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FROM PIGTAILS TO PATIENT CARE

I remember being 7, with missing front teeth and pigtails bouncing in the air, as I ran from the curb outside of Torrance Memorial Medical Center into the Radiology reading room to get my dad to go out to dinner. My dad, the late Dr. Richard B. Hoffman, loved

being a radiologist at Torrance Memorial. As I entered the room of radiologists viewing X-rays, I was met by warm greetings from his colleagues. “Hi Heidi!” “How’s your tennis Heidi?” And a special “Hi Pumpkin!” from my dad. The whole room felt like family. Bright-eyed and curious, I eagerly walked to the different viewing stations and looked at the films rotating around, while listening to my dad and his colleagues sputtering out medical lingo that sounded like a foreign language. Eventually I’d sit by dad’s station, and he’d show me an interesting case—an X-ray of a child who swallowed a coin, a broken bone or bleeding in someone’s brain. I would grab his cassette-tape voice recorder and pretend I was dictating reports just like he did.

Flash forward more than 30 years. Now a radiologist at Torrance Memorial, I find myself in a new reading room in the gorgeous Lundquist Tower with state-of-the-art computers displaying images at warp speed and voice-recognition dictation systems far superior to the old cassette-style of recording. I work with radiologists that sat alongside my dad and with a new, younger generation of bright, highly trained radiologists from the best institutions. I sit down, dictate findings from CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds and X-rays and fluently spit out that same medical lingo that seemed so foreign to me years ago. Occasionally my own kids will come into the reading room, play with the images on my screen, spin in my chair and pretend to dictate reports.

I am living my dream. I love my job, I love my colleagues, and I love the hospital for which I have chosen to work. Although initially wanting to carve my own path as a radiol-ogist separate from my father’s, and with several other job opportunities in front of me, I ended up choosing Torrance Memorial because there is no better radiology group, no better hospital and no better community to work for. We are so privileged to have a stable, state-of-the-art hospital in our backyard—one staffed with such highly trained nurses and physicians and led by such brilliant, respected and forward-thinking administrators. Our independence as an institution affords us unique relationships and opportunities that hospitals immersed in mammoth networks will never have. That type of independence is rare, vital and staunchly defended in this era of hospital acquisitions and mergers.

I am honored to serve on the Foundation board of directors, as well as on its executive committee. I do this because I believe deeply in Torrance Memorial’s ability to provide the best medical care for our families. I do this because I am so grateful to people like you who have given your time, support and resources to help build and sustain such an amazing community asset. And I do this because I want Torrance Memorial to continue to stand independently as a beacon of outstanding community health care when my kids are grown and have kids of their own. Torrance Memorial is outstanding health care. Torrance Me-morial is community. Torrance Memorial is family. Thank you for being part of our family. As patrons, your contributions have helped enrich, strengthen and sustain our hospital, and when you need us, we will be here for you—in your patient room, in the hallway and in the radiology reading room—doing our part to help restore your health.

Heidi Hoffman, MD, RadiologyBoard Officer, Torrance Memorial Foundation

BOARD NOTES

“I am honored to serve on the Foundation board of directors,

as well as on its executive committee. I do this because I believe deeply in Torrance

Memorial ’s ability to provide the best medical care for

our families.”

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Judith GassnerSenior Director of Development and Principal Gifts (310) [email protected]

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016

ContributorsDinah Chen

Christian Cordoba, RFC® Wenyi Fu

Alana Garrigues Eric J. Harris, Esq.

Jacqueline RenfrowCarlie Richman

PhotographersDeidre Davidson

Remy Haynes Shane O’Donnell

Lauren Pressey

CONTENTS

PROGRESS NOTES6 From Trellises to Topiaries:

Rolling Hills Flower Mart Has It Covered at Holiday Festival

9 Calendar

10 Lady Luck Smiles on Opportunity Drawing Winner

12 Renovated North Tower Raises Bar for Maternal Child Care

AMBASSADOR’S CORNER16 Mike and Nancy Hebson

Dance Their Way to Cancer Recovery

CLINICAL SPOTLIGHT15 Torrance Memorial Upgrades

Its Armory in Tumor Warfare

FUTURE FOCUS18 Nine Ways to Build

Retirement Wealth

PATRON PROFILES20 Jarrod and Celi Dogan:

For Local Entrepreneur Good Health Is Priceless

24 Golf Tournament Hits a Hole in One

26 Kenny G Serenades Evening Under the Stars Guests

28 Patrons Get Groovy with Grammy

31 Aces are High for YPPA

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PROGRESS NOTESPROGRESS NOTES

The moment Chelsea Gaudenti antic-ipates all year has arrived. Linens are on the tables. The centerpieces are in

place. Final touches to the entrance arrange-ment are complete. The lights are just right. It’s the final minute of calm.

“That is a moment of excitement and happi-ness I look forward to,” says Chelsea. “It’s several months of work finally coming together. There’s a feeling of relief and relaxation, but also of pride.”

This year marks the Gaudenti family’s 15th year of contribution to Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s annual Holiday Festival Gala and Fashion Show. Chelsea was only 10 when her mom started to design flower arrange-ments for the show. She assisted for many years and has stepped up to co-plan the event by her mom’s side during the past three. They talk often about the event’s importance to

their family and business and why it remains their largest charitable contribution each year.

“We’ve always said, ‘What’s one thing we can contribute to that everybody can use?’” says Chelsea. “We don’t want to just pick and choose favorites. We decided on the hospital. Obvious-ly everybody needs it. At one point, somebody’s always going to need something from the hospital, especially Torrance Memorial because they’re amazing. We want to give back to that. We love the staff there and we love the vision. We felt like we were with our people.”

Chelsea, the 25-year-old manager of Rolling Hills Flower Mart, grew up watching her mom, Christine Gaudenti, run the family business.

Chelsea can remember hanging out at the store as a young child—sweeping up, trying her hand at arrangements and learning how to make customers feel special.

“I started with her here when I was 7,” says Chelsea. “I would come in and scrub all the floors and clean the flowers in the back and stay late any time she had weddings or events or parties. I learned from watching her.”

After high school, Chelsea attended Loyola Marymount University and earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a minor in business and ethics, but she was quickly drawn back to flowers.

Today she runs the business, which includes a two-store operation in Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach.

Mom Christine started the business out of the family’s garage in 1992, but her hobby soon expanded.

“She spent so much time designing flowers that my father (Bob Gaudenti) finally put his foot down and said, ‘Enough! Let’s open a store. No more flower production in the

Flower PowerFor local family-owned business, it’s lights, camera, flowers at Holiday Festival.WRITTEN BY ALANA GARRIGUES | PHOTOGRAPHED BY REMY HAYNES

house!’” says Chelsea in a blog featured on the company’s website.

Christine has recently taken a step back to ease into retirement. But when the holiday season rolls around, there’s no rest for mother or daughter. They team up to create something spe-cial and unforgettable for the Holiday Festival.

The Gaudentis became involved in the annual event after Torrance Memorial Foun-dation Senior Director of Development and Principal Gifts Judith Gassner invited Chris-tine to attend the fashion show. Gassner had admired Christine’s work for years, and over time the two had developed a friendship.

After the event, Gassner asked what Christine thought of it. She loved it, but felt there was an opportunity to make it even more festive and special with floral decorations. Thus began more than 14 years of charitable contri-butions in time, design and materials. The next year, the Gaudentis stepped in to design the floral centerpieces for the fashion show and the gala, as well as the linens and chandeliers.

The Holiday Festival Gala and Fashion Show are so important to the Gaudenti family

they plan for it year-round, scoping out floral trends and gathering design ideas.

“We have to pay attention to what’s seasonally available, what’s going to be available in bulk be-cause it’s such a large event and then make sure it’s going to be the right color, the right quality, come in the right size,” explains Chelsea.

From the selection of the flowers, mother and daughter move on to the design. Rolling Hills Flower Mart is known for its artistic touch. The fanciful, “how-did-they-do-that?” elements one might see on a Tournament of Roses Parade float are done on a smaller scale in their stores. Every year is different. Gassner says there have been countless showstop-pers—from a classic winter wonderland sea of silver and blue to a sleeveless dress form made entirely of flowers.

But her favorite designs to date were floral bustier centerpieces for the fashion show and a family of dogs with top hats that greeted guests at the gala last year.

“Pink hydrangeas and roses were creatively used to style the beautiful bustier centerpieces. At the gala, everyone wanted a photograph

taken with the debonair dogs,” Gassner says. Rolling Hills Flower Mart is synonymous with unique and distinctive designs. We are grateful to the Gaudenti family.”

She continues, “The Las Amigas volunteers cre-ated something really special when they founded Holiday Festival in 1983. The flowers have added another spectacular visual dimension.”

Rolling Hills Flower Mart has also pro-vided their floral expertise for other hospital events, including “Denim and Diamonds,” the ground-breaking for the Lundquist Tower and the building’s 2014 opening gala.

To Chelsea the real treat is to be able to work closely with her mom to prepare for the event and engage in such a creative process together.

“It’s a privilege, because I don’t know anyone who has the opportunity to do something that cool and that interesting and that fun with that much creative freedom too,” says Chelsea.

“It’s not just any event,” she continues. “For me, it means so much more, because when you can give back, you want to. It makes you feel good and it makes everybody around you feel good too.”

CHRISTINE GAUDENTI AND HER DAUGHTERS LINDSEY (LEFT) AND CHELSEA (RIGHT).

A FLORAL CANINE FAMILY GREETS GUESTS AT THE GALA.

THE GUADENTIS “FASHION” A DRESS OF FLOWERS.


UPCOMING PAC EVENTSGET FINANCIALLY FIT IN 2017Professional Advisory Council (PAC) seminars are here to help. See page 19 for more details.

WHERE: Hoffman Health Conference CenterRSVP and info: 310-517-4728

JANUARY 14Individual Taxation: Wrapping up 2016 & Planning for 2017

FEBRUARY 11How to Identify and Stop Elder Abuse

MARCH 11Savvy Social Security Planning

APRIL 8Retirement, 401(k) and IRA Preservation Strategies 101

MAY 13The What and Why of Estate Planning

OCTOBER 19MIRACLE OF LIVINGBREAST CANCER Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. The good news is there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. Learn about advances in diagnosis and treatment.

WHEN: 7 p.m.WHERE: Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Hoffman Health Conference CenterFREE; INFO: 310-517-4711

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 13LIGHT UP A LIFEA celebratory tribute and tree lighting dedicated to loved ones no longer with us.

WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m.WHERE: Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Hoffman Health Conference CenterFREE; RSVP AND INFO: 310-517-4694

NOVEMBER 29 – DECEMBER 4 HOLIDAY FESTIVAL Torrance Memorial presents the 33rd annual Holiday Festival, featuring themed, decorated trees, a holiday boutique, a food court and live musical entertainment.

WHEN: See page 8 for a detailed scheduleWHERE: Torrance Memorial Medical CenterINFO: 310-517-4703

NOVEMBER 9 YPPA FALL PARTYJoin Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance at sunset for cocktails and conversation.

WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m.WHERE: Shade Hotel Manhattan BeachRSVP AND INFO: Members and Guests Only; 310-517-4728

OCTOBER 27“PINTS FOR PROSTATE”RAISING AWARENESS FOR MEN’S HEALTHKick off November with a night of tasting local brews. Hear from Urologists Timothy Lesser, MD, Garrett Matsunaga, MD and Family Practice Physician David Wallis, MD, on the importance of early detection and men’s health.

WHEN: 7 p.m.WHERE: Shade Hotel, Redondo BeachFREE; RSVP AND INFO: 310-517-4728

CALENDAR

PUBLIC EXHIBIT AND BOUTIQUE SHOPPING HOURSTUESDAY, NOV. 291:30 to 3:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3010 a.m. to 9 p.m. Senior Day #1 (open to general public)Free admission for seniors and the physically challenged — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 110 a.m. to 9 p.m. Community Service Group Night (open to general public)Special admission of $2 — 4 to 9 p.m.Senior Day #2 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 2 Closed to the Public

SATURDAY, DEC. 310 a.m. to 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 410 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS Reservations Required

YPPA/AMBASSADORS YEAR-END PARTYSunday, Nov. 27, 5:30 p.m.Invitation only

FESTIVAL FASHION SHOW Tuesday, Nov. 29, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.$125 per person

FESTIVAL GALA Friday, Dec. 2, 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.$300/person, $550/couple

LUNCH WITH SANTA Sunday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Cost: $15/person (minors must be supervised by a paid adult). Reservations required. Bring your camera.

Holiday Festival Calendar

VISIT TORRANCEMEMORIAL.ORG TO PURCHASE TICKETS OR VIEW THE ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE.

ALL ACTIVITIES ARE LOCATED AT TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, 3330 LOMITA BLVD., TORRANCE. $5 GENERAL ADMISSION;

CHILDREN 5 & YOUNGER ARE FREE.

