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Dignity Health Awards More than $342,000 to Five Stockton Community Organizations

Dignity Health St. Joseph's Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center have jointly awarded $342,621 in grant funding to five local community-based organizations seeking to provide health and human services to residents most in need in San Joaquin County.

Grant funds are used to provide services to underserved populations, specifically in priority neighborhoods identified in the tri-annual Community Health Needs Assessment. Organizations that receive grant funding are working collaboratively to address identified needs and to identify sustainable ways to continue to deliver impactful community services for the most vulnerable San Joaquin County residents.

Longtime Director of Medical Staff Retires from Doctors Hospital of Manteca

Longtime Director of Medical Staff Services, Marla Terrell, has retired after serving 37 years at Doctors Hospital of Manteca. Marla served the hospital and community since 1986.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca held a celebration for Marla to wish her all the best in her well-earned retirement, and to extend its deepest gratitude to Marla for her commitment and incredible contributions to the hospital for so many years. Her attention to detail, consistency and hard work played a vital role in making sure the hospital’s Medical Staff Services operated smoothly.

Thank you to Marla for her service to Doctors Hospital of Manteca and our community for nearly four decades.

Since the Community Health Improvement Grants Program’s inception in 1990, St. Joseph’s has distributed nearly $4 million in grant funding to deserving nonprofit community benefit organizations. This year’s recipients include Boys & Girls Clubs at Sierra Vista, Emergency Food Bank of Stockton, St. Mary’s Dining Room, The Edible Schoolyard Project Stockton, and Trust for Public Land.

St. Joseph’s Medical Center Named One of the Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals in the Nation

Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™ and reported by Fortune. To select top performers, an objective, independent, quantitative research analysis was performed using publicly available data measuring cardiac care in the United States. The PINC AI™ 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ program focuses on short-term, acute care, nonfederal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients. SJMC’s Morrissey Family Heart and Vascular Institute received five stars in acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and coronary artery bypass graft.

San Joaquin County to offer the WATCHMAN FLX device, which is the world’s most studied and implanted left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) device. This advanced procedure is led by SJMC's left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) team, consisting of Dr. M. Basra, Dr. R. Chothia, Dr. W. Chien and Dr. U. Sandhu.

St. Joseph’s Cancer Institute Unveils New Technology in Cancer Treatment Options

St. Joseph’s Cancer Institute and St. Joseph’s Foundation of San Joaquin are excited to unveil the TrueBeam Linear Accelerator,

St. Joseph’s Medical Center Celebrates 100th Successful Implantation of Most Advanced AFIB Technology

Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center has reached the milestone of completing its 100th WATCHMAN FLX™ case. The WATCHMAN FLX device reduces the risk of stroke and is an alternative to the lifelong use of blood thinners for people with Atrial Fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, also known as nonvalvular AF. St. Joseph’s is the first hospital in the most advanced technology available to help fight cancer. This new linear accelerator combines imaging, beam delivery and sophisticated motion management to accurately and precisely target tumors with speed. The linear accelerator provides breakthrough tools that allow our radiation oncology team to treat more challenging cancers, such as pancreatic, paraspinal, lung, liver, breast, brain and prostate. This precision also allows for higher doses of radiation, given in less time, and with less impact on healthy tissue.

The linear accelerator is part of a larger $9.2 million project at the St. Joseph’s Cancer Institute, which consists of designing and building the linear accelerator vault, the TrueBeam equipment, and the specialty software. The project also includes ADA upgrades to patient dressing rooms and nursing stations in the Cancer Institute.

St. Joseph's Newest Training Tool

St. Joseph’s Medical Center welcomes the newest addition to their simulation family, SIM Baby. The medical center already has SIM Adult, SIM Junior, and SIM Preemie to provide ongoing training and development to staff and resident physicians. Clinical scenarios through a full life cycle allow physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, resident physicians and other healthcare professionals at St. Joseph’s the ability to learn and sharpen their skills without patient harm. The SIM Baby, donated through the St. Joseph’s Foundation of San Joaquin, is housed in the Pediatrics Unit. The addition of the SIM Baby demonstrates St. Joseph’s dedication to training and development of their staff.

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