Magazine Article

Annual Report
Volume 26
Number 2
Spring 2006
Fairfield, CA
Compassionate Care
Advanced Medicine
Close to Home
Contents
Modern Healthcare
2 Cancer Survivor Creates Art
as Local Fundraiser
4 NICU Was Right Next Door
When Family Needed It – Twice
6 Fairfield Family Benefits from
Generous Senior Grant
8 NorthBay Cardiac Rehabilitation
Gives Fairfield Woman
a Second Chance
10 Type II Diabetes
Isn’t Just for Adults Anymore
12 NorthBay Healthcare News
16 NorthBay Plays “Santa’’
to Needy Classrooms
17 Volunteer Report 18 2006 Medical Executive Committee
19 Board of Directors
20 2005/2006 Donor List
20 Anniversary Tribute
Celebrates Legacy of Giving
21 NorthBay Healthcare
Facts & Figures
Back
Community Education
Cover
Wellspring is published quarterly
by NorthBay Healthcare, Solano
County’s locally based non­profit
health care organization.
Editorial Staff:
Joanie Erickson
Marilyn Ranson
Stacey McNeill
Debbie Hooks
Sally Wyatt
Publication Designer:
Page Design, Inc.
Photographer:
Henry Khoo
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The NorthBay Adult Day
Center received a generous
grant from the Area Agency
on Aging Serving Napa-Solano.
See page 6 for story.
and Timeless Compassion:
A 50-year NorthBay Tradition
“Compassionate Care, Advanced Medicine, Close to Home”
is the mission of the locally-based NorthBay Healthcare. This
statement drives our philosophy about caring for our patients and
our philosophy about investing in local medical technology.
Starting with one small hospital in
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the mid 20th century, our non-profit
The NorthBay Medical Center
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit –
organization has grown to encompass
the only facility for ill and premature
a wide variety of modern medical
newborns in Solano, Napa and Yolo
services that allows Solano residents to
counties.
remain close to home while receiving
the latest medical treatments. No other
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non-military hospital in Solano County
offers more sophisticated medical care
programs and support groups to
right here in this community than does
help families cope with the problems
NorthBay Healthcare. This is because
of dementias.
NorthBay Healthcare was created by
Solano residents and exists only to care
for Solano residents.
The NorthBay Alzheimer’s
Resource Center and NorthBay
Adult Day Center – essential local
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NorthBay
Cardiac Rehabilitation –
the only certified program in Solano
In this issue of Wellspring, our
County.
2005/2006 Annual Report, we’ll introNorthBay Healthcare patients who feel
The NorthBay Center for
Endocrinology and Diabetes –
fortunate to find such advanced medical
a one-of-a-kind treatment and
care close to home. You’ll learn more
education resource for the growing
about some of our most sophisticated
number of people in our community
services that are offered nowhere else
with diabetes.
duce you to some of your neighbors –
in this region including:
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The NorthBay Cancer Center –
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If you are new to the community,
or would like more information about
the only cancer treatment program
the many services offered by NorthBay
in our county accredited by the
Healthcare, including the NorthBay
American College of Surgeons
Center for Primary Care and our two
Commission on Cancer.
hospitals, NorthBay Medical Center in
Fairfield and NorthBay VacaValley
Hospital in Vacaville, please call (707)
429-7700 or log on to northbay.org.
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Cancer Survivor Creates
When cancer survivor Heidi Marble
moved with her family to Fairfield
four years ago, she had one goal:
To find an oncologist who believed
he could help her heal.
Top: Heidi Marble began decorating
discarded mannequins to take her mind
off her cancer recovery. Today she uses
her jeweled “girls” to raise funds for
NorthBay Cancer Center.
Bottom: Heidi knew she’d found her
patient advocate when she met Dr. James
Long, director of medical oncology at
NorthBay Cancer Center in Fairfield.
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“I wanted someone who had confidence
in me and I was prepared to travel any distance to find the right doctor,” Heidi says.
When Heidi met oncologist James
Long, MD, of NorthBay Cancer Center
in Fairfield, she knew her search had
ended close to home.
“I interviewed Dr. Long with my leather
organizer and list of expectations laid
out on the conference table,” Heidi says.
“I have an attitude – don’t talk to me
with your hand on the door, plan to
spend at least 15 to 20 minutes with me,
be ready to answer all my questions…
and at the end of the interview I asked
him to be my doctor.”
NorthBay Cancer Center opened in
1987 to make the latest cancer therapies
available to the Solano community. Prior
to 1987, patients traveled to Sacramento
or San Francisco for treatment – a hardship
when you’re receiving daily therapy for
several weeks. Heidi received her cancer
diagnosis in 2000 while living in Boston
– a 34-year-old teacher, wife and mother
of an active toddler. Life was full, but
she wasn’t feeling well.
“My breasts had gone through a lot
of changes because of nursing,” she
recalls, “and something just wasn’t right.”
Although she had a clear mammogram
14 months earlier, she had been losing
weight, her breast hurt and she was tired.
She had a feeling something was wrong.
She pressed her doctors, “but they
passed it off. I was so young. They blamed
my fatigue on being a new mom with
too much to do.”
One day, everything just felt different,
Heidi says. “After walking up a short
flight of stairs, I was so tired; I knew I
was not all right. I felt like I was dying.”
This time, her doctor took her
symptoms seriously. After an exam,
a mammogram and an emergency
consult with an oncologist, Heidi’s
physician said, “I have very, very bad
news.” The diagnosis: inflammatory
breast cancer, an aggressive form of
cancer with a life expectancy of about
18 months. “Within an hour after
walking in to the doctor’s office, I had
received a death sentence,” she says.
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“I interviewed Dr. Long with
my leather organizer and list
of expectations laid out on the
conference table. I have an
attitude – don’t talk to me with
your hand on the door, plan to
spend at least 15 to 20 minutes
with me, be ready to answer
all my questions…and at
the end of the interview I asked
him to be my doctor.”
About the NorthBay Cancer Center
NorthBay Cancer Center is the only civilian cancer center in Solano County
accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
Located in Fairfield on the NorthBay Medical Center campus, the center offers
a coordinated approach to comprehensive cancer services: prevention, detection,
treatment, rehabilitation and support.
The two cornerstones of the cancer center are the department of radiation
oncology and the department of medical oncology. Both departments feature
the very latest technology and techniques, as sophisticated as care that is
offered at university hospitals. The departments are led by two respected medical
directors: Radiation Oncologist Florian Ploch, MD, and Medical Oncologist
James Long, MD.
— Heidi Marble
The “whirlwind” continued with
the beginning of high dose chemotherapy a short time later. Heidi eventually
endured a double mastectomy.
From the beginning, she was determined to beat the odds. “‘I’m going
to survive for my child.’ I made this
statement to myself to beat this cancer.
I’m not saying it was easy; I had my ups
and downs. There were plenty of times
when I wanted to give up.”
Throughout the course of her early
treatment Heidi had made it a practice
to assemble a team of physicians who
had confidence in her. When she moved
to Fairfield during the maintenance
phase of her treatment she wanted to
reestablish that supportive environment.
“When I met Dr. Long at the NorthBay
Cancer Center, I knew I had found the
perfect physician advocate,” Heidi says.
“Dr. Long is – seriously – the most
compassionate man. I don’t know how
he retains it, with all the heaviness of
his job as an oncologist. He has such
a calming presence about him. That
composure is important because followup exams can be stressful. Now, with
Dr. Long, they’re no longer a negative
experience.
“The nursing staff at NorthBay Cancer
Center is amazing, too,” Heidi says.
“They’re so knowledgeable about my
kind of cancer. The staff maintains an
office atmosphere that is light and loving,
and filled with hope. This is an important
component of my care – give me hope
that I can survive to raise my son.”
And for Heidi, that is the case. On
April 12, she marked the sixth anniversary since her cancer diagnosis.
Heidi’s sense of purpose, and gratitude
for her compassionate care, recently
evolved in an unexpected direction.
To take her mind off her disease and
treatment, she started decorating picture
frames and mirrors with old buttons
and costume jewelry to give away as
gifts. While working, she says, she
would fall into “a state of grace; you’re
not worrying when you’re doing this.
It’s a break, an escape, a positive outlet.”
About three years ago, Heidi found
herself in a junk shop searching for costume jewelry when she spied an old,
beat-up mannequin in the corner.
“It was bald, white, damaged. I saw
myself in her,” she says. Heidi brought
the mannequin home and started decorating it. “I re-created her, and myself,
in the process.” Heidi nicknamed the mannequin
“Jewels,” and, on a whim, entered the
piece in a juried art show in Fairfield
last fall. Jewels won an award.
Word about Heidi’s work spread, and
people began donating “buttons, jewelry
and money” for her to use, not only
to expand her mannequin collection,
but also for her “Buttons-N-Dollars”
fundraising campaign, which she has
established to raise money for patients
of the NorthBay Cancer Center.
Ten pieces are in Heidi’s collection
now, which is currently on display at
the Fairfield Center for Creative Arts
and in the NorthBay Medical Center
lobby. They are adorned with jewelry
and mementos donated by people who
“want to honor a friend or someone with
the disease.”
All of the “girls” (as Heidi calls her
bejeweled mannequins) have something
in common, Heidi says. “They each have
a watch and an angel, for blessings and
more time.”
You can view Heidi’s work and learn
more about the “Buttons-N-Dollars”
campaign on her website, www.buttonsn-dollars.com.
Annual Report Spring 2006
NICU
Was Right
Next Door
When Family
Needed It
– Twice
First-time parents are nervous
enough about the impending birth
of a new baby. But, imagine learning that your baby will – without a
doubt – be born prematurely.
NICU Celebrates
Its 20th Anniversay
Nearly 300 NICU graduates and
their families attended the 20th
annual anniversary party Oct. 29
at Fire Station No. 37 in Fairfield.
That’s the news Carleen De La Torre
heard after her blood pressure dangerously rose to hypertensive levels
during her sixth month of pregnancy.
