About Us
We bring people together to provide compassionate care, promote health improvement, and create healthy communities. We've been here for generations - improving health, enriching lives and strengthening communities throughout Sonoma County and the North Coast region.
As the area's population has grown, so have we. In the years since establishing Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in 1950, we have expanded our local, not-for-profit network of hospitals, healthcare services and community outreach programs in keeping with the mission of our founders.
Today, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital provides comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services provide the expert care you need - close to home. Should tragedy strike, we are the designated Level II Trauma Center for the North Coast region. When a child enters the world, we provide a safe, warm welcome. For those with life-limiting illness, we offer compassionate hospice services and palliative care.
We're the first choice among patients requiring specialized cardiac care, cancer treatment, sports medicine and rehabilitation, emergency care, psychiatric services and much more.
Our boards of trustees are volunteers, and these generous and highly qualified professionals have chosen to devote their time and talents to help navigate our most important issues and decisions, which in turn affect the entire community. The following people serve on the board of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital:
- Sr. Nadine McGinness
- Dr. Robert Feiwell
- Barry Friedman
- Tony Ghisla
- Jose Guillen
- Chuck Kassis
- Jeff Kolin
- Karissa Kruse
- Debbie Meekins (Chair)
- Dr. Ridgely Muller
- Bruce Okrepkie (Vice Chair)
- Sister Ann Marie Steffen, CSJ
- Shirley Ward
- Dr. Gregory Sacher
- Sharon Wright
How do you quantify excellent service? The most meaningful testament comes directly from those we serve – our patients. That is why our values of Dignity, Service, Excellence and Justice are the heart of every interaction we have with our patients and their loved ones.
We are proud to share our commitment to our patients has earned Santa Rosa Memorial the following distinctions:
- 2022 Women's Choice Awards Best Comprehensive Breast Care and Best Mammogram Imaging Center
- 2022 Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program
- A U.S. News & World Report High Performer for Heart Attack, 2022-2023
- A U.S. News & World Report High Performer for Heart Failure, 2022-2023
- US News & World Report High Performing Hospitals for congestive heart failure procedures (Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital) in 2019
- Healthgrades Five Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack and Heart Failure in 2021 (Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital)
Healthgrades:
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 7 Years in a Row (2017-2023)
Healthgrades:
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2023 Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Gastrointestinal Surgery in 2023
- Five-Star Recipient for Colorectal Surgeries for 2 Years in a Row (2022-2023)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Bowel Obstruction for 6 Years in a Row (2018-2023)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pancreatitis in 2023
- Five-Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery in 2023
- International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® Care Award (Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital)
- 2020 Cal Hospital Compare Honor Roll for Maternity Care
- A U.S. News & World Report High Performer for Stroke, 2022-2023
- American Heart Association 2020 Get With The Guidelines® Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. In addition, Santa Rosa Memorial qualified for recognition on the Target: Stroke Honor Roll.
- Healthgrades:
- Recipient of the 2021 Stroke Care Excellence Award™; Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke in 2021
- Five Star Recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery for two years in a row (2021-2022) and Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke for 5 Years in a Row (2019-2023)
- Recipient of the 2022 Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award; Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cranial Neurosurgery in 2022
- A U.S. News & World Report High Performer for Knee Replacement, 2022-2023
- Blue Distinction® Center for Knee and Hip Replacement (Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital)
- US News & World Report High Performing Hospitals for knee replacement procedures (Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital) in 2019
- Healthgrades:
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2023 Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2023 Spine Surgery Excellence Award™
- Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Spine Surgery in 2023
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services in 2023
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Spine Surgery in 2023
- Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement in 2023
- Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment in 2023
- Five-Star Recipient for Spinal Fusion Surgery in 2023
- One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ in 2023
- A U.S. News & World Report High Performer for COPD, 2022-2023
- Healthgrades:
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ for four years in a row (2019-2022);
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for four years in a row (2019-2022);
- Five Star Recipient for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for three years in a row;
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia for 3 Years in a Row (2021-2023)
Healthgrades:
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2023 Surgical Care Excellence Award™
- Named Among the Top 10% of Hospitals in the Nation for Surgical Care in 2023
- A U.S. News & World Report High Performer for Kidney Disease, 2022-2023
On New Year's Day 1950, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital opened its doors. More than 70 years later, Santa Rosa's premier hospital has expanded into a full-service, not-for-profit system of inpatient, outpatient, and community outreach services for the residents of Sonoma County and California's North Coast communities.
As a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, we are committed to the holistic care of persons – body, mind and spirit. The mission of Providence, of which we are a part, is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange by continually improving the health and quality of life of people in the communities we serve. Like the early Sisters who came out of their cloistered convent to care for the vulnerable and disadvantaged in the streets of Le Puy, France, our mission compels us to reach out beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for persons where there is a need.
Our expanding continuum of care today includes: urgent and emergent care, trauma services, inpatient and outpatient surgery, critical care, cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, orthopedics, pediatrics, family-centered maternity care, newborn intensive care, transitional care, palliative care, home care, hospice, rehabilitation, work care, acute psychiatric services, mobile and dental clinics, health and wellness education, neighborhood organization, advocacy and youth mentoring.
Physicians throughout our extensive service area refer patients to Providence facilities for open heart surgery, neurosurgery, clinical cancer research, psychiatric care, rehabilitation and much more. Sophisticated diagnostic procedures available at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital include angiocardiography, cardiac catheterization, coronary angioplasty, cardiac electrophysiology, CT scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, color-flow Doppler echocardiography, laser lithotripsy, transesophogeal ultrasound, video endoscopy and more.
Along with our affiliate hospitals Petaluma Valley Hospital and Healdsburg Hospital, we account for one-half of Sonoma County's available hospital beds. More than 2,000 dedicated employees serve the community through our integrated network of inpatient, outpatient and outreach modalities.
The history of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange in Sonoma County has been one of community support. In return, the community has benefited from a wide array of medical "firsts." Our history, commitment, and vision is to continue to provide our community with the best in health care consistent with our values of Compassion, Dignity, Justice, Excellence and Integrity.
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