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Providence honor roll
Congratulations to our caregivers for truly living our Mission
and exemplifying our Values.
Muno Bholat, PharmD, Pharmacist of the Year
Congratulations to Muno Bholat, Director of Pharmacy Services for being named
The Kelly Hales Memorial Pharmacist of the Year by The South Bay/Long Beach
Society of Health System Pharmacists.
Quality is our priority
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance treated our first patient using
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO is a therapy that is used to provide
prolonged cardiac and respirator y support to critically ill patients whose heart and lungs are
not able to provide adequate amounts of oxygenation to sustain life. This external support
helps patients recover by allowing their heart and lungs to rest and heal. We are so proud of
our dedicated care team who continue their training at Keck Medicine of USC to use this life-
saving machine, as well as Matthew Powers, M.D. who performed the procedure.
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance performed the
first aquablation procedure in the South Bay, a minimally invasive treatment for patients with
enlarged prostates. We are proud to be among the first in the South Bay to offer a solution
for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, providing relief without compromise. Aquablation
therapy is the next step to furthering our commitment to robotic surger y and men's health.
Congratulations to Malgorzata Stanczyk, MD, David
Stroup, bariatric coordinator, and our entire bariatric
team at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical
Center San Pedro, who recently celebrated reaching
100 successful bariatric surgery cases since
the program started in 2020.
Dr. Stanczyk, Bariatric Medical Director, has
completed a combination of over 100 gastric sleeve
and gastric bypass procedures using minimally
invasive techniques including laparoscopic surger y
and robotic-assisted surger y. Such procedures offer
many patients improved health and quality of life.
We are so proud of our team for reaching this surgical milestone
and for working hard to make our program successful!