Enter the 2016

Opportunity DrawingTickets are available for purchase now for the 2016 Holiday Festival Opportunity Drawing. Proceeds benefit Torrance Memorial’s North Tower. This year’s grand prize is a Lexus RX 350 (estimated value is $45,000) donated by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Second prize is a Holiday Festival certificate tree (valued at $2,500). Third prize is $500 cash. Purchase one ticket for $50, three for $100 or five for $150. The drawing will take place on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. The winner need not be present.

For more information, please call Torrance Memorial’s Foundation at 310-517-4703.


PROGRESS NOTES PROGRESS NOTES

Daily Breeze Honors South Bay’s Best

For the eighth consecutive year, Torrance Memorial Medical Center was

selected by Daily Breeze readers in the “Best Hospital” category of the 25th Anniversary South Bay’s Best Awards annual survey. Torrance Health IPA (THIPA) and the Torrance Memorial Physician Network were also named “Best Medical Group.”

Right: Peggy Berwald, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, senior vice president Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer (far left), receives the conference call congratulating Torrance Memorial on Magnet Recognition renewal. Far left: Barbara LeQuire, RN, vice president, Nursing; Middle: Maricarmen Luhrsen, RN, director of Magnet.

Above: Torrance Memorial Medical Center celebrates receiving Magnet recognition for a second time.

Torrance Memorial Breaks Top 25

For the fifth straight year, Torrance Memorial Medical Center has been ranked as one of the best hospitals in California and the Los Angeles metro

area for 2016-2017, by U.S. News & World Report. This year the report recognizes Torrance Memorial as 21st in the state, jumping six ranks higher than last year. It also places Torrance Memorial as the 11th best hospital in the Los Angeles/Orange County region.

In addition, Torrance Memorial was also recognized as high-performing in the following specialties, procedures and conditions: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), colon cancer, gastroenterology and GI surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement, lung cancer and urology.

For more information, visit health.usnews.com/best-hospitals.Review the winners at dailybreeze.com/readerschoice.

Hospitalist Thanks Lady Luck WRITTEN BY WENYI FU

Tammie Kanda, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., presents Roy Fu, MD, hospitalist and YPPA member, with keys to a 2016 Lexus RC350 Coupe. Dr. Fu was the winner of the 2015 Holiday Festival Opportunity Drawing prize, donated by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., during the 31st Annual Holiday Festival.

Roy Fu, MD, hospitalist and physician ad-visor, has worked at Torrance Memorial Medical Center since June 2009 and has

attended the annual Holiday Festival Gala with his wife, Denise, for the past five years. When Fu received the Holiday Festival Opportuni-ty Drawing ticket forms in the mail with his invitation to last year’s Gala, he was captivated by the picture of a red Lexus RC350, the grand prize of the drawing. He decided to take a chance and immediately filled out the form. When he turned it in to the Foundation office, he surprised himself by purchasing six more tickets (for a total of 15).

Fu knew the possibility of winning a prize was small. However when he received an email the Monday after the drawing from Laura Schenasi, executive vice president of the Torrance Memo-rial Foundation, he had to take a deep breath and make sure he was reading it correctly. His ticket had been selected as the winner of a shiny 2015 Lexus RC350.

“I am not what I would call a lucky person—I don’t usually enter raffles or play lottery tickets, and I only occasionally gamble when I go to Vegas. This is obviously the biggest prize I have ever won in my life,” says Fu. “It was a very pleasant surprise.”

He then immediately called Denise to share the good news. She was much more surprised than he, because she didn’t know he had entered

the drawing in the first place. After a few emails with the representative

from Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., Fu made his trip to the dealership and received keys to his new, sporty, black metallic coupe. Denise has since been the primary driver of the new wheels and has used it to commute to work.

“I have always believed that Toyota and Lexus make great cars. This RC350 is a very powerful two-door sports car and we both enjoy driving it,” Fu says. “The entire process was also very straightforward with no hassles.”

As an enthusiastic supporter of the hospital and a member of Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance, he has been active at participating in YPPA events and recently sponsored the first Casino Night this past April.

Fu says he will definitely enter the drawing again next year.

“The Opportunity Drawing is for a good cause, with funds raised going to the renovation of North Patient Tower to help mothers and babies,” he says. “It is my pleasure to donate money to Torrance Memorial because I enjoy working here and sup-porting the hospital.”

Fu continues, “This year Lady Luck smiled on me and I was very grateful to have won the car. I don’t know how lucky I would have to be to win another one, but I plan to keep support-ing the hospital.”

Nurses Honored with Second Magnet® Recognition

Torrance Memorial Medical Center received Magnet recognition once again in August 2016, proof of continued nursing excellence. The American Nurses Credentialing

Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® identifies superior quality in nursing care by evaluating performance outcomes. Magnet recognition is the highest national honor for nursing practice.

Currently only 442 U.S. health care organizations out of more than 6,300 U.S. hospitals have achieved Magnet recognition. Just 30 health care organizations in California have achieved this credential.

Torrance Memorial first received Magnet recognition in 2012 and must reapply every four years.

Magnet recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence and is a factor when the public judges health care organiza-tions. U.S. News & World Report’s annual showcase of “America’s Best Hospitals” includes Magnet recognition in its ranking criteria for quality of inpatient care.

For more information about the Magnet Recognition Program and current statistics, visit nursecredentialing.org/magnet.


North Tower Becomes Hub of Mother and Child Care

A $33 million renovation of Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s North Tower is underway. The revamp will follow the natural progression of upgrades happen-ing within the Medical Center. Once completed, the North Tower will serve as

a hub for the caring of mothers, babies and children of all ages. Following the opening of the Lundquist Tower in 2014, several of Torrance

Memorial’s North Tower units moved over to the new building. Now vacated, except for the first and third floors, the 33-year-old building is primed for a makeover. Once completed, the North Tower will be home to the Mother/Baby Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Unit and Medical Surgical Services.

1ST FLOOR TRANSITIONAL CARE UNIT

The first floor will remain the Transitional Care Unit (TCU), serving patients on their way to recovery but still under skilled nursing care.

2ND FLOORMOTHER BABY UNIT

The new Mother Baby Unit will offer 25 private rooms for mothers and their newborns, with new patient room furniture upholstered in bright fabrics that offer an uplifting ambiance.

When the North Tower was built in the early 1980s, infants were placed in open pod nurseries with many babies in one room. Modern-day best practices dictate keeping babies with their families (known as “rooming in”) to facilitate bonding. The new unit includes only a small nursery with three beds, down from the current 15.

The new rooms are 30% bigger—offering plenty of space for rooming in. This will also allow more space for pediatricians to examine each baby with their parents in attendance so they can ask questions during the exam.

Construction on the Mother/Baby Unit finished in August. Once the state certifies the unit for patient care, the unit’s transition from its current third-floor location will occur.

3RD FLOOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

It’s estimated that 10% of newborns require some degree of subspecialty care and nearly 3% require intensive care. Torrance Memorial’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) offers highly specialized care that enables many infants to remain in the South Bay, instead of being transferred to a specialty-care facility. The remodeled third floor will bring together a now divided NICU, which is currently spread across two floors in the hospital’s Central Tower.

Evidence reveals a quiet, controlled environment with just the presence of family

Cosmetically, the tower will be polished with a more modern look, which includes a new window system and a sleek paint job to match the Lundquist Tower.

Inside, the building will be upgraded with new technology. For one, a new nurse call system will allow for integration between the nurse call notification system and the smart phone devices carried by all nurses. In addition, on-demand television systems, complete with interactive capabilities, are being installed, along with a robust security system.

“The renovations support the hospital’s mission to provide a safe, healing environment in which patients can recover, and a comfortable place for families and friends to visit,” says Connie Senner, director of construction at Torrance Memorial.

The project began in January of this year. The entire renovation is expected to be completed by summer 2018. Floor-by-floor, this is how the remodel will shape up:

Schenasi and her fundraising team are working hard to find a naming donor for the North Patient Tower. Each floor can also be named through donations, which help fund renovations. To learn more about naming and other types of gifts one can make to Torrance Memorial, call 310-517-4703 or visit torrancememorial.org/giving.

members and a nurse leads to the best outcomes for health-challenged infants. The unit’s current open bay concept—where babies’ cribs are separated by curtains—will be replaced with 24 private rooms. The rooms will offer reclining seats where family members can sleep and remain in the room 24/7. For twins, there will be adjoining rooms with sliding glass doors. The offices of medical professionals will be located on the same floor to offer improved convenience and access.

4TH FLOOR PEDIATRIC/ADOLESCENT UNIT

The fourth floor will serve as the Pediatric/Adolescent Unit, consisting of 17 private rooms. A playroom is involved in the design, along with a space for Torrance Loves Children, an alternative childcare option for sick kids of employees and community members. Finishing touches include a cheerful beach theme throughout the unit.

5TH FLOOR MEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT

The fifth floor, once renovated, will remain a 32-bed Medical Surgical Unit, serving as overflow from the Lundquist Tower.

“To have it all in one building—Pediatrics, NICU, Mother Baby—it makes sense. It’s easier for staff, physicians and parents to be in the same area,” says Laura Schenasi, executive vice president of the Torrance Memorial Foundation.

WRITTEN BY JACQUELINE RENFROW | ILLUSTRATED BY ELENA LACEY

1st TRANSITIONAL CARE UNIT

2ndMOTHER/ BABY UNIT

3rd NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

4th PEDIATRIC/ADOLESCENT UNIT

5thMEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT


PROGRESS NOTES CLINICAL SPOTLIGHT

Meet Our Newest Board Members Torrance Memorial Medical Center ap-

pointed two new distinguished members to the Torrance Memorial Foundation

Board: Steven F. Spierer, Esq., founding partner of the law firm Spierer, Woodward, Corbalis & Goldberg, and Russell Varon, president of Morgan’s Jewelers. The new appointees will contribute to the board’s ongoing mission of de-veloping funding sources to support health care services provided by Torrance Memorial, as well as raising capital for the new $25 million North Wing. The North Wing will feature updated technologies and a new Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

STEVEN F. SPIERER: As one of the partners responsible for litigation at Spierer, Woodward, Corbalis & Goldberg, Steven Spierer provides representation to a wide spectrum of real estate brokers, agents, sellers and buyers in real estate transactions ranging from simple to complex. He graduated from California State University at Dominquez Hills in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. From there he went on to graduate from Southwestern University School of Law in 1977. Not only is Spierer a fre-quent lecturer on various real estate subjects, he is also a mediator and facilitator for settlement of a wide variety of legal, economic and other issues. He has resolved a number of cases via settlement negotiation, both in and outside formal medi-ation. Spierer has received a rating of AV, the highest possible by the national attorney rating organization, Martindale Hubbell. Recipients of this rating have the following qualities: preem-inent/high legal ability and very high ethical standards. Spierer also hosts a live Saturday radio talk show broadcasted from Los Angeles on TalkRadioOne.com. Spierer and his wife have three children and five grandchildren. They reside in Palos Verdes Estates.

RUSSELL VARON: Torrance Memorial’s Foundation can always spot a gem—a quality it shares with Russell Varon. Varon is president of Morgan’s Jewelers, a Southern California staple and family-owned business for more than 70 years. He was raised with the belief that although personally fortunate, there are far too many fami-lies that struggle. With this influence and knowl-edge, Varon has developed his own belief in philanthropy, and over the years has attended and donated to such charities as Manhattan Beach Chapter of Rotary International, Walk with Sal-ly, American Cancer Society, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Torrance Memorial Medical Center and various educational organizations. He recently spearheaded a trust for the Jensen brothers, two young men who lost their mother in a tragic car accident. Varon has since formed a bond with the Jensen brothers and continues to support them. Varon often travels to Boulder, Colorado, where his daughter Morgan lives and continues the family tradition in the jewelry business.

Eliminating tumor cells through radio-therapy is like shooting down enemies in a battlefield. Both need their mission

completed with minimum collateral damage. One thing infantrymen have learned over years of field operations, however, is that real targets don’t stand still waiting to be shot; they move. And so do tumor cells. Thanks to a $1.5 million grant by the Henry L. Guenther Foundation, radiation clinicians at Torrance Memorial Medical Center recently upgraded their armory with the new Varian TrueBeam® slim linear accelerator, the latest “preci-sion-guided munition” to be used in the battle against tumor cells.

In 2013, Torrance Memorial became the first hospital in the South Bay to treat cancers with TrueBeam. The grant funds the purchase of an additional, slightly more advanced unit, which offers what can be described as a “GPS tracking system” for pinpointing tumors.

“The most important new technology we are gaining with the new TrueBeam unit is the Calypso® Extracranial Tracking System,” says Thyra Endicott, MD, a radiation oncologist at Torrance Memorial. “By implanting radiofre-quency-activated markers within the target, Calypso enables us to track tumor movements in real time during the treatment delivery.”

