CommonSpirit Health Divisions

Southern California Division

Central Coast

The Dignity Health Central California region provides a full range of world class cancer care and cardiovascular services to the communities we serve. The physicians and staff of the Central California market are focused on identifying new technology, procedures and devices that will positively impact our patients, improving their symptoms, their prognosis and their quality of life.

Research Sites

• St. Joseph’s Medical Center (Stockton, California)

• St. Joseph’s Cancer Center

• St. Joseph’s Heart & Vascular Institute

• Mercy Merced Medical Center (Merced, California)

• Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center

Areas of Research

St. Joseph’s Heart & Vascular Institute: Part of multiple multicenter, national and international clinical research trials. Through continued participation in these clinical trials, St. Joseph’s is helping to discover new preventive care and treatments for heart failure, carotid vascular disease, and heart disease.

St. Joseph’s Cancer Institute: Part of multiple multi-center, national and international clinical research trials, all with the goal of improving outcomes for patients diagnosed with various forms of cancer. Among the topics regularly included in trials are breast cancer, including high risk, BRCA positive, and metastatic.

Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center: Providing a full range of cancer treatment and support services and proud to be a part of multiple multi-center, national and international clinical research trials. Among the topics regularly included in trials are breast, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers.

Research Team

St. Joseph’s Heart & Vascular Institute

8 Cardiovascular Principal Investigators

7 Oncology Principal Investigators

5 RN and non-RN Research Coordinators

Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center

2 Oncology Principal Investigators

1 RN Research Coordinator