Stories

Following a nationwide search, Courtnay Caufield, RN, DNP, has been named chief nursing officer at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Modern treatments and advanced technologies rely on having people in place who know how and when to use them. This philosophy motivated Brenda Baldwin to create a bequest to support nursing education at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Angelique S. Campen, MD, Raul R. Mena, MD, and David A. Sato, MD, have been recognized for their significant contributions to building a culture of philanthropy at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

On Saturday, September 18, 2021, approximately 95 neighbors, friends and supporters of Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center gathered for a magical night in the gorgeous home of Don and Elizabeth Savant. More than $500,000 was raised for a new leading-edge Emergency Department and Urgent Care facility for the community.

The Providence Saint Joseph Foundation Mario Lopez Golf Classic may have gone virtual this year due to the pandemic, but the money raised will make a very real impact to the Minutes Matter More Than Ever campaign.

Angelo Mozilo made his first charitable gift as a child, dropping his offering into the basket during Mass. His passion for giving hasn’t wavered since.

The Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Guild didn’t let the pandemic stop them from reaching their fundraising goals. “Without being able to do our main fundraiser — our big fashion show — and having our gift shop shut down, our ability to raise funds was limited,” said Julie McArdle, the guild’s president. However, Julie and the Guild stayed resilient.

In the midst of the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us at Providence Saint Joseph Foundation want to express our gratitude for your generosity and continued support of our medical center and the Minutes Matter Emergency Services Campaign. Now more than ever, we need dedicated community partners like you.

When Dick Baker underwent two angioplasties at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, he didn’t know it would inspire him to become involved in the future of the hospital. He spent his career in Southern California, eventually becoming chief financial officer for MCA (the parent company of Universal Studios, MCA Television and MCA Records), where he worked for 32 years until his retirement in 1997.

In 2020, Providence Saint Joseph Foundation was awarded a remarkable
$600,000 grant from the Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger to support its Emergency Services Minutes Matter Campaign. A month later, no one could have predicted that Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, like many health organizations, would be on the front lines of a global health crisis. For decades, the hospital has remained at the forefront of emergency medicine, leading the way in best-practice care even during the first uncharted months of COVID-19. In fact,