

Carlene Ringer†

Betty Jane and Ernest Rivera

Lavonne and Jerry† Rodstein

Kirsten Wagner, DDS, and Richard Rounsavelle, DDS

Laura and Marc Schenasi

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In the emergency department, we deal with life-threatening situations, so when the pandemic hit, we were the first line of care for many COVID-19 patients. When they were discharged from the hospital, the Beatles uplifting melody of Here Comes the Sun would play over the PA system making us feel reconnected to those patients. I always found this juxtaposition with our tradition of playing Brahms Lullaby to welcome a newborn baby to be very moving. I would imagine the people who had recovered from COVID-19 were being reborn into the world. Even now, I choke up a little when I hear either song.

—Zachary Gray, MD

THE LUNDQUIST LURIE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE AT TORRANCE MEMORIAL is a local and national leader for comprehensive cardiac care with more multi-disciplinary experts, advanced treatment options and state-of-the-art technology. Our affiliation with Cedars-Sinai provides access to more cardiac expertise, innovative capabilities and clinical research. Learn more at TorranceMemorial.org/Cardio

More Experts in Matters of the Heart

LUNDQUIST LURIE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE Salman M. Azam, MD, Aziz S. Ghaly, MD, John M. Stoneburner, MD, Matthew Ostrom, FACC, FHRS, MD, J. Christopher Matchison, MD, Ankush Chhabra, MD