Fortunately, NorthBay Medical Center’s
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
had the expertise right here in Fairfield
that her baby would need.
Carleen’s condition, called preeclampsia, is a disorder that occurs
during pregnancy and can affect both
mother and the developing fetus. In
addition to high blood pressure, symptoms include swelling, sudden weight
gain, headaches and changes in vision.
Carleen was experiencing many
of those symptoms. “My feet were so
swollen I couldn’t wear shoes, and I
was gaining five pounds a week,” she
recalls. That’s when her obstetrician,
Dr. Frederick Blair, told her that her
hypertensive condition meant she
would likely deliver her baby early.
“I was worried, and I remember saying that I wanted to go all the way
with it, but I was so sick and my blood
pressure was so high.” Even following
doctor’s orders to lie down, rest on
her left side and monitor her blood
pressure at home didn’t seem to help.
When her blood pressure hit 170/110,
her husband took her to NorthBay
Medical Center where she was admitted and observed for four days.
“My blood pressure never went down,”
Carleen says. “So labor was induced.”
Daughter Victoria was born on March
19, 2002, after seven months of gestation. She weighed just three pounds
and six ounces. “Oh, she was so tiny,
so small!”
Because the De La Torre’s baby’s size
and her mother’s preeclampsia made
the delivery high risk, a NorthBay
Medical Center neonatologist was in
the delivering room ready to provide
little Victoria with immediate life-saving
care. She was then sent to the NICU,
where she remained for the next 28
days. NorthBay Medical Center is the
only hospital in Solano, Napa or Yolo
counties that offers this kind of 24hour newborn intensive care.
Being a new mother and not being
able to take her baby home right away
was difficult, Carleen says, but the
warm and caring
“The nurses are so
;
they help you to understand the process and what is going on.
They explain what the tubes are for and answer
all your questions.”
— Carleen De La Torre
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About the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NorthBay Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) is a 16-bed, Level 2 facility, which means it can
care for all but the most critical babies. Opened in 1975
and enlarged in 1992, the NICU cares for about 180 to
NICU staff made the experience more
bearable. “The nurses are so warm and
caring; they help you to understand
the process and what is going on. They
explain what the tubes are for and
answer all your questions. They even
bring in a social worker if you have
problems at home or have postpartum
depression. They let you have privacy,
and you can visit any time. I had no
worries when I had to leave my daughter there to go home,” Carleen adds.
Victoria recently celebrated a healthy
and happy fourth birthday. Last year
she was joined by Christa, who was
born on May 28. Christa is herself a
NICU graduate.
Carleen developed the same preeclampsia symptoms during her second
pregnancy, but the symptoms were
worse. “Christa was born at seven and
a half months, but she was smaller –
three pounds and two ounces – and
sicker.” She, too, stayed in the NICU
for 28 days.
“By this time, I was ‘old school,’”
Carleen laughs. “I knew all the nurses
and I live right around the corner, so
it was easy to come over every four or
five hours.”
Every year, the De La Torre family
makes a point of attending the NICU’s
Halloween party, a fun and festive
reunion for former NICU residents.
“It’s nice for everyone to see how well
the girls are doing and to get caught
up with ‘old friends’ who have shared
the same experience,” Carleen says.
“And it’s a chance to show our support
for the wonderful doctors and nurses
who make it possible for premature
babies to stay close to home after
they’re born.”
200 babies a year. As the only NICU in Solano, Napa or
Yolo counties, the NICU allows local babies to stay close
to home to grow and recover.
Neonatalogist
Richard Bell, MD.
Carleen De La Torre, seated with daughter Christa, was grateful to
find skilled NICU nurses like Connie Pudlak, RN, top, and Jane Pflumm, RN,
ready to help when both of her daughters were born prematurely.
Annual Report Spring 2006
Fairfield Family Benefits from
NorthBay Alzheimer’s
Services receives
$80,000 Grant
Last summer, NorthBay Healthcare’s
Alzheimer’s programs received a
prestigious $80,000 grant from
the Area Agency on Aging Serving
Napa-Solano. The grant, which was
available for programs with an
emphasis on service to low income,
minority or functionally impaired
elders over the age of 60, is renewable
through 2009.
The grant funds are being used
to enhance services at the NorthBay
Adult Day Center and the Alzheimer’s
Resource Center. Both programs are
located on the NorthBay VacaValley
Hospital campus in Vacaville
and serve residents throughout
Solano County.
“The grant is helping several
seniors attend the Adult Day Center
on scholarships,” says Pat Anthony,
director of Volunteer Services and
Alzheimer’s Programs. “With funds
from the grant, we were able to help
several low or fixed income families
receive supervised care for their
loved ones and valuable respite for
themselves.”
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When NorthBay Alzheimer’s
Services received a generous grant
from the Area Agency on Aging
Serving Napa-Solano last spring,
program director Pat Anthony knew
just how the funds could help local
families caring for seniors with
dementia.
The grant funds now allow the NorthBay
Adult Day Center to offer more “scholarships” to seniors who could otherwise
not afford its care.
“Many caregivers desperately need
the services our center provides, but
the cost can be prohibitive, even though
we keep them as low as we possibly
can,” Pat says. “With funds from the
grant, we were able to help several low
or fixed income families receive supervised care for their loved ones and
valuable respite for themselves.”
The Day Center, located on the
NorthBay VacaValley Hospital campus
in Vacaville, provides a safe, structured
environment where people with
Alzheimer’s and/or related dementias
can enjoy group activities which
emphasize their remaining functioning.
Under the guidance of program manager
Sandy Perez, the center cares for up to
35 people daily Monday through Friday.
Walter and Marie Conley, Fairfield
residents since 1953, were among the
first to benefit from the grant.
Walt, 87, a retired agronomist and
WWII Army veteran, and Marie, 85,
a former NorthBay Guild volunteer,
struggled with Marie’s worsening
dementia since 1991. Walt became her
full-time caregiver, with the welcome
help of his daughter-in-law, Barbara
Conley. With Marie usually at his side,
Walt prepares meals, cares for the
house, yard and laundry, pays the bills
and maintains their car. Even for such
a deeply devoted couple, the 24 hour
togetherness is stressful.
Walt joined the local caregivers’
support group and learned about the
NorthBay Adult Day Center. Marie was
enrolled in 2003 for two half-days a week,
which was all the couple could afford.
“From the start, the staff at the Day
Center was marvelous,” Walt says. “It’s
obvious that everyone who works there
cares about their clients.”
Still, caring for his wife was taking
a toll on Walt’s health, and the center’s
staff recognized Walt and Marie needed
assistance more than just two half days
a week.
“When the grant became available I
think Sandy recognized that Marie and
I were in a downhill spiral,” Walt says.
The grant makes it possible for Marie
to attend the Day Center three full
days a week. The Paratransit bus picks
her up at home around 7:15 a.m. and
brings her home at 5 p.m.
“This is the greatest gift I’ve ever
been given,” Walt says. “It has changed
our lives immensely and I’m sure it
has added to our longevity. Now I can
relax and care for myself knowing that
Marie is happy and safe.”
Generous Senior Grant
About NorthBay
Alzheimer’s Services
NorthBay Healthcare operates the
NorthBay Adult Day Center and the
NorthBay Alzheimer’s Resource
Center, both located on the NorthBay
VacaValley Hospital campus.
The NorthBay Adult Day Center is
open Monday through Friday from
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The center provides
half-day, full-day and extended-day
respite care to seniors with a medical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
or related dementias. For further
information, call the center’s manager,
Sandy Perez, at (707) 454-3112.
The Alzheimer’s Resource Center is
located in the lobby of NorthBay
VacaValley Hospital. The center is
open Monday through Friday, from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For further information, call (707) 454-3006 or
toll-free 1-800-922-9922.
Marie Conley, long-time Fairfield resident and NorthBay Adult Day Center client,
enjoys a card game with Adult Day Care Center program manager Sandy Perez. Watching
are Marie’s husband, Walt, and Pat Anthony, director of NorthBay Alzheimer’s Services.
Walt was able to increase the time Marie spends at the center thanks to a grant from the
Area Agency on Aging Serving Napa-Solano.
Greatest Gift
“This is the
I’ve ever been given.
“It has changed our lives immensely and I’m sure it has added
to our longevity. Now I can relax and care for myself
knowing that Marie is happy and safe.”
— Walter Conley, Fairfield resident
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NorthBay Cardiac
Rehabilitation
Gives Fairfield
Woman a
Second Chance
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Like the majority of American women, Deborah
Davis, 56, of Fairfield, didn’t realize she was at
risk for heart disease. After 35 years of smoking, she
was sure she’d die of lung cancer. She soon learned
that heart disease is the leading cause of death for
women, and smoking greatly increases that risk.
“I didn’t know smoking affected my
heart,” Deborah says. “When I found out,
it was almost too late, but I quit smoking
immediately, and so did my son.”
She credits NorthBay’s Cardiac
Rehabilitation program for guiding her
along the path to improved health.
The program is the only nationally
certified cardiac rehabilitation program
in Solano County and one of just 21
in the entire state.
Deborah had just earned a degree
in psychology and was preparing to
become a grief counselor when her
heart problem was discovered. As she
was preparing her resume, the woman
who had never been sick a day in her
Left: Deborah Davis receives instruction
on a new piece of exercise equipment from
Debbie Gordon, RN, manager of NorthBay
Cardiac Rehabilitation at NorthBay Medical
Center. Davis credits exercise with helping her regain her health. Above: Karen
Loewe, RN, records Deborah’s blood pressure
at the end of her exercise session.
life suddenly had trouble breathing.
Her legs and feet began to swell. Within
30 days, Deborah’s health declined to
the point she couldn’t walk without
gasping for air.
By the time she visited her doctor,
Mukesh Naik, MD, in Vacaville, she
was in congestive heart failure and
was immediately sent to NorthBay
VacaValley Hospital. She was hospitalized for nine days, where tests confirmed heart disease and Dr. Naik
referred her to cardiologist Gurinder
Dhillon, MD.
