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Tenet Health Central Coast is an integrated healthcare system consisting of two acute care hospitals and four affiliated entities, including urgent care centers, clinics and ancillary services, across the Central Coast. The hospitals are Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, the county’s only trauma center, in San Luis Obispo, California, and Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, California. Among their numerous recognitions for quality and compassion, each hospital has earned an “A” from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade in every reporting period since it was created in 2012, both are internationally recognized Baby-Friendly birth facilities and both have earned the “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Tenet Health Central Coast serves many diverse communities throughout the Central Coast, enabling all that come through our doors access to quality, coordinated care and advanced specialty services at convenient locations.

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Sierra Vista Elects 2015 Governing Board

by System on Nov 9, 2015, 12:30 PM
Gil Stork, Ed.D., superintendent and president of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, has been elected Chair of the Governing Board at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center for 2015. Stork has served on the Sierra Vista Board for five years, the past year as Secretary/Treasurer.

Gil Stork, Ed.D., superintendent and president of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, has been elected Chair of the Governing Board at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center for 2015. Stork has served on the Sierra Vista Board for five years, the past year as Secretary/Treasurer.

Tom Jones, director of corporate affairs with Pacific Gas & Electric was elected Vice Chair; and Scott Bisheff, M.D., medical director of Sierra Vista’s Emergency Department, was elected as Secretary/Treasurer.

Newly elected to a three year term starting in 2015 are Betsy Kinsley, chief of staff for the office of the president at Cal Poly; Beth Marino, vice president of legal and corporate affairs for Santa Maria Energy; Steve Van Scoy, M.D., medical director of Sierra Vista’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; and Chris Holland, M.D., an infectious disease physician in San Luis Obispo.  

Continuing Governing Board members include Mary Harris, a transactional attorney in San Luis Obispo; Simone Lagomarsino, president and CEO of Heritage Oaks Bancorp, parent company to Heritage Oaks Bank; Ty Safreno, chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Trust Automation, Inc. in San Luis Obispo; Stephen Tidik, M.D., a general surgeon in San Luis Obispo; Tim Williams, founder and president of Digital West Networks in San Luis Obispo; and Jill Bolster-White, executive director at Transitions Mental Health Association in San Luis Obispo.

Additional members include Timothy Auran, M.D., chief of staff at Sierra Vista; Ross Michel, M.D., vice-chief of staff at Sierra Vista; and William Sogaard, M.D., immediate past chief of staff at Sierra Vista.