The Ma Squad

Photos of Treasurer Fiona Ma's Children’s Hospital Tour

July 19. At the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital (Los Angeles) where proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program helped pay for the pediatric-associated costs of a 525-bed replacement hospital, including a neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, and medical-surgical beds. Additional funds helped construct a 266-bed replacement hospital at the hospital’s Santa Monica campus. The Treasurer and her team met with Johnese Spisso, President and Chief Operating Officer; Dr. Sherin Devaskar, Department of Pediatrics; Santiago Munoz, Chief Strategy Officer; Richard Azar, Chief Operating Officer; and Rhonda Curry, Chief Communications Officer.

July 26. At Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital to present the hospital with a check for $55 million, a disbursement that will defray the cost of building a new tower for the children’s hospital. In addition to the new tower, proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program will help pay for equipment and seismic separation between the new and old towers. The Treasurer met with Kerry Heinrich, Chief Executive Officer; Dr. Richard Chinnock, Chair of the Pediatrics Department; Scott Perryman, Senior Vice President; and Steve PonTell and Jeff Burum with National Community Renaissance.

August 7. Visiting the intensive care nursery and infant care program at the Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay. Proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program reimbursed the hospital for eligible proportional costs of constructing the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, a six-story, 289-bed inpatient hospital and an attached six-story outpatient building. The Treasurer was received by Jamie Phillips, Chief Operating Officer; Robert Fries, Chief Financial Officer; Kimberly Scurr, Vice President, Operations; Dr. Tippi Mackenzie, Professor of Surgery; Dr. Liz Rogers, Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. Tom Shimotake, Professor of Pediatrics; Paul Takayama, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Government Relations; Amiee Alden, Local and State Government Relations Director.

August 16. Touring the postpartum rooms, birth center and delivery rooms, and the neonatal intensive care unit at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla. Proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program reimbursed the hospital for eligible proportional costs of renovating the Thornton Hospital, constructing a 245-bed tower adjacent to Thornton Hospital (Jacobs Medical Center), and constructing a central utility plant. Treasurer Ma met with Marie Webber, Chief Administrative Officer for Women and Infants, and Psychiatric and Ophthalmologic Services; Lori Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer; Whit Robinson, Chief Administrative Officer, Facilities, Capital Management, and Hospital Services; Jandy Smith, Administrative Director for Women and Infants Services; Ala Garza, Director of Nursing for Women and Infants; and Zachary Schlagel, Assistant Director of Government Affairs.

August 16. At Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego to tour the Rose Pavilion and the Acute Care Pavilion. Proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program reimbursed the hospital for renovating the Rose Pavilion, constructing a new four-story inpatient pediatric tower, construction of an Acute Care Pavilion, an electronic medical record system, and for various equipment. The Treasurer met with Dr. Patrick Frias, President and Chief Administrative Officer; Dr. Nicholas Holmes, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Kathy Cain, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Gail Knight, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer; Albert Oriol, Vice President and Chief Information Officer; and Barbara Ryan, Vice President, Government Affairs.

September 6. At the Bill Holmes Tower at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County to tour the neonatal intensive care unit and the Seacrest Studios (an in-house multimedia broadcast center). Proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program reimbursed the hospital for remodeling and expanding the Ambulatory Care Center, building a new tower, purchasing information systems technology, and for various equipment. The Treasurer met with Kerri Rupert Schiller, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Jena Jensen, Chief Government Relations Officer; Melanie Patterson, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer; Kristin Fischer, Clinical Nurse Manager, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Jennie Sierra, Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; and Joshua Castaneda, Child Life Specialist.

September 6. At Children’s Hospital UC Irvine where proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program reimbursed the hospital for eligible proportional pediatric costs of constructing a 236-bed replacement hospital with a 30-bed neonatal intensive care unit, a two-story building to operate the Center for Child Health, and an electronic medical record system. The Treasurer met with Chad Lefteris, Chief Operating Officer; Dr. William C. Wilson, Chief Medical Officer; Mary Ann Pack, Interim Director of Administration and Finance; Brian O’Dea, Executive Director, Marketing and Communications; Dr. Khahn-Van Le-Bucklin, Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Christopher Leo, Director, Governmental Affairs; and Meghna Patel, Assistant Director, Strategic Services.

September 6. At the Earl & Loraine Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital (Long Beach) Proceeds from the Children’s Hospital Program reimbursed the hospital for constructing, equipping and furnishing a new four-story Inpatient Pediatric Tower; purchasing patient care equipment; constructing, equipping and furnishing a neonatal intensive care unit and an inpatient pharmacy; and constructing, equipping and furnishing a four-story Children’s Outpatient Medical Office Building. The Treasurer met with John Bishop, Chief Executive Officer; Yair Katz, Chief Financial Officer; Ikenna Mmeje, Chief Operating Officer; Dr. Graham Tse, Chief Medical Officer; Susan Herman, Chief Nursing Officer; Lee I. Alhadeff, Interim Controller and Executive Director of Finance; Mark Shuck, Executive Director of Construction and Management; Kristen Pugh, Vice President, Advocacy and Government Relations.