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Providence Little Company of Mary board chair has given her time, talent and treasure for three decades. At Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, we have made considerable progress on our emergency department expansion project in San Pedro

Providence Little Company of Mary board chair has given her time, talent and treasure for three decades.

On November 14, 2020, Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation hosted our first virtual Gala — Celebrating our Superhero Caregivers! Together, we raised more than
$450,000 to support Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers in San Pedro and Torrance. Headliner Justin Willman zoomed in straight from his Netflix hit show
“Magic for Humans,” multi-talented Emergency Department physicians Will Conrad, MD, and Mike Tarnay, MD, served as Gala hosts, and all were inspired by the story of Manhattan Beach’s Chris Barra and his life-saving experience in our Emergency Department.

Though he left this world in May of 2020, Dr. Samuel Wirtschafter established a profound legacy at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, San Pedro that lives on to this day. Known to his friends and family as Sam, he was a beloved presence at San Pedro’s sole hospital, where he took an active role in building it into a world-class medical center.

Steve and Amy Hogan’s lives followed parallel paths. He was born in Tokyo and moved to Palos Verdes when he was two. Amy moved to the area from Chicago with her family when she was two. Steve got his undergraduate and graduate degrees from USC; Amy did the same at UCLA. They met later in life, were married and chose to stay in the South Bay area they both love.

Partnership continues as longtime corporate philanthropist and community leader retires.

As part of the Providence Little Company of Mary’s Women & Children’s campaign, the Medical Centers now have a powerful tool in the diagnosis of breast cancer.

When Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro launched its $4 million Emergency Department Campaign, the need could not have been more pressing.

Friends from throughout the region contributed money, masks, meals, hand sanitizer and so much more to support our frontline caregivers during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

As she approached the birth of her first child, McKenzie Strong had a plan for how everything would go.
The Manhattan Beach resident chose Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance partly based on her obstetrician’s affiliation there, the experiences of co-workers who had given birth there, and a previous experience in the hospital’s emergency room.