For nearly a decade , Edmundo Castañeda has served as president and CEO of Dignity Health ’ s Mercy
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operating on patients with advanced heart failure and implanting Left Ventricular
Assist Devices , our procedures can help
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General Hospital . In 2020 , his leadership |
dramatically restore patients ’ quality |
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role expanded and he became president |
of life .” |
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and CEO of Woodland Memorial Hospital |
Castañeda shares that Woodland |
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as well . With an extensive background |
Memorial Hospital , like Mercy General , has |
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in hospital administration and executive |
a long-standing legacy in the community . |
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leadership , Castañeda came to the |
In Woodland , hospital leadership and staff |
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Sacramento region with a strong desire to |
have been working tirelessly to provide |
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work for a nonprofit , faith-based |
critical access for the most vulnerable |
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health system . |
communities to receive COVID-19 |
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“ I am so proud to be a part of this |
testing and vaccines . “ COVID-19 has |
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community and to work for an |
really magnified the disparities in our |
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organization that provides high-quality , |
communities and healthcare system ,” |
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compassionate and affordable patientcentered |
he says . “ We saw an opportunity to help |
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care ,” Castañeda says . |
the underserved and deployed a team of |
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He is particularly proud of Mercy General |
leaders , staff and medical providers that |
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Hospital ’ s world-class cardiovascular |
took vaccines to the street .” |
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services . Mercy General has been rated |
“ We are a mission-driven organization ,” |
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as a premier health care destination in |
Castañeda continues . “ Without the hard |
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California and recognized by Healthgrades |
work of our incredible team , many of those |
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as one of America ’ s 50 Best Hospitals for |
vaccinated would not have otherwise had |
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Cardiovascular Surgery . Castañeda says |
access . The work we do throughout the |
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the volume of cardiac patients they treat is |
Sacramento region is not only rewarding , |
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higher than any other hospital provider in |
but for the common good . As a Latinx |
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Northern California . |
leader , it is important to me that we strive |
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“ We offer patients a wide array of care |
toward a reality where all community |
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services and the latest technological |
members enjoy a fair and just opportunity |
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advances modern medicine offers ,” |
to be as healthy as possible — true |
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Castañeda says . “ From robotic surgery |
health equity .” |
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that allows for smaller incisions , minimal | ||
scarring and a shorter recovery time , to | ||
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