Variable and unpredictable, tumor movements are often caused by patient movements or internal movement of the tumor within an organ, such as lung or bladder. If these movements can be tracked, the radiation beam can be made smaller to reduce the dose to adjacent normal tissue.

To minimize risk, the Calypso Tracking System monitors the whereabouts of targeted tumor cells through uninterrupted radiofre-quency signals from electromagnetic transpon-ders that are placed in the target lesion during a simple outpatient procedure. It then interprets the target’s location on lateral, longitudinal and vertical axes. With this objective information on hand, the clinician can adjust the radiation beam at any time during the procedure in accor-dance with the slightest change of the location of the target cell. The system also automatically

stops radiotherapy if the target should move.The TrueBeam series is known for its extraor-

dinary precision and flexibility in pinpointing tumors with the lowest exposure to surrounding healthy tissues. It delivers radiation with a high-ly exact setup and very tight dose margins.

Calypso improves TrueBeam’s clinical advan-tage of extraordinary preciseness and accuracy. As a result, patients may experience fewer side effects. The current TrueBeam linear accelerator at Torrance Memorial is used primarily to treat brain tumors, cancer of the oral cavity and throat,

and prostate cancers. It is designed to treat a very limited volume. The new TrueBeam will expand the ability to treat all types of tumors.

The Henry L. Guenther Foundation, the provider of the grant, is a private charity foun-dation dedicated to preserving and enriching the benefits of California residents, primar-ily those in Southern California. One of its top priorities is expanding medical services. Supporting Torrance Memorial with this latest advancement aligns perfectly with the founda-tion’s mission.

A New“GPS System” for Battling TumorsWRITTEN BY DINAH CHEN

THE NEW VARIAN TRUEBREAM® SLIM LINEAR ACCELERATOR MAKES ITS DEBUT AT TORRANCE MEMORIAL


Nancy Hebson had danced through most of her life. Her mother and two aunts performed with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Nan-cy herself began ballet lessons at age 4. For 21 years she has taught ballet at the Lauridsen Ballet Centre, a school in Old Town Torrance. But one dream still eluded her—taking ballroom lessons with Mike Hebson, her husband of 28 years.

Mike thought he had plenty of time to dance. Life was good.

“I was a product of the 60s and 70s. I grew up at the beach and had a great time in the South Bay,” he says. “I was an occasional smoker, but quit drinking and smoking in 1995. I have never been sick a day in my life.” He had a successful print and digital ad sales career and worked out daily—swimming, lifting weights and snow-boarding in the winter. He received a clean bill of health at his routine physical in January of 2012.

“I had been paying for medical insurance for 30 years and didn’t need it,” he says.

But within just three months, Mike’s world began to change. “I started having shortness of breath, fatigue and weight loss,” Mike says.

Worsening symptoms led him to visit Torrance Memorial Urgent Care. Concerned by what he saw, the doctor sent Mike to the Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Emergen-cy Department (ED). That evening two liters of fluid were removed from his lungs. A few days later he returned home but continued to undergo tests, including a biopsy and PET scan. Two weeks after his ED visit, Torrance Memorial Physician Network Oncologist Hugo Hool, MD, presented the Hebsons with a grim diagnosis. It was likely Hodgkin’s lymphoma stage 3. There was still another test to perform—a bone marrow biopsy. In most cases, Dr. Hool assured, the cancer doesn’t infiltrate the bone marrow. But results confirmed this worst possible scenario—stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“I actually thought that was good news,” Mike says. “I thought there were 10 stages.”

Stage 4, the highest in the cancer stage rating system, is also called metastatic cancer or advanced cancer. It means that cancer has spread to other areas of the body. Despite the sobering diagnosis, Dr. Hool and the care team immedi-ately set a tone of optimism.

“Dr. Hool was so knowledgeable, calm and pos-itive. And I’ll never forget Donna, our first nurse. She told us that patients who come through here and stay positive do better,” Nancy says. “She said

‘This is going to get a little crazy. You’re going to need help. People are going to offer to help you and you’re going to say yes.’”

Nancy continues, “We jumped on the positivity band wagon and decided we were going to hand this over to the big guy. We didn’t go on the internet. We did everything Dr. Hool asked us to do. Donna gave us a chemo class and walked through everything that would happen.”

Dr. Hool recommended that Mike undergo treatment with an aggressive regimen of BEACOPP, a new powerhouse chemotherapy drug developed in Germany that had already produced successful results with a number of his patients.

“Dr. Hool gave me two choices—chemo or death,” Mike says. “I jumped in with both feet.”

Mike received his first round of chemo at the Torrance Memorial Physician Network Cancer Care offices located in Redondo Beach.

The chemo not only blasted the cancer, but also Mike’s immune system. Unable to breathe or swallow, Mike returned to the ED. He remained in the hospital for more than a week and re-ceived several different antibiotics, antifungal and antiviral medications to tackle various infections.

Torrance Memorial Home Health nurses then followed up with a home visit to teach Nancy how to administer antibiotics to Mike through a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) line. BEACOPP killed most of the cancer. To wipe out the remaining cells Mike continued on a modified formula of chemotherapy.

“If we would have had to drive somewhere far away, I don’t think we could have done it. We were very blessed that Mike never had to leave the South Bay for his care,” Nancy says.

When Mike walked in for a post-treatment PET scan, the radiology tech looked surprised to see him.

“He said to Mike, ‘I remember you; I did your first scan. I thought you had died,’” Nancy says. “Mike was saved by chemo, good doctors and the grace of God. He shouldn’t be here today.”

Mike has always had a soft spot for Torrance Memorial. One of his first photos is of his moth-er holding him as an infant as she stood at the window following his birth, in the original Tor-rance Memorial Hospital on Engracia Avenue in Old Torrance. Earlier this year, Dr. Hool invited Mike and Nancy to speak to members of Tor-rance Memorial’s Ambassador Program about

his experiences at Torrance Memorial’s Hunt Cancer Institute at an annual dinner for the group. The group supports Oncology Services, as well as the Torrance Memorial Burn Center, Rehabilitation Services and Health Education. They agreed without hesitation.

“I had been super sick and almost died. Now I’m going on almost five years (of being cancer free),” Mike says. “My treatment at Torrance Memorial was such a success. I really wanted to speak at the event.”

At the dinner, he ran into a familiar face—his former classmate from St. Lawrence Martyr Elementary School in Redondo Beach, Torrance Memorial President and CEO Craig Leach.

“Craig and I played little league together and I hadn’t seen him in almost four years.”

After such a close brush with death, Nancy wasn’t going to let more time slip by on her remaining dream. She asked Mike once again if he would take dance lessons with her. As soon as Mike was strong enough, they signed up for six consecutive sessions in the fox trot, rumba, cha-cha, tango, waltz and swing at the Torrance Adult School. Friends now call the couple Fred and Ginger.

“When you go through something like this, your whole life changes,” Nancy says. “When you’re given the choice to sit it out or dance, you better be dancing; because you never know what’s going to happen.”

Stage 4 to Center StageAfter surviving cancer, Mike and Nancy Hebson are no longer “saving a dance.”

WRITTEN BY COLLEEN FERRELL | PHOTOGRAPHED BY REMY HAYNES

AMBASSADOR’S CORNER

For more information on the Ambassadors’ annual giving program, visit torrancememorial.org/ambassadors or call Judith Gassner, senior director of Development and Principal Gifts, at 310-517-4704.


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Nine Strategies to Preserve Your Retirement WealthBY CHRISTIAN CORDOBA, RFC®, CFA

While reasonably basic to an IRA spe-cialist, these nine ideas may help in-dividuals and families preserve their

retirement wealth. The ideas have been separated into three different life stages, so at least one of them could apply to you regardless of whether you are contemplating retirement, already retired, and/or interested in how a surviving spouse can maximize benefits after retirement.

STRATEGIES BEFORE RETIREMENT

1. The Non-Deductible IRA Contribution Almost anyone still working and under age

70½ with earned income can make an IRA contribution, regardless of how much money they make. Even with no deduction, the more money you have invested in a tax-deferred IRA, the more you can convert to a tax-free Roth IRA later.

2. The 401(k) Mega Roth IRA ContributionIf you cannot contribute to a Roth IRA, but

your employer has a 401(k), you may still be able to make after-tax contributions to your 401(k) and later, due to the new rules, directly roll over those after-tax contributions into a Roth IRA.

3. Avoid RMDs after age 70½ using a Reverse Rollover to a 401(k)

If you are still working and have a 401(k) with your employer, you may be able to move one or more of your IRA accounts to your 401(k) ac-count temporarily. This could be a strategic move, because you aren’t forced to take Required Min-imum Distributions (RMDs) from your 401(k) account (even if you’re over age 70½) until after you have separated from that employer. BONUS IDEA: Contribute to a charitable cause you believe in for the tax deduction it provides.

STRATEGIES DURING RETIREMENT

4. The Roth IRA Conversion Once you retire, especially if prior to age 70½ and you do not need the income from your IRAs, consider converting a portion of your tax-deferred IRA to a tax-free Roth IRA. Even if you just convert 5% or 10% of your account(s)

per year, in just five years you can potentially have 25% to 50% respectively of your retirement assets in a tax-free Roth IRA for the rest of your life—and possibly for the lives of your beneficiaries too. You’ll pay some tax now, but reap the rewards for the future.

5. Plan ahead for your income strategy and age 70½ RMDs

Take the time before you reach age 70½ to learn how you can determine which accounts you should take money from first, how much to take from each, how often, how it integrates with other income sources (pension or Social Securi-ty) and why that strategy may be more efficient toward saving money from taxes and/or helping your money last longer.

6. Using the QLAC to reduce taxable income at age 70½

New IRS rules allow contributions to a Qual-ified Longevity Annuity Contract (QLAC) to potentially enable a portion (25% of your retire-ment account balance or $125,000, whichever is less) of your RMDs to be postponed beyond age 70½ while still locking in a guaranteed income amount in the future. This could allow you to pay less in taxes at age 70½. BONUS IDEA: Use the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA to contrib-ute to a charitable cause you believe in.

STRATEGIES AFTER RETIREMENT (FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE)

7. IRA Choice #1: Spousal Rollover Beneficiary Option

A spousal rollover option is the name given to the planning strategy where a surviving spouse moves a deceased spouse’s retirement account into their own retirement account.

8. IRA Choice #2: Treat IRA as Its Own Option A second option available to the sole surviving spouse beneficiary is to treat the deceased spouse’s IRA account as their own, essentially pretending as though they owned it all along. This can be useful if the surviving spouse wants

to maintain an existing IRA investment, but would not be able to do so if the deceased spouse’s IRA account was closed.

9. IRA Choice #3: Remain as Beneficiary of IRA Option

The third and final option a sole spouse ben-eficiary has upon inheriting a deceased spouse’s IRA account is the ability to remain a beneficiary of the account. Using this option may either help the surviving spouse avoid a 10% penalty or defer the age 70½ RMD and may be strategic depending on the age of the deceased and the surviving spouse.

BONUS IDEA: Use the IRA beneficiary designation to contribute to a charitable cause you believe in.

Like it or not, most retirement assets are es-tablished as pre-tax. To be fair, many people may not have actually saved nearly the amount they have today had they not been incentivized to do so due to the seemingly tax-deferred benefit. The key, therefore, is not to look back and question what you did right or wrong, but rather, think proactively of how to make the best choices going forward. Making smart choices, of course, assumes you have been made aware of your best options. Ask yourself if you and/or your advi-sor(s) have considered these nine options—and which may be worth learning more about.

A better understanding of how to plan for the distribution of your wealth before, during and after your retirement, combined with a proactive plan to maximize tax efficiency, can help you and your family reduce the embedded tax debt of your IRA accounts and preserve your wealth.

Christian Cordoba(310) 643-7472www.californiaretirementadvisors.com

Christian Cordoba, RFC®, CFS is a personal wealth manager and the founding partner at California Retirement Advisors, a financial consulting and services firm in El Segundo, California. Christian is a member of the Torrance Memorial Professional Advisory Council.

TAKE INVENTORY OF YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTHPROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL – 2017 MONTHLY SEMINARSTorrance Memorial Medical Center’s Professional Advisory Council (PAC) is a volunteer group of attorneys, financial planners and CPAs brought together by the mission of educating the community on the benefits of charitable tax and estate planning. As part of PAC’s community outreach, this group of professionals volunteers its time to conduct a series of informative, interactive and educational seminars on a variety of financial topics. These free seminars are strictly educational—no products or services will be sold to attendees.

SESSION: Saturdays, 9 to 11 a.m. Complimentary Continental BreakfastLOCATION: Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Richard B. Hoffman Health Conference CenterRSVP to Torrance Memorial Foundation at 310-517-4728.

Changes to topics and presenters are not likely, but possible.

