2008 News Releases

First Seminar in 2009 Series to Focus on Vascular Disease

Ventura, California, 12/23/2008

Community Memorial Health System kicks off its 2009 seminar series with a seminar on vascular disease on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 in the eighth-floor Nichols Auditorium at Community Memorial Hospital… >>

Community Memorial Hospital Debuts New Public Art Program

Ventura, California, 12/19/2008

The ground floor of Community Memorial Hospital has been transformed into an art gallery, with its walls adorning the works of more than 60 local artists. The exhibit, "Variations on a Local Theme,"… >>

Volunteer Health Group Honors CMHS for its Patient Care

Ventura, California, 12/18/2008

The West Coast Region of the Volunteer Health Association has honored Community Memorial Health System in three award categories for it continuing efforts to find new ways to improve the quality of care… >>

CMHS to hold Palliative Care Symposium on Jan. 29

Ventura, California, 12/16/2008

Community Memorial Health System invites all healthcare workers and the public to participate in a Palliative Care Symposium to be held on Thursday, Jan. 29… >>

CMHS Pediatric Hospitalists Provide Enhanced Pediatric Coverage

Ventura, California, 11/14/2008

On September 8th, Community Memorial Hospital welcomed Drs. Hillel Janai and Alison Shuman on staff as pediatric hospitalists, jointly providing 24-hour consultation services… >>

Community Memorial Hospital Named a Top Hospital by National Research Corporation

Ventura, California, 10/03/2008

Community Memorial Hospital has been recognized by the National Research Corporation (NRC) as one of the nation's top hospitals within their 2008/09 Consumer Choice Award winners… >>

CMHS Announces New VP of Quality Management

Ventura, California, 09/19/2008

Community Memorial Health System has hired Cynthia A. DeMotte as its Vice President of Quality Management… >>

CMHS symposium on Oct. 18 to focus on cancer 

Ventura, California, 09/16/2008

Learn more about prevention, the early detection and how to reduce the risk of cancer at a free symposium that Community Memorial Health System is holding on Saturday, Oct. 18… >>

Preventing Heart Disease is focus for Ongoing Series

Ventura, California, 09/11/2008

Free blood pressure checks and cholesterol screening continue to be offered at Community Memorial Hospital's monthly series focusing on Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease… >>

Bostwick Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase I/II Trial in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Los Angeles, CA, 09/05/2008

Bostwick Therapeutics announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Institutional Review Board of Community Memorial Hospital… >>

Benefactors' Ball is Sept. 20; Funds Raised Go to Radiology

Ventura, California, 09/03/2008

The Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation is holding its 36th annual Benefactors' Ball on Saturday, Sept. 20, with proceeds used to purchase a new 3-D Imaging System… >>

CMH Offering Weekly Walking Fitness Program

Ventura, California, 09/03/2008

Community Memorial Hospital's HeartAware program is offering a walking fitness course every Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 6: 30pm and Thursday morning from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.… >>

Pediatrician Joins Staff of Ventura Center for Family Health

Ventura, California, 08/27/2008

Pediatrician Hillel Janai, has joined the Center for Family Health office at 120 N. Ashwood Ave.… >>

Seminar to Focus on Advances in Plastic Surgery

Ventura, California, 08/22/2008

The public is invited to learn more about latest developments in plastic surgery, including both cosmetic and reconstructive, during a free seminar Community Memorial Health System… >>

Kaiser Permanente/CMH Announcement 

Ventura, California, 08/13/2008

Kaiser Permanente and Community Memorial Hospital are pleased to announce that they have agreed to a continuing 10-year contract to take effect on January 1, 2009r… >>

October Classic Run to Benefit Hospital

Ojai, California, 08/11/2008

Runners, walkers and wheelchair participants will "go for the gold" as they raise funds for the Ojai Valley Community Hospital at the seventh annual October Classic competition on Saturday, Oct. 4… >>

Community Memorial Health System Honors Employees

Ventura, California, 08/05/2008

Hundreds of employees at Community Memorial and Ojai Valley Community Hospitals and the Centers for Family Health… >>

Healthcare Foundation Donates to Cancer Resource Center

Ventura, California, 06/25/2008

The Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation has made a contribution to Community Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Resource Center… >>