An angiogram in NorthBay Medical
Center’s Cardiac Cath lab revealed two
severe artery blockages, and within a
week she was at Mt. Diablo Medical
Center, where Dr. Dhillon placed stents
in her arteries.
“Suddenly I could breathe again,”
Deborah says. “But I was told there is
no cure. I’ll always have congestive
heart failure and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. All I can do is learn
how to manage the conditions.”
And that’s where the NorthBay Cardiac
Rehabilitation program stepped in.
“Our program is designed to help
people like Deborah control the physical
and psychological effects of cardiac
illness,” says Debbie Gordon, RN, who
has managed the program since its
inception in 1988. “Deborah is committed to improving her health and
she’s done a terrific job.”
Deborah joined the cardiac rehabilitation program last October. Six
months later, she has completely
changed her lifestyle.
“It’s been a long journey to get my
health back,” she says. “But since I’ve
quit smoking, changed my diet and
continued exercising, I’ve acquired a
better quality of life.”
Deborah credits Gordon and her
staff, including nurses Karen Loewe,
Victoria Erickson and Robin Megyeri,
for giving her the skills and support
she needed to change.
“I’ve learned so much through the
cardiac rehab program,” she says.
“In the last six months I’ve gradually
built up my endurance on the treadmill. The nurses carefully watch over
me and are quick to help. For example,
when my blood oxygen measurement
dropped too low, a nurse taught me
how to breathe correctly.
“I found exercise opens up my
lungs and gets my blood circulating,”
Deborah says. “I didn’t know that
proper exercise can lower your blood
pressure, but it has. And although
there are days when I hate to exercise,
I always feel better when I’m finished.”
She’s also learned how to read food
labels correctly and how to plan lowfat meals. When she saw her doctor in
February he was amazed at her progress. Her cholesterol was lower and
she was smoke free.
“Put a gold star by your name,
because you’re not the norm,” Dr.
Dhillon told her. “Most people recover
and go right back to smoking.”
But Deborah has other plans.
Now firmly on the road to recovery,
she is working again toward her goal
of becoming a grief counselor.
Dr. Jeffrey Breneisen
About NorthBay
Cardiac
Rehabilitation
The NorthBay Cardiac Rehabilitation
program is located at NorthBay
Medical Center in Fairfield under the
guidance of medical director Jeffrey
Breneisen, MD, FACC. The outpatient
program is designed to help individuals recover from cardiac illness
while they learn to exercise, eat right
and control their blood pressure
and cholesterol levels.
The program is nationally certified by the American Association
of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation.
“Each of our patients receives a
customized, individual program of
exercise and education,” says program manager Debbie Gordon. “We
monitor each patient closely with
the goal of stabilizing or improving
their condition and enhancing their
quality of life.”
Last year, more than 300 people
graduated from the program.
The program is open from 6:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday and accepts most insurance
plans. For further information, call
(707) 429-6960.
help people
“Our program is designed to
like Deborah
control the physical and psychological effects of cardiac illness.”
— Debbie Gordon, RN
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Photo by Caroline Thompson
Diabetes
TYPE
II Isn’t Just For Adults Anymore
Michelle Ponce and her dad, Jaime, of Vacaville, prepare fresh fruits
and vegetables as part of their diet to control Type II diabetes.
Type II diabetes – once a disease
Dr. Yshay Shlesinger
About the NorthBay
Center for Endocrinology
and Diabetes
The NorthBay Center for Endocrinology
and Diabetes was founded in 2003 by
NorthBay Healthcare and Dr. Yshay
Shlesinger, the only non-military endocrinologist in the Solano community. The
Center provides clinical and nutritional
support and education to people with
endocrine and metabolic disorders such
as diabetes, osteoporosis and disorders
of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal
gland, pituitary and reproductive systems.
For more information or to make an
appointment, please call the Center at
(707) 454-3115.
almost exclusively developed by older
adults – is becoming alarmingly
prevalent in children and teens,
mostly due to our modern penchant
for fast food and sedentary lifestyles.
This statistic is one that Michelle Ponce
of Vacaville knows all too well. Michelle,
14, is a freshman at Will C. Wood High
School. She was diagnosed with Type II
diabetes as a 12-year-old seventh grader.
“I was very sick when I started junior
high. I was losing weight and just felt
terrible,” Michelle remembers. Her
parents were concerned so they took
Michelle to her family doctor, Dr. Karl
Moline, who made the diagnosis that
shocked Michelle and her parents.
“I was very surprised and scared,”
Michelle remembers. “I knew diabetes
was a serious disease.”
healthier life
“I live a
now that I have diabetes,
and I want my friends, and my brother and sister to know
they should live a healthy life before they get diabetes.”
— Michelle Ponce
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Dr. Moline referred Michelle right
away to Dr. Yshay Shlesinger, boardcertified endocrinologist and medical
director of the NorthBay Center for
Endocrinology and Diabetes.
“As children spend less time outside
playing and more time inside eating
unhealthy foods, their chances of
developing the disease increases,” says
Dr. Shlesinger. “Genetics can also play
a role, as they did in Michelle’s case.”
Her father, Jaime, and his brothers
also have Type II diabetes.
Between Dr. Shlesinger, the Center
for Endocrinology staff and the love
and support of her father, Michelle is
healthier than ever before. “My dad
said he’d help me through it and show
me what to do. He taught me to give
myself insulin shots and to change the
way I eat.”
Today, Michelle avoids foods that
are high in sugar and/or fat and makes
sure she eats plenty of fresh fruits and
vegetables. She also exercises regularly
and monitors her blood sugar three
times each day. Her efforts are well
worth it, Michelle says. Not only does
she feel healthy and strong, she was
recently able to stop giving herself
insulin injections.
Michelle now counsels her friends
about healthy eating and about the
risks of developing diabetes. She knows
that being more active and avoiding
“junk” foods keep her diabetes under
control, and might have prevented
the disease if she had made changes
sooner. This is a lesson she makes sure
her younger brother and sister learn
through her.
“They have the same family history
as I do so I remind them everyday to
take care of themselves,” says Michelle.
“I live a healthier life now that I have
diabetes, and I want my friends, and
my brother and sister to know they
should live a healthy life before they
get diabetes.”
News
N o r t h B a y
h e a l t h c a r e
NorthBay Center for Primary Care Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary
NorthBay Healthcare established
the Center for Primary Care in 2001
to bring more primary care doctors
– family practice physicians, internists and pediatricians – to the fast
growing Solano community.
Beginning with one physician, family
practitioner Gautum Vadlamudi, MD,
the Center for Primary Care has now
grown to 13 physicians with locations
in Vacaville and Green Valley. A central
Fairfield location, with three new
physicians, opens next winter.
“The Center for Primary Care has
experienced impressive growth in a
very short time, and we’re quite proud
of that,” Dr. Vadlamudi says. “Our
partnership with NorthBay has proven
to work well for physicians, and even
more importantly, it works well for
our patients.”
The Center for Primary Care is distinctive in many ways. For one, all care
is provided in a small office atmosphere
where patients receive more personal
care. The Center’s unique Open Access
appointment system also ensures that
patients who need care the day they
call receive it.
“We are growing because our patients
refer their family and friends to us, which
is the greatest compliment any doctor
can ever receive,” Dr. Vadlamudi says.
Gautaum Vadlamudi, MD
For more information about the
NorthBay Center for Primary Care, call
the Vacaville office at (707) 455-3000,
the Green Valley office at (707) 864-9999
or log on to northbay.org.
The “Cure” for the Weekend Warrior
Dr. Nancy Rolnik and Rehabilitation Services
Open NorthBay Sports Medicine Clinic
Weekends can be tough on the body.
Backyard basketball, a softball game
and even gardening can take a toll,
and the pain come Monday can keep
us from work, school or just “getting
back in the game.”
Quick, convenient expert help is now
available at the NorthBay Sports
Medicine Clinic in Fairfield for adults
and children. Led by Dr. Nancy Rolnik,
board-certified sports medicine and
family practice physician, the clinic
cares for patients on both a same-day
and prescheduled appointment basis.
The Sports Medicine Clinic is within
NorthBay Rehabilitation Services which
provides a unique benefit to patients.
The advantage of the program is that
most patients will be diagnosed, begin
treatment and even start physical
therapy, if necessary, during that first
appointment.
“As the Solano County community is
becoming more fitness conscious,
more adults and children experience sports injuries that need
special treatment,” Dr. Rolnik
says. “Our sports medicine clinic
provides patients with a quick
and efficient alternative to the
emergency room or a busy doctor’s office.”
For more information, or to
make an appointment, call the
NorthBay Sports Medicine Clinic
Dr. Nancy Rolnik
at (707) 429-7861.
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News
N o r t h B a y
h e a l t h c a r e
Construction Starts for VacaValley
Hospital Emergency Room
Ground was broken last July at NorthBay
VacaValley Hospital for a larger emergency
room and new entrance. Once complete, the
new emergency room will triple the size of
the existing facility and give patients access
to some of the most advanced medical
technology available. The opening of the
new $10.8 million ER will coincide with
the 20th anniversary of NorthBay VacaValley
Hospital in 2007.
Newest PET/CT Technology
Comes to NorthBay
Medical Center
Last September, PET/CT imaging, a
medical imaging tool once reserved
for research facilities, became available at NorthBay Medical Center.
The service is provided every Friday
by Northern California PET Imaging
Center of Sacramento.
PET (or positron emission tomography) produces digital pictures that
can provide early detection of cancer,
brain disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and epilepsy, and
certain heart diseases.
A PET scan can distinguish between
benign and cancerous disorders (or
between live and dead tissue), unlike
other imaging technologies which
only confirm the presence of a mass.
PET can also help physicians monitor
the treatment of disease, by revealing
changes in cellular activity long before
structural changes can be measured
by ultrasound, x-rays, CT or MRI.