JANUARY 14 INDIVIDUAL TAXATION: WRAPPING UP 2016 & PLANNING FOR 2017

• 2016 tax return filing updates• Changes to tax laws and regulations

in 2017• Planning for 2017 and beyond

Presented by Scott Donnelly, CPA and Alexis Jensen, CPA

FEBRUARY 11 HOW TO IDENTIFY AND STOP ELDER ABUSE

• Elder abuse law and current efforts to protect seniors

• Incapacity and conservatorship• Court battles and trust litigation

that tear families apart

Presented by Troy Martin, Attorney and Deborah Keesey, Attorney

MARCH 11 SAVVY SOCIAL SECURITY PLANNING

• Maximize Social Security benefits by applying at the right time

• Strategies for couples, divorced individuals and surviving spouses

• Impact of poor decisions and how to avoid costly mistakes

Presented by Cristin Rigg, CFP®, CDFA™ and Gregory Schilly, CFP®

APRIL 8 RETIREMENT, 401(K) AND IRA PRESERVATION STRATEGIES 101

• Financial planning for success and happiness during retirement

• Strategies for lifelong income during an era of rising taxes

• Leaving money to the people you love instead of an IOU to the IRS

Presented by Christian Cordoba, Financial Consultant and Gregory Schill, CFP®

MAY 13 THE WHAT AND WHY OF ESTATE PLANNING

• What is an estate plan?• How does an estate plan work?• Estate tax planning concepts to

consider for your trust

Presented by Stephanie Bezner, Attorney and Christian Cordoba, Financial Consultant

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Healthy, Humble, Relentless Beach cities entrepreneur puts good health

at root of success in business and life. WRITTEN BY COLLEEN FARRELL | PHOTOGRAPHED BY LAUREN PRESSEY

It’s just past 8 a.m. and Jarrod Dogan rolls over the wood floor of his modern, minimal-istic-style Hermosa Beach home atop a skate-board covered with several-inch-high artificial grass. His 21-month-old son—wavy curls partially covering his eyes—stands at the front of the board, securely held by dad, and giggles past the floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the pool downstairs.

“He speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English,” Jarrod proudly says of his son Sol, which means sun in Portuguese. Sol, it seems, likes to get up with the sun, while his 5 ½-year-old sister Lua (which means moon) likes to sleep in. Lua, roused by her Brazil-ian-born mom Celi, soon joins the family with her bedhead of blond waves, to give dad-dy a quick hug before he heads off to work.

“This is what I wear to work,” Jarrod says pointing to his board shorts and graphic tee. His intensity quickly shifts to a more serious topic—the work itself. Jarrod is the founder and CEO of Hybrid Apparel, a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners. “We don’t sell suits; we sell what’s hot to the kids, so my real job is keeping up with the trends and remaining relevant to the customers we sell to.”

“I have always been passionate about clothing, design and color,” Jarrod continues in a rapid-fire South African accent. “I watch the trends and am influenced by what people are wearing.”

Two decades ago at age 21, a close call in his hometown of Johannesburg, South Afri-ca, propelled Jarrod toward early pursuit of that passion. He was carjacked at gunpoint while on break from college in England. He awoke in a hospital to find his shoes gone and 18 stitches in his head. Fed up with the violence in his hometown, the incident prompted him to pack a few belongings and $1,000, say goodbye to his family, and board a plane to America.

Jarrod took a job at a clothing company in San Diego. A year later in 1997, he started his own business designing, selling and printing T-shirts in the back of a print shop. He spent the next few years working long hours, sleep-ing on a couch in the back of the company’s warehouse in East Los Angeles and shower-ing at the gym downtown.

Today, Hybrid Apparel has evolved into a full-service apparel house, specializing in the design, manufacture and production of all categories and classifications of apparel. Jarrod still maintains his laser-sharp focus and works long hours, but now runs the business with the help of 2,500 employees globally.

“I’m relentless at whatever I do, but I don’t look for the fame and glory. I don’t like to be around anything pretentious. We’re very private people and I like to keep my name out of it,” he says. “I’m humble, hungry and always looking to find purpose in all I do.”

Two years ago at age 39, he realized that his unyielding drive and constant travel had a price.

“My hormones were off, my cholesterol was high,” he says. “I woke up and said, ‘How can I take better care of myself ?’”

His first step was to lose 40 pounds. But he also began to consider the health of those around him. He stepped up integration of the company’s wellness culture. He began by placing a larger emphasis on healthy offerings in the company café and encouraging workers to exercise in a 18,000-square-foot gym locat-ed in the Cypress-based headquarters. Jarrod is often found working out with employees in a variety of class offerings that include yoga, spinning and functional training classes.

“When you’re in the gym we’re one; it’s not us versus them,” he says of the bond he strives for with employees. “I’m passionate about clothing but more importantly passionate about winning and building an organization of people.”

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IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Wife Celi shares Jarrod’s mindset. The former physical therapist aims to recreate for her family the same simple, healthy life she experienced while growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She works out every day—including the day Sol was born.

Celi moved to Hawaii from Brazil when she was 23. In the late 1990s she relocated to Santa Monica, where a friend—believing they might make a good match—introduced her to Jarrod. Through his relentless drive, she saw a “good heart.”

“He is a gentleman and always treats every-one fairly.” But it was Jarrod’s Chihuahua mix Doogie, who really played matchmaker.

“Doogie went right up to her and wouldn’t leave her alone. He doesn’t do that with any-body else, so I knew I had a winner,” Jarrod says.

With their health-conscious mindset, it didn’t take much convincing when close friend, and Torrance Memorial Medical Center Patron John Hirshberg, suggested the Dogans support a cause to benefit the com-munity’s health. Hirshberg is founder of Tour de Pier, an annual stationary cycling event on the Manhattan Beach pier plaza to benefit cancer charities. He introduced Jarrod to

Judith Gassner, senior director of development and principal gifts for the Torrance Memorial Foundation. Considering the health of their young family, and also Jarrod’s parents and siblings, whom he had moved to America, the Dogans became major donors.

Shortly after, a series of family health crises affirmed their decision. Toddler Sol fell from a changing table at his swim school and was treated in Torrance Memorial’s Emergency Department for an eye so badly bruised it remained closed for a week.

“The doctors were really good at calming down our high-energy son. I could tell they really knew what they were doing,” says Celi.

Months later in August, ever pushing his limits, Jarrod began experiencing frightening symptoms while on an extreme mountain biking trip in Mammoth.

“I couldn’t breathe, I was coughing up blood. My heart rate dropped to 62. Mam-moth Hospital said if I didn’t get to sea level, I could potentially die,” he says.

Doctors diagnosed Jarrod with pulmonary edema, a condition that can develop at high altitudes, causing excess fluid to accumulate in the lungs.

“I immediately had someone drive me to Torrance Memorial,” he says.

When he arrived, pulmonologist Deren Sinkowitz, MD, recognized the potential gravity of his condition. “He was incredible. I wanted to leave, but he looked me in the eye and said, ‘You’re not going anywhere. We are going to monitor and take care of you.’”

“It’s only when something serious happens to you that you realize there is no amount of money you could pay for good health care,” Jar-rod says. “Supporting this hospital is the best decision I ever made for myself and my family.”

Next on the horizon for Jarrod and Hybrid Apparel is continuing to evolve the technol-ogy, speed and methods in which apparel is brought to market and guiding his employees to reach their potential. The company is clos-ing in on a global deal with The Beatles and also a big acquisition. But of equal importance is relishing the moment. His four-year game plan includes taking a two-year sabbatical to travel the world with his family.

“I came from nothing, I came here with nothing. Now I just really want to help peo-ple,” Jarrod says. “When you believe in people the possibilities are endless.”

Ambassadors Hear Story of Resilience and Gratitude

On June 16, members of the Ambassadors Program, an annual support group of Torrance Memorial Medical Center, came together at Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach to learn how their donations were supporting the lifesaving work at the medical center. Oncology is one of four services supported through the Ambassadors. Hugo Hool, MD, Oncology, introduced his patient, cancer survivor Mike Hebson and his wife, Nancy. They shared their journey from receiving their life-changing diagnosis through recovery. During each phase of Mike’s personalized treatment plan, they spoke movingly of the nurse navigators, physicians, nurses and staff who offered exceptional guidance and support every step of the way. For information on how to become an Ambassador, contact Judith Gassner at 310-517-4704 or visit torrancememorial.org/ambassadors.

RICH LUCY, JEROME UNATIN, MD, BARBARA DEMMING-LURIE, MARK LURIE, MD, JUDY LEACH, CRAIG LEACH, PAT LUCY

RUSS DICKERSON, MD, RACHEL KNOPOFF, MD, MARY JO UNATIN, JEROME UNATIN, MD, LAURA SCHENASI

RON MILLER, LESLEY HULL, COLIN HULL, SANDY VANDENBERGE

RUSS VARON, SONG KLEIN, HUGO HOOL, MD, KALPANA HOOL, MD

SHERRY KRAMER, JUDY LEACH, SALLY EBERHARD, BARBARA DEMMING-LURIE

TIFFANY MESKO, JEFF NEU, JUDITH GASSNER, SONG KLEINANN ZIMMERMAN, HARRIET BAILISS-SUSTARSIC

MIKE HEBSON (CANCER SURVIVOR), JUDITH GASSNER, NANCY HEBSON, CRAIG LEACH

VICKY MAR, WINSTON MAR, PAULA THOMAS, CHRISTY ABRAHAM


IN YOUR COMMUNITYIN YOUR COMMUNITY

Golf Tournament Raises Funds for the North Tower

The 30th annual Torrance Memorial Golf Tournament proved to be another hole-in-one success. Funds raised from the June 6 tournament will help to fulfill the overall fundraising goal toward renovation of the North Tower to benefit women’s and pediatric services. After a full day of golf at the Palos Verdes Golf Club, participants enjoyed a cocktail reception, dinner, silent auction and awards banquet. City National Bank once again served as the tournament sponsor this year. Don Douthwright was the tournament chair. The honorary chair was the late George L. Graziadio, Jr.

DON DOUTHWRIGHT, SALLY EBERHARD, CRAIG LEACH, LAURA SCHENASI, HARV DANIELS

FRONT: SHAUN SLEETH, STANLEY CHANG, MD; BACK: ERIC CHESSMORE JOE HOHM, TERRY HOHM, CAROLE HOFFMAN, STUART DOLAN

FRONT: JAMES SANDERS, MICHAEL BOLCHER, SCOTT DAVIS; BACK: BRETT DILLENBERG

TODD POWLEY, JIM COBURN, TIM LANGLEY, CARLOS BOTANAJIM PIANKI, BRIAN NIGOS, BRIAN HUNT, STEVE LANTZ

STEVAN CALVILLO, LOUIS GRAZIADIO, JON LUND, BILL LANGGARY RANDAZZO, KAREN RANDAZZO

FRONT: ERIC MANIACI, MARC SCHENASI; BACK: KATIE WHITE, DAN MANIACI, HALEY SCHENASI

JOSH MAEF, PETER CROKE, LUCY VILLANUEVA, JAMIE GILLIESFORREST RIOPELLE, BRANDON HOVARD, JAMES ZUPANOVICH, JIM HANEY

FRONT: JIM SCRIBA, DANIEL SCRIBA, RALPH SCRIBA; BACK: JERRY SOLDNER

FRONT: BERT STEWART, KAREN RANDAZZO, JILL GOLDEN; BACK: DANIELLE BOUJIKIAN, LAURA SCHENASI STEVE CALVILLO, LOUIS GRAZIADIO

ROBERT RUIZ, DAVE BALDWIN, CHRIS ADLAM, CHARLIE MCPHEE ERIC MANIACI, DAN MANIACI

JEFF HIGGINS, SPENCER HIGGINS, RICK HIGGINS, ERIK HIGGINS

JIM BENNETT, SANDY VANDENBERGE

MARC SCHENASI, TRACY BRACKEN, LAURA SCHENASI, STANLEY CHANG, MD, SONG KLEIN, JUDITH GASSNER, HELAINE LOPES, STEVE LOPES, DAVE KLEIN, CHRIS WILSON, DAVID CLINTON

CRAIG LEACH, MARK LURIE, MDJEFF TUTTLE, JIM BENNETT, ROB KELLY, JOHN MOODY



Kenny G Dazzles at “Evening Under the Stars”

World-renowned saxophonist Kenny G serenaded guests with his soulful instrumentals as “Honda Evening Under the Stars for Children’s Healthcare Gourmet Food and Wine Tasting Festival celebrated its 30th year. This year, Honda combined the magic of this signature event with another 31-year South Bay tradition—the “For Our Children” fundraiser—into one re-imagined event to bring greater impact to local children’s healthcare. Torrance Memorial Pediatrics, Providence TrinityKids Care, a pediatric hospice and palliative care program of Providence TrinityCare, and Vistas for Children, Inc., received proceeds from this combined event at American Honda’s Torrance campus. Torrance Memorial’s share of the $300,000 proceeds will benefit renovation of Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s North Patient Tower, which will house new Pediatric, Neonatal Intensive Care and Maternal Care Units.