Seminar to Focus on Parkinson's Research, Treatment Options

Ventura, California, 06/10/2008

The public is invited to learn more about the progress being made in the fight to conquer Parkinson's disease at a free seminar the Community Memorial Health System is holding on Tuesday, July 15… >>

Preventing Heart Disease is focus for Series

Ventura, California, 06/10/2008

Community Memorial Hospital is holding a monthly series focusing on strategies to prevent heart disease, beginning on Thursday, June 19, and running through October… >>

OVCH Hires New Director of Continuing Care Center

Ojai, California, 06/09/2008

Ojai Valley Community Hospital has announced the hiring of Anne Carey Wallman as director of its Continuing Care Center… >>

State of Hospital Address to Focus on Latest Plans

Ojai, California, 05/30/2008

The public is invited to learn more about the latest plans for the Ojai Valley Community Hospital when President and CEO Gary Wilde gives Ojai Valley Community Hospital’s 2008 State of the Hospital address… >>

11th Annual NICU Golf Tournament Benefits
Hospital’s Smallest Patients

Ventura, California, 05/30/08

Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation is proudly accepting entries for its 11th annual NICU Golf Tournament on Friday, July 25, at Sterling Hills Country Club in Camarillo… >>

CMHS Seminar in Ojai to Focus on Hippocratic Oath

Ojai, California, 05/28/2008

Community Memorial Health System in partnership with Ojai Valley Community Hospital and the Rotary Club of Ojai are inviting the public to a free seminar that will revisit the Hippocratic Oath… >>

CMHS Seminar to Focus on Women’s Urinary Incontinence

Ventura, California, 04/28/2008

The latest advancement in the treatment of urinary incontinence in women will be the focus of a free seminar the Community Memorial Health System is holding on Tuesday, May 13… >>

CMHS Seeks Public Input for New Building Construction

Ventura, California, 04/11/2008

Community Memorial Health System is inviting the public to participate in a discussion regarding its facility master plan and construction of a new building next to its current hospital in Ventura… >>

Community Memorial Hospital Lauds Volunteers

Ventura, California, 04/02/2008

Community Memorial Hospital and 158 of its Auxiliary members honored close to 60 men and women who have donated thousands of hours of service to hospital patients and their families… >>

CMHS Seminar to Focus on Artery and Vein Diseases

Ventura, California, 03/25/2008

Do you have problems walking? If so, you will want to attend Community Memorial Health System’s free seminar on Tuesday, April 15, that will focus on the various artery and vein diseases that affect the legs… >>

Community Memorial and Ojai Valley Hospitals
Name New Chiefs of Staff

Ventura, California, 03/20/2008

Community Memorial Health System has announced that Dr. William A. Speitel has been elected Chief of Staff at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura for 2008 and Dr. Daniel G. Sommer has been re-elected as Chief of Staff at Ojai Valley Community Hospital… >>

Center for Family Health Office Relocating in Ventura

Ventura, California, 03/12/2008

The Community Memorial Health System’s Center for Family Health office on Telephone Road in Ventura is relocating to larger facility at 120 N. Ashwood Ave.… >>

Country Music’s Emerson Drive headlines 18th Gold Dust Gala

Ventura, California, 02/28/2008

Grammy-nominated recording group Emerson Drive, whose hit “Moments” topped the country charts in 2007, will headline the Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation’s 18th annual… >>

CMHS Seminar to Focus on Dental Implant Advances

Ventura, California, 02/26/2008

The latest advances in both the surgical and prosthetic phases of dental implants will be the focus of a free seminar the Community Memorial Health System is holding on Tuesday, March 25… >>

Ojai Valley Community Hospital’s New PACS Network Ensures Quicker Diagnoses for Patients

Ojai, California, 02/19/2008

If a picture is, as the old saying goes, worth a thousand words, what is an entire collage of images worth… >>

CMHS Seminar in Ojai to Focus on Acid Reflux Disease

Ojai, California, 01/28/2008

Acid reflux disease – commonly known as heartburn – will be the focus of a free seminar Community Memorial Health System and Ojai Valley Community Hospital are holding on Saturday, Feb. 23… >>

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