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Vascular Surgery Comes to NorthBay Healthcare
NorthBay Healthcare brings vascular
surgery to the Fairfield/Vacaville
community with the addition of
two highly-regarded surgeons to its
medical staff.
John Loftus, MD, and Wendell
Wenneker, MD, FACS, are now caring
for patients with vascular disease in
their new Fairfield office. Both are
board-certified surgeons.
Vascular surgeons treat vessels outside
the heart and brain. These include
arteries that carry oxygenated blood
from the heart to all areas of the body,
as well as veins that return blood to the
heart. Vascular surgeons treat a range
of ailments from aneurysms to deep
vein thrombosis and even varicose veins.
Dr. Loftus is a graduate of the Mayo
Medical School in Rochester, MN, where
he also completed a fellowship in vascular surgery. He completed an additional
fellowship in endovascular surgery at
Stanford University Medical Center.
Dr. Loftus is the former chief of vascular surgery at David Grant Medical
Center and clinical assistant professor
of surgery for the Uniformed Services
University of Health Sciences.
John Loftus, MD
Wendell Wenneker, MD
Dr. Wenneker completed medical
school and his residency at U.C. San
Francisco and is now an associate
clinical professor of surgery at the
university.
For more information about Drs.
Loftus or Wenneker, or to make an
appointment, please call them at
(707) 428-6046.
News
N o r t h B a y
h e a l t h c a r e
Elnora Cameron Named President
of NorthBay Health Advantage
New Physician Practice
Provides Special Care to
Home-bound Elderly
NorthBay Health Advantage, the
Illness poses many challenges for the
frail elderly who live in their homes.
Leaving the home for needed medical
care is often a particular challenge.
This is why Dr. Joseph Dane opened
a new medical practice especially for
elderly patients who do best remaining
in the home environment.
House calls by a physician are the
best medical care for infirm and
housebound patients, Dr. Dane
believes. About two million Americans
are temporarily homebound and
find it difficult to access outpatient
medical care.
Dr. Dane cared for patients at the
NorthBay Medical Center and
NorthBay VacaValley Hospital emergency rooms since 1987, and he is a
local resident. He completed medical
school at George Washington School
of Medicine. Dr. Dane completed his
residency at the Medical Center of
Delaware where he was chief resident
of emergency medicine.
For more information about
Dr. Dane and home medical care
for the elderly, please call him at
(707) 330-0247.
business development arm of NorthBay
Healthcare that has created new programs and facilities such as NorthBay
Alzheimer’s services and the new emergency service under construction at
NorthBay VacaValley Hospital, named
a new president: Elnora Cameron.
Cameron, an 18-year member of the
NorthBay Healthcare senior management team, follows in the footsteps
of former president William Hawn,
who retired in February. Cameron
retains her role as vice president for
Managed Care and Business Development in addition to her new role as
Health Advantage president.
Cameron brings a great deal of
education and experience to her new
position. She earned her master’s
degree in Social & Health Planning
in addition to many years successfully
developing new business for health
care organizations. Her education and
experience augments her in-depth
knowledge about the Solano community and its unique health needs.
Welcome Donald Denmark, MD,
Vice President of Medical Affairs
NorthBay Healthcare is pleased to welcome
Donald Denmark, MD, as vice president of
medical affairs.
Dr. Denmark comes to Fairfield from Integris
Health, a 13-hospital system in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, where he was on the active staff at
Baptist Medical Center, an 800-bed Level 1 Trauma
Center. He was director of clinical research as
well as a medical director for Integris Physician
Services, which is a primary care group consisting
of more than 100 physician practices.
A native of Ontario, Canada, Dr. Denmark completed his medical degree
at the University of Alberta. He is currently pursuing his master’s of medical
management degree from the American College of Physician Executives.
Dr. Denmark is board certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians
and the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
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News
N o r t h B a y
h e a l t h c a r e
New Procedure Successfully Treats
Urinary Incontinence in 30 Minutes
Women’s Health Associates of
Fairfield introduce a new, minimally
invasive procedure that treats
urinary incontinence quickly, safely
and effectively.
Welcome Cardiologist
Milind Dhond, MD
NorthBay Healthcare welcomes
cardiologist Milind Dhond, MD, to
the NorthBay Medical Center and
NorthBay VacaValley Hospital medical
staff and to the Solano community.
Dr. Dhond earned his medical degree
at the United Medical Schools of
Guys and St. Thomas, University of
London. He completed his medical
internship at Hereford Hospitals and
his surgical internship at Colchester
Hospitals, University of London.
He completed a medical residency
at Oldchurch Hospitals, University
of London and cardiology fellowships
at the Royal Brompton National
Heart and Lung Hospitals, UK, and
the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Dhond is board certified in
internal medicine and cardiovascular
medicine by the American Board of
Internal Medicine.
Dr. Dhond’s practice is located
in Fairfield. To reach him, call
(707) 421-1162.
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The procedure, called TOT, represents
a breakthrough for women with one
type of incontinence called Stress
Urinary Incontinence (SUI).
“When coughing, laughing or sneezing
puts pressure on the bladder and causes
you to leak urine, the most common
diagnosis is SUI,” says Pantea Pahlavan,
MD, Women’s Health Associates gynecologist/obstetrician. “Fortunately, the
TOT procedure provides an excellent
minimally invasive option that is successful for the vast majority of women.”
TOT employs a “tension-free” sling
that doesn’t require anchors or sutures,
common with other procedures. A
sling is created using a synthetic mesh
ribbon-like strip that is surgically
inserted through the vagina to provide
support to the urethra (the tube that
allows urine to flow from the bladder).
The sling helps the urethra remain
closed even during the stress of laughing,
sneezing or coughing, and during exercise or other physical activities.
TOT is a simple outpatient procedure
generally completed in 30 minutes or
less, under local anesthesia. Even more
importantly, the procedure offers patients
an excellent safety record and a high
success rate. In a recent study, 98 percent
of women experienced no leakage or
Marlene Freeman, MD & Pantea Pahlavan, MD
significantly less leakage seven years
after the procedure was performed.
This is good news for the more than
14 million women nationwide who
experience urinary incontinence, says
Marlene Freeman of Women’s Health
Associates. “Many women come to us
thinking that urinary incontinence is
just part of growing older. The fact is
urinary incontinence is not a condition
anyone has to live with,” she says.
“Most women with incontinence can
be successfully treated with non-invasive
or minimally invasive procedures.”
For more information about TOT,
incontinence or other gynecologic
or obstetric health issues, please call
Women’s Health Associates at (707)
438-7600.
News
N o r t h B a y
NorthBay Healthcare
Partners With Pacific
Union College
Last fall, NorthBay Healthcare and
Pacific Union College began a partnership to offer a two-year program
leading to a bachelor of science in
nursing degree (BSN) on the NorthBay
Medical Center campus. The program is for registered nurses with
associate degrees in nursing.
“We’re an organization that values
education for our nurses,” says Kathy
Richerson, NorthBay Healthcare
Group vice president and chief
nursing officer. “We understand the
importance of education in achieving excellent clinical outcomes for
our patients.”
To help nurses earn their BSN
degrees, NorthBay has pledged to
adjust work schedules so nurses can
attend classes and continue to work.
Once nurses have earned their bachelor’s degree, they become eligible
for NorthBay Healthcare’s loan
repayment program.
Pacific Union College is an
accredited liberal arts college located
in Angwin, 70 miles north of San
Francisco in upper Napa Valley.
h e a l t h c a r e
NorthBay Healthcare
Foundation Board Member
Tina Benedict serenades
some lucky children during
her winter benefit concert.
Tina is a popular local
singer who has staged a
number of shows to benefit NorthBay Alzheimer’s
Services.
Photo by Terrell Van Aken, MD, NorthBay Center for Primary Care
Cancer Center Nurse Named Outstanding
Educator of the Year
NorthBay Cancer Center’s
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Keni Horiuchi, RN, was named
“Outstanding Educator of the Year”
during a ceremony Nov. 8 in honor
of National Health Educator Week.
NorthBay patient Kelly Bezzerides, of
Fairfield, received the “Road to a Healthier
Nation Award.” She was selected as one
of the patients who successfully made
changes in her lifestyle which resulted
in leading a healthier life.
Horiuchi, who has worked at the
Cancer Center for 12 years, has devoted
her career to the treatment and prevention of cancer.
“I cannot begin to explain the difference
Keni makes in the lives of patients and
their families,” her nomination read.
“She spends countless hours educating
them, ensuring that they understand
how their disease affects their lives, and
how to live with both. Patients and
families have voiced their appreciation
for her educational style, her sense of
humor, kindness and compassion.”
Horiuchi also promotes cancer education outside the hospital, coordinating
the community “I Can Cope” class,
assisting medical oncologist Dr. James
Long with community lectures, and
representing NorthBay Healthcare at
numerous health fairs to discuss cancer
prevention.
Keni Horiuchi, RN, left, and Kelly
Bezzerides of Fairfield, display the
awards they received in honor of
National Health Educator Week.
She has also helped establish the
inpatient chemo credential program,
becoming an educator and mentor for
over 40 nursing staff members.
NorthBay Medical Center patient
Kelly Bezzerides was honored for the
healthy changes she has made as a result
of kidney disease. Since 1986, Kelly has
had multiple hospitalizations related
to her disease and has worked hard to
use what she has learned, including
losing 115 pounds. She has impressed
NorthBay Medical Center’s staff with her
willingness to learn what she needs to
know and the courage to take important
steps to build better health.
The education awards were part of
the celebration of National Health
Educator Week.
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SANTA to Needy Classrooms
“
NorthBay Plays
“Dear NorthBay,”
began the thank you letter from a
4th grade Bransford Elementary
School student. “Thank you for
giving us a party. You are the best
people and the best hospital in the
world. Your friend, Marcos.”
In celebration of the 2005 holiday
season, NorthBay Healthcare and our
more than 1200 employees helped
about 2000 local children get in the
holiday spirit through the “Adopt a
Classroom” program and other winter
community projects.
