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A M A G A Z I N E F O R F R I E N D S A N D D O N O R S • FALL 2015GOODNEWS
GOOD SAMARITAN
HOSPITAL
DAVID S. CANNOM, M.D.
A Man on a MISSION
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WHAT’S INSIDE
ZEN MASTER: Dr. Randall Pokomo
THE SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPY: The Frank R. Seaver Trusts
A LIFETIME OF SERVICE: Sarane Van Dyke
A MAN ON A MISSION: Dr. David S. Cannom
RACHEL’S STORY: A Patient of Dr. David Cannom
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
Honor Roll of Donors 2015
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GOODNEWS
MISSION STATEMENT
Good Samaritan Hospital is a progressive, tertiary, nonprofi t hospital. Our Mission is to provide accessible, quality, cost-effective and compassionate healthcare services that meet the needs of our patients and their families, the community and physicians. Good Samaritan Hospital’s centers of excellence focus on advancing the science of medicine and providing outstanding healthcare. We will manage our resources responsibly, maintaining the fi nancial viability necessary for success.
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Good Samaritan Hospital is preparing for the much anticipated opening of our new
193,000-square-foot Medical Pavilion in 2016. The new Medical Pavilion will house
the Imaging and Radiation Oncology departments, physician’s offi ces, pharmacy, Bistro
Café and the Frank R. Seaver Ambulatory Surgery Center.
The Frank R. Seaver Ambulatory Surgery Center will be a multi-specialty surgery center
that will allow patients not requiring an overnight stay to be treated in an outpatient
environment. Our current three-operating-room outpatient surgery center can only
accommodate a small number of outpatient surgical cases. The new surgery center will
open with six and expand to eight operating rooms over the next two years, allowing
for treatments of a much wider range of conditions. Once all eight rooms are open, the
Center is expected to serve approximately 8,500 patients per year. It was made possible
by an $11 million donation from the Frank R. Seaver Trusts.
We would also like to thank our many donors whose support has enabled us to build
our new $70 million Medical Pavilion. Your contributions will enable Good Samaritan
Hospital to keep its place as a world-class academic medical center. Finally, as always,
we are honored to work with our outstanding team of physicians, nurses and medical
staff. Their talent, drive and dedication continues to inspire us each and every day.
Very truly yours,
Charles T. MungerChairman of the Board of Trustees
Andrew B. LeekaPresident and Chief Executive Offi cer
What an Exciting Year Ahead!
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Mr. Charles T. Munger, GSH Chairman, Board of Trustees
Mr. Andrew B. Leeka, GSH President and Chief Executive Offi cer
2016
We would like to take this opportunity to recognize
Frank R. Seaver’s spirit of philanthropy and thank his family
for honoring his legacy with this very generous donation.
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is epiphany came during a visit to The Medical Museum of the Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology in Washington, D.C. There he was mesmerized by an array of human body
parts deformed by disease and stored in giant jars for study. His goal to become a doctor
was not easily realized. While he always excelled in academics, his family could not
afford to send him to college. However, some things are just meant to be, and a few
short years later, he won a highly coveted full scholarship to attend the University of
Pennsylvania to study mechanical engineering. From there he went on to the University
of Southern California / Keck School of Medicine to fulfi ll his dream of being a doctor.
Today he is a member of Good Samaritan Hospital’s crack team of physicians serving
in the Emergency Department (ED). “Emergency medicine is like improv. You don’t get
to make any mistakes. You have to get it right and then after 8, 10, 12 hours it ends -
until the next time,” he explains. One of the greatest challenges of emergency medicine
is burnout. “It really is a young man’s sport. It is very unusual to spend your entire
medical career in emergency medicine.” In order to beat the stress and stay at the top of
his game, Dr. Pokomo maintains a healthy work-life balance that includes golf, scuba,
snow skiing, yoga and daily meditation.
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ZENGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL’S
Master
Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania just outside
of Pittsburgh, Dr. Randall Pokomo has known since
high school that he wanted to be a doctor.
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Dr. Randall Pokomo and daughter, Lauren Mahale, following in his footsteps.
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Dr. Pokomo and daughter, Lauren in the Emergency Department at Good Samaritan Hospital.
He is known for his preternatural calm during a
crisis - a family friend recently dubbed him the
“Zen Master.” “You have to consciously make
an effort to slow down. If you slow down the
thought process, it becomes easier to look at
the alternatives and decide what to do next.
Sometimes in the most intense emergencies
time slows down,” he explains. It is a skill he
must utilize often in Good Sam’s Emergency
Department, which is among the busiest in
Los Angeles County. When the Emergency
Department opened back in 1986 it cared for
approximately eight thousand patients per year.
Today, the Emergency Department provides
emergency medical care 24 hours a day, covers
all in-house codes in the hospital and cares for
approximately 30,000 patients annually. It is the
second busiest private Emergency Department in
Los Angeles County in terms of paramedic runs
for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Now his daughter, Lauren Mahale, is following in
Dr. Pokomo’s footsteps. She is fi nishing her fourth
year of medical school and recently completed a
one-month clerkship in Good Sam’s ED. It is easy
to see that she and her classmates are thrilled
by the opportunity to come and learn from the
physicians here. “Everybody loves coming here.
It is a great experience. I didn’t really know what
to expect before I came here. All the doctors and
nurses here are excited to teach us. It is really
great!” she says with obvious enthusiasm.
FEATURE Zen Master
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When the
opened back in 1986 it cared for
approximately eight thousand patients
per year. Today, the Emergency
Department provides emergency
medical care 24 hours a day, covers
all in-house codes in the hospital
and cares for approximately 30,000
patients annually.
Dr. Pokomo chimed in, “this is really a milestone
- the time that we have spent working together.”
It wasn’t that long ago that Lauren was a little
girl visiting him at the hospital. She would sit
next to the clerk and scribble on sheets of paper
pretending she was admitting patients to the
ED. Lauren remembers “when I was a little girl
people would always say, ‘she’s so cute’, and he
would say, ‘and she is smart too.’ I always felt
like that was really important. He was always so
supportive of whatever I wanted to do, but he
would always say, ‘you need to get a doctorate
in something.’ ” Dr. Pokomo continued, “I always
thought she had the qualities to become a
doctor.” The time Dr. Pokomo has had teaching
with his daughter during her clerkship is very
special. Lauren, her husband (also a physician)
and her dad are planning their next milestone -
a trip to a remote part of Guatemala to provide
medical care to residents that do not have access
to healthcare.
Dr. Pokomo encourages his daughter and all
new physicians to remember, “this is such an
opportunity to give and help others and, through
giving, the rewards are tremendous. I can’t
think of any better way of making a living and
contributing. Remember to always be grateful
for the opportunity to provide those services to
people and make a difference in their lives.” Like
many of the physicians and staff at Good Sam, he
also has a deep appreciation for the opportunity
to work at the Hospital. “This is a unique place
- different than any other hospital I have ever
been in. It is a place that respects and supports
physicians. People are happy here.”
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Victoria Seaver Dean poses in front of portraits of her great uncle Frank R. Seaver and her father Richard Carlton Seaver.
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THE FRANK R. SEAVER TRUSTS
he Frank R. Seaver Trusts have gifted Good
Samaritan Hospital over $22.3 million in
the last several decades both to support
the Hospital’s new $70,000,000 Medical
Pavilion, which will include the Frank R.
Seaver Ambulatory Surgery Center, and an
endowment to provide continued support
of the Hospital. The deep connection
between the Seaver family and their family hospital,
Good Sam, goes back for generations. Living in
Chester Place, Good Sam was Frank and Blanche’s
hospital and Frank’s sister, Georgia Seaver Thomas,
was married to a Good Sam physician, Dr. Roy
Thomas. A hospital receipt was found showing that
Frank’s brother, Byron, had his appendix taken out
at the Hospital and his son, Richard Carlton Seaver
a future Hospital Trustee, was born at Good Sam.
In addition, Richard’s family members have been
patients of Good Sam’s doctors. Next fall, the Frank
R. Seaver Ambulatory Surgery Center will open its
doors and begin serving our patients. We are deeply
grateful for the incredible generosity of Frank Seaver
and his family, who continue to honor his legacy.
A true California son, Frank R. Seaver was born in
Next fall the Frank R. Seaver
Ambulatory Surgery Center
will open its doors and begin
serving our patients. We are
deeply grateful for the incredible
generosity of Frank Seaver and
his family, who continue to honor
his legacy and generosity with
this important gift.
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The Spirit of Philanthropy
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1883 to Carlton and Mary Estella
Seaver in San Jose. He and his
siblings spent their early years on a
farm in Claremont, California and
then moved to Pomona where his
father founded the First National
Bank of Pomona. Education was
incredibly important in the Seaver
household and Frank, like the rest
of the Seaver children, attended
Pomona College. Upon graduation,
Frank went on to study law and
in 1906 he passed the bar exam.