HARV DANIELS, RUTH DANIELS, MIKE PHILBIN, DAVID BENTLEY, BARBARA BENTLEY, JANET PHILBIN

MIKE EBERHARD, SALLY EBERHARD, BARBARA BENTLEY, DAVID BENTLEY

KATHY KRAUTHAMER, RICHARD KRAUTHAMER, MD, KATE CRANE, JUDGE MILAN SMITH

BARBARA DEMMING-LURIE, MARK LURIE, MD, TERRY HOHM, JOE HOHM RANDY DAUCHOT, LAURA SCHENASI, ALLISON MAYER

JONATHAN CHUTE, THYRA ENDICOTT, MD, JACKIE GEIGER, GREG GEIGER`LEFT TO RIGHT: SARA MOORE, WES KAUBLE, TRIP SIMMONS, SEAN SIMMONS, AARIKA SIMMONS, BRENDA NOWOTKA

TY BOBIT, NADINE BOBIT, AYNE BAKER, JACK BAKERFRONT: JEFF KREBS, PRISCILLA HUNT, BRENDA NOWOTKA; BACK: FRITZ FRIEDMAN, SUSAN MOORE, RALPH MOORE

PHIL DAIGNEAULT, LINDA DAIGNEAULT, KARLA BURNS, BRETT DILLENBERG

BARRY LEQUIRE, BARBARA LEQUIRE, JERRY SCHWARTZ, MD, MOJGAN CHEG, SANDY VANDENBERGE

FRONT: ANNA MELLOR, MD, DAWN KAPLAN; BACK ERIC MELLOR, CRAIG LEACH, JUDY LEACH, LISA NAKKIM, ERIC NAKKIM, MD, BO KAPLAN

HELAINE LOPES, LINDA PERRY, SONG KLEIN, DAVE KLEIN, PAM BRANAM, RIKA TANOUS

KACEY TAKASHIMA, KARIN BAKER, STEVE MORIKAWA

FRONT: ANN ZIMMERMAN, JAY ABRAHAM, CHRISTY ABRAHAM, SONG KLEIN; BACK: GARY ZIMMERMAN, JACKIE GEIGER, GREG GEIGER

LISA NAKKIM, ERIC NAKKIM, MD, STEVE CALVILLO, ALIDA CALVILLODAVID BENTLEY, SIGRID ALLMAN, RALPH ALLMAN, DDS, ANNA MELLOR, MD, ERIC MELLOR



And the GRAMMY Goes to...Patrons On July 15, Torrance Memorial Foundation hosted a dinner party at the GRAM-

MY Museum at LA Live to recognize and thank its patrons. More than 100 guests spent the evening viewing the exhibits featuring the clothing, work and career milestones of legends such as The Beatles, Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones, as well as playing rock stars for the evening with various hands-on exhibits. After checking out the displays, donors enjoyed dinner and wine on the museum’s rooftop terrace, while taking in spectacular views of the Los Angeles skyline. Craig Leach, president and CEO of Torrance Memorial, spoke to the group, thanking pa-trons for their continuous support for the medical center. For more information on the Torrance Memorial Patrons program, visit torrancememorial.org/giving.

ADAM WAGONER, SANDRA SANDERS

GEORGE FARINSKY, BOBBIE FARINSKY, PAM CRANE, DOROTHY LAY, ALLAN LAY

JUDITH GASSNER, SONG KLEIN, GEORGE SHETH, BHARTI SHETH, KIM VALLEE DAVID BUXTON, ANN BUXTON

DAN STEFFERUD, MARIE STEFFERUD, BARBARA BENTLEY, PHIL PAVESI, CHRISTINA PAVESI, DAVID BENTLEY

SCOTT DOUGLAS, KRISSIE DOUGLAS, GREG GEIGER, GRANT GEIGER

TERRY TURNER, TOM TURNER, SANDY VANDENBERGE, VAN HONEYCUTT, DIANA HONEYCUTT

JAY ABRAHAM, CHRISTY ABRAHAM, DICK WINTERS, ANN ZIMMERMAN, GARY ZIMMERMAN

LIZ UMBRELL, RICH UMBRELL, HEIDI HOFFMAN, MD, ERIN HOFFMAN

CHRISTIE OTIS, RUSS VARON, SHINTIA LYNCH, MARSHALL VARON, PAULA BOLD, ED BOLD, MD

PAM CRANE, SALLY EBERHARD, JUDY SIPES CRAIG LEACH, LAURA SCHENASI, MARC SCHENASI RICH LUCY, PAT LUCY

DEL MCCULLOCH, DIANA HONEYCUTT, GEORGE FARINSKY, BOBBIE FARINSKY, VAN HONEYCUTT CRAIG LEACH, SALLY EBERHARD CARLA ZANINO, WALT ZANINO, MARC SCHENASI

NANCY PETERSON, DICK CHUNAL SHENG, BEATRICE SHENG, STEPHEN LIU, RACHEL LIU, SAM FENG



A Giving Heritage Continues

Torrance Memorial Heritage Society mem-bers and donors, who have made a contri-bution annually for 10 or more consecutive years, were acknowledged and appreciated at a luncheon on June 9 at Palos Verdes Golf Club. Heritage Society members are those who have included Torrance Memorial Medical Center with a future gift in their estate plan. This year attendees heard from lead doctors of the Emergency Department and the Hospitalist Program physician team at Torrance Memo-rial about the teamwork it takes to provide seamless patient care. For more information about the Heritage Society and how to include Torrance Memorial in your estate plan, please contact Sandy VandenBerge, director of Planned Giving, at 310-784-4843 or [email protected]. You may also visit torrancememorial.org/plannedgiving.

SEATED: KARL MCMILLEN, RALPH SCRIBA, ERIC NAKKIM, MD, STANDING: RALPH ALLMAN, DDS, CAROL MCMILLEN, SIGRID ALLMAN, MARK LURIE, MD, ALEX SHEN, MD

RICHARD CHUN, NANCY PETERSON, STEPHEN CONNORS

STANLEY ZEE, FRANCES ZEE

FRONT: WILLIAM CHANG, SUZANNE WEBB, GERALD MAXWELLBACK: SANDY VANDENBERGE, STUART TSUJIMOTO, MAUDE INFANTINO, JOHN SEALY, MD, COLIN HULL

JIM ANDREWS, PEDRO CASTRO

RICH LUCY, PAT LUCY

SEATED: KELLY BOYLE, JOHN GOGIAN, STEPHANIE BEZNER, SONG KLEINSTANDING: LAURA SCHENASI, CHRIS ADLAM, VALERIE ADLAM, CHRISTIAN CORDOBA

SEATED: ROSE FENG, SAM FENG, PHYLLIS SCRIBE, RENÈ SCRIBESTANDING: DICK WINTERS, LOIS WINTERS, PAT LUCY, RICH LUCY

YPPA’s First Annual Casino Night an Ace High Hoot ’N Holler

The South Bay’s most-wanted cowboys and cowgirls turned out to support Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance at the Knights of Columbus in Redondo Beach. Event proceeds will help fund Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s new Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units. For more information on YPPA, visit torrancememorial.org/YPPA.

CHRISTOPHER ANGEMI, DO, STEPHANIE TANG DO, MARK LURIE, MD

BRANDON HOHM, JENNIFER HOHM

LAURA SCHENASI, NADINE BOBIT, EDEN HEINSHEIMER

SANDRA WANG, NICOLE LIN, JESSICA LEE

ERIN HOFFMAN, RICH UMBRELL, LIZ UMBRELL, RON CLOUD, HEIDI HOFFMAN, MD

JOANNE CHANG, STANLEY CHANG, MD

EDEN HEINSHEIMER, MARIO FIZULICH, CARI CORBALIS, NADINE BOBIT

CYNDY SPIERER, JOE SPIERER

LISA TEMPLETON, BILL MULKEY, QUINN MULKEY

COLLEEN FARRELL, JAMIE MCKINNELL, MD



YPPA Takes to the Trails

Members and supporters of Torrance Memorial’s Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance hit the trails once again for a hike in late June. Nadine Bobit, YPPA’s resident mountaineer, guided the group through the wooded hills of Rancho Palos Verdes to the trail head of the Portuguese Bend Reserve to view the Pacific Ocean and the stunning coastline.

Clowns Celebrate 25 YearsFor the last quarter century Torrance

Memorial Medical Center’s volunteer clown program, Clowns on Rounds, has helped to spread laughter and speed healing among patients and visitors. In August, in honor of National Clown Week, the program celebrated 25 years, as well as the 10th anniversary of Torrance Memorial’s clown school.

Torrance Memorial is the only Southern California hospital to offer its own clown

school, where people learn how to be clowns and receive additional training if interested in volunteering as a hospital clown.

To celebrate this milestone, current and former members of the program were invited to gather for a reunion lunch. Current clowns also visited patients.

For more information on the Torrance Memorial clown school or how to become a hospital clown, call 310-517-4752.

Current and alumni clowns with Sally Eberhard (Administration), Florentina Al-Rawashdeh (Food Services), Chef Sam Sellona (Catering) and Mary Matson (Volunteer Services), celebrate 25th anniversary of the clown program and 10th anniversary of the clown school. EVA GEDMINAS, JOYCE “JOY” PAYNE

BOBBIE ADLER “POKA DOC”

Miracle of Living at the Beach

There is no more vital or complex organ than the brain. Frustratingly little is known about dementia and brain health. Jeffrey Kim, MD, Neurology, and Anna Mellor, MD, Internal Medicine, spoke to a full house at the July Miracle of Living at the Beach lecture series at Shade Hotel Manhattan Beach. Eduardo Añorga, MD, family practice, served as the moderator. Speakers discussed the diagnosis and treatment of dementia and what steps can be taken to protect brain health.

Holiday Festival Wine Collection Party

Silver Oak, Lafite Rothschild and Opus One were among the exquisite wines donated at the third annual wine procurement party for Holiday Festival, hosted by Laura and Marc Schenasi in mid-August. The co-hosts for the evening were Song Klein, Helaine Lopes and Kathleen Wilson. More than 100 guests attended and enjoyed an afternoon of live music, cocktails and delectable appetizers. The event produced 97 bottles of wine, which will be auctioned at the Holiday Festival Gala on Friday, December 2.

NADINE BOBIT, EDUARD ANORGA, MD.

PEG MOLINE, ANN O’BRIEN

PAT LUCY, ELAINE TROTTER

LAURA MCINTIRE, ERIN FIORITO

EDUARDO ANORGA, MD, ANNA MELLOR, MD, CENNA KIM, MD, JEFFEY KIM, MD MICHAEL ZISLIS, JUDITH GASSNER

JOHN MOODY, CESSIE MOODY, CHRIS ADLAM, VALERIE ADLAM, MARC SCHENASI

LINDA PERRY, JANICE TECIMER, LAURA SCHENASI, JUDY MATSUDA

IAN MACLEOD, MARK DUVALL, MARC SCHENASI, MARILYN MACLEOD

ANN ZIMMERMAN, TRACY LIVIAN, CHRISTY ABRAHAM, DEENA RUTH, GARY ZIMMERMAN

STEVE LOPES, CHRIS WILSON, DAVE KLEIN SANDY VANDENBERGE, HELAINE LOPESCHRIS WILSON, KATHLEEN WILSON, MARK DUVALL, SONG KLEIN, JUSTIN HOLCHER, DAVE KLEIN

Front: Pat Lara, Celeste Despres-Sheres, Maria Olton, RN, Angela Park-Sheldon, Alice Diego-Malit, MD, Colleen Farrell; Back: Nadine Bobit, Frances McKindsey, MD


Torrance Memorial Would Like to GIVE SPECIAL THANKS to Our Many Supporters

$500,000 +Priscilla and Donald HuntGerald and Patricia Turpanjian

$100,000 - $499,000American Honda Motor Co., Inc.Cindy and Paul CampbellCeli and Jarrod DoganRobert P. KochIrving and Lenore LevineMimi and Bob LiuLoraine and Ralph ScribaMarie and Christian

(Dan) Stefferud

$50,000 - $99,999Nicole and Jonathan HirshbergDorothy and Allen LayCarol and Karl McMillen

$25,000 - $49,999City National BankEmployee Ambassador ProgramGeorge & Reva Graziadio

FoundationNan and Reed HarmanDominic Iannitti and

Danica KrislovichJudy and Parnelli JonesRachel and Stephen LiuDorothy and Gerry MayerKathleen and Buddy ParksWilliam and Darat Zappas

$15,000 - $29,999Terry and Joe HohmPacific National GroupPayden & RygelThe LuminariesTorrance Memorial Medical StaffTorrance Pathology Group

Greg Batge, M.D. John Blakey, M.D. Michael Dunlap, M.D. John Kunesh, M.D.