NorthBay departments and individual
employees “adopted” 84 classrooms,
fulfilling the wishes of teachers and
children alike. The adopted classrooms
are at Bransford Elementary in Fairfield
and Padan Elementary in Vacaville, two
of our community’s most economically
challenged schools.
“Most of our children come from
homes where the parents are struggling
to meet their family’s basic needs,”
says Bransford Principal Justine Turner.
“We often don’t have the resources for
simple things like paper and staplers,
and our parents aren’t able to help at
the same level as parents can at
other schools.” Traditional
celebrations – with cupcakes and decorations – are
rare in these schools.
“Support from other adults in
the community is so important
to our students,” Turner says.
“It makes all the difference.”
Each NorthBay Healthcare
department and nearly every
employee committed to helping at
least one classroom by hosting a
holiday party for the children and
purchasing items from each teacher’s
“wish list.” The items ranged from reams
of paper to calculators to CD players.
The classroom celebrations included
cookies, cupcakes, presents for the
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children and teacher – and even a
surprise visit from a jolly man in a
red suit. “The looks on the faces of
the kids when we walked in with our
baskets made all our effort worth it,”
says Terri Bartoli of the NorthBay
Medical Center cardiac catheterization
laboratory. Bartoli and her co-workers
adopted a Bransford 3rd grade class
and were greeted with cheers and hugs
and enough heartfelt appreciation that
many left their parties with happy tears.
Now that the holiday season is over,
several NorthBay Healthcare departments are developing year-long rela-
tionships with classrooms to help in
other ways, including volunteering
with students and sponsoring field
trips and other learning opportunities.
“These children will soon be our
workforce,” says NorthBay Healthcare
President/CEO Gary Passama who
helped out at many of the classroom
parties. “We feel it’s our responsibility to
do what we can to support our schools.”
For more information about how
your family or your business can make
a difference to a local classroom, call
your school district about the “AdoptA-School” program.
NorthBay Healthcare employees devote thousands of hours to community
service projects throughout the year. Like many in our community, they
find the holidays to be an especially inspired time to give. In addition to
the Adopt-A-School classroom parties, NorthBay Healthcare employees
and physicians also throw a December party for all the children born
through our ABC Prenatal Program and play “Santa” to many additional
children through the Vacaville Christmas Wish program.
Volunteer Report
NorthBay Guild Golf & Tennis
Classic is July 10
The 22nd Annual NorthBay Golf & Tennis
Classic is Monday, July 10, at Green Valley
Country Club. This year’s committee
chair is Barbara Lum.
The event, which is a NorthBay Guild
volunteer fund raising project, donated
$52,000 to the NorthBay Healthcare
Foundation last year.
For more information about registration, sponsorships or donations, call
the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation
at (707) 426-6708.
2006 NorthBay Guild President
Pam Reeder of
Fairfield is president
of the NorthBay
Guild for 2006.
Other officers include:
Helen Vineyard, vice
president; Gay Luiz,
secretary; Helene Falk,
treasurer; Gary Hayes,
assistant treasurer; C.J. Chadbourne,
parliamentarian; and Ann Kokalis,
immediate past president.
NorthBay Hospice Volunteers
Twelve active hospice volunteers provided
750 hours of support to NorthBay
Hospice & Bereavement clients in 2005.
Hospice volunteers receive 20 hours
of training and provide services from
respite care for families to program
support and help with special projects
and community education. If you are
interested in volunteering with hospice,
please call (707) 429-7758.
Student Volunteers
The student volunteer program grew to
29 members and contributed 640 hours
of service last year.
Student volunteers range in age from
14 to 18 and can be found in a variety of
hospital departments. For information
about becoming a student volunteer,
please call (707) 429-7910 or email
Maureen Allain at [email protected]
Volunteers Earn
President’s Service
Award
Seven NorthBay volunteers
earned national recognition
as 2005 recipients of the
President’s Volunteer Service
Award. The awards are given
to recognize the best in the
American spirit and to encourage all
Americans to improve their communities
through volunteer service and civic
participation.
Those receiving awards were Meir
Horvitz, Paws for Healing (pet therapy);
and NorthBay Guild volunteers Caroline
Chuck, Dianne Cravea, Helene Falk,
Jewel Schoffstall, June Spangler and
Helen Vineyard.
NorthBay Guild Donates
$185,000 in 2005
The NorthBay Guild, which for 10 years
operated with branches and leadership
split between Fairfield and Vacaville,
reunited as one organization last year.
Under the leadership of president Ann
Kokalis, the 215-member Guild donated
$185,000 to the NorthBay Healthcare
Foundation.
If you are interested in joining the
Guild, please call (707) 429-7910.
Paws for Healing Volunteers
Paws for Healing volunteers bring canine
comfort to patients with regular hospital visits. Last year, 11
volunteers and their
friendly dogs spent
402 hours visiting the patients at
NorthBay Medical
Center, NorthBay
VacaValley
Hospital and
NorthBay
Adult Day
Center.
Knights of Pythias members Vernon Johnson,
Jesse Mattos and George Jordan (back row
with Kathleen Smith, pediatric rehabilitation
supervisor) receive grateful thanks from the
staff of NorthBay Pediatric Rehabilitation and
some of the young patients they serve. The
Vallejo group donated $20,000 to the pediatric
rehabilitation program.
Knights of Pythias
Support Pediatric Program
NorthBay Pediatric Rehabilitation
was recently honored with a $20,000
donation from the Knights of Pythias, a
Vallejo lodge that has been meeting
and serving the community for many
years. The local gentlemen’s lodge
awarded the gift after taking a tour of
the pediatric rehabilitation unit and
meeting with several staff members.
NorthBay Rehabilitation Services
Director Vicki Gregg says this will help
ensure that staff has the necessary
resources to help their young patients
progress in their rehabilitation. The
program’s specially trained therapists
work with infants and children who
have physical, communication or cognitive difficulties, helping them achieve
the highest possible level of function.
“The Knights’ only stipulation was
that we use the donation in a way that
will directly benefit the patients, and
we’re always happy to do that.” Gregg
says. “For pediatric rehabilitation, this
is a huge gift and we’re very grateful
for it. This is clearly an altruistic group
of gentleman who’ve met their goals
of doing what they can to help the
community. Their generous gift will
benefit our patients and their families
for years to come.”
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2006
Medical Executive Committee
How to Reach Us
NorthBay Medical Center
For more information about physicians who practice at NorthBay Medical
Center and NorthBay VacaValley Hospital, log on to NorthBay Healthcare’s
website at www.northbay.org.
(707) 429-3600
NorthBay VacaValley Hospital
(707) 446-4000
NorthBay Center for
Pain Management
(707) 429-7766
NorthBay Center for
Endocrinology & Diabetes
M. Tracy Johnson, MD,
Chief of Staff
Thomas E. Erskine, MD,
Vice Chief of Staff
David R. Gilliam, MD,
Secretary/Treasurer,
Chair, Department of
Family Practice
Richard E. Bell, MD,
Immediate Past Chief
of Staff, Chair,
Department of Pediatrics
Joseph J. Dominguez,
MD, Chair, Department
of Anesthesiology
James F. McMahon, MD,
Chair, Department of
Diagnostic Imaging
D. Craig Dennis, MD,
Chair, Department of
Emergency Medicine
Terrell Van Aken, MD,
Member at Large,
Department of
Family Practice
Kathryn Amacher, DO,
Chair, Department of
Medicine
Merle R. Sogge, MD,
Member at Large,
Department of Medicine
Samuel J. Santoro, DO,
Chair, Department of
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Robert Takamoto, MD,
Chairman,
Department of Surgery
(707) 454-3115
NorthBay Center for Wound Care
(707) 454-3096
NorthBay Rehabilitation Services
(707) 429-6702
NorthBay Occupational Health
(707) 429-7701
NorthBay Center for Primary Care
Green Valley (707) 864-9999
Vacaville (707) 455-3000
NorthBay Speakers’ Bureau
(707) 429-7952
NorthBay Healthcare Foundation
(707) 426-4273
NorthBay Adult Day Center
(707) 454-3112
NorthBay Alzheimer’s
Resource Center (707) 454-3006
or toll-free 1-800-922-9922
NorthBay Cancer Center
(707) 429-6989
NorthBay Health at Home
(707) 429-7756
NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement
(707) 429-7758
Visit our website:
www.NorthBay.org
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Robert A. Lanflisi, MD,
Member at Large,
Department of Surgery
James B. Bronk, MD,
CMA, OMSS
Representative
Board of Directors
NorthBay Healthcare System
G. Ben Huber, Chair (A)
Stephen J. Power, Vice Chair (B)
Russell Albers, Secretary-Treasurer (C)
Archie Humphrey (D)
Mary Mancini, MD (E)
James F. McMahon, MD (F)
Mark Sievers (G)
Gary J. Passama (QQ)
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NorthBay Healthcare Group
Archie Humphrey, Chair (D)
Mark Sievers, Vice Chair (G)
Wayne Senalik, Secretary (H)
Donald Doyle, MD (I)
Gary Falati (J)
David Gaw (K)
M. Tracy Johnson, MD (L)
Gwendolyn Runnels (M)
Murray Woolf, MD (N)
Gary J. Passama (QQ)
NorthBay Health Advantage
M
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Q
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Sandy Rigby-Person, Chair (O)
Brian Chikowski, Vice Chair (P)
George Weston, Secretary-Treasurer (Q)
Russell Albers (C)
Beverly Dorsett (R)
Steve Huddleston (S)
Kathy Parsons (T)
Gary J. Passama (QQ)
NorthBay Healthcare Foundation
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Michael Paulik, Chair (U)
Joe Della Zoppa, Vice Chair (V)
Dennis Landis, Treasurer (W)
Garland Porter, Secretary (X)
Donna Antonelli (Y)
Tina L. Benedict (Z)
Gerry Brenner (AA)
Brian Chikowski (P)
Robert L. Erwin (BB)
Gary Falati (J)
Bill Fell (CC)
Jim Hopkins (DD)
Frank Jackson (EE)
Rebecca Kendall (FF)
Jim Lawrenz (GG)
Sheila Lewis (HH)
Mary Mancini, MD (E)
Noreen O’Regan (II)
Candy Pierce (JJ)
Scott Reynolds (KK)
Pam Schemke (LL)
Wayne Senalik (H)
Albert Shaw (MM)
Jaye Thompson (NN)
Skip Thomson (OO)
J. Peter Zopfi, DO (PP)
Gary J. Passama (QQ)
NorthBay Healthcare Leadership
Gary J. Passama, President/CEO
NorthBay Healthcare (QQ)
Deborah Sugiyama, President
NorthBay Healthcare Group (RR)
Elnora Cameron, President
NorthBay Health Advantage (SS)
Brett Johnson, President
NorthBay Healthcare Foundation (TT)
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2005/2006 Donors
Leaders in local healthcare, from
left, George Tomasini; Brett Johnson,
president of the NorthBay Healthcare
Foundation; Mike Paulik, chairman
of the board of NorthBay Healthcare
Foundation; and Gary Passama, president/CEO of NorthBay Healthcare.
