News from John Muir Health Foundation ISSUE 4 | SPRING 2015 BRIEFINGS Nancy Pope-Angulo, Nursing Manager of John Muir Health’s new pediatric intensive care unit, demonstrates how a SimBaby infant patient simulator is used to train PICU staff. Donors Show Strong Support for New PICU $1.3 MILLION RAISED IN 2014 TO SUPPORT NEW PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT John Muir Health is poised to open the first and only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Con- tra Costa County, thanks to its flourishing partner- ship with Stanford Children’s Health and a tre- mendous show of support from donors last year. The new eight-bed unit will provide children ages 0 to 18 with highly specialized, critical care that previously could only be found at distances up to 55 miles away. “Now children in our community with serious injuries or illnesses can be treated right here, close to home,” says Jane Willemsen, President and CAO, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek. The importance of having a PICU in Walnut Creek was clearly recognized by generous donors both within and outside the John Muir Health organization. The John Muir Medical Center, Wal- nut Creek Auxiliary contributed $25,000, and John Muir Health employees gave $43,000 through their own annual campaign. Numerous donors success- fully met a $125,000 challenge grant from an anon- ymous donor couple, and an impressive $889,000 was raised at the inaugural Celebrate John Muir Health! fundraising gala on November 1. “You never want any child to have a serious health issue,“ says Willemsen. “But now we have a PICU in our com- munity for those who need that special care.” PHOTOGRAPHY BY AKIM AGINSKY
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N e w s f r o m J o h n M u i r H e a l t h F o u n d a t i o nI S S U E 4 | S P R I N G 2 0 1 5
B R I E F I N G SNancy Pope-Angulo, Nursing Manager of John Muir Health’s new pediatric intensive care unit, demonstrates how a SimBaby infant patient simulator is used to train PICU staff.
Donors Show Strong Support for New PICU$1.3 MILLION RAISED IN 2014 TO SUPPORT NEW PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
John Muir Health is poised to open the first and only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Con-tra Costa County, thanks to its flourishing partner-ship with Stanford Children’s Health and a tre-mendous show of support from donors last year.
The new eight-bed unit will provide children ages 0 to 18 with highly specialized, critical care that previously could only be found at distances up to 55 miles away. “Now children in our community with serious injuries or illnesses can be treated right here, close to home,” says Jane Willemsen, President and CAO, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek.
The importance of having a PICU in Walnut
Creek was clearly recognized by generous donors both within and outside the John Muir Health organization. The John Muir Medical Center, Wal-nut Creek Auxiliary contributed $25,000, and John Muir Health employees gave $43,000 through their own annual campaign. Numerous donors success-fully met a $125,000 challenge grant from an anon-ymous donor couple, and an impressive $889,000 was raised at the inaugural Celebrate John Muir Health! fundraising gala on November 1. “You never want any child to have a serious health issue,“ says Willemsen. “But now we have a PICU in our com-munity for those who need that special care.”
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Several years ago, based on patient and family requests, John Muir Health began to look for a partner to help grow children’s specialty services in Contra Costa County and surrounding communities. Based on our similar missions and clinical excellence, we chose to partner with Stanford Children’s Health.
Formed in 2012, our collaboration now includes a growing number of surgical and medical services, as well as outpatient, inpatient, neonatal and emergency care. The logical next step was developing Contra Costa County’s first and only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for children who require critical care as a result of serious illness or injury.
“We’re so appreciative of the generous support from the numerous donors that helped make the PICU a reality,” says Jane Willemsen, President and CAO of John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek. “Through donor support and our strong partnership with Stanford Children’s Health, we’re providing the most comprehensive children’s services of any com-munity health system.”
“Our partnership has been extremely successful,” says Christopher G. Dawes, President and CEO of Lu-cile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Children’s Health. “Increasing access and convenience to the extraordinary care at our hospitals provides a wonderful resource for the communities John Muir Health serves.”
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J O H N M U I R H E A L T H F O U N D A T I O N2 0 1 4 G A L A C O M M I T T E E
Tamera and Ken Anderson
Trudy and Bill Ausfahl
Sue and Ron Banducci
Lisa and David Behring
Drs. Candida Brown and Peter Brown Barbara and Lawrence Cahn
Janet and Rick Cronk
Hank Delevati and Sidne Long
Diane and David Goldsmith
Jean and Ken Hofmann
Robert Kadas, M.D., and Bonni Maxson
Lisa and Jim Laird
Carolyn and Alex Mehran
Bonnie and Hank Miller
Sharon and Don Ritchey
Jeannie Simpson
Patricia M. Stull
The Honorable Ellen Tauscher
Elaine Taylor
Maureen Knight CO - C H A I R
Margie Murphy CO - C H A I R
H O N O R A R Y C O M M I T T E E
Linda Best
Angie Coffee
Carlotta Dathe
Patty Garaventa
Randy Pike
Barbara Wesley
Maureen Yandell
On November 1, 2014, John Muir Health held its first annual benefit gala. This year’s masquerade-themed event benefited the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Jane WillemsenPresident and CAOJohn Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek
Christopher DawesPresident and CEOLucile Packard Children’s Hospital StanfordStanford Children’s Health
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• 6 private PICU rooms• 2 private isolation rooms• Adjacent to Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU) and pediatric units
Insider’s Guide: Our New PICUQ&A WITH ROBERT KADAS, M.D., JOHN MUIR HEALTH PEDIATRICIAN
What is a PICU and why is it such an important addition to John Muir Health’s pediatric services? A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, or PICU, is a special unit that specifically treats critically ill or injured children ages 0 to 18. It is a dedicated area where we can care for our most urgently ill pediatric patients in ways that would not be possible or appropriate in an adult critical care unit. Adding a PICU to our already outstanding pediatric services means that now we can care for practically any pediatric patient, regardless of age or severity of condition.
