Organizations Filed Purposes:
Conduct charitable activities to provide financial and other forms of support exclusively to benefit the Ventura County Health Care Agency and especially its hospital's, Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital.
PEDIATRICS:PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY CENTER LOCATED AT VENTURA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER TO PROVIDE CARE FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS CLOSER TO THEIR HOMES. THIS SUPPORT INCLUDES ENRICHED PSYCHO/SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CARE DELIVERED BY A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER, PHYSICIAN SUPPORT, ENRICHED EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NURSES AND SUPPORT STAFF, CONFERENCES HOSTED BY THE CLINIC, RESEARCH, AND HEMATOLOGY SUPPORT.HELPING CREATE A RONALD MCDONALD FAMILY ROOM WITHIN VENTURA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER AS A PLACE OF RESPITE FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENT FAMILIES FROM PEDIATRICS, PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, CHILDRENS CENTER FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISEASES, INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC, AND TRAUMA.PROVIDED NEURO PSYCHOLOGICAL BASELINE AND ONGOING TESTING FOR CHILDREN FIGHTING LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES AND DISEASES, ESPECIALLY THOSE RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY. TOYS, TECHNOLOGY, ARTS SUPPLIES, WALL AND PATIENT ENHANCEMENTS TO AUGMENT THE CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS ROLE.DURING PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, A SPECIAL EVENT FOR CURRENT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HELD TO AID IN THE PSYCHO/SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL CARE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DURING CANCER TREATMENT. CREATED A MEDIA CENTER FOR THE ROOF TOP PEDIATRIC PLAYGROUND FOR CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENJOY MOVIES UNDERNEATH THE STARS OUTSIDE.
EDUCATION TRAINING & ENHANCEMENTS: BUILDING A ROBUST NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ACQUIRING SIMULATION EQUIPMENT FOR IMPROVING CLINICAL COMPETENCIES IN STUDENTS/RESIDENTS/PHYSICIANS/FIRST RESPONDERS/EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. ACQUISITION OF A CHESTER CHEST MANEQUIN FOR TRAUMA TRAINING AND SIMULATION. PROVIDING VENTURA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STIPENDS FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING ON-SITE CLINICAL TRAINING. SUPPORTING SUMMER STUDENT SCHOLAR PROGRAM AND WORKFORCE PIPELINE AT VCMC, A MORE THAN FOUR DECADE LONG SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CONSIDERING CAREERS IN MEDICINE AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND EIGHT WEEKS OF THEIR SUMMER WITH THE MEDICAL FACULTY AND PHYSICIANS-IN-TRAINING OF THE NATIONALLY RANKED VENTURA FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY AT VENTURA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER. PURCHASED A LUMIFY ULTRASOUND FOR ULTRASOUND TRAINING FOR ALL LEARNERS AND MANY SIMULATORS AND SUTURE PAD SIMULATIONS. SUMMER SCHOLARS ARE PLACED WITH FACULTY PRECEPTORS WHO COORDINATE OPPORTUNITIES TO OBSERVE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE DAILY PATIENT CARE ACTIVITIES OF RESIDENT PHYSICIANS. STUDENT SCHOLARS ATTEND MORNING TEACHING CONFERENCES AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, MAKE ROUNDS WITH MEDICAL STAFF AND OBSERVE PATIENT INTERACTIONS AND PROCEDURES AS APPROPRIATE (I.E., LIVE BIRTHS, SURGERIES, EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, AUTOPSIES, ETC.). EACH OF THE SUMMER STUDENT SCHOLARS BECOMES INVOLVED IN A CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECT THAT, IN ADDITION TO HELPING REFINE CAREER ASPIRATIONS, FURTHERS OUR INSTITUTIONS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS IN BOTH PATIENT CARE AND HOSPITAL PROCESSES. A FEW PAST PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR PRESENTATION AT UCLAS ANNUAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESEARCH FORUM. HEALTHCARE OCCUPATIONS PIPELINE EDUCATION (HOPE) ESTABLISHED TO FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCAL STUDENTS INTO THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY WHERE THERE IS AN ANTICIPATED PROJECTED DEFICIT OF WORKFORCE WITHIN THE COUNTY.CENTERING PREGNANCY START UP PROGRAM TO DEVELOP PRACTICE OF MATERNAL CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF GESTATIONALLY SIMILAR MOTHERS TO RECEIVE THEIR PRENANTAL CHECK UP, EDUCATION AND TO GROW A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR FAMILIES.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG), AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING METHOD TO RECORD ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN FOR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT NEUROSCIENCE.ACQUISITION OF LIFT SUPPORT AID EQUIPMENT, SARA STEDYS, WHICH ENCOURAGES PATIENTS TO PULL THEMSELVES UP INTO A STANDING POSITION WHILE REDUCING PHYSICAL STRESS FOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PERSONNEL. SPOT SCREENERS FOR VISUAL EYE EXAMS IN 7 CLINICS, AND EYE EXAM EQUIPMENT FOR A FUTURE DIABETES CLINIC THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE VISION TREATMENT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Amy Towner | CEO | 40 | $165,000 |
| Matt Yousefi | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Majic Khabbaz | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Derek Folk | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Sim Tang-Paradis | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Laura Sharpe | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Jeff Robinson Md | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Kathy Long | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Mike Pettit | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Amy Dilbeck Kiesewetter | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Harold S Edwards | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Stuart E Siegel | Chairman | 2 | $0 |
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