Community Corner

First Governing Board Named For Temecula Valley Hospital

The following is a news release from United Health Services Inc.:

(TEMECULA) The Temecula Valley Hospital has formed its first volunteer Governing Board comprised of physician members, community representatives and hospital leaders.

The important role of the Board is to oversee the safety and quality of services that will be provided at the new hospital and to represent the Temecula Valley Hospital to the community it serves. 

Officers were elected at an inaugural meeting held on May 6 at the Temecula Creek Inn. Dr. Larry Boggeln will serve as the Chairman of the Governing Board and Dennis Frank as Vice Chairman. 

“A hospital for the community of Temecula has been at the top of the wish list for many years,” Dr. Boggeln said. “By serving on the Board of Governors of the Temecula Valley Hospital, we act as a liaison between the hospital and the community. The opportunity to support both the hospital and the community is humbling and fulfilling. I am honored to have been asked to fill this role.”

Board members are:
• Larry Boggeln, MD, family practice physician
• Dennis Frank, a retired consultant and community activist
• Jeff Comerchero, CEO and President of the Rancon Group and Temecula City Councilman 
• Joan Sparkman, education and community activist, retired from the banking industry
• Jerry Hizon, MD, Family and Sports Medicine, president of the Riverside County Medical Association 
• Scott Treadway, Senior Pastor at Rancho Community Church
• Judy Zulfiqar, CEO of RKR Marketing in Temecula
• Abayomi Odubela, MD, an Internal Medicine physician
• Darlene Wetton, Temecula Valley Hospital CEO
• John Harris, Group Vice President for Universal Health Services
• Neil Colica, Chief Nursing Officer for the Temecula Valley Hospital

The new 140-bed, five-story Temecula Valley Hospital, now under construction, is scheduled to open this fall. It will have all private rooms, a 20-bed intensive care unit (ICU), high-tech surgical suites and an emergency room. For more information, please visit www.temeculavalleyhospital.com.


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