$10,000 - $14,999Association of South Bay SurgeonsOfelia and Emmanuel DavidDigestive Care Consultants

Medical Group David Chung, M.D. Thai Ha, M.D. Kenneth Holt, M.D. Chirag Patel, M.D. Azam Riyaz, M.D.

James Sattler, M.D., Timothy Tran, M.D.

Song and David KleinLinda Nanji

$5,000 - $9,999A & A MaintenanceLien and Greg Baetge, M.D.Howard BeattyDaniel BenjaminAngelie and John Blakey, M.D.California State University

Dominguez HillsCerner CorporationCH2M HILL O&M

Business GroupContinental Development

CorporationCOR Healthcare

Medical AssociatesBernadette and

Michael Dunlap, M.D.Fire Sprinkler Contractors

Association Charity FoundationFriars Charitable FoundationGoeppner Industries, Inc.,

Joanne GoeppnerHUB International of CaliforniaKeenan HealthcareKay and William E. Kim, M.D.Melinda and John KirkLisa and John Kunesh, M.D.John LandervilleJudy and Craig LeachBarbara Demming Lurie and

Mark Lurie, M.D.McCarthy Building CompaniesJean McIverAndrew M. MeinzerMorrow-Meadows CorporationMSM Landscape Services, Inc.RPM Mortgage, Brett DillenbergTori and Jim SchladenElaine and David J. Scott, M.D.Marilyn and Louis SutherlandTYCO Integrated SecurityVistas for Children, Inc.

$2,500 - $4,999Valerie and Chris AdlamAdvantel NetworksGeorgette and Albert AvoianAyne and Jack BakerBank of America FoundationBCM Boehling Construction

Management. Inc.Neil Bhayani, M.D.Alida and Stevan Calvillo

Joan and Chris CarasLynne and Horace CochranCoretek ServicesDodge Insurance Services, Inc.DPR ConstructionEve and Rick HigginsInterVision - Cloud IT SystemsDawn and Bo Kaplankpff Consulting EngineersMorgan Stanley, Graystone

ConsultingMurray CompanyCarlene RingerJohn RogersLaura and Marc SchenasiPriscilla and Roger SchultzSwisslogThe Rouse CompanyRobert Vallee Jr.Alissa and Mike Wilson

$1,000 - $2,499Albits/Miloe & Associates, Inc.Architectural Glass & AluminumMichele and William Averill, M.D.Patsy BerumenJ. Ralph Black, M.D.Jamie BornBrittney BunnagDr. Lauren Choi and

Dr. Philip W. ChungHyejin and David Chung, M.D.Louise and David Clinton

Control Air Conditioning Corporation

Judy DabinettRuth and Harv DanielsSuzann and Don DouthwrightAnna EakinsBeth and Berkley Eichel, M.D.Stephanie Enright

Executive PerilsMary and Steven Fisher, M.D.Amir FouladgarJeannine and Dennis FrandsenDenise and Roy Fu, M.D.Green Hills Memorial ParkThai Q. Ha, M.D.Rosalind Farmans HalikisMiaoshia and Chansen HanCarole HoffmanGabriella and Ken Holt, M.D.Daniel Hovenstine, M.D.Sandra and Karl JacksonJohn N. Johnson, M.D.Keesal, Young & LoganSherry and Ian Kramer, M.D.Marley KuehlPatti and Thomas LaGrelius, M.D.Diane and Mark LandonCharlotte and Russ LesserLincoln Financial AdvisorsMarilyn and Ian MacLeodManiaci Insurance ServicesVicky and Winston MarSudy and Bud MayoJesse and Gary McClureMedical Accounting ServicePatricia and Donald MehligCatherine MeltonVimal K. Murthy, M.D.Drs. Gwenne and

Timothy NorcrossOarsmen FoundationRobin and Norman Panitch, M.D.

Hank ParkerRosalie and Chirag Patel, M.D.Phyllis D. PelezzareRay PellegrinoPetrak & Associates, Inc.Jan and Mike PhilbinLinda Pullen-BuehlLori and Ray Richard

Sajeeda Tabassum, M.D. and Azam Riyaz, M.D.

Dottie and Vincent RudinicaPam and James Sattler, M.D.Jerry Schwartz, M.D.Angela and Hank SheldonAllyson and Alexander Shen, M.D.Kathleen Crane and the Honorable

Milan SmithSouth Bay Orthopaedic Specialists

Medical CenterPauline and Rollin SturgeonZoltas SzalontoniTorrance Anesthesia Medical

Group, Inc.Torrance Emergency PhysiciansTorrance Memorial

Radiology GroupTimothy T. Tran, M.D.

and K.L. HoCarolyn and Charles Turek, M.D.Liz and Rich UmbrellMary Jo and Jerome Unatin, M.D.Waikiki Beach Condominiums,

Jeanie BlumTeresa and Gerald

Wasserwald, M.D.Wells Fargo Advisors, LLCTerry and Jim WitteMary WrightCathi and R. Michael

Wyman, M.D.Nancy and Roger ZaporNancy Zinner

$500 - $999John T. Abe, M.D. and

Betty H. Duong, M.D.AD/S CompaniesLaura J. AlbanoMarcia and Lawrence

August, M.D.Tiffany M. Becker, M.D. and

Greg Becker

Debbie and Bruce BlumbergAlexandra O. Bujor, M.D.Burkley & Brandlin LLP,

Deborah KeeseyEdna CampbellAngela ChanCody CharnellCari and Fred CorbalisPamela CraneLeilani Kimmel-Dagostino and

John DagostinoThyra J. Endicott, M.D. and

Rev. Jonathan ChuteDeverie FernandezRachael M. Ferraro, D.O.Elizabeth and LeRoy ForehandDell Fortune and Stephen NashSylvia GayedDeborah and Morris Gelbart, Ph.D.Maria and Wayne GrauSuzanne GrudnitskiGunner Investments LLCNancy and Keith HaugeEden HeinsheimerErin and Heidi Hoffman, M.D.John Hsu, M.D.David Inouye, M.D.Jean Wong and Lou KaufmanValerie and Edward KellyTara KleinDonna and George LeeJessica and Tonny

Meng-Che Lee, M.D.Barbara and Barry LeQuireCharles LobbHelaine and Steve LopesPeter Lorman, M.D.Annsley and Matthew MarshallMercer Human Resources

ConsultingRon MillerBrian Miura, M.D.Cessie and John Moody

Mat Moore, WIN Real Estate Services

Cassandra Ndiforchu, M.D. and Fombe Ndiforchu, M.D.

Omnicell, Inc.Kay PatelRobyn and Albert PeacockDenise PellegrinoPeninsula Medical

Management ServicesCindy and Larry PerczLinda and Derek PetrakGary RandazzoWilliam RehrigKirsten Wagner, DDS and

Richard Rounsavelle, DDSCarmen and Gordon Schaye, M.D.Gregory SchillBarbara Schulz, M.D.Marianne SfreddoCeleste Despres-Sheres and

Sidney SheresMartha and Fred SignerSouth Bay Serenity GroupLisa and Daryl TakataJane and Todd TesslerTimme G. DesignsCynthia and Kazuaki UemuraVanguard CharitableVoya FinancialAnthony WalkerBarbara WeberChelsea and Adam

Weitzman, M.D.Darren WiebeAnthony WoodcockKay and Dwight YamadaFrances and Stanley Zee$250 - $4992H ConstructionChristy and Jay AbrahamRalph and Sigrid Allman

John AlterElisa Anhalt, M.D. and

Douglas LaurinSara BaloughBarbara and David BentleyShirley Chi BienNadine and Ty BobitCelia S. BrockenbroughBetty BroughtonAnn and David BuxtonCrystal Campbell-LucierMaria and Kevin ChapmanCindy and Peter Chen, D.D.S.Tracey and Ronald CloudMichelle and Mike CrossD & RPaula and Michele

Del Vicario, M.D.Kathleen DiesmanDebbie and Stephen

Dinsmore, M.D.Dunn & AssociatesSally and Mike EberhardSue ElliottNorma EnriquezDonald FordDerf FredericksFriday Nite LiveGinger and Joe FuseoJackie and Greg GeigerJames GivensAimee and David GoeppnerGreen Hills Mortuary

Michael GrffithsJudith GrohneDaniel Harvey, M.D.Cinda and Milton HerringBruce HoerningJenny HongJoan and Ernest HooverKathleen and Richard

Krauthamer, M.D.Karlene Kueteman

GIFTS FROM APRIL 1 - AUGUST 31, 2016

DANIELLE BOUJIKIAN, JILL GOLDEN

NHAT TRAN, MD, MICHELLE TRAN, GEORGE SO, MD

MIKE HEBSON, CRAIG LEACH



AMBASSADORS

PremierLaurie & John BucherPatricia & Richard Carlson Chevron Corporation /

Rod SpackmanNancy CombsKay & William E. Kim, M.D.Dorothy & Gerry Mayer Jacquelyne & Steven MillerTricia & Thomas Paulsen, M.D.Andrea & Michael Zislis

PlatinumIzzat Alamdari, N.P. and

Eric Milefchik, M.D.Georgette & Al Avoian Lynn & Horace CochranMelanie Friedlander, M.D.Ronnie & Alan GoldsteinDonna & George LeeMarilyn & Frank MilesKhrystyna Pavlova & Riad

Adoumie, M.D.Priscilla & Roger SchultzDebra & Don TerrellKimberly & Robert Vallee, Jr. Alissa & Robert M. WilsonKay & Dwight Yamada

Gold Valerie & Chris AdlamMichele & William Averill, M.D.Harriet Bailiss-Sustarsic & Scott

SmithElaine & Jerome L. BleiweisJeanie BlumTrudy Brown Ann & David BuxtonJudy Nei & Vinh Cam, M.D.Lauren Choi, M.D. & Philip

Chung, M.D.

Louise & David ClintonKathleen Crane & The Honorable

Milan SmithJudy DabinettJulie & Michael DiLustroMarcia Ding, M.D. & James Ding,

M.D.Suzann & Donald DouthwrightEric DupontDiane & Thomas Duralde, M.D.Beth & Berkley Eichel, M.D.Regina & Dan FinneganMary & Steven Fisher, M.D.Jeannine & Dennis FrandsenAngela & Dean Furkioti, D.D.S.Rosalind Farmans HalikisMiaoshia & Chansen HanDonna Marie & Eugene

Hardin, M.D.Erin & Heidi Hoffman, M.D.Leslie & Colin HullSandy & Karl JacksonJohn N. Johnson, M.D.Lori & Art Kaiser, D.D.S. Rachel Knopoff, M.D. &

Russell Dickerson, M.D.Patti & Thomas LaGrelius, M.D.Diane & Mark LandonCharlotte & Russ LesserKaren & Nelman C. Low, M.D.Jesse & Gary McClureMary Todd & Peter McCormackVicky & Winston MarSudy & Bud MayoPatricia & Donald Mehlig Sunny Melendez, M.D. & Ron

Melendez, M.D.Catherine MeltonDiane & Davis MooreJoanne & Marc MoserKaren & Gene Naftulin, M.D.Erin & Brian Neal

Wade Nishimoto, M.D.Gloria & Wilbur NussbaumElizabeth Paul, M.D. &

Joy Paul, M.D.Phyllis PelezzareLinda Pullen-BuehlTamara Ritchey PowersH. Elena Rodriguez, M.D.Jerry Schwartz, M.D.

Nicholas J. Silvino, M.D.Robert StephensonBert StewartSarah & Ned StrommePauline & Rolling SturgeonCarolyn & Charles D. Turek, M.D.Kerry & David H. Wallis, M.D.Susan & Matthew WhelanTerry & Jim WitteJudy & Barry WolstanMonica & Peter WongCathi & R. Michael Wyman, M.D.Nancy & Roger Zapor

SilverChristy & Jay Abraham Christine & Michael AccavittiLorren & Brad AmmannMarcia & Lawrence August, M.D.Ayne & Jack BakerStephanie Bezner, Esq. & Brian

BeznerPaula & Edward Bold, M.D.Diana & George BrandtEdna CampbellAnita CanfieldKathy & Paul CohenJoy & Marc F. Colman, M.D.Cheryl & Stephen ConnorsPamela CranePhyllis & Donald Culler

Melanie Dee, M.D. & Garrett Matsunaga, M.D.

Cynthia & Steven DennisNancy Edwards & Charles ParkerPeggy & Daniel FisherElizabeth & LeRoy ForehandBarb GabrielliElaine & Byron GeeDebbie & Moe Gelbart, Ph.D.