He followed that up with a year of
post-doctoral studies at Harvard Law
School. Frank’s strong belief in the
importance of education and the
principle that everyone should live a
productive life was later exemplifi ed
by his many donations to educational
institutions.
Soon, Frank returned to California
where he and his brother, Byron,
started their own law practice. In
1916 Frank married Blanche Ebert.
Blanche was a child prodigy who
played and taught the piano by the
age of six and then composed several
songs that were recorded by popular
singers of the day. Blanche also
had a strong belief in the power of
education and spirit of philanthropy.
These beliefs blended perfectly with
Frank’s own.
A member of the Naval Militia since
1913, Frank was a lieutenant in the
Ninth Division when World War I
broke out in 1914. It was there that
he became friends with the son of
oilman Edward Doheny. The senior
Doheny was immediately impressed
with the young lieutenant and
several months after the war was
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Victoria explains that
they carry on the family
tradition of her father and
Frank. As for her work on
the Good Sam Board, “the
doctors love their work and
they are passionate about
it – who wouldn’t want to
be involved in a place like
that?”
(Top photo) Frank R. Seaver (Bottom photo) Richard Carlton Seaver
FEATURE The Spirit of Philanthropy
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The Seavers returned to Los Angeles
in 1928 and Frank purchased a
languishing section of Doheny-Stone
Drill from Edward Doheny. In a few
short years Frank was able to make
the pressure threads on oil drilling
pipes unique and profi table and
expanded the business to include
plants in the U.S. and the overseas.
He ran his company, Hydril until his
death in 1964 at the age of 81.
While Frank and Blanche did not
have children of their own, family
was a very important part of their
lives. Frank remained close to
his siblings and took his nephew,
Richard Carlton Seaver, under his
wing in business. Richard’s daughter,
Victoria Seaver Dean, remembers
how important family was to Frank.
He was in his seventies and eighties
when she as a small child, and she
fondly recalls how important it was
to Frank to have his extended family
together during their many holiday
gatherings.
Richard Seaver had been a successful
attorney in his own right prior to
joining Frank at Hydril in 1957.
He became Frank’s right-hand man
and together worked to strengthen
Hydril. He also helped Frank set up
an enduring legacy that would last
for generations through the Trusts
founded by Frank’s Will. Today,
Frank R. Seaver’s legacy lives on
through his bequests to a variety of
institutions including Good Sam. It
was vitally important to Richard that
the gifts from the Trusts honor Frank’s
belief that anyone could change
the course of his or her life through
education and to support those
institutions important to his life and
that of Los Angeles.
The spirit of giving runs deep in
the Seaver bloodline. In addition to
running Hydril and managing the
Trusts after Frank’s passing, Richard
Seaver was on the Board of Trustees
at Good Sam and was a founding
Board Member of the Los Angeles
Opera. On Richard’s passing, his son,
Judge R. Carlton Seaver was asked to
join the Los Angeles Opera Board of
Directors and Victoria Seaver Dean,
President of The Seaver Institute,
became a trustee of Good Sam;
together they carry on the family
tradition led by Frank and continued
by Richard. As for her work on the
Good Sam Board, Victoria states “the
doctors are passionate about their
work and the excellence of Good
Samaritan – who wouldn’t want to be
involved in a place like that?”
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over, Doheny hired him to work as
an attorney for his corporate offi ces
in Los Angeles. It wasn’t long before
Doheny had other plans for Frank,
and in 1921 he named him General
Counsel and Managing General Agent
to Huasteca Petroleum Company
in Mexico City. This was a pivotal
moment for both Frank and Blanche.
While in Mexico City, Frank rose
to Vice President of Huasteca, and
Blanche founded an organization to
help the city’s homeless children.
This was the fi rst of Blanche’s
many philanthropic endeavors that
focused on youth organizations
and education. (She gave millions
to Pepperdine University and was
instrumental in moving the then
fl edgling university from South
Central Los Angeles to Malibu. Her
generosity continued until her death
in 1994 at the age of 102.)
(Center photo) Victoria Seaver Dean and Brian Thorne, Vice President of Development,discuss the upcoming mural for the new lobby at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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arane Van Dyke is the second of fi ve generations of women named Sarane and the
much-loved matriarch of her family. A native of Los Angeles, Sarane was born at Good
Samaritan Hospital to Robert and Sarane Burns on Thanksgiving Day in 1931. It was
no ordinary birth. Sarane’s mother had begged off of going out to dinner with the family
and remained at home alone to rest. A little while later it became clear that the baby
was coming. Having no way to contact her husband, she called her physician, Dr. John
Vruwink. A short time later Dr. Vruwink was at her door to take her to the hospital. Not
only did he deliver Sarane, he paid the hospital the deposit for the delivery.
Decades later Sarane would return to Good Sam to deliver her own children, Sarane, David, Bobby and
Gail Van Dyke. Why did she choose Good Sam? “There was no other option as far as I was concerned!”
In recent years, members of her family have continued to return to Good Sam to deliver their babies.
Good Sam’s Dr. Mark Dwight delivered her granddaughter Sarane Caratan (the fi fth Sarane in the
family). He also delivered her daughter Gail’s grandchildren, Kate, Joey and Johnny Boskovich. In all,
four generations of Sarane Van Dyke’s family have been born at Good Sam!
A Lifetime of
The Van Dykes are an old Los Angeles family steeped in history and tradition.
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SARANE VAN DYKE
Service
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The family of Sarane Van Dyke: (backrow left to right) Daughter Gail Boskovich, son David Van Dyke, daughter Sarane Caratan, and granddaughter Sarane Caratan.(Front row) Sarane Van Dyke fl anked by grandchildren Joey and Kate Boskovich all born at Good Samaritan Hospital!
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Sarane honors tradition and when she fi nds
something that works for her, she sticks to it. She
was married to Robert (Bob) Van Dyke for fi fty
years, until his untimely passing in 2008. She
still lives in the same beautiful house in Hancock
Park that she and Bob purchased in 1960. Like
her mother before her, she is deeply connected to
Good Sam. In 1947, she began volunteering at
the Hospital by delivering books and serving ice
cream sodas to patients – she was just 16 years
old. Sarane’s mother, Mrs. Robert Burns, was
the president of the Good Samaritan Hospital’s
Women’s Auxiliary. Sarane followed in her
footsteps, joining the Auxiliary to raise funds to
support the Hospital. She worked in the original
“gift shop” in the “old Hospital” when it was
nothing more than a table set up in the lobby; here
she sold boxes decorated by the Auxiliary. Sarane, a
life-time member of the Auxiliary, is one of its most
loyal members, having been with the Auxiliary for
about fi fty years. Now 83, she remains active on
the Auxiliary Board, “I have made wonderful friends
and…I enjoy the events. At Christmas and other
holidays we [the Auxiliary] decorate the gift shop
and put on luncheons.”
In 1994, Sarane’s life-long connections to Good
Sam paid off when she started to have trouble
swallowing. She went to her Good Sam primary
care physician, Dr. Robert Palmer, to get to the
bottom of her swallowing problems. He explained
to her that “there’s a hundred things it could be,
but I’m not taking any chances.” He ran a battery
of tests and diagnosed her with esophageal cancer,
a diagnosis that saved Sarane’s life. That was
twenty-one years ago, and thanks to Dr. Palmer’s
diagnosis, her oncologist’s skill and a lot of luck,
she beat the cancer and continues to live an active
life. Dr. Palmer has long since retired, so Sarane
and her daughter, Sarane Caratan, are now treated
at Good Sam by Dr. Joanna Davies. Even her
grandchildren and great-grandchildren continue to
be cared for by physicians at Good Sam.
Sarane would return to Good Sam to deliver
her own children, Sarane, David, Bobby
and Gail Van Dyke. Why did she choose
Good Sam? “There was no other option as
far as I was concerned!” In recent years,
members of her family have continued to
return to Good Sam to deliver their babies.
Good Sam’s Dr. Mark Dwight delivered her
granddaughter Sarane Caratan (the fourth
Sarane in the family). He also delivered
her daughter Gail’s grandchildren, Kate,
Joey and Johnny Boskovich. In all, four
generations of Sarane Van Dyke’s family
have been born at Good Sam!
FEATURE A Lifetime of Service
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G O O D N E W S FALL 2015 13
Even in her the darkest times, Sarane has always been able
to depend on Good Sam to provide comfort and the highest
quality of care. When her husband of fi fty years was taken
to Good Sam’s Emergency Department, the staff took Sarane
to a quiet room near the ED that the Auxiliary refurbished for
the families of patients. During that terrible crisis, as she sat
in that room, she was comforted by the solitude and warm
familiarity. She remembers looking around the room and
thinking, “the Auxiliary did all this [to help the families].”
When Bob passed away, she asked that in lieu of fl owers,
contributions be made to the Auxiliary so that they could
continue to provide comfort to Good Sam families in times
of crisis and need.