Anniversary Tribute
Celebrates Legacy of Giving
Just over 50 years ago, a fund-raising dinner at Green Valley Country Club
kicked-off a campaign to build the first 24-hour hospital in Solano County.
The goal soon was realized with construction of Intercommunity Memorial
Hospital. With expanding needs of a growing community, a continuing
drive eventually led to the development of a complete healthcare system
to better serve county residents. In recognition of this success, community
leaders recently gathered again at Green Valley Country Club on February
25 for the 50th Anniversary Tribute, honoring those who continue the
philanthropic tradition.
NorthBay Healthcare Foundation Chairman Mike Paulik recognized local
leaders whose vision culminated in what has become NorthBay Healthcare.
“From the dream of a handful of Fairfield residents we now have two
hospitals, a medical group, and provide many medical services to the residents
of Solano County that are available nowhere else in the community.”
The evening’s ceremonies honored major donors, physicians, staff, and
special guest George Tomasini.
“In 1956, George Tomasini was
AWARD RE C I P I E N T S :
named campaign chairman of
Tomasini Award: B. Gale Wilson
what was to become the most
and Russ Albers
pivotal fund drive in the history of
Business Leadership: Genentech and
local non-profit healthcare,” said
Sacca Family (dba Burger King)
Paulik. “George’s efforts mark the
Physician Leadership: John P. Zopfi, DO
true beginning of our mission of
and Terrell Van Aken, MD
providing the best possible care
Employee Humanitarian: Joanie Erickson
to all in need, regardless of their
and Pat Anthony
ability to pay.”
Founder’s Club Members (Individuals or
Gary Passama, NorthBay
organizations who have made cumulative
gifts totaling $100,000 or more):
Healthcare CEO, emphasized that
as a not-for-profit, independent
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hospital system, NorthBay’s comBryan Braker Funeral Home and
Fairmont Memorial Park
mitment to improving health care
in the community will continue.
“With the generous support of
our community, we can all look
forward to more advanced medical
services, particularly in the areas of
cardiac, orthopedic and emergency
care,” Passama said. “NorthBay
plans to continue offering expanded
services and facilities, and making
them accessible to those who
need them.”
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Genentech
The Reporter
Sacca Family (dba Burger King) Solano Garbage
Vacaville Sanitary
New Endowment Funds - In honor
of Walter B. Graham, by his wife,
Carol Graham. Legacy Circle (recognizing individuals making
a significant planned gift in their estate):
Ann and Pete Kokalis
20 Spring 2006 Wellspring
Pam Aberson
Mitchell Abila
Diane Abrew
Kristine Ackerman
Peggy Acosta
John Adams
Yolanda Addiego
Russell Albers
Paul Alcala
Evangeline Alire
Jean Allen
Charles Almany
Daniel Alvarez
Kathryn Amacher
John Amaral
Michael Ammann
Charles Anderson
Joyce Anderson
Sharon Anderson
Leslie & Virginia Anderson
Trust Fund
Anonymous
Patricia Anthony
Donna Antonelli
Nelson Arana
Beth Armstrong
Donna Armstrong
Laura Avery
Frank Avila
Sharon Azevedo
Vicki Baffa
Caroline Bailey
Barbara Baker
Dora Baker
Elizabeth (Betsy) Baker
Howard Baker
Johnnie Baker
William Balamut
Edward Ballerini
Anna Bardy
James Barnes
Douglas Barr
Carlanne Barrett
Theresa Bartoli
Robert Bascochea
David Bast
Linda Bates
Cherie Bauer
Kim Beadleston
Antoinette Becker
Earl Bedard
Lucy Bell
Margo Bell
Robin Bell
Alice Bender
Tina Benedict
Lupe Bengel
Roger Bennett
Gary Benveniste
Clara Bergstrom
John Bibler
Charlotte Biggs
Catherine Billecci
Bob Birr
Janet Black
Bettye Blackburn
Donna Blaich
Henry Blank
Stella Bleigh
Tina Blythe
James Bobo
John Bolosan
Garland Bonner
George Bonnici
Lori Bornstein-Lorenz
Jim Boston
Kristen Boteilho
Kimberly Bowes-Cowart
Roy Bradeson
James Breen
Eileen Brennan
Dan Brewington
Meredith Briggs
Sheryl Briggs
Dan Broadwater
Bonni Brown
Gerri Brown
Kenneth Brown
Rowella Brown
William Brown
Beverly Brun
Thana Brunges
Joyce Bruno
Craig Bryan
Roger Bubak
Linda Bucaojit
Veronica Burget
Robert Burrell
Donald Burris
Lucile Burton
Mary Lou Busenbark
Frank Buss
Heidi Butler
Brook Byerley
Dorothy Byrd
Louis Cadorin
Joyce Cahalan
Donna Callison
Anthony Camarata
Ruth Cano
Pat Carpenter
Adele Carr
Kathleen Carroll
Steven Case
Dora Castleman
Orville Cester
Debbie Challburg
Courtney Chambers
Sharon Chambers
Eleanor Cheechov
Margaret Cheney
Odette Chenoweth
Judith Cherry
Brian Chikowski
Larry Chouinard
Robert Christensen
Christa Christian
Arnold Clark
Kim Clark
Lu Verne Clark
Carl Clausen
Pearl Clayton
Suzette Clement
Barbara Jean Cleveland
Don Clyde
Nancy Coelho
Lyndell Coffey
Jesse Coffman
Maria Coldiron
Constance Collins
Celeste Concannon
Michael Conner
Cindy Conyers
Gerald Cooley
Pat Cooper
John Copeland
Oretta Cortland
Kathryn Cowden
Gail Coyner
Dianne Cravea
Donald Cross
Lois Cross
Norma Cross
Bonnie Cummings
Sandra Curran
Eugene Curtis
Rosalie Curtis
Jacqueline Custock
Sheryl Cutler
Donna Dabeck
Dyana Dacosta
Dorene Carville
Lawrence Davis
Stanley Davis
Bess Day
Esther De Vries
Heather De Vries
Frank Deanovic
Robert Deatherage
Bernice DeBoyce
Ann Delavara
Betty Delcour
Dave Della Zoppa
Joe Della Zoppa
John Demsosz
Jeanette Demma
Barry Denis
Fred Dentinger
Marlene Dessel
Rita Diaz
Mary Dickey
Robert Dickey
Harold Dietrich
Shirley Dingley
Harrison Dodini
June Dorsey
Donald Doyle
Robert Drennon
Dennis Drew
Alice Droast
Richard Dubs
Katherine Dugoni
Beverly Duncan
Minnie Durbin
Betty Dwyer
Marilyn Eagles
James Edman
Fred Edwards
Carol Elliott
Patricia Elmore
Robert Embry
Holly England
Keith Erdman
Joanie Erickson
Robert Erwin
Manuel Escano
Julie Eseed-Kim
Gertrude Esenbise
Monica Espinosa
Janet Essman
Dorothy Estes
Georgean Evans
Katherine Evans
Jutta Evanson
Judy Eyolfson
Eileen Falati
Gary Falati
Gladys Farbina
Joanne Fashauer
Karen Felipe
Rudolph Felipe
William Fell
Peter Fernandez
Raymond Ferrando
Robert Ferrante
Sonia Ferrer
Dorothy Figaniak
Inez Finden
Christopher Fitz
Teresa Fitzgerald
Diane Flowers-Urquiza
Marie Fogarty
Darryl Fong
Joseph Fong
Kathryn Fong
Melvin Fong
Tom Foon
Galia Fortney
Johnnie Fortune
Holly Fosnight
Betty Fowler
Amelia Franklin
Whitney Fraser
Joan Freer
Alan Frerichs
D. Janet Dry
Elizabeth Fry
Sharyn Fuller
Colleen Furnish
Margaret Furst
Sheila Furukawa
Marilyn Ga
Sandy Gannon
Manuella Garcia
Richard Garcia
Fred Gardiner
Al Gardner
Cecelia Gardner
Patrick Garner
Michael Garver
Terry Gasper
Dale Gearing
Linda Geraci
Elizabeth Giacomelli
Cynthia Giaquinto
J.L. and A.V. Gibbons
Russell Giggey
Joel Gillespie
J.L.Godsey
Vera Godwin
Lawrence Goldsmith
Michael Gonzales
Jose Gonzalez
Mary Goodin
James Goodland
Todd Gould
David Graham
LeRoy Graham
William & Lauretta Graham
Christine Grant
Paul Gravelle
Nanette Gregg
Vickie Gregg
Ronald Grenier
Richard Griffin
Aimee Griffiths
Mary Groulx
Hazel Grubb
Linda Guenther
Betty Guglielmoni
Shannon Gunther
Anita Guzman
Sally Guzman
Fred Haderman
Harry Haley