Susan Goodlerner, M.D. & Edward Wolfman

Maria & Wayne GrauTimme & Kurt GunderlockNancy & Keith HaugeLynne & Jim HeldShirley & Chih-Ming HoLaura & Doug HofmannKalpana Hool, M.D. & Hugo

Hool, M.D.Leilani Kimmel-Dagostino &

John DagostinoWendy Klarik Song & Dave KleinLawrence Kneisley, M.D.Sherry & Ian Kramer, M.D.Jessica & Tonny M. Lee, M.D.Charles LobbPeter Lorman, M.D.Pat & Rich LucyLaura & Donald McIntireKak & David McKinnieLisa & Christopher MartzVimal Murthy, M.D.Cassandra Ndiforchu, M.D. &

Fombe Ndiforchu, M.D.Michelle Nguyen &

Nhat Tran, M.D.Gwenne Norcross, D.O. &

Timothy Norcross, D.O. Rosalie & Chirag Patel, M.D.

Gary KuwaharaPatricia and Steve LantzLinda LarsonCarole and Russell LefevreCameron LippincottRichard and Martha LopezCrystal MacdonellMalaga BankMark MardernessMartin IntegratedAnna B. Mellor, M.D. and

Eric MellorMobile HeartbeatJulianna MooreLisa and Eric Nakkim, M.D.PDMLinda RedgriftNorman ReederMargie and Terry ReiterRobert M. RoadyRamin M. Roohipour, M.D.Lawrence Rubin D.P.M.Roy SchermerhornDavid SeidnerSilverado Senior LivingHoward SimonMarisela Smith

Martin SmithGeorge So, M.D. and

Jackelyn Lee, M.D.Villa SorrentoJoyce StoutSusan Swinburne and

Chuck DuquetteCarolee TownsendRobbin VelisJames WatsonErin and Brent WaukeWelch & CompanyWells Fargo Community

Support CampaignStephanie YeunBruce L. YoungPeter Young, M.D.Ann and Gary Zimmerman

$100 - $249Vance AlbitzMegan and Nicholas ArquetteJeannine BallisterSteven BartnerAmy BeasleyTracy Bercu, M.D. and

Peter Weinstein

California Resources CorporationBryan Chang, M.D.Rosa ChianJoy and Marc Colman, M.D.Sandra CraigAnne F. Crofut-RhilingerLaaila and Mark DodsonAlex and Gary ElminoufiMarina Fajardo-KingLinda and Franklin FongMarissa FontanillaSteven GriswoldKathy HagemeierMark HamiltonMary Lou and William HaydenMatt HeintzTammy and Tony HungHolly and Keith KauffmanAngie KirkEarl LaddVivian LeeElizabeth LowerisonKay and Paul LupoCatherine A. Madorin, M.D.Kristy and Eric ManiaciNicholas MarshallIona Matson

Debrah and Garrett NishihiraNorthrop Grumman

ECHO ProgramAnn and Mike O’BrienTina PatelPatricia E. QuanPhilip RossTerry RunzlerKeith RussoMadeline SchenasiKaren Scott-MartinetJames ScribaLaura and Tom Simko, M.D.Debbie SimpkinsSylvia StadlmanStephanie Tang, M.D. and

Christopher Angemi, M.D.Errol TaylorKaren ThompsonRichard WallaceSandra and Eric WangWells Fargo Foundation

SALLY EBERHARD, DR. MOE GELBART, DEBBIE GELBART

AcuraValerie and Chris AdlamAmerican Honda Motor Co., Inc.Aquarium of the PacificMegan and Nicholas ArquetteGeorgette and Albert AvoianBeckman ConsultingBoisset Wine CollectionEvelyn and Curtice BoothCarlos BotanaPam BranamMarianne BrooksBrittney BunnagJoanne and Stanley Chang, M.D.Chef Shafer & Family, DepotErik ChessmoreCocktail Parties for a CauseContinental Development

CorporationRuth and Harv DanielsDeidre DavidsonDelta Air LinesDisneyland ResortDominique’s KitchenSuzann and Don DouthwrightFlora Springs Winery & Vineyard

Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina

FOX SportsFriends of the VineMichelle and Robert FullertonGoodyear Airship OperationsSteven GriswoldHalekulani, On the Beach

at WaikikiPaul HennesseyEve and Rick HigginsHUB International of CaliforniaIn-N-Out BurgerJustin Vineyards and WinerySong and David KleinKo Olina Golf ClubSherry and Ian Kramer, M.D.Lisa and Carl LahrLos Angeles Lakers OrganizationLos Angeles Police Department,

Metro - Lt. Rudy LopezLuminaries of Torrance MemorialSharon MartinezJames McKinnell, M.D.Mehrnoosh MojallaliCessie and John Moody

Morgan’s JewelersMorrow-Meadows CorporationAnn and Daniel MuellerPalos Verdes Golf ClubLinda PerryMark PfeilPGA National Resort & SpaPGA TourJan and Mike PhilbinTodd PoulsenMarilyn and Ken PrindleJR PudlikRosemary PudlikRaju Rasiah Rare & Exotic JewelsGary RandazzoKaren and Mike RandazzoRebel Hospitality Group Inc.Red Car BreweryForrest C. RiopelleRobert Chavira Inc.Rowley PortraitureRoy’s Ko OlinaSadhna’s Floral StudioJim SalaLaura and Marc SchenasiKendra Scott

Marianne SfreddoShade HotelSiegel DesignsSodexoSouthwest InvestmentsStaybridge Suites TorranceLisa TakataThe Rouse CompanyThe Strand HouseTime Warner Cable SportsTorrance Mariott Redondo BeachTPC SawgrassTravelStore Palos VerdesTodd TrinneerSandy VandenBergeJen VelasquezJane YenHilary and Clay ZachryAndrea and Michael Zislis

IN KIND GIFTS

GEORGE SO, MD, BARRY WOLSTAN, MD, MARK LURIE, MD



Maria & Rodie Abejero Susan AbelsonE.A. AbrokwaSusie Kim AdamsHelen AguilarMel AgustinNancy AgustinChatdao AhinghagaTomoko AkazawaMichele AlarconManette AlforoBibi AliEllen Allen-WainwrightMary Ann J. AlvarezFrancisco Kang AlvarezMei AmanoKent AmanoArlene AmigableLourdes AntonioOliva ArcalaAshley ArchuletaCresencia ArmamentoJudy Arnold

Maria ArteagaCiji AsireJose Albert Rey AsisSheryl Y. AuMelchor AugustinRandy AvakianKathie AvakianSara K. AvakianLauren AyresJacqueline AyresGwendolyn BaileyCynthia BakerPatricia BaldiviaCecilia BananiaElizabeth BanayosGinger BarclayLisa BargarDan Bauman, Pharm.D.Irene L. BayanSuzanne BeehlerSusan BenchMelissa BenoitEd Bernardo

Anthony BerryPeggy BerwaldBetsy BigginsEmma D. BilbaoKyomi BolenderLance BommeljeMaricela BordenaveDanielle BoujikianBeth & David BowerKathryn BraaschMary Bradfield-SmithSusan BradyPatricia BrienzoBeth BurkhalterJoy BurkhardtHeather BurtAgnes ButardoDinah CabalatunganCaroline CabiloganFelicidad CabuenaCathrine CaingletEvelyn CalipHelen CameroLoreta Rayat CamilingRobin CamrinLodel CaplanDebbie CarltonLuzviminda B. CarteraSherry CasaoSusan CastilloDolores CellierYan C. (Bobbie) ChanChangrong ChengHeidi ChongAlan ChungElizabeth CincoSallie CintronLucrecia ColomaEthel C. ConstantinoSimon G. ContrerasCoral CortezFelipe CortezDanielle Cosgrove

Marcia CreightonCharlotte CrockerCarolyn CruzLinda CurrieJeanette M. CutuliMichelle DahleAzam DaryabarMina DastgheibLety De La TorreDolores DeinhartGeraldine DeLaCruzJuan M. DiazJann & Dan DicksonPatty DrewCarla DuhovicCindy DurantSally EberhardMargie EcleviaMary J. EddyPriscilla EdnilaoElaine M. EguchiJudith EislerCheryl ElyJuliana S. EngeJosephine EspejoAna Maria EspejoMary E. EspinozaDon Florentino EstradaMarissa FarolColleen FarrellTodd FelkerCarlos & Mirna FernandezEstrella M. FilamorSharon FlowerMary FordTom FoxKaterina FrencicJune Friesner-LernerJanet FroehlichCarol E. FukuchiLisa GageSidney GamberMarco Garay

Rolando D. GarciaFelix & Tami GarciaShalena GarzaJudith GassnerJill GoldenAlfrenda GonzalesMaria D. GonzalezMary Accetta GoodloeAmanda GoodrichAnn GotthofferGale GouldZorayda GozunTracey GreenCathy GuthrieRose HadleyKathy HagemeierShanna HallMichael HansonJeremiah HargraveNatalie HassoldtPatricia HeathJacqueline HemmahSusan HernandezClaribel HernandezTim HerseyMary Hersh Bruce A. HershbergerVickie HershbergerCorrine HidalgoDebbie Hoagland

Suellen G. HosinoMaria HovsepianLinda HowardNaiwei Hsu-Chang, RNLisa G. HughesBarbara Jane IgnacioAlfie IgnacioTokiko ImaiFlorence D. IntokLynn JaggerRosario Jarquin

Erika JehnsenRoberta JenkinsonBonnie JewellMike and Janet JohnsonRena JohnsonKathryn JoinerAnna JungMary Ann Junsay-AlvarezLayne KelleyDebby KelleyCynthia KeusFreda KhanAnne KienbergerDennis KikunoJames KimChangkyun KimLisa A. KiyoharaLeah and Mark KleinSusan KochMaria Cecilia KoegelKimberley KoontzJulie A. KruegerCassandra KrutsingerMarley KuhlJohn KumashiroMary Jane LandrockGerald and Trisha LanphenSteve LantzJeannie L. LavezzariCraig Leach

Judy Grace LebrilloSusan LegaspiDevi LegaspiBarbara LeQuireChi LeungMary Jane & Nolan LewCresencia T. LibetaSusan LieuLinda LillingtonIng Huey LinRussell & Eliwyn Liptzin

Clint Patterson & Richard Boos, M.D.

Robyn & Albert PeacockCindy & Laurence PerczDolly Vinh &

Bang Vu Pham, M.D.

Lori & Ray RichardCarlene RingerCarmen Schaye, Ed.D. &

Gordon Schaye M.D.Marcia & Michael Schoettle

Barbara Schulz, M.D.Martha & Fred SignerCarolyn SnyderKelly & Charles SpagnolaCherie & William SteckbauerDebbie & Joe Talosi

Ellen & Pat TheodoraPaula & Mark ThomasDorothy ThompsonRuss Varon Margaret & David Waite

Mary & Steven WheatleyJean Wong Ann & Gary Zimmerman

Life AmbassadorsCathy AllenGail & Douglas AllenMary Lou & Jack AreaDavid BauerBetty BelskyJoan & Chris CarasMila & Patrick Chambers, M.D.Mary & John ClarkAchara & Thomas Cowell, M.D.Patricia & Duane DenneyBarbara DormanVirginia & Dennis FitzgeraldSherry & Thomas Gossett, M.D.George W. GrahamPatricia & Al HermannCarole HoffmanTheresa & Joseph HohmDaniel Hovenstine, M.D.Kathleen & Richard

Krauthamer, M.D.Sylvia & Robert Laxineta, D.D.S.Judy & Craig LeachFred MackenbachCarol MageeCheryl MelvilleGenevieve & Hugh Muller

Robin & Norman Panitch, M.D.Ellen & Fraser Perkins, M.D.Franklin Pratt, M.D.Peggie & Gerald Reich, M.D.Carlene & Edward ReuscherCindy & Benjamin Rosin, M.D.Patricia E. Sacks, M.D. &

Harvey KushnerBeya & Robert Schaeffer, Jr., M.D.Loraine & Ralph ScribaLaura & Thomas Simko, M.D.Mary Lou SteinmetzKimberly & David Stone, M.D.Tina & Peter VasilionTeresa & Gerald Wasserwald, M.D.Mary WilliamsDovie & George WorcesterErin & Patrick Yeh, M.D.Alice Young

EMPLOYEE AMBASSADORS

ANNA MELLOR, MD, ERIC MELLOR

SAXAPHONIST KENNY G. PLAYS HIS SOULFUL SOUNDS FOR GUESTS AT “EVENING UNDER THE STARS.”