We are honored and grateful for Sarane Van Dyke’s
commitment to the Auxiliary and volunteer service to Good
Sam. It is because of the support of people like her that
Good Samaritan Hospital continues to provide our patients
and their families with outstanding care.
(Top Left) Sarane Van Dyke with daughters, Gail Boskovick and Sarane Caratan.(Top Right) Sarane with her son, David Van Dyke.(Bottom) Three generations of Sarane: Sarane Van Dyke with daughter Sarane (left) Caratan and granddaughter Sarane Caratan (right).
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David S. Cannom, M.D. is a man on a mission.
The Director of Cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital
since 1985, Dr. Cannom continues to derive immense
gratification from his work.
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GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, he was drawn to cardiology in part
because his father suffered a major heart attack as a young man and was severely affected
for the rest of his life.
In 1971, following his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, Dr. Cannom served with the
Staten Island Public Health Service. Under the direction of Dr. Anthony Damato, the fi rst
intracardiac electrophysiology studies were being done there. Electrophysiology became
Dr. Cannom’s medical specialty, a fi eld he describes as “intellectually very challenging and
an important tool to help seriously ill patients.”
In 1985 Dr. Cannom founded Los Angeles Cardiology Associates (LACA) with two
associates from Stanford, Dr. Steven Oesterle, an interventionalist, and Dr. Joe Ilvento,
an electrophysiologist. The mission of LACA has been to establish Good Samaritan
Hospital as a tertiary referral center for patients with coronary artery disease, peripheral
vascular disease, structural heart disease, and cardiac arrhythmias. These subspecialties
have matured over the last 30 years and have allowed LACA to recruit a talented multi-
generational group of 11 physicians with similar goals and values. Dr. Anil Bhandari is
head of electrophysiology services; Dr. Steven Burstein leads the structural heart disease
A Man on a
G O O D N E W S FALL 2015 15
MISSION
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Dr. David S. Cannom with Ana Pineda and Estelita Reyes in one of the new heart catheterization labs in the Heart & Vascular Center.
COVER STORY A Man on a Mission
program. Both receive complicated referrals
from colleagues all over Southern California and
beyond. LACA physicians have benefi ted from
close collaboration with talented cardiovascular
surgeons and a solid infrastructure of nursing
and administrative support.
Electrophysiologists study and treat electrical
abnormalities of the heart, and Dr. Cannom has
gained international recognition for his work.
In 2001, he served as President of the Heart
Rhythm Society, electrophysiology’s
only educational and service organization. In
2015, he was honored with the Heart Rhythm
Society’s Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Cannom is the author of over 200 peer-
reviewed papers and continues to be sought
after as a speaker for national and international
conferences.
A major focus of his research grew out of his
personal relationship with the inventors of the
implantable cardioverter defi brillator (ICD),
Dr. Michel Morowski and Dr. Morton Mower.
The ICD uses electricity to terminate life-
threatening arrhythmias.
Dr. Cannom has served on the MADIT – Multi
Center Automatic Defi brillator Implantation Trials –
Executive Committee since 1988, chaired by
Dr. Arthur Moss of the University of Rochester.
These prospective randomized trials helped defi ne
the clinical indications for the defi brillator. Many
of the MADIT clinical trials were conducted at
Good Samaritan Hospital under the direction of
Dr. Cannom.
Dr. Cannom is the author of over 200
peer-reviewed papers and continues to be
sought after as a speaker for national and
international conferences.
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When asked about his close relationships with
patients, Dr. Cannom cites lessons he learned
from his patient and friend, Norman Cousins, the
former editor of The Saturday Review of Literature.
“A patient should always leave a physician’s offi ce
feeling better than she/he did upon entering, even
if the medical news is diffi cult.” Dr. Cannom is
intentional about providing what he calls an old
school experience for patients, taking steps to
remain totally present to whoever is in his offi ce.
Good Samaritan Hospital has a world-class physician and a great friend in David S. Cannom, M.D.!
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Recently Dr. Cannom has become well known
for his care of patients with dysautonomia.
Dysautonomia is a complex condition caused by
a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system.
After three decades of service at Good Samaritan
Hospital, Dr. Cannom remains strongly committed
to its mission and feels a deep appreciation for
the support he and his colleagues have received
from the Board of Trustees and administration.
He says with conviction, “I am going to stick
with this.”
His gratitude has motivated him to take a
leadership role in raising funds for the Heart
& Vascular Center. Largely due to his efforts,
two new heart catheterization labs opened in
March, 2015. Now he is working with fund
development offi cers to secure $7 million for
two new electrophysiology labs. He believes that
committed and excellent physicians should have
the fi nest equipment.
His gratitude has motivated him to take a leadership role in raising
funds for the Heart & Vascular Center. Largely due to his efforts,
two new heart catheterization labs opened in March, 2015. Now he is
working with fund development officers to secure $7 million for two
new electrophysiology labs. He believes that committed and excellent
physicians should have the finest equipment.
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Then Rachel’s father, Kevin, found Dr.
Cannom. “He listened!” says Tami. “And it
was clear from the very fi rst moment that
he really cared about me,” adds Rachel,
“not just my disease.” The fi rst offi ce visit
was on a Friday afternoon, and Dr. Cannom
asked if Rachel would entrust her big blue
notebook to him. It felt like giving away the
family Bible.
He called the Kirby home that Sunday and
said, “I think I have fi gured out what else
is going on with Rachel.” In addition to
the dysautonomia Dr. Cannom identifi ed a
condition named mastocytosis.
In the late spring of 2015, Rachel began
treatment for mastocytosis under the care
of Dr. Cannom. And on June 11, she
was able to do something that even
weeks before no one thought possible.
Rachel “walked” with her classmates and
graduated from high school.
Rachel continues under Dr. Cannom’s care.
Her health is dramatically improved, her
confi dence is returning, and she is full of
hope. Next fall, after a year of getting her
feet back under her, she will enroll
in college.
“It was clear from
the very first
moment that he
really cared about
me, not just my
disease.”
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COVER STORY A Man on a Mission
Rachel’s StoryA PATIENT OF DR. DAVID S. CANNOM
“Dr. Cannom gave me back my life,” says
Rachel Kirby, an 18-year-old girl with a
pretty face and a sweet smile.
A confi dent, outgoing child, who loved
sports, was involved in student government
and was a great friend to others, Rachel’s
life went into a tailspin in the winter of her
freshman year in high school.
What began as fl u-like symptoms, quickly
got worse. She had extreme fatigue, frequent
fevers, brain fog, blurred vision and was
prone to passing out. Her mother, Tami, took
her from doctor to doctor, but no one could
fi gure out what was wrong with her. Rachel
had to do her schooling at home for three
years.
Tami began to accumulate all the tests
that had been run, along with pictures that
showed Rachel’s symptoms. She put it all in
a big blue binder. “Most of the physicians to
whom I was referred would not even open
the notebook. They all wanted to run their
own tests.”
Eventually Rachel was diagnosed with
dysautonomia, a malfunction of the
autonomic nervous system. But even
though her illness had fi nally been correctly
identifi ed, she continued to get worse. Her
parents heard the words people most dread,
“There is nothing more we can do for your
daughter. This is just how it is for her.”
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Honor Roll of Donors 2015Good Samaritan Hospital’s
$10,000,000+
IndividualMr. Charles T. Munger
OrganizationsAlfred C. Munger Foundation
Miss Anita Watson Estate
Frank R. Seaver Trust
Good Hope Medical Foundation
I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys
Foundation
Kate Van Nuys Page Foundation
Trust
QueensCare
Seaver Institute
$5,000,000 - $9,999,999
OrganizationsAudrienne H. Moseley Estate
California Community Foundation
$1,000,000 - $4,999, 999
IndividualsMs. Gloria Billingsley
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Boswell
Mrs. Clyde R. Burr
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gipson
Mr. and Mrs. George Joseph
Mrs. Jeanette L. Matye
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Rossbacher
Mr. and Mrs. Jin Roy Ryu
Mr. and Mrs. O.L. Weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Williamson
Mrs. Robert J. Woods, Jr.
OrganizationsAlice Hicks Burr Estate
Ardis J. Barbee Estate
Auxiliary of Good Samaritan
Hospital
Carson Estate Trust
Connie M. Ring Estate
Ebell Rest Cottage Association
Estelle H. Albaugh Trust
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hall L. Hibbard Family Trust
Henry L. Guenther Foundation
Henry Salvatori Estate
Janice Ogden Carpenter Estate
John Stauffer Charitable Trust
Kathryn June Sapiro Estate Trust
Lee & Herman Ostrow Family
Foundation
L.K. Whittier Foundation
LG Electronics USA, Inc.
Liliore Green Rains Estate
The Los Angeles Thoracic &
Cardiovascular Foundation
Madeline Frances Wills Estate
Roy E. Thomas Medical
Foundation
The Rossbacher Firm
Weingart Foundation
William A. Holt Trust
William J. Endres Estate
$500,000 - $999,999
IndividualsDr. and Mrs. Frederic
Tremaine Billings, Jr.
