As a not-for-profit mission driven community hospital, French Hospital Medical Center (FHMC) is held accountable by the community. Therefore, the community is represented by a group of esteemed business men and women as well as physicians. The hospital Community Board is an all volunteer board. It is responsible for assuring that the health services provided at the hospital are medically necessary, of high quality, safe, effective, efficient, and consistent with community standards. The hospital Community Board does this by overseeing the quality assessment, performance improvement, and patient-safety and utilization management activities of the local hospital and by assuring that these activities are consistent with standards and policies and procedures established by the Dignity Health Board of Directors and the Dignity Health Quality Committee.
By assuring the services provided meet community standards, the hospital Community Board, promotes patient safety and ensures the hospital is providing the highest quality of health care services to the communities we serve.
The FHMC Community Board includes:
Chair of the Board:
Jim Copeland, Copeland Properties
Vice Chair:
Kevin M. Rice, City Manager, City of Pismo Beach
Secretary:
Patricia Gomez, Attorney-at-Law
Board Members:
Michael Clayton, M.D., Urologist, Urology Associates of SLO
Robert Doria, M.D., Cardiologist, Coastal Cardiology
Sandy Dunn, Foundation Board Chair
J Trees Ritter, D.O., Chief of Staff
Sister Pius Fahlstrom, OSF, Finance/Budget Analyst/Former CFO
Alan Iftiniuk, President, French Hospital Medical Center
Ben Kulick,
President, Stalfund, LP
Cornel Morton, PhD, Sr Advisor to the President, CPSU, SLO
Sandee McLaughlin, Executive Dean, Cuesta College North County Campus & South County Centers
Kerry Morris, Chief Operating Officer at Morris and Garritano Insurance
Jim Lokey, Private Consultant to the Banking Industry
Sister Marianne Rasmussen, OSF, Retired Teacher/Administrator
Mark Soll, M.D., Pulmonologist, Central Coast Chest Consultants
Ke-Ping Tsao, M.D., Plastic Surgeon
John Ronca Jr., Attorney-at-Law
Rabbi Norm Mendel, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth David
Father Russell Brown, Pastor Old Mission Church
Sister Linda Gonzales, OSF, Retired teacher/Administrator
Dee Torres, CAPSLO Director of Homeless Services
Antonia Torrey, Ph.D., R.N., Nurse Educator, Cuesta College Associate Degree Registered Nurse Program