What types of childhood conditions will we be able to treat here that were previously referred to other institutions? We could not have a PICU without pediatric specialists and trained nurses and staff with expertise in treating these special patients. We now have the depth and breadth of knowledge and capability to care for children who are suffering from a variety of critical illnesses or injuries, including cases caused by:• Severe infection• Poisoning• Extensive surgery• Immunological disorders• Breathing problems from asthma• Complications of diabetes• Near-drowning• Post-cardiopulmonary arrest
How many children do we anticipate being able to treat annually? The Emergency Department at John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek sees 47,000 patients annually, and 30 percent of those are pediatric patients. Prior to having our PICU, we would need to transfer any critically ill child to another hospital with specialty services for children, anywhere from 15 to 55 miles away. Now with our own PICU, we can treat these children immediately and keep them close to their homes and families.
Robert Kadas, M.D., a pediatrician with John Muir Health since 1971, has served as Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics three times during his 44-year tenure. “It is very exciting to have a PICU here,” says Dr. Kadas. “Until now, children needing a PICU would be transported away from John Muir Health, and away from our care. Now we’ll have the best of both worlds—staying close to our patients right here in our communi-ty, and with all the expertise, training and support that our partnership with Stanford Children’s Health makes possible.”
Through play and other techniques, Child Life Specialist Shana Hammers helps young patients and their families process and understand their hospital stay.
KEY ELEMENTS
• PICU rooms sized to allow parents to stay overnight (275 sq. ft. per room)
• Child Life Specialist—a child development expert who works in partnership with doctors, nurses, social work-ers and others to meet the unique emotional, develop-mental and cultural needs of each child and family
November 1, 2014
A Dazzling Masquerade BallAll pro ce e d s b enef it ing the
new PICU at John Muir H ealth
Gala Co-Chairs Maureen Knight (center left) and Margie Murphy (center right) with Cal Knight (far left) and Kerry Murphy (far right).
KPIX 5 Emmy award-winning news reporter and Bay Area native Juliette Goodrich served as Master of Ceremonies.
John Muir Health Foundation Board Member Michelle Bartel (left) with Diane Slabaugh of VITAS Healthcare.
John Muir Health Board Member Kathleen Odne with John Odne.
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Jenise Jeppson (left), Tod Brett (center) and Lori Earles (right) of LabCorp, gala Diamond Sponsor.
John Muir Health Board Member Marilyn Gardner (left) and Paul Gardner (center), former John Muir Health Foundation and John Muir Health Board Member, with Silvio Garaventa Jr., of Garaventa Enterprises.
Close to 600 guests enjoyed dinner and an exciting live auction in the large main tent on La Casa Via.
Donor Larry Cahn (left) with John Muir Health pediatrician Charles Hanson, M.D.
Masquerade Sparkler
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1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.2. Add the gin, aperol, lime juice,
blood orange juice and rosemary syrup.3. Shake vigorously and strain
into a coupe glass.4. Top with soda water and garnish
with a small sprig of rosemary and half of an orange wheel.
1 oz gin.5 oz aperol.5 oz fresh lime juice.5 oz blood orange juice.5 oz rosemary syrup1 oz soda water½ of an orange wheel¼ of a rosemary sprig
Former John Muir Health Board Member and Gala Committee Member Linda Best with Edward Best.
John Muir Health family medicine physician
Ravi Hundal, M.D. (left), with Ken Anderson
(right), former President and CEO of
John Muir Health.
Bay Area premier caterer Paula LeDuc created a signature cocktail for this special event.
Thank you to the many sponsors, partners and donors who made our inaugural gala a success.
O P P O R T U N I T Y D R AW I N G S P O N S O R S A N D E V E N T PA R T N E R S
BeelineDesign.netBlueprint StudiosCorinthian International Parking ServicesDuMOL WineryHanson & FitchHealthcare Security Services, Inc.Heller JewelersPaula LeDuc Fine CateringStead Automotive Group
D O N O R S I N S U P P O R T O F T H E P I C U G I F T S O F $ 5 , 0 0 0 O R M O R E
Trudy and Bill Ausfahl Sharon Beswick-Pappas Barbara and Larry Cahn Carol and Geoff Darby Marlene and Mathew GonsalvesKim and Bob Hammer, Have a Ball Foundation John Muir Health Employee Donors John Muir Medical Center Auxiliary The Estate of Dorothy Kapelinski The Estate of Margaret P. Layton Nancy and Bill Sabin*Linda and Jack ThompsonTWANDA Foundation
*SPECIAL UPDATEThe Sabins have recently chosen to increase their gift, for which the PICU will be named in their honor. A full story about their remarkable generosity will be featured in the next issue of Give Health.