Mrs. F. Otis Booth Jr.
Mrs. Webb Everett
OrganizationsARCO Foundation
The B.C. McCabe Foundation
Betty P. Dietrich Trust
The Boston Scientifi c Foundation
California Offi ce of Homeland
Security
Charles H. Schimpff Residuary
Trust
City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles,
EMS Agency
Department of the Treasury
Elizabeth Rose Silverforb Trust
The Fletcher Jones Foundation
Frederick and Pauline Moll Trust
George F. MacDonald Estate
Gibson Family Trust
Gilead Sciences Palo Alto, Inc.
Heart and Lung Surgery Foundation
Helen Marie Lewis Medical
Research Foundation
Irma Larsen Estate
The James Irvine Foundation
Jean M. Hethcock Estate
Lela W. Cotter Trust
Medical Staff of Good Samaritan
Hospital
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.
National Health Foundation
The Otis Booth Foundation
The Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of Los Angeles
Roy S. and Anna S. Carrington Trust
Stealth Peptides International, Inc.
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey
Foundation
UniHealth Foundation
Willard and Adeline Keith Trust
$250,000 - $499,000
IndividualsDr. and Mrs. Peter S. Bing
The Right Reverend
and Mrs. Joseph Jon Bruno
Mr. Arthur L. Crowe, Jr.
The Ambassadors of Good Samaritan Hospital
The distinguished members of the Ambassadors of Good Samaritan Hospital have taken the mission of our nonprofi t hospital to
heart with signifi cant giving that helps keep the Hospital at the forefront of excellence. The Ambassadors are the cornerstone
of Good Samaritan’s growth and development. Our members are the leading citizens, families, companies and foundations who
support Good Samaritan Hospital with signifi cant cumulative giving of $50,000 or more. It is with deep gratitude that we list their
names in Good News.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Denham
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Drown
Mrs. Gordon Fish
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Halladay
Mrs. Roy Richter
OrganizationsAlice Brown CRAT
Avrum Richard Dansky Estate
Beryl I. Mortlock Trust
Betty Strucker Trust
Boston Scientifi c Corporation
The California Wellness Foundation
Camilla Chandler Family
Foundation
Columbia University
Dysimmune Neuromuscular
Disease Foundation
Edna Curtis Estate
Echo Hanke Engstrom Estate
First 5 LA
Fritz B. Burns Foundation
Jessie H. Johnson Crut Estate
John L. Herrick Estate Trust
Louis L. and Sylvia B. Meitus
Annuity Trust
Los Angeles Cardiology Associates
Margaret J. Wherry Estate
Masood Family Foundation, Inc.
Medela, Inc.
Medtronic, Inc.
Nicholas J. Limber Estate
Pfi zer, Inc.
Practice Administrative
Consultants, Inc.
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
RIBI ImmunoChem Research, Inc.
Richard C. Seaver Estate
Samuel and Norma Ayres Estate
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Union Pacifi c Foundation
$100,000 - $249,000
IndividualsMr. and Mrs. James P. Allen
Anonymous
The Paul H. Apel Family
Mrs. Susan A. Boething
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Borthwick
Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Bundy
Mrs. Richard W. Call
Mrs. Justin W. Dart
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Dulin
Devona and Phil Fagan, Jr., M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Donlon H.
Gabrielsen
Mrs. Margaret A. Halvorson
Mr. William H. Hurt
Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Harold Kay
Mrs. Angus M. McLeod
Mr. Glen H. Mitchel, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Mullin
Mrs. James Neville
Mrs. Robert J. Pasarow
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Prindle
Dr. and Mrs. Rangasamy
Ramanathan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Rickershauser, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Earle C. Skinner
Mrs. Norman F. Sprague, Jr.
Mr. Dwight L. Stuart
Mrs. Letitia Rees Wallace
Rev. Marta Weeks
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Wilson, Jr.
Mrs. Ruth Ziegler
OrganizationsAbbott Vascular
Adele C. Smith Estate
Alex Oser Estate
Alex Oser Testamentary Trust
American Heart Association
American Parkinson Disease
Association
AMIT-Technion Research and
Development Foundations, Ltd.
Annabelle Irwin Estate
The Annenberg Foundation
Mrs. B. Milo Mitchel Estate
Bank of America Foundation
The Bing Fund
Biosense Webster, Inc.
Bishop Johnson College of
Nursing Alumnae Association
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Bryant Essick Estate
California Cancer Foundation
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
The Carpenter Family Trust
Caryll M. and Norman F. Sprague
Foundation
Celavie Biosciences, LLC
Charles F. Winter Estate
Charles J. and Helen Ford Estate
Clair L. Peck, Jr. Estate
ClinTrials Research, Inc.
Cordis Corporation
Daria Treweek Estate
Dorothy M. Booth Estate
Egbert E. Day Estate
Foundation for the Advancement
of Cardiovascular Therapy
Mrs. Frederick G. Larkin Estate
Georges & Germaine Fusenot
Charity Foundation
Gertrude Dingeman Estate
Good Samaritan Medical Practice
Association, Inc.
Gwladys Zurlo Charitable
Remainder Annuity Trust
Harold Diehl, M.D. Estate
Harriet D. Schmoele Estate
Harriet Rudd Estate
Henry Amos Claffey Trust
Hutto Patterson Charitable
Foundation
J.B. and Emily Van Nuys Charities
Jesse C. Shepard Trust
John C. Cosgrove Estate
John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
Joseph Drown Foundation
Katherine E. Powell Estate
Kathryn L. Albaugh, M.D. Estate
Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris
Foundation
LLWW Foundation
Los Angeles Cardiology
Associates
Lucille Harkins Estate
Marie E. Spellmeyer Estate
Marion Law Trust
Marshall and Margherite
McComb Foundation
McNeil Consumer & Specialty
Pharmaceuticals
N. Paschall Unitrust
Payden & Rygel
Pfi zer, Inc.
Richard Anton Such Estate
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of Los Angeles
Russell S. Mangliers Estate
Tina C. Foundation
Santa Anita Foundation
Sikand Foundation
State of California
University of Rochester
Medical Center
University of Washington
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Dr. David S. Cannom with staff of the Heart and Vascular Center at Good Samaritan
Hospital.
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$50,000 - $99,999
IndividualsMr. and Mrs. Robert S. Andrews
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Guilford C. Babcock
Mrs. Solomon R. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bender
Mr. Edward M. Benson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bitting
Mrs. Nick L. Bogdanovich
Mrs. Richard W. Call
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dickinson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Felando
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Galbraith
Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Mr. George C. Good
Mrs. Norman B. Herman
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Jameson
Ms. Gloria Joseph
Gregory and Susan Kay
Winfi eld L. Kelley and
Melinda B. Shea-Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Leeka
Mr. and Mrs. Peter McCoy
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Milligan
Mr. and Mrs. R. Robert Ralphs, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Carroll Ramseyer
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Schmutz
Dr. and Mrs. Bijan Siassi
Dr. and Mrs. George B. Stoneman
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Turgeon
Mrs. Kathryn W. Upham
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Volk
Mrs. Ruth Ziegler
OrganizationsAlavita Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alliance Pharmaceutical
Corporation
Bard Electrophysiology Division
Beatrice M. Smith Estate
BIOrest, Ltd.
Blue Shield of California
Foundation
Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Braun Charitable Trusts
California Energy Commission
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
Cebulski Living Trust
Charles See Foundation
City National Bank
Clementine Smith Estate
Clinical Cardiovascular
Research, LLC
Crothall Healthcare, Inc.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Dan Murphy Foundation
DePuy
Dorothy B. Dizney Estate
Dorothy P. Frayne Estate
Douglas & Eunice Erb Goodan
Family Foundation Trust
Elekta Instruments, Inc.
Erma H. Anderson Estate
Esther Braverman Estate Trust
Frank P. Winne Trust
Genentech, Inc.
George Byron Hatten Trust
Geraldine Reynolds Estate
The Hainer Foundation
Health Research Associates, Inc.
Hermenia Hutchinson Trust
ICI Americas, Inc.
ICOS Corporation
InterMed So. Cal, Inc.
John Kenneth Ehretz Estate
Joseph James Dagnall
Trust Kendle
Lona A. Dagenais Estate
The Maloney Family Foundation
Marion Schulman Estate
Mary C. Heilman Estate
Maybelle I. Millar Estate
Merck & Co, Inc.
Milo W. Bekins Foundation
Northwestern University
Paul H. Dunlap Estate
PeriCor Therapeutics, Inc.