FRONT: JIM BENNET, JOHN MOODY, JEFF TUTTLE; BACK: LOUIS GRAZIADIO, ROB KELLY, STEVE CALVILLO

SANDY VANDENBERGE, KIM VALLEE, SONG KLEIN



HERITAGE SOCIETYWilliam AndersonJames AndrewsShirley and Winton BakerBarbara BirchimHilde BoldtStasea and Jeffrey BorerJan and Virgil BourgonRonnie BrownMaria BuechlerHerbert ClarksonLeola CorkBette and Dick CrowellDon DawsonGinny and John DixonArlene and Dale DormanThyra Endicott, MD and

Jonathan ChuteJudy English and William

Crudup, MD

Sam and Rose FengDell Fortune and Steve NashHenry FrankenbergSunila Fuster, MDSidney Gamber Billee and John GogianGeorge W. GrahamJoan HansenPatricia and Gary Hathaway, MD†Adrianne and Alan HeggeJoan HendersonKeiko and Allen HochsteinDonald and Priscilla HuntMaude InfantinoJune KaneokaSylvia KennedyMillie KrugerMicki and Norman Lasky, MDMelanie and Richard Lundquist

Barbara and Mark Lurie, MDJudith MaizlishLarry MaizlishDel McCullochPatricia McGinnisSandra and Kenneth McKivettLinda Severy McMahon and

Jerold McMahonCarol and Karl McMillenA. Dian OlsenKenneth O’RourkeLore and Marv PatrickChristina and Phil PavesiNancy Peterson and Dick ChunDonna and John PrysiRozelyn Redisch†Betty Jane and Ernest RiveraLavonne and Jerry RodsteinNeva Rogers

Kirsten Wagner, DDS and Richard Rounsavelle, DDS

Laura and Marc SchenasiLoraine and Ralph ScribaPhyllis and René ScribeJohn R. Sealy, MDYoichi SumiNancy and Douglas TeulieMarcela and John VanharaJohn VansickleEdith WallaceSusan K. WarnerSuzanne WebbLois and Richard Winters

† Deceased

Gregory Becker, Esq.Stephanie Bezner, Esq.William W. ChangStephen F. Connors, CFPPhillip Cook, CFPChristian Cordoba

Maureen DeardenScott J. Donnelly, CPASuzanne Grudnitski, CLPFTed Y. Hanasono, Esq.Eric J. Harris, Esq.Derrick Kawamoto

Deborah Keesey, Esq.Troy Martin, Esq. Andrew M. Meinzer, Esq.Ron Miller, CLPFMat MooreCristin H. Rigg, CFP, CDFA

Gregory Schill, CFP Marianne C. Sfreddo, CPASylvia ThompsonMark TsujimotoStuart Tsujimoto, CFPKazuaki Uemura, Esq.

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS

YOUNG PHYSICIANS AND PROFESSIONALS ALLIANCE (YPPA)

Betty Duong & John Abe, M.D. Valerie & Chris AdlamLaura J. AlbanoVance AlbitzElisa Anhalt, M.D. & Doug Laurin Melanie & Benjamin ArcherAnthony Arellano-Kruse, M.D.Nicholas A. ArquetteLori & Dave BaldwinHunter BaldwinAndrew & Megan BarkTara Bartlett, RNGreg & Tiffany Becker, M.D.Tracy Bercu, M.D. &

Peter WeinsteinStephanie Bezner, Esq. & Brian

BeznerKevin BidenkapNadine & Ty BobitDanielle BoujikianDavid A. Bray, Jr. M.D.Alexandra Bujor, M.D.Brittney Bunnag

Drisa Carrizo, CPAJoanne & Stanley Chang, M.D.Cody CharnellCarla ChenCari CorbalisCeleste Despres-SheresAlice Diego-Malit, M.D.Blake EdwardsAlex & Gary ElminoufiColleen FarrellDeverie FernandezRachael Ferraro, D.O.Roy Fu, M.D. Karl Fukunaga, M.D.Stephen GarciaSylvia GayedLaurie GloverDamien F. Goldberg, M.D.Khryste & Steve GriswoldEden HeinsheimerErin & Heidi Hoffman, M.D.Jenn & Brandon J. Hohm Dawn & Bo Kaplan

Song & Dave KleinTara KleinJessica & Tonny Lee, M.D.Matthew MarshallNick MarshallFrances McKindsey, M.D.James McKinnell, M.D.Brian Miura, M.D.Michelle Mollura Amanda Murphy, M.D. &

Keith W. MurphyVimal Murthy, M.D.Pat NiemannTimothy L. Norcross, D.O.Gwenne Norcross, D.O. Hank Parker, CPAAngela Park-Sheldon, CFPRosalie & Chirag Patel, M.D.Michelle Finkel, M.D. &

David Z. Presser, M.D.William RehrigMadeline SchenasiCatherine Schneider

Pantea Sharifi-Hannauer, M.D.Allyson & Alexander J. Shen, M.D.Julie Sim, M.D.George J. So, M.D.Cyndy & Joseph SpiererLauren SpiglaninJason Stone Nani & Elliot T. Sumi, M.D. Stephanie Tang, D.O. &

Christopher Angemi, D.O.John TellenbachNhat Tran, M.D.Peter C. Tseng, M.D.Liz & Rich UmbrellAnthony WalkerSandra & Eric WangChelsea & Adam Weitzman, M.D.Jennifer YangHillary & Clay ZachrySara & Keri Zickhur, M.D.Andrea & Michael Zislis

Kim LockeCathey LohmannHelaine LopesChristine LopezRichard & Martha Lopez

Elizabeth LowerisonMonica LowreyVickie LowrieMaricarmen LuhrsenLiza Lumanlan-DomingoBarbara MaddoxShirley Rose MaderazoFernando & Eva

Sophia MagdalenoPatricia MannCindy MansonWei Q. MaoGeorge A. MartinezMary MatsonPatrick MatteoDorothy MaxwellMeg McCormickAnne McCormickElaine McRaeCedric McRaeMaria L. MendozaMary Ann MerrittMelany MerrymanPamela MichaelCarmen MiguelRene MillerNancy C. MillirenMarian MillsBarbara MinamiLauren MitchellJanice MiyashiroRosalyn ModelistePatrick MooreGlenda M. MooreMatthew MoralesAlejandrina MorelosNancy Mukai

Sanjeshni MurphyNooshin NaghshehTami NakamaAllisha NazarethSandra Nazareth

Edward NazarethSue-Ann NouchiUna W. O’BrienAnn O’BrienYoung OhEliza OliverosMaria OltonSheila O’NeillMartha OrtizEsther OvadiaDirk OverturfRonald PadillaMaureen Sheridan PalladiniDoris A. PalomaMichele PalomboJacqueline Parker-JohnsonWinston PascualLorena Maria G. PascualMila Pasion-FloresDonna PatchJennifer PattenJaquelina PattiPaty PearcePatricia PerezHoward Pfahler, Pharm.DDavid PhungAtsuko & Gary PierceKay PitonzoVilma PlagataZenaida PoquizSteve PorterGigi C. PortugalPaul PourziaKaren ProvinPat QuanDorine QueenerSusan Quenga

Sherry L. RaftersCorazon RaguiragAnn RaljevichChristopher RamaDenzil RamdhanieDenzil RamdhanieArmando & Yvone RamosKaren RandazzoTami ReilandDebbie Reyes Richard RiveraCora RoaAddy RodriguezSam RodriguezMarnie RodriguezMelissa RomanelliEllen C. RoysdenDottie RudinicaLynn RuffinTerry RunzlerArceli SalanguitLydia SalasIsabelo SalvaAngela SalvaMay SantosRinnah T. SapitananVilma H. SapitananCatherine SarconaMadeline SchenasiLaura SchenasiStephanie SchmidMelanie SchmitzJamie Schneider

Kathleen SchummErnesto SeguraConnie SennerChristine Serra-HarrisKhalid ShariffLaDonna & Joe SheaMary ShenJudith ShigemitsuJohn SinghDieselen Soberano

Rhoda Marie SotoMichael R. SteeleKim StephensBarbara StokesEstrella T. SulpacioChristina SweeneyLisa TakataRemer TangoanKeith TateTina TattersallRichard TejadaTerry D. ThomasMike ThomasSteven ThompsonBeryl TokunagaShelly TritesMei TsaiGrace TurkDianna TyndallVeronica UrbanoValeska ValdiviaCesar ValleDon Van BurenSandy VandenBergeRuth VelascoBao VuLani WalkerAngie WattersMarcia WeasePatrick and Veronica WeckerReba Mae WestreicherMaria E. WhiteDavid Wilson

Arnie WolfsonDianne Wood Lori WoodmanMary WrightYasmin Yap-MarianoPhil and Sylvia YimSean YokoeTiffani ZanelliRory Zatyko

GEORGE SHETH, BHARTI SHETH

STEVE LOPES, CHRIS WILSON, DAVE KLEIN, DAVID CLINTON

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Create YourLegacy

Have you considered Torrance Memorialin your estate planning?Your future support helps ensure Torrance Memorial Medical Center will continue to provide excellent, compassionatehealthcare to residents of the South Bay for generations to come.

The Torrance Memorial Office of Planned Giving is ready to help you with gifts made through wills, living trusts,income-generating charitable gifts, retirement plans and more.

If you have already remembered us in your estate plan,please contact us so we can thank you now and ensureyour legacy will be carried out according to your wishes.

Please call 310-784-4843 today for more information.www.TorranceMemorial.org/PlannedGiving

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Novas and Luminaries Present Grand Finale Check

Luminaries and Novas, two Auxiliary support groups, celebrated their 25th anniversary by presenting a check for $15,000 at the 2016 Grand Finale event at the Torrance Marriott in late May.

The Novas also recognized 20 graduating high school seniors who have contributed more than 3,000 hours over their four years of volunteer service.

Novas members are high school students who receive valuable experience through various hospital volunteer opportunities, in hopes of inspiring them to have a lifetime of commitment to service. Beginning in the ninth grade, students work throughout the year supporting the medical center by volunteering their time and talents within the Foundation, Auxiliary, and Home Health and Hospice departments. The Luminaries are comprised mostly of the Novas’ parents.

Riviera Elementary “Fills the Boot”

Students from Riviera Elementary School dropped by the Torrance Memorial Burn Center to present a check for $245 to benefit the unit’s pediatric patients. The school’s PTA raised the money through a “fill the boot” campaign to recognize Firefighter Appreciation Week. During the campaign, students and families at the school were encouraged to drop spare change into the boot as they visited the school’s office. The funds will be used to purchase supplies for patients during their stay in the unit.

YPPA’s Donation Helps Hospitalized Children

Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Child Life Specialist, Gina Sievert, recently took a snapshot of some of the items made possible by YPPA’s 2015 year-end $2,500 donation to the Pediatric unit.

“Our first splurge included medical kits, dolls, chargers for our iPad, some fun newer movies and more,” Sievert says. “We are extremely grateful to YPPA for choosing pediatrics in their giving.”

Part of the donation was also turned into gift cards for Michaels, Target and VISA cards for patients in need.

“Lots of things come up during the year that we will now be able to purchase for our pediatric patients,” she says. “Thank you so very much for brightening the lives of hospitalized children.”

The Luminaries: Debbie Uba, Cathy Siegel, Danielle Lauro, Jeanne Hanaoka, Romy Kanemitsu, Julie Makrygiannis, Tammy Arcillia, Kako Silvestre, Jill Galdones, Cathy Oda, Heidi Sedillos, Pam Woo, Tammi Wong, Alice Diego-Malit, MD

The Novas graduating high school seniors: Front: Taylor Woo, Amanda Coors, Sarah Baxter, Monice Wong, Alyssa Ishimoto, Vivian Lim, Megan Saunders, Kelly Kanemitsu; Back: Adam Reece, Kayla Chung, Katelyn Morimoto, Davis Quan, Shirin Asgari, Zachary Ishimoto, Leah Whang, Christian Au, Francesca Lauro

Julie Che, RN, and Naiwei Chang, RN, Torrance Memorial Burn Center, accept a donation from students at Riviera Elementary School.

EVERY DONATION COUNTS

3330 Lomita Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505310-325-9110www.TorranceMemorial.org

NONPROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDPERMIT NO. 381TORRANCE, CA

NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 4, 2016Located in the white tent at Skypark Drive and Medical Center Drive

Enjoy beautifully decorated holiday trees, boutique, food court and local entertainment

3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505 • www.TorranceMemorial.org/HolidayFestival • 310-517-4606

SENIOR DAYS

Wednesday, November 30 ................. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Thursday, December 1 ....................... 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Free admission to seniors

COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS

Thursday, December 1 ................................. 4 - 9 p.m.Special rate of $2 for admission

SPECIAL TICKETED EVENTS

Tuesday, November 29 .......................... Fashion ShowFriday, December 2 ................................. Festival Gala

Win a Lexus!GRAND PRIZE

2017 Lexus RX 350 Donated by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Call 310-517-4703 to buy opportunity drawing tickets.

PUBLIC EXHIBIT • BOUTIQUE SHOPPING

Tuesday, November 29 .......................1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 30 ..................10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Thursday, December 1 ........................10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday, December 2 ............................. Closed to Public

Saturday, December 3 ........................10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Sunday, December 4 ..........................10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

$5 General AdmissionChildren 5 and under are free

33rd Annual

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