Lifeline Credits

Lifeline Magazine Founder:
Sam Downing, President/CEO

Editor in Chief:
Susan Hanks Marscellas
Assistant Vice President
Marketing & Public Relations

Editorial Advisory Board:
Sam W. Downing
Jim Griffith, Vice President Strategic Planning and Development
Susan Hanks Marscellas
Lawrence M. Klainer, MD
Janet Marcroft

Editorial Director:
Lawrence M. Klainer, MD

Editorial Staff Writers:
Melanie Chatfield
Sally Hekkers

Art Director/ Graphic Designer:
Janet Marcroft

Marketing & Public
Relations Staff:

Courtney Casas
Bernadette Ortiz

Photographers:

Best of Times
Cook's Photography
Terry Flynn
Richard Green
TGO Photography
Patrick Tregenza





Lifeline magazine reaches out to inform patients and the community of the services, activities and outreach programs of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System.
Welcome to SVMHS' Lifeline Online!


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Spring 2008
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Features

 Educational Partnerships— Clinical Training for future healthcare
 professionals

 Arnold Meyers— Salinas Attorney Retires

 Future Hospital— Major Facility Upgrade

 A Public District Hospital— Residents deserve a great hospital

 Best Buddies— 2007 Volvo Challenge

 Jonathan Bomarito— Racing champ at SVMHS

Departments

 President/CEO’s Message— Sam W. Downing, MBA, MPH

 Board President’s Message— Robert D. Morris, MD

 The Regional Heart Center—
 Patrick Zetterlund, MD, FACC
 Tim Albert, MD
 Jacqueline Bach-y-Rita

 Nursing—
 Magnet Recognition—the gold standard
 Fostering cultural awareness

 Security— SVMHS Shuttle and carpooling

 Joint Replacement Center—
 Peter Preston
 About joint pain

 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—
 Baby Lulu—a long term guest
 A collaboration for excellence

 Diagnostic Imaging— A neighbor who cares

 Regional Wound Healing Center— Specialized care

 Volunteer Services— Bringing health careers alive

 Regional Spine Center—
 Regional Spine Center Opening
 Greg Perkins

 Quick Tips— Donating gives the gift of life

 Information Technology— Eletronic Medical Record

 Facilities— New Education and Physician Building

 Hospital Foundation— Berries and Branches 2007


 Comprehensive Cancer Center—
 Len Breschini: Got to win
 Survivorship: A third phase of cancer care
 Bernadette Guiroy, MD FACS


 Nutrition Services— Heart healthy recipe

 Memorials— In honor of loved ones



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