Perry and Frances E. Dance Estate
Poongsan America Corporation
Richard C. Seaver Charitable
Trust
Ron Stever Estate
Sara Stein Jones Estate
The Sharma Foundation
Thirza and Chauncey Medberry III
Estate
Skirball Foundation
Stryker Instruments
University of Southern California
The Upjohn Company
Warren Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Wilbur C. Grosse Trust
Winthrop University Hospital
The Ziegler Family Trust
Mr. Charles T. Munger
Dr. and Mrs. Rangasamy
Ramanathan
Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Williamson
OrganizationsAlfred C. Munger Foundation
Auxiliary of Good Samaritan
Hospital
Biosense Webster, Inc.
Bishop Johnson College of
Nursing Alumnae Association
Chairman’s Leadership ($25,000+)
IndividualsMr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Borthwick
Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Bundy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denham
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gipson
Ms. Gloria Joseph
Mr. and Mrs. George Joseph
Boston Scientifi c Corporation
California Community Foundation
California Energy Commission
Carson Estate Trust
City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles,
EMS Agency
Dysimmune Neuromuscular
Disease Foundation
Frank R. Seaver Trust
Gwladys and John Zurlo
Charitable Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
John Stauffer Charitable Trust
Johnson Family Trust Dated
March 30, 1989-Survivor’s Trust
Kathryn June Sapiro Estate Trust
L.K. Whittier Foundation
Medtronic, Inc.
Millie and Severson
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.
NACCHO/National Association City
& County Health Offi cials
Nicholas J. Limber Estate
Annual Giving Honor Roll
This section recognized gifts received between September 1, 2014 and August 31, 2015. All gifts are important and appreciated. Your gift helps Good Samaritan Hospital remain a center of excellence in providing exceptional health services.
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Kate Van Nuys Page
Foundation Trust
Practice Administrative
Consultants, Inc.
QueensCare
Roy E. Thomas Medical Foundation
Sikand Foundation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys
Foundation
Trustee’s Leadership ($10,000 - $24,999)
IndividualsMr. and Mrs. James P. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Denham
Andrew Deutsch, M.D.
Devona and Phil Fagan, Jr., M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Keely
Winfi eld L. Kelley and Melinda B.
Shea-Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lawton
Mrs. Angus M. McLeod
Mr. Glen H. Mitchel, Jr.
Sok H. Nam, M.D. and Mrs. Soo Nam
Mr. and Mrs. R. Robert Ralphs, Jr.
OrganizationsDouglas & Eunice Erb Goodan
Family Foundation Trust
Ebell Rest Cottage Association
Horton Howe Foundation
Medical Staff of Good Samaritan
Hospital
Payden & Rygel
Richard C. Seaver Charitable Trust
Warren Manufacturing Co., Inc.
President’s Leadership Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
IndividualsDr. Sushma Adarkar
and Mr. Ashwin Adarkar
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Peter S. Bing
Mrs. Nick L. Bogdanovich
Mr. and Mrs. Dal Corsaro
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dickinson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Felando
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Gilson
Mrs. George Good
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Griffi th
Mr. Charles Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Leeka
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Meister
Mrs. Wendy Munger
and Mr. Leonard L. Gumport
Mrs. Richard Naify
Mrs. James Neville
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Pherson
Ms. Rebecca S. Planer
Mr. and Mrs. Jin Roy Ryu
Ms. S. Jane Schulzetenberg
Dr. and Mrs. Bijan Siassi
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Taylor
OrganizationsThe June and Paul Bilgore
Charitable Fund
California Commercial Real
Estate Services
Caroline M. Bleim Estate
Crothall Healthcare, Inc.
Currie Medical Specialties, Inc.
De Soto Industrial Park No. 2
Dorothy M. Booth Estate
Edgewood Partners Insurance
Center (epic)
G & G Fritzinger Living Trust
Genentech, Inc.
Hanmi Bank
Hospital Focus, LLC
Huron Consulting Group, Inc.
The Maloney Family Foundation
Medline Industries, Inc.
Robert and Adele Stern Foundation
Terumo Medical Corporation
van Hall Law Offi ce
Wilshire Bank
Associates in Caring ($1,000 - $4,999)
IndividualsMr. Benam Ahmadpour
Michael Albanese
Ligda E. Alegria
Ms. Linda Alweiss
Chaplain Jerry Anderson
Anonymous
R. Charito Antonio
Mr. and Mrs. Guilford C. Babcock
Mr. and Mrs. David Barry, III
Margaret E. Bates, M.D.
Ellis N. Beesley, Jr., M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bender
Ms. Nola Bertelson
Dr. and Mrs. James S. Bonorris
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin O. Booth III
Dr. and Mrs. Nachman Brautbar
Mr. and Mrs. James Brewer
Mr. Kevin P. Burke
Mr. Dean Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McFarland
Chandler, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Ching Chen
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Chey
Mr. and Mrs. William Clayton, Jr.
Mr. John Cleator
Mrs. Mary Jo Coe
Rev. and Mrs. Austin B. Coe
Mrs. Brian Dockweiler Crahan
Ms. Hilary Crahan
Mr. Arthur L. Crowe, Jr.
Mrs. Emma Datis
The Rev. Ronald David
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Davis
Eloisa C. De Guzman
Ms. Susan M. Del Rosario
Mrs. N. Spencer Dennis
Mr. Arnie T. Denolo
Glorina D. Diosomito
W. King Engel, M.D. and Valerie
Askanas-Engel, M.D., Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. George Farmer
Sammy Feuerlicht
and Susanne Simpson
Drs. Andrew J. Fishmann
and Kim C. Le
Ron and Kimberly Flowers
Grace Gabe, M.D.
Michael J. Gomez
Dr. and Mrs. Cary Gota
Ms. Mimi Grant
and Mr. Robert Kelley
Ms. Alice E. Gray
Rosario Gutierrez
Charles and Julia Hancock
Masood and Anne Haque
Alexis G. Hoen, M.D.
David Huang, M.D.
Anna Jane Huff
Mr. Michael D. Ikeda
Mike Illa, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ino
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Jameson
Ms. Janice Joyce
Rainbow Jung
Mrs. Katsuo Kato
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Klein
JoAnna Kuehl, N.P.
Stephen K. Kwan, M.D.
Mr. Richard G. Lacher
Mrs. Hubert F. Laugharn, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Hasung S. Lee
Chuan Thong Lee
Mrs. Robert E. Levis
Barbara Lewis
Charlotte L. Lipson
Luis G. Lopez
Aurora B. Manrique
Angel Martinez Mendoza
Mr. Alex Maydanich
Mr. Grant McArn
Dan McLaughlin
Ira Meiselman
Mr. Michael A. Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Moore
Mr. Marcos Morgana
Ms. Mary Munson
Samir Nabulsi
Michael Neils
Mrs. Richard H. Neuman
Faustina Oppong
Dr. and Mrs. Leo Orr
Dr. and Mrs. Jose L. Pacheco
Drs. Rita and Robert Palmer
Dr. and Mrs. David Sung Park
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Casey and Shauna Pearce
Margaret Pfeiffer
Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prichard
Dr. and Mrs. Julio A. Raya
Dr. Harold and
Mrs. Mahshid Reaves
Mr. Ernesto Rendon
Mr. Angel E. Rodriguez
Mr. Frederick J. Ruopp
Ms. Loretta M. Salas
Marc and Marianne Samson
Lexie Schuster
Ms. Clarinda N. Sevilla
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Shiu
Shahid H. Sial, M.D.
Becky and Steve Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Springer
Mr. Tolabus Stein
Mrs. Gordon Stephens
Mrs. R. L. Stern
Dr. and Mrs. George B. Stoneman
Mavis C. Swann
Mary Y. Thenarse-Wright
Kathy and Brian Thorne
Mrs. Daryl A. Underwood
Greg and Sharon Van Sickel
Jamie and Gayle Whitcomb
Ms. Rose C. Wong
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Wopschall
Ms. Kathy Yoshimura
Ms. Eun K. Yuh
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Zanville
OrganizationsAbbott Laboratories
Abiomed
Affi liated Pathologists
Medical Group
Alcon, Inc.
Allergan
The Howard and Nikki Applebaum
Foundation
AstraZeneca LP
Athena Parking, Inc.
Brittingham Family Foundation
California Lung Associates
CareMore Health Plan
Cooperative of American
Physicians, Inc.
Cuningham Group Architecture
Cupertino Electric, Inc.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Department of Water and Power
Patrick A. Doheny 1996 Charitable
Remainder Annuity Trust
ELIPSe, Inc.
The Emergency Department
& Hospitalists
Ernst & Young LLP
Frank P. Winne Trust
Fraser Watson & Croutch LLP
Gilead Sciences Palo Alto, Inc.
Good Samaritan Medical
Practice Association, Inc.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation
Gregory K. Hong Medical
Corporation
Immaculate Heart High School
Iridex Corporation
Ironshore
The Karsh Family Foundation
Korean American Medical
Group, Inc.
Stewart and Stewart Law Offi ce
Los Angeles Cardiology
Associates
Maggie Mather, Inc.