Clarence Hall
A. Halverson
Ross Hamilton
Mary Anne Hampton
Bernice Hancock
Carole Hannigan
Gloria Hansen
Henrik Hansen
Chris Hansford
Lois Harper
Delbert Harris
John Harris
James Harrison
Toni Harvey
Russell Hatch
Michael Hayden
Gary Hays
Jennifer Healey
Joseph Hearin
Jamie Hearn
Fred Hearne
Jim Heath
Victoria Heid
Carol Heinz
Rebecca Henrickson
Robert Henry
Susan Henry
Rod Herman
Eleanor Hernandez
Jane Herndon
Lisa Higgs
Mark Hilberman
Jon Hilliard
Paul Hindman
Edna Hinojosa
Douglas Hinton
Lloyd Hinton
Quang Ho
Gail Hobza
Carla Hodge
Linda Hoffmann
Diane Hohn
Janet Holderness
Daniel Hom
Justine Honsinger
Christina Hoover
James Hopkins
Keni Horiuchi
G. Ben Huber
Norma Hudson
Therese Humbert
Archie Humphrey
Bertella Humphrey
Kathy Ann Humphrey
Glenn Hunt
Donald Husbands
Gretta Iglesia
Chita Ilomin
Reden Infante
Frank Inn
Frank Jackson
Maureen James
Behrouz Jamnani
John Jansen
Lorie Jarvis
Jose Jauregui
John Jee
Sue Jensen et al
Sarah Jewel
Anna Johnson
Brett Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
Frank Johnson
Margaret Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Stacy Johnstone
Clara Jones
Morris Jones
Rose Jones
Shirley Jones
Victor Jones
Kimberly Joseph
Edwin Junes
John Kakacek
Christine Kallagis
Allison Kane
Lance Kaneshiro
Nanette Kappl
Helen Kelly
Rebecca Kendall
Jonathan Kendler
Jim Kennedy
Denny Kidwell
Susan Kiefer
Jennifer Kimmel
Cathy Kincaid
Joseph Kinelski
James Kirkpatrick
Theresa Klaus
Jeanne Klocow
Vernon Knudsen
Randal Knudson
Ann Kokalis
Gayle Korn
Lori Kornblatt
Michael Kramer
Patricia Kramer
Lois Kratzer
Duane Kromm
Diane Kudsk
Joan Lacy
Dennis Landis
Kathleen LaPlante
Kiyoko Lapointe
Michael Larsen
Jennifer Larson
James Lawrenz
Dennis Lechak
Velma Lee
Stephanie Leibowitz
David Lennon
Mildred Leonard
Becky Lessler
Tami Leutholtz
James Lewis
Sheila Lewis
Jacquelyn Lillis
Sandra Lim
Peggy Lind
Lynne Linne
Susan Linnell
Alfred Linton
Linwood Little
Kathyrn Logan
Ryan Loney
James Long
Anita Lopez
Beverly Losado
Debbie Lothe
Walter Louie
Caroline Low
Henry Low
Robert Lown
Pablo Luat
Antonina Lucido
Karen Luke
Sonya Luke
Barbara Lum
Charles Lum
Robert Lum
John Lund
Vicki Lynn
Austin Lyons
Doug Machado
Wayne Madden
Velma Maddox
Linda Maglia-Batista
John Magno
Ernesto Maligaya
Mary Mancini
Rudy Manfredi
Mary Mann
Alex Marquez
Janice Marsh
Rosie Marshall
Clelia Martin-Crabtree
Tracy Martinez
Gino Martinucci
Betty Mason
Jerry Massie
Gary Matsumura
Michael Mattice
Linda Mattos
Lee McAlister
Mary McClain
Carol McCord
Judy McCoy
WM McCulloch
Sharon McDaniel
Anne McGillicuddy
Christine McGlasson
Beverly McGrew
Robert McKay
Verna McKeeman
Lois McLaughlin
Richard McNamer
Joseph McNeill
Carrie Meadowcroft
Wilfred Melanson
Linda Melsheimer
Rogelio Mendoza
Seth Merewitz
Avylonne Messerli
Howard Messerli
Patricia Metcalfe
Eric Mezger
Rita Micjenka
Bernadette Mignone
Dennis Miller
Jacqueline Miller
Margaret Miller
Ellen Mills
Gail Mitchell
Gordon Mitchell
Stanley Mitchell
Joseph Modos, Jr.
Shirley Moiseff
Evanelle Molde
Eileen Mols
Bruce Moore
Marilyn Moore
William Moore
Deborah Moranion
Bryant Mori
Gina Morrow
Shannon Morton
Anna Moscarelli
Jerry Muck
Ted Muto
Yoshiko Muto
Ed Myhre
Edward Nagayama
Dorothy Nash
Clifford Neal
Alice Nelson
Gloria Nemson
Ralph Netzer
Jane Neufeld
Mary Neville
Stephen Newman
Irma Newton
Jay North
Mary Nourot
Alan Novak
Carl Novosel
John O’Connor
Marlowe Oberti
Linda O’Connor
William O’Donnell
Sumi Okahara
Susan Olds
Maria Olive
Melissa Oliver
Juanita Olsen
Joyce Olson
Preceptor Omicron Nu
Noreen O’Regan
Barbara Orloff
Becky Ornellas
Toni Pacheco
Keith Packer
Susie Paedon
Viola Paolini
Pasquale, Judith
or Gary Parenti
Kenneth Parker
Majory Parker
Yvonne Parrino
Donald Parsons
Scott Parvin
Gary Passama
Maria Pastorello
Louise Patrick
Emaleen Patten
Michael Paulik
Dorance Peats
Suzanne Perez
Dennis Perry
Phyllis Perry
James Persinger
Sandra Person
Helen Peterson
Jack Peterson
Kellie Peterson
Nedra Peterson
Jane Pflumm
Brenda Phillips
Sharon Picciano
Candice Pierce
Phyllis Pierce
Robert Pisani
Mari Pitts
Carolyn Pleasant
Colleen Ploch
Karen Plumbley
Gerald & Charlotte Pollard
Mary Polson
Garland Porter
Daniel Potts
Scott Povey
Lynne Powell
Stephen Power
Phyllis Pratt
Robert Pretel
Sharon Pribula
Carl Pullen
Judith Pullen
Dianna Putnam
John Putnam
Kay Quillie
Alice Kay Quillin
Meshan Rachal
John Raffety
Joe Rainwater
Marilyn Ramberg
Carmen Ramirez-Brooks
Victor Ramos
Marilyn Ranson
Betty Rawlinson
Carl Recknagel
Roberta Reed
J.M. Regan
Ruth Reid
Fred Relyea
Donna Remus
Gayle Remus
G. J. Reynolds
Scott Reynolds
Ginger Richardson
Melanie Richardson
Kenneth Richerson
Sharon Riggins
Sylvia Rivera
Marcus Roach
Amy Robertson
Margie Rodgers
Candy Roeker
Albert Rohleder
Sarah Rohrs
Mary Rollison
Wilma Romary
Tonya Roschen
Bert Rouleau
John Rowen
Susan Rubio
Cynthia Ruff
Scott Russell
Winston Russell
William Ruth
Kelly Ryan
Dana Ryder
Cathy Sacca
Joseph Sacca
Sylvia Sacca
Dominick Saccullo
Serafino Saccullo
Marylane Sales
Linda Salmon
Shari Salomon
Doris Sams
Therese Sanders
Anita Santos
Elaine Santos
Nancy Santos
Lawrence Sauer
Kathy Saukko
Pamela Schemke
Walter Scherff
Jane Schilling
George Schoch
Robert Schoffstall
Melinda Scholten
Elise Schreiber
Walter Schroeder
Maurice Schueler
Ervin Schwarcz
Robert Schwartz
Howard Scully
Charles Seabrook
Lisa Seeno
Patricia Siefert
Wayne Senalik
Maybelle Senft
Kathleen Sepulveda
R.M. Serrano
Marlene Shafer
Gregory Shaver
Albert Shaw
Steven Shaw
Kathryn Shea
Janice Sheets
Warren Sheldon
Gary Shellenberger
Dawn Shepherd
Robert Sherman
Deane Shimabukuro
Juanita Shimada
Sylvia Shively
Christine Sia-Escort
Stanley Siefert
Rick Siefke
Evelyn Silag
Stanley Silverman
Janis Simmons
Terry Simmons
Don Simon
Ken Simonin
Joe Simpliciano
George Simpson
Lenora Skoglund
Sherie Smalley
Kristine Smircich
Gregory Smith
Kathleen Smith
Mary Smith
Renee Smith
Christopher Somers
Irene South
Shirley Spadorcio
Gregg Spanos
Volney Sparks
Robert Spencer
Maryon Squaglia
James Stacey
Barbara Staffen
Mary Stagnaro
C. Robert Staib
John Stallings
Gordon Stankowski
K. E. Stansbury
Deborah Stapinski
John Stevens
Christine Stevenson
Robert Stough
James Strachan
David Stroud
Donald Suetta
Deborah Sugiyama
Gloria Sullivan
John Sword
Robert Takamoto
Linda Tapio
Jill Tarap
W. Tawzer
Geraldine Taylor
Norma Taylor
Brian Thiessen
Alice Thivierge
Kimberley Thomas
2005
NorthBay Healthcare*
facts & figures
Admissions to the hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,086
Average length of each stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 days
Babies born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,578
Surgeries performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,674
Emergency room visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,373
Number of employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,245
Number of volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
*NorthBay Healthcare includes NorthBay Medical Center in
Fairfield and NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville.
