Pomona Valley Hosp Medical Ctr

Description

Nationally recognized as a 100 Top Hospital Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is a 453bed acute care notforprofit teaching hospital serving Eastern Los Angeles and Western San Bernardino counties In addition to its national designation PVHMC is also recognized throughout the state and the region for outstanding medical care and the efficient use of resources Founded in 1903 PVHMC is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

PVHMC is staffed by more than 650 physicians 3200 employees and 975 volunteers offering comprehensive medical services through three Centers of Excellence

The Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center
The Stead Heart Center
The Womens Center
Specialized services at PVHMC include

Regional Kidney Stone Center
Sleep Disorders Center
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center
Family Health Center and Family Practice Residency Program
Central Avenue Urgent Care Center
Diabetes Management Program
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Program
Breast Health Center

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is dedicated to helping you and your family lead a healthy lifestyle and we offer an ongoing list of educational classes support groups and special events We welcome your comments and suggestions for providing the finest comprehensive health care and specialty services

History

A Christmas Eve train wreck in 1899 laid the groundwork for what is today Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Following the train wreck the early Pomona Valley residents acknowledged the need for a local hospital and made the commitment toward insuring the wellbeing of the local community

Forged out of a partnership with concerned citizens become Pomonas first hospital in 1903 Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center PVHMC today continues to lead the way to meet the present and future health care needs of the community which gave it birth

Initially the Hospital was located in a twoandahalf story frame house built on Piedmont now Kingsley and Garey Avenues A group of townspeople led by Eliza B Bradbury later formally organized as the Pomona Valley Hospital Association opened the tiny 12 bed Pomona Valley Hospital but was soon overwhelmed by the medical needs of the areas rapidly growing population Its existence had already attracted 19 new physicians to the Pomona Valley generating both a heavy patient load and a demand for more trained nurses Consequently in 1905 the fledgling hospital opened its Nurses Training School and in 1912 broke ground for a new 40bed facility on five lots that would in time contain the central hospital complex

It was a close call just days after the groundbreaking the original frame house Hospital burned down but all patients were safely removed and placed in temporary quarters nearby Three years later the new hospital was opened Although it would confront many serious obstacles for several yearsincluding losing the nurses school during the Depression the Hospitals loyal and generous cadre of community leaders including the Auxiliary which was founded in 1937 invariably assured its survival

Under the guidance of Russell K Pitzer a local philanthropist the facility was reorganized from a stock company to a nonprofit operation in 1924 and renamed Pomona Valley Community Hospital Over the next several decades the hospital grew and flourished adding buildings new services departments and stateoftheart equipment until in the 1980s it had evolved into a regional medical center

Completed and in use since 1989 is Pomona Valley Medical Plaza A striking threestory 40000 squarefoot complex on a 64 acre site adjacent to the Hospital campus It houses the offices of physicians representing more than 10 medical and surgical specialties and a pharmacy

Continually growing to meet the needs of the community since its opening PVHMC has added numerous other services and major facilities Included in those are PVHMCs three Centers of Excellence the Stead Heart Center opening in 1986 which performs more than 1000 open heart surgeries and catheterizations annually and has been hailed for its remarkably low morbidity and mortality rates The Womens Center opening in 1992 offers a fullrange of family birth services including single room maternity care a Perinatal Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the addition of The Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center in 1993 as the only freestanding outpatient cancer care center in the Inland Empire In addition to the notable Centers of Excellence PVHMC offers its surrounding communities several specialized services including the Regional Kidney Store Center Southern Californias first freestanding outpatient facility for noninvasive lithotrpsy treatment a Sports Medicine Center the Sleep Disorders Center and a Satellite facility in Montclair featuring outpatient physical therapy and a stateoftheart Open MRI Most recently PVHMC added a Family Practice Residency Program the addition of this program positions PVHMC as a teaching facility At the heart of PVHMCs Family Practice Residency Program is the Family Health Center an affiliated community clinic where resident physicians learn the specialty of family practice in a private practice setting for families and individuals

While providing the surrounding community with access to stateoftheart technology access to valuable wellness education programs also plays an active role in helping individuals maintain a healthy lifestyle To this end PVHMC offers numerous education programs and support groups to meet the diverse healthcare needs of patients and their
families

Richard E Yochum PVHMCs presidentCEO states that quotAs we enter the new century residents can rest assured that Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center will be there to meet the everchanging needs of our patients Not only are we prepared to offer our residents with the uptodate medical technology but also provide a staff of healthcare
professionals dedicated to meeting their needs In an industry that is constantly changing PVHMC has been able to consistently maintain a high level of quality carea commitment we are prepared to insure well into the next centuryquot

The partnership between community and hospital that began so long ago has come full circle as once more we link arms toward a healthy future