McGarry & Laufenberg
Med One Equipment Services
MedAssets, Inc.
PCT International Corporation
Quest Diagnostics
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Renaissance Imaging Medical
Associates
RISARC Consulting, LLC
Samaritan Anesthesia Medical
Group/ Department of Surgery
Schoellerman Foundation
Scottrade
Solutions & More
Sterilmed, Inc.
TeamHealth
Wilbur C. Grosse Trust
Xerox Corporation
Zoll LifeVest Corporation
Zurich American Insurance
Company
Contributors ($500 - $999)
IndividualsMs. Taikanegest Alebel
Anonymous
Rosemarie Ansari
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Appleton
Stephen and Catherine Ascher
Renee Ayat
Dohree Batongbacal
Ms. Chelsea R. Beck
and Mr. Kurt D. Mueller
Jane and Phil Bellomy
Rose Marie Berry
Rosemary Boston
Mr. Lee Brennan
Eva and Bobby Castillo
Martina and Robert Chavira
Ms. Ann Chung
Mr. Thomas Chung
Francisco Clemente
Mr. Jonathan Climaco
Dora Collins
Mrs. Martin A. Collison, Jr.
Ms. Evan S. Cruz
Mr. Robert C. De La Paz
Mrs. Charles J. Detoy
Ms. Danila Fazlali
Ms. Darlene Fields
Ms. Maricris Frias
Ms. Gemima Gomez
Mayra G. Gomez
Monique Gonzalez
Judelyn Gutierrez, R.N.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Hampar
Alex Hargro, Jr.
Ms. Sakuntala Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hasbrouck
James J. and Corinne Hawk
Family
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Heartfi eld
Mark Holdych
Mr. Wallace H. Houchin
Juliann Inouye
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Jenks
Tai Y. Kang
Mr. Glen Kazahaya and Guest
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kim
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Kitch
Peter and Lavon Lenkey
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Logsdon
Mr. Fred P. Luvisi, Jr.
Benjamin Ly
Ms. Bessie Mandap
Ricardo Martinez
Mr. Jimmy McNeil
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(Far left) Ivan Ho, M.D., Director of Complex Arrhythmia and (Far right) Anil Bhandari,
M.D., Director of Electrophysiology Services at the Heart & Vascular Center, along
with staff.
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Paul and Chris McRae
Mr. Ricardo Medina
Mr. Benjamin Mittleman
Ms. Flor M. Molina
Tina Moore-Yamron
Mr. Mike Wendell Nava
Ms. Doerthe O. Obert
Gerard Orban
Celia Orellana
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pando
Joan Payne
Maria C. Perez
Sukhvinder Puri
Mrs. Jean Felcyn Ristic
Ms. Lynn Sales
Mr. and Mrs. Enrico Salvo
George Sanchez
Ms. Myrna R. Santillan
Ms. Claire Scanlon
Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Scharf
Mr. Willie G. Smith
Jamie A. Solorzano
Mr. Alan P. Sta-Ana
Anthony Stewart
Dr. Evangelina R. Stockwell
Ms. Ma Carmela R. Sy
Ms. Ruth Takamoto
Ms. Diana K. Tani
Ms. Ana Tavera
Ms. Eleanor Tavris
Ms. Jean Timbal
Alicia Torcuator
Ms. Melina Torres
Mr. Gary Townsend
Mrs. William S. Tsuchiya
Alicia Valdespino
Ms. Rosalyn Vick
Sandra L. Wallace, M.D.
Janice Zemlicka
Mrs. Ruth Ziegler
OrganizationsAmerican Association
of Critical Care
Cardinal Health
Cebula IT Consulting LLC
Centervue, Inc.
Covidien
CPL Advertising
Dignity Health
Interstate Restoration
& Construction Services
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
of Johnson & Johnson
Korean American Nurses
Association of Southern California
LA Healthcare Federal Credit Union
Listennshare Mission
Maquet Cardiovascular
US Sales LLC
Maquet Medical Systems, USA
The Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of Los Angeles
Roclord Studio
The Society of St. Francis
St. Jude Medical
USMC Veterans
Whittier Trust Company
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Generous Gifts Made in Loving Memory and in Honor of
Good Samaritan Hospital invites the community to make donations in memory or in honor of family members, special friends and caregivers who deserve special tributes. Memorial and tributes gifts are ideal for commemorating the passing of a loved one, friend or colleague; celebrating a birthday, anniversary or special event; or honoring a special physician, nurse or caregiver in appreciation for exceptional care.
Gifts In Honor of:
In Honor of Zainab Olanigan
Aderounmu
Ms. Rebecca Hadar
In Honor of Andrea and Micelle
in the Baby Ward
Mr. Stephen James
and Ms. Jen McCreary
In Honor of Vincent L. Anthony
Mr. Enrique Andrade
In Honor of Ernie Back
Mrs. Beverly Browning Tippin
In Honor of Margaret E. Bates, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. John Babcock
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Brunner
Mrs. Willis H. Durst, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Griffi th
Ms. Deborah Iwamoto
Ms. Judith Meister
Ms. P. Strode
In Honor of Anil K. Bhandari, M.D.
The Howard and Nikki Applebaum
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brunner
Dr. Martin E. Offenberger
Mrs. Gloria Wells
Mr. Wen Sheng Yeh
In Honor of Susan M. Blumenthal
Mr. and Mrs. George Farmer
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Griffi th
In Honor of James S. Bonorris, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
In Honor of F. Grant Buckle, M.D.
Mr. George M. Gibo
Mr. Federico A. Lucero
Ms. Stella Meketarian
In Honor of Barbara A. Bundy
Mr. Charles Harris
In Honor of Steven Burstein, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Yeprem M. Baghboudarian
Mr. William Dinsenbacher
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Martinez
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. O’Sullivan
Mr. Charles Wilson
and Mrs. Hisako Owen
In Honor of Emily S. Campbell
Ms. Maria L. Ubaldo
In Honor of David S. Cannom
Mr. John W. Alden
Mr. William A. Barron
Mr. William J. Bedford
The June and Paul Bilgore
Charitable Fund
Ms. Beverly Bingham
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
Mr. and Mrs. James Brewer
Mrs. Marie H. Burk
Mrs. Anna I. Calnan
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McFarland
Chandler, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Chaney
Mrs. Martin A. Collison, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Warren D. Cutting
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dewhirst
Mrs. Willis H. Durst, Jr.
Mrs. Yone Fujishima
Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Georgeson
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Dr. and Mrs. John W. Given
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Griffi th
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Hawk
Horton Howe Foundation
Mr. Wallace H. Houchin
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Keely
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Kuehn
Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Lenkey
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Logsdon
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. McCurry, Jr.
Eugenia Megus, M.D.
Mrs. Richard Naify
Mrs. James Neville
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Norstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. O’Sullivan
Mr. Samuel Prum
Robert and Adele Stern Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Scharf
Dr. Evangelina R. Stockwell
Ms. Eleanor Tavris
Ms. Maria L. Ubaldo
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Wohlenberg
In Honor of Cardiac Rehab Team
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Pfeiffer
In Honor of Alexander S. Chai
Ms. Imelda Dinoso
Miss Elvira Felix-Esteban
Mrs. Julia Hancock
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Paul Parnagian
In Honor of Soo-Hun S. Chong, M.D.
Mr. Bohun S. Joh
In Honor of Housekeeping Staff
Mrs. Robert E. Levis
In Honor of Joanna M. Davies, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McFarland Chandler, Jr.
Mrs. Robert J. Van Dyke
In Honor of Mark A. Dwight, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Balesh
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Brunner
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McFarland
Chandler, Jr.
Mrs. Charles J. Detoy
Ms. Deborah Iwamoto
Ms. Elizabeth Lowengrub
In Honor of Christina H. Economides, M.D.
Ms. Maria L. Ubaldo
In Honor of Philip J. Fagan, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ferrandino
Ms. Aida Tomines
In Honor of Andrew J. Fishmann, M.D.
Mr. Kevin P. Burke
Mr. Alfred S. Wang
In Honor of Ron P. Gallemore
Ms. Maria C. Baker
In Honor of Ali Gheissari, M.D.
Ms. Glenda Cordoncillo
In Honor of Cathleen A. Godzik
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffry Carpenter
In Honor of all Compassionate
Good Sam Physicians
Noriko Ikemoto
In Honor of All of the Great Staff
of Good Samaritan Hospital
Ms. Barbara A. Kutulis
In Honor of Wesley M. Groves, M.D.
Mr. Clarence E. Taylor
In Honor of Glenn E. Hatfi eld, M.D.
Mrs. Edward Breen
Mrs. William S. Tsuchiya
In Honor of Wesley R. Heartfi eld, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Heartfi eld
In Honor of Ivan C. Ho, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dewhirst
In Honor of Alexis G. Hoen, M.D.
Ms. Ellen Park
In Honor of Thomas L. Horowitz, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Benjamin
In Honor of Cindy Huang, M.D.