Virginia Thomas
Diane Thompson
Edgar Thompson
Jaye Thompson
Lynn Thompson
Skip Thomson
Kim Thorn
Brian Thorpe
Lucille Thyrring
Marilyn Tigner
Edward Times
Constance Tipton
Peery Tischer
Meredith Tofield
David Tong
Marc Tonnesen
Charlette Torkelsen
Michael Torrence
Sandra Tosti
Shin Tower
Amy Toy
Joann Trolinger
Patricia Trost
Norma Turnage
Bryan Turner
Daniel Tuse
Timothy Tyrrell
Vera Unger
Scott Urie
Richard Van Duzer
Mary Van Eck
Douglas Van Order
Robert H. Van Vranken
Donald Vande Venter
James Vanderdasson
Richard VanVeen
Harold Vanwieren
Sharon Vaudrin
Jane Vaughan
Lora Velardo
Dwight Vettel
Pamela Vierling
Ambrose Villa
Crisologo Villanueva
Crisostomo Villanueva
John Vogeli
Norbert Voit
Ben & Phyllis Volkhardt
Melvina Vollmer
Tisha von Ting
Vicki Walberg
Margaret Walbolt
Ruth Waldron
Beverly Walker
Evangeline Walker
Janet Walker
Patty Walsh
Lisa Walters
Jamie Wangeline
Xanthia Warren
Ronald Waslohn
Wendy Wasserman Kellogg
Pamela Watson
Shirley Watson
Fran Weaver
David Weldon
George Weston
Mary West-Saxon
Ruth Weyman
Thomas Whalen
Ray Wheelus
Beatrice White
John White
John White
Michael White
Ruth Whitehouse
Laura Whitman
Diane Whitmire
Helen Wiley
James Wiley
Mary Lee Williams
Shelia Williams
Verna Williams
Denise Williamson
Robbie Wilson
Lillian Wirth
Dick Wolfe
Fong Wong
Annie Wood
Karen Wood
Yvonne Wood
Zelma Wood
Evelyn Woodruff
Wanda Woods
Murray Woolf
Janet Wright
Phyllis Wright
Theodore Wright
Larry Wurzbach
Marian Wynn
Tonya Yared
Donna Yaws
Sunni Yoon
Patsy Younger
Carol Yount
Donna Zaier
Del Ziegler
Ann Marie Zoimek
John Zopfi
Adhere
Advocates for the Arts
AHC, Inc.
Ahere, Fremont
Al Anon Family Group District
Alarmtech
Alkar
All Bay Mill & Lumber Co.
Alza Corporation
Alzheimer’s Association
Amgen, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Aramark Corporation
Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
Bank of America - United Way
Campaign
Bank of the West
Basic American Foods
Basic Founders Club
Bay Cities Racing Association
BFHL Architects, Inc
Bryan-Braker Funeral Home
Cain Brothers
California Service Bureau
CBSJ Financial Corp
Cerner Corporation
ChevronTexaco Employees’ “People
Making a Difference” Campaign
Chevys, Inc.
CMT Federal Credit Union
Community Banker Services
Corporation
Credit Bureau Associates
Curves for Women
Deloitte & Touche
Dixon Senior Citizens
Dominion Environmental, LLC
Downtown Ford
Duke Energy
Endsmeet Enterprises
Epsilon Financial Group, Inc.
EZ Ship
Fairfield Hearing & Speech Center
Fairfield Suisun Rotary
First American Title Co.
First Northern Bank
First Northern Bank of Dixon
Gail P Ramos Lung Cancer
Foundation, Inc.
Gaw, Van Male, Smith, Myers &
Miroglio
Genentech
Gold’s Gym - Vacaville
Hearn Construction
Heritage Financial Corporation
Hitzeman & Associates, Inc.
Hoffman Foundation
International Proinsurance Services LLC
IPC The Hospitalist Company
Jelly Belly Candy Company
JIMBABWE Development & Design
Jones Bros. Carpet One
L & D Fuller Enterprises
Law Office of Honeychurch & Finkas
Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
Lessler Group
Liberty West Mortgage, Inc.
Lincoln Financial Advisors
Made In The Shade Canopy Rentals
Maritime Academy Foundation
Marti Nelson Foundation Cancer Research
McGraw Hill
Medic Ambulance Service, Inc
MedImmune, Inc
Millennium Medsearch
Mission Solano Rescue Mission, Inc
Mortgage Resource Network, Inc
Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP
NARFE Chapter 903
Nolte Associates, Inc
Norm’s Hytech auto
NorthBay Guild - Fairfield
NorthBay Guild - Vacaville
NorthBay Neonatology Assoc. Inc.
Northern Solano County Association of Rea
Northern Solano Lodge #2534
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Owens-Minor
Pacific California Realty
Pacific Valley Development Company LLC
Page Design Inc.
Pearson’s Warehouse
PG&E Corporation
Potrero Hills Landfill, Inc
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Reporter
Repworks
Rotary Club of Cordelia
S & S Worldwide, Inc
Sandy’s 101 Omelets
SBC Communications, Inc.
Schultz Collins Lawson Chambers, Inc.
Seattle Aircraft Certification Office/
Federal Aviation Admin
Seebreeze M.H.P
Showcase Properties
Sir Speedy Printing Center
Solano Bank
Solano Children’s Health Alliance
Solano Community Foundation
Solano County
Solano County Superintendent of Schools
Solano Garbage Company
Solano Garbage Company
Solano Imaging Medical Associates
Sonoma Children’s Cancer Foundation
Suisun Lodge
SuperGen
Thatcher Enterprises
Third Millennium Healthcare Systems
Tile Works
Toyon Associates, Inc
Travis Credit Union
Triage Consulting Group
Tulocay Partners
United Way of the Bay Area
Unity Church of The Valley
Vaca Valley Volks
Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre
Vacaville Unified School District
Valley Oak Orthopaedics
Wal-Mart Foundation
Wang Urology Clinic
WestAmerica Bancorporation
WestAmerica Bank
Western Health Advantage
Women’s Cancer Awareness Group
Your Home Nursing Services
Donors
Annual Report Spring 2006 21
Community Education
The Art of Breastfeeding—Learn the “how to’s”
of breastfeeding. This class addresses the
health benefits for mom and baby, the role
of the father, the working mom and more.
Cost: $15. Call (707) 399-6437.
Newborn Care—Expectant parents are
instructed on daily care, nutrition, safety,
and development for the first few months
of life. One-session course. Cost: $15.
Call (707) 399-6437.
Brothers & Sisters To Be—Prepare children
ages 3–9 for the arrival of a new baby.
Cost: $10 per family. Call (707) 399-6437.
Parenting in Today’s World*—This course
covers the emotional needs of children from
birth through 19 years. Call (707) 421-4155.
C-Section Preparation—Individual counseling
available to women delivering at NorthBay
Medical Center who may require a C-section.
Cost: Free. Call (707) 399-6437.
Parenting Strategies*—A social skills
program for parents and care-givers of
children preschool age through junior high.
Call (707) 421-4155.
Diabetes Self-Management Training —
Comprehensive Diabetes and Nutrition
Education provided by a Registered Dietitian
and Certified Diabetes Educator through
NorthBay Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology. Individual appointments by
doctor’s referral only (Those with Medicare or
a NorthBay physician). Call (707)-454-3115.
Parenting the Young Toddler (15–24 months)*—
This class helps parents understand the unique
needs of a toddler. Call (707) 421-4155.
I Can Cope—An educational series for cancer
patients and their families. Cost: Free.
Call (707) 429-7961.
Labor of Love—A six-week prepared childbirth
class for moms and dads or coaches; register
in fourth month of pregnancy or earlier.
Cost: $75. Call (707) 399-6437.
Labor of Love in Review—One-session childbirth refresher course for moms and labor
partners. Pre-requisite: previous attendance
in a prepared childbirth education course.
Cost: $20. Call (707) 399-6437.
Look Good, Feel Better—A program to help
women currently undergoing cancer treatment
cope with appearance-related side effects of
treatment. Cost: Free. Call (707) 429-7961.
Maternity Orientation and Tour—A tour of
the NorthBay Medical Center’s maternity unit.
Information about hospital registration, birth
certificates, and available birthing options
provided. Cost: Free. Call (707) 399-6437.
c/o NorthBay Healthcare Group
1200 B. Gale Wilson Boulevard
Fairfield, CA 94533-3587
Telephone (707) 429-7789
www.northbay.org
Parenting the Older Toddler (24–36 months)*—
Topics include development, problem solving,
nutrition, books and games, as well as toilet
training. Call (707) 421-4155.
Marti Nelson Breast Cancer Support Groups—
The Newly Diagnosed Group is for women
recently diagnosed with breast cancer or are
receiving treatment. The Moving On Group is
for those who have completed treatment.
Cost: Free. Call 429-7961.
Parent Project Sr. (11–18 years)**— A highly
structured parenting skills program created
to help parents prevent and intervene in the
most destructive of adolescent behaviors.
Call (707) 428-7327.
SAND (Support After Neonatal Death)—
Friendship and understanding for parents
experiencing grief over the loss of a pregnancy
or infant. Cost: Free. Call (707) 429-6996.
Siblings’ Birthing Preparation—Parents who
are considering having children present during delivery can have one-on-one counseling.
Cost: Free. Call (707) 399-6437.
Twins and Triplets Socialization—Solano
Parents of Twins and Triplets offer socialization
and support to the parents of multiples in
Solano County. Cost: Free. Call (707) 427-0461.
Caregivers’ Support Group—Anyone involved in
caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease
or a dementia-related illness is invited to participate. Monthly. Cost: Free. Call (707) 454-3006.
Cancer Care Support Group—A support
group for adults living with cancer. Cost: Free.
Call (707) 429-7961.
Grief and Bereavement Support Groups—
Adult support group is on-going. Cost: Free.
Call (707) 429-7758.
Teen and Children’s Bereavement Support
Groups—NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement
offers free bereavement support groups for teens,
age 13 through 17, and children age 6 through 12
on an as-needed basis. Cost: Free. For a schedule and more information, call (707) 399-3705.
*These classes are offered by the Fairfield-Suisun Adult
School in collaboration with NorthBay Healthcare.
**These classes are offered by the Fairfield Police
Department in collaboration with NorthBay Healthcare.
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