Southbay Magazine Feature: Saving Lives with Code PE

August 12, 2026

Learn how Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance's rapid-response Code PE protocol helped save a patient's life. The story also highlights the hospital's designation as a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Comprehensive Care Center and PE Center of Excellence.

Read the full story: View Southbay Magazine article.

  

Dean Kostantinos, second from left, pictured with his wife, Tania, and their children.

Photo credit: Shane O'Donnell Photography

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