Mr. Robert G. Watkins
In Honor of David Huang, M.D.
Mr. Ken Kajiwara
In Honor of Terry P. Jerge, M.D.
Mrs. Richard H. Neuman
In Honor of Thomas H. Kanegae, M.D.
Mrs. Natsuko O. Akiyama
Ms. Ludmila Manko
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Nagamine
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Pfeiffer
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Uchida
In Honor of Larry T. Khoo, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
In Honor of Moez Khorsandi, D.O.
Mr. Herbert Kanighter
In Honor of Sarkis Kiramijyan
Ms. Maria L. Ubaldo
In Honor of Thomas Kurpiewski
Mr. Chris Paetsch
In Honor of Faye Lee, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Davis
In Honor of William T. Long, M.D.
Mrs. M. Lorayne Douglass
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hough
Mr. Cecil R. Maupin
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Pederson
Ms. Helen Tice
Ms. Mary F. Weis
In Honor of Shalini Mahajan, M.D.
Ms. Katherine Haderlein
In Honor of Patrick A. Mauer, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Keimi
Ms. Ellen Park
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart
In Honor of Guy S. Mayeda, M.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Terrence Fitzgibbons
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. O’Sullivan
Ms. Ellen Park
In Honor of Neonatology
Department - Lactation Specialists
Ms. Anne Csere
In Honor of Christopher C. Ng, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Benjamin
In Honor of NICU Nurses
Mr. Joseph Prichard
and Ms. Marie Massa
In Honor of Christine Nolan
Mr. C. Howard Doty
In Honor of Anne Oliphant
Ms. Anne McNally
In Honor of Charles Pollick, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Balesh
In Honor of
Carol A. Richardson-Te, M.D.
Ms. Maria L. Ubaldo
In Honor of Jeffrey L. Rosenberg, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McFarland Chandler, Jr.
In Honor of Jonathan R. Saluta, M.D.
Larchmont Physical Therapy
Ms. Ellen Park
In Honor of Marc A. Samson, M.D.
Larchmont Physical Therapy
Ms. Elizabeth A. Baumann
Ms. Kathy Whooley
In Honor of Lasika C. Seneviratne, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Andrews
Mr. Ken Kajiwara
In Honor of Dillion P. Shah
Love’s Way
In Honor of Thomas L. Shook, M.D.
Mr. Robert Schurle
In Honor of the Dining Staff
Mrs. Robert E. Levis
In Honor of Mohinder S. Sohal, M.D.
Ms. Pamela R. Holganza
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In Honor of Linda G. Sterry, M.D.
Mr. Glenn Thomson
In Honor of Arthur P. Widawski
Mr. W. Randall Sheriff
In Honor of Carl Terzian
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Zanville
In Honor of Stuart L. Willson, M.D.
Mrs. Edward Breen
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Griffi th
Mrs. David Brice Hill
Mrs. Ake Sandler
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Schulte
In Honor of Stanley H. Wishner, M.D.
Ms. Zrelda K. Sealey
In Honor of Sarah K. Yamaguchi, M.D.
Ms. Aida Tomines
Gifts In Loving Memory of:
In Memory of Kourken Andonian
Mr. Edward Andonian
In Memory of Apolonia A. Andre
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Andre
In Memory of James A. Blumenthal
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Aubert
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
Dr. and Mrs. James S. Bonorris
Mrs. Timi Freshman
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. David Watts
In Memory of Bob Borden
Ms. Rebecca K. Fuller
In Memory of Paul
and Sanford Briskman
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bellomy
In Memory of Peter D. Bundy
Mrs. Peter D. Bundy
Mr. Charles Harris
In Memory of Jacklyn Burchill
Alexis G. Hoen, M.D.
In Memory of Austin B. Coe
Ms. Linda Alweiss
Ms. Karen Anderson
Ms. Lydia Asselin
Ms. Marilyn Asselin
Mrs. Mary Jo Coe
Ms. Nancy J. Coe
Ms. Janice Willis
In Memory of Florence Cohen
Ms. Helen Rand
In Memory of Val Davajan
Drs. Jennifer and Robert Israel
In Memory of O. Claree Noland Doty
Mr. C. Howard Doty
In Memory of Virginia Duvall
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
In Memory of John Erskine
Mrs. Elizabeth Erskine
In Memory of George C. Good
Mrs. Marcia Good
In Memory of Margaret
Louise Harrington
Mr. Robert Harrington
In Memory of Leland Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Dilibert
In Memory of Diane S. Ikeda
Mr. Michael D. Ikeda
In Memory of Julius
and Pauline LaBonte
Ms. Charlotte L. Lipson
In Memory of Judy Lind
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clundt
In Memory of Gweneth H. Lundy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Andrews
Ms. Susan E. Andrews
Ms. Marian L. Banning
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
Mrs. Kilbee C. Brittain
Mrs. Rogg Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Craddock
Mrs. Brian Dockweiler Crahan
Mrs. William W. Davies
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Fenady
Mrs. Katherine Gates
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harker
Mr. Donald M. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anson Hotaling
Mr. and Mrs. Gareth R. Hughes
Ms. Christine Jardine-Bourdeau
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Lundy
Mrs. Angus M. McLeod
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Pantages
Mr. Adaline H. Sanford
Mrs. Barbara P. Sargeant
Mrs. Richard W. Schuur
Mrs. Gordon Stephens
Dr. and Mrs. George B. Stoneman
Mrs. Joyce Stuart
Mr. and Mrs. Thiel Sullivan
Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Witt, Jr.
In Memory of Phillip McReynolds
Johnson Family Trust Dated
March 30, 1989-Survivor’s Trust
In Memory of Richard H. Neuman, M.D.
Mrs. Richard H. Neuman
In Memory of Daniel, Ernest
and Rose Paik
Ms. Ellen Jane Paik
In Memory of Sabrina B. Prichard
Mr. Matthew Connell
and Mr. Eduardo Caldera
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Connell
Ms. Colleen Corcoran
Ms. Margaret L. M. Darby
Mr. Christopher L. Elwell
and Ms. Kory Odell
Mr. Thomas C. Foster
and Dr. Helen M. Foster
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Giwoff
Ms. Teira K. Johnson
Ms. Yumi Levine
Mr. and Mrs. S. William Livingston
Ms. Joan R. Muench
Mr. Joseph Prichard
and Ms. Marie Massa
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prichard
Mr. and Mrs. Chirstopher J. Rider
Mrs. Elizabeth Useen
Good Ground Consulting LLC
In Memory of Vic Rosetti
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Appleton
In Memory of Alice E. Segner
Ms. Beverly J. Stansfi eld
In Memory of Ramona K. Shankland
Mr. Jerryl D. Shankland
In Memory of David Shaw
Ms. Nancy E. Hartmann
In Memory of Elinor Smith
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Balfour
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Craddock
Mrs. Edgar L. Fraser
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anson Hotaling
Mrs. E. H. McLaughlin, Jr.
Ms. Nancy Pelton Worthington
In Memory of Russell Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Smith
In Memory of Arthur C.
and Ruth Nicholson Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Jameson
In Memory of Robert Van Dyke
Mrs. Robert J. Van Dyke
In Memory of Mary H. Wilson
Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital
In Memory of Margaret M. Wolfe
Mr. Robert Wolfe
In Memory of Sally G. Woodward
Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital
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IndividualsMr. Joseph P. Amato
Mrs. Edythe McCulley Avery
Dr. Margaret E. Bates
and Mr. Scott Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blumenthal
Mrs. Nick L. Bogdanovich
Dr. and Mrs. James S. Bonorris
The Rt. Rev. and
Mrs. Joseph Jon Bruno
Mrs. Peter D. Bundy
Ms. Leona Cohen
Mrs. Emma Lydia Datis
Mrs. Gordon D. Donald
Mr. Stephen Ernst
Mr. Fred Fengler
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Feuerlicht
James E. Gernert, M.D.
Ms. Betty L. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Halladay
Ms. Anne-Marie Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Jeung
Ms. Karen W. King
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Larson
Mr. Robert Lind
Mr. and Mrs. William Lynn
Ms. Jessica Niblo
Dr. and Mrs. Jose L. Pacheco
Ms. Jane Vruwink Palmer
Ms. Loralou M. Peeler
John H. Plimpton, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean R. Ranslem
Mrs. Jean Felcyn Ristic
Ms. Evelyn M. Schiess
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Schupp
Dr. and Mrs. Earle C. Skinner
Mrs. Anne Bernard Stadler
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stark
Mr. Bruce R. Tadajewski
Legacy Society
The Good Samaritan Hospital Legacy Society is an association of concerned individuals who are leaving a legacy that will foster medical excellence for many years to come. The Legacy Society honors those special friends of Good Samaritan Hospital who have made provisions in their wills or estate plans to support the future growth and development of healthcare. Through their partnership in our future, these treasured friends of the Hospital are making a lasting contribution to the quality of life in Los Angeles by ensuring that the fi nest quality healthcare will be available for generations to come.