D I A M O N D S P O N S O R S : $ 2 5 , 0 0 0
R U B Y S P O N S O R S : $ 1 0 , 0 0 0
The Conco CompaniesJanet and Rick Cronk Patty and Sil GaraventaSusan and Guy Henshaw Impact Advisors, LLCJohn Muir Medical GroupJones Lang LaSalleJoyful Visions, LLCMaureen and Cal KnightBetty Lou and Doug LangeSidne Long and Hank DelevatiMcKesson CorporationCarolyn and Alex MehranMuir Medical Group IPA, Inc.Margie and Kerry MurphyNavigant Healthcare CymetrixSharon and Don Ritchey
Linda and Jack Thompson
S A P P H I R E S P O N S O R S : $ 7, 5 0 0
Carlotta and Bob Dathe
A M E T H Y S T S P O N S O R S : $ 5 , 0 0 0
Aetna Michelle Bartel Bay Imaging Consultants Bowles & Verna, LLP Commercial Energy First Republic Bank Diane and David Goldsmith Guilkey Construction, Inc. InteHealth, Inc. John Muir Medical Center, Concord John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek John Muir Physician Network Beverly and William Jones Susan and Lowman McCarley Medical Anesthesia Consultants Medical Group, Inc. Colleen and Michael Moody Lisa and Thomas Morgan Morrison and Foerster, LLP Norcal Ambulance Nancy Olson Randy and Irving Pike Resource Design Interiors Colleen and Bob Saydah Sectra North America, Inc. Norine and Thomas SeenoStanford Children’s HealthTowers Watson VITAS Healthcare Wells Fargo Barbara and Jim Wesley Jane and Wayne Willemsen Workday, Inc.
Thank you to the many sponsors, partners and donors who made our inaugural gala a success.
Prizes and Winners LIVE AUCTION
1. Face-to-Face with FacebookExclusive tour and lunch at Facebook headquartersWinner: Michael and Colleen Moody
2. Rustic Rendezvous in YosemiteLodging, dinner and tour at the Ahwahnee HotelWinner: Jim and Lisa Laird
3. Stellar Cellar21 bottles of wine donated by John Muir Health supportersWinner: John Muir Medical Group
4. Best of Napa A round of golf and accommodations at Silverado Resort, dinner at Thomas Keller’s The French LaundryWinner: Douglas Lange, M.D., and Betty Lou Lange
5. Hawaiian Holiday on the Big IslandAccommodations, fine cuisine and golf at Kohanaiki resort Winner: Allan Hyman, DDS, and Eva HymanWinner: Frederick and Melanie Gutterson
6. Gone Fishin’Guided fly-fishing trip with Cal Knight and Dr. Irving Pike Winner: Michael Halberda, Navigant Healthcare CymetrixWinner: Makenzie Kelly, Norcal Ambulance
7. Wine Country RetreatAccommodations and dinner at Mayacama, private tour and tasting at DuMOL WineryWinner: Tom and Lisa Morgan
8. Doctor’s Orders – A Day on the BaySailing on SF Bay with Dr. John Zuorski and Dr. George Slater
Winner: Dennis and Marlena Garcelon
9. Dinner with “The Brass”Dinner at Prima Ristorante with John Muir Health leadershipWinner: Rick and Janet Cronk
OPPORTUNITY DRAWING
2014 Jeep Cherokee or $25,000 cash, courtesy of Stead Automotive Group
The auctioneer could barely keep up with the crowd as bids soared to as high as $18,500. (Above) Guided fly-fishing excursion winner Makenzie Kelly of Norcal Ambulance.
Winner Patty Haggen had the lucky key that unlocked a birdcage containing the prize of diamond earrings.PH
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Numerous John Muir Health employees give back not only by participating in their own annual campaign but also by volunteering for events such as the Celebrate John Muir Health! Gala.
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John Muir Health employees are generous by nature.
In addition to the tireless hours they devote on the job to ensuring the best possible patient expe-rience, many John Muir Health employees also choose to donate monetarily to the Care & Giving annual employee fund program. In 2013, employee donors elected to
contribute over $43,000 of their giving toward the new PICU. On November 1, 55 employees from various departments generously gave of their time and energy to help at the Celebrate John Muir Health! Gala.
Susie Logoteta, of Health Infor-mation Management, is one of those generous volunteers. Logoteta has
worked for John Muir Health for 11 years and is passionate about the role she plays in giving health to her community. “I support John Muir Health because I know firsthand how important quality health care is,” she says. “As an employee, I know John Muir Health is doing great work for patients, families and our community. I see it every day.”
John Muir Health’s Culture of GenerosityEMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTE $43,000 TO NEW PICU