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Mrs. Letitia Rees Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Walls
Mrs. Verona E. Weeks
Ms. Carol Widmer
OrganizationsAudrienne H. Moseley Estate
Adele C. Smith Estate
Albert McCarthy Estate
Alex Oser Estate
Alex Oser Testamentary Trust
Alice Brown CRAT
Alice H. Finburgh Estate
Alice Hicks Burr Estate
Anita Russo Fox Estate
Annabelle Irwin Estate
Archine V. N. Fetty Estate
Ardis J. Barbee Estate
Avrum Richard Dansky Estate
Barbara Charnley Ashe Trust
Beatrice M. Smith Estate
Benjamin Joseph, Jr. Estate
Beryl I. Mortlock Trust
Betty P. Dietrich Trust
Betty Strucker Trust
Brainerd Marital Trust
Braun Charitable Trusts
The Carpenter Family Trust
Carson Estate Trust
Cebulski Living Trust
Charles F. Winter Estate
Charles H. Schimpff
Residuary Trust
Charles J. and Helen Ford Estate
Clementine Smith Estate
Connie M. Ring Estate
Daria Treweek Estate
David T. Papkin Estate
Dorothy B. Dizney Estate
Dorothy Kieffer Estate
Dorothy M. Booth Estate
Dorothy Millard Magruder
Living Trust
Dorothy P. Frayne Estate
Earl D. Long Trust
Edna Curtis Estate
Egbert E. Day Estate
Elizabeth A. Olstad Family Trust
Elizabeth B. Traynor Estate
Elizabeth Rose Silverforb Trust
Elwood S. Kendrick Trust
Emmett H. Jones Family Trust
Echo Hanke Engstrom Estate
Erle P. Halliburton Estate
Erma H. Anderson Estate
Estelle H. Albaugh Trust
Esther Braverman Estate Trust
Esther Louise Modern Estate
Esther Possehl Estate
Eunice F. Todd Trust
Fay E. Sinclair Estate
Frank R. Seaver Trust
Frank P. Winne Trust
Frederick and Pauline Moll Trust
George Byron Hatten Trust
George F. MacDonald Estate
George W. Goman
Charitable Unitrust
Geraldine Reynolds Estate
Gertrude Dingeman Estate
Gibson Family Trust
Gloria Reynolds Estate
Gwladys and John Zurlo
Charitable Foundation
Gwladys Zurlo Charitable
Remainder Annuity Trust
Hall L. Hibbard Family Trust
The new NICU equipment allows Good Samaritan Hospital’s outstanding medical
team to continue to lead the way in the care of premature and critically ill infants.
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Harold Diehl, M.D. Estate
Harriet D. Schmoele Estate
Harriet Rudd Estate
Harriet Silverman Estate
Haruye Gohata Estate
The Heavenly Star 2007 Charitable
Lead Annuity Trust
Helen C. Anderson Estate
Helen C. Decker Estate
Henry Amos Claffey Trust
Hermenia Hutchinson Trust
Irma Larsen Estate
J.M. Elliott Trust
James M. Ragen, Jr. Trust Fund
Jean M. Hethcock Estate
Jean Palmer Estate Trust
Jesse C. Shepard Trust
Jessie H. Johnson Crut Estate
John C. Cosgrove Estate
John F. and Effi e A. Fechtig Estate
John Kenneth Ehretz Estate
John L. Herrick Estate Trust
Joseph James Dagnall Trust
Katherine E. Powell Estate
Kathryn June Sapiro Estate Trust
Kathryn L. Albaugh, M.D. Estate
Lela W. Cotter Trust
Leland Hawkins Estate
Leonard Feldman Charitable Trust
Lewis T. Gardiner Estate
Liliore Green Rains Estate
Lillis Florence Dickson Estate
Linda A. Henson Estate
Lona A. Dagenais Estate
Louis L. and Sylvia B. Meitus
Annuity Trust
Lucille Harkins Estate
Madeline Frances Wills Estate
Margaret J. Wherry Estate
Marguerite Kasden Estate
Marie E. Spellmeyer Estate
Marion Law Trust
Marion Schulman Estate
Marjorie B. Myers Estate
Mary C. Heilman Estate
Mary Freitas Estate
Mary Grashoff Estate
Maybelle I. Millar Estate
Mumler Family Trust
N. Paschall Unitrust
Noel Scott Trust
Olga K. and Albert H. Wolf Trusts
Oliver B. Garver, Jr. Estate
Kate Van Nuys Page
Foundation Trust
Patricia Prindle Living Trust
Paul H. Dunlap Estate
Perry and Frances E. Dance Estate
Richard Anton Such Estate
Robert Lingis Estate
Roberta Crutcher, M.D. Estate
Rose Stover Trust
Roy S. and Anna S. Carrington Trust
Russell S. Mangliers Estate
Ruth Stevenson Everson Estate
Samuel and Norma Ayres Estate
Samuel Ayres, Jr., M.D. Estate
Sara Stein Jones Estate
Seaver Institute
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Stanley and Anne Christensen Estate
The Wass Family Community Trust
Miss Anita Watson Estate
Wilbur C. Grosse Trust
Wilhelmina Prowell Estate
Willard and Adeline Keith Trust
William “Bill” and Charlotte Schlaifer
Trust
William A. Holt Trust
William and Mafe Bunga
Revocable Trust
William C. Hornickel Trust
William J. Endres Estate
William S. Schmidt Trust
Gifts In Kind
IndividualsMrs. Beatrice Behrens Blaauw
Ms. Cynthia Comsky
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Dobrzynski
Ms. Laurie Schecher
Becky and Steve Smith
Kathy and Brian Thorne
Ms. Cynthia Vasquez
Mr. Robert Wolfe
OrganizationsAthena Parking, Inc.
CX & B United Corporation
Downtown Plastic Surgery
Gift Shop of Good Samaritan
Hospital
Golden State Grand Chapter
Hatz 4 Hearts
HealthPresence, Inc.
The Honest Company
The L.A. Hotel Downtown
Langer’s Delicatessen
The Los Angeles Athletic Club
Love’s Way
Pacifi c Dining Car, Inc.
Pacifi c Rim Printers
Roclord Studio
Santa Monica Playhouse
Smart Art & Design, Inc.
Spectrum Recruiting
Stila
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“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world.
For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”
—Margaret Mead
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Demands on your time and wallet increase daily, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed with all the obligations that come up. Perhaps one of the items on your to-do list is to send a donation to help support Good Samaritan Hospital, but because you are already stretching your funds in many directions, you may not be sure you can be as charitable as you would like at this time.
Keep Your Cash FlowAdding a bequest provision to your will or living trust could be the answer. By making a gift of your assets at death – be it cash, stocks, real estate or other property – there is no need to affect your current cash fl ow. And since the bequest doesn’t go into effect until after your lifetime, you can change the provisions in your will or trust at any time.
If you wish to give us a percentage of what is left of your estate after other benefi ciaries have received their share, you can. By making a gift of a percentage of your estate, your gift will remain proportionate to the size of your estate, no matter how it fl uctuates. Plus, there are no estate taxes owed on amounts left through a charitable bequest.
Pledge Your Future SupportIn many cases, bequests offer the best of both worlds. You retain full control of your assets without depleting them now, while helping ensure that Good Samaritan Hospital continues to grow and thrive in the future. Contact us to learn more.
Andrea Morseburg Director, Principal & Planned Gifts [email protected]
Leaving Your LegacyOn Your Own Terms
Thank you for your support.
Your donations – large and small
– make a big difference.
How to Take Care of Family First
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Board of Trustees
Development Department
1225 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017-1901
https://www.goodsam.org/Support-Us/Donations
Non-Profi t Org.
U.S. Postage
PAIDLos Angeles, CA
Permit No. 15937
ChairmanMr. Charles T. Munger
Sushma Adarkar, M.D.Margaret E. Bates, M.D.Mr. George A. BenderMr. Bruce BennettMr. William M. BittingMrs. Jack L. BlumenthalMrs. William H. BorthwickThe Rt. Rev. Joseph Jon BrunoMr. Arthur L. Crowe, Jr.Mrs. Victoria Seaver DeanMr. Robert E. Denham
Ex Offi cio Member Mrs. Richard C. Lawton
President and Chief Executive Offi cerMr. Andrew B. Leeka
Mr. John B. FrankMr. James H. GipsonMs. Mimi GrantRobert K. Maloney, M.D.Mrs. Margaret McLeodMr. Charles P. MeisterMr. Glen H. Mitchel, Jr.Mr. Peter W. MullinMr. Clark Willard PorterMrs. Helen RyuThomas L. Shook, M.D.Mr. Stephen L. SmithMr. Warren B. WilliamsonMr. Edward A. Wopschall
GOODNEWS
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
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