About Us

With two locations in Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach, Mission Hospital offers a wide range of medical specialties and sub-specialties with an unparalleled standard of care. Our dedication to service, compassion and quality health care has made us an essential caretaker of the South Orange County community for over 60 years. 

Centers of Excellence

As evidenced by our long history of medical care, our hospital continues to set the standard for medical treatments and offers one of the most comprehensive arrays of services and programs in Orange County. We are continually elevating the standards of clinical care through our many Centers of Excellence.

Collaborative Partnerships

We work tirelessly to care for every patient’s physical, emotional, medical and spiritual well-being. In doing so, we’ve partnered with several health care organization to administer the highest possible level of care. These partnerships include:

History Leadership Accreditations Joint Commission
History

Mission Hospital was founded in Mission Viejo in 1971 by a group of proactive, physicians who realized the need for accessible, quality medical care to serve the growing community. Over the decades, Mission Hospital has continued to develop new programs and services to meet the community’s ever changing needs. In 1993, Mission Hospital partnered with CHOC Children’s to provide pediatric services and a year later, became a member of the St. Joseph Health, which is a nonprofit Catholic health care ministry founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. In 2009, Mission Hospital expanded its geographic footprint to include South Orange County’s coast line by acquiring Mission Hospital Laguna Beach.

Sisters of St. Joseph - A Legacy of Caring

St. Joseph Health is a ministry sponsored by the St. Joseph Health Ministry, who originated in 17th century France with the unique vision of a Jesuit priest named Jean-Pierre Médaille. He visualized an order of religious women who would venture out into the community, seek out "the dear neighbors" and minister to their needs.

In 1912, a small contingent of the Sisters of St. Joseph came to Eureka, California, to establish a school. With the influenza epidemic of 1918, the Sisters temporarily abandoned their education efforts to care for the sick. They realized the small community desperately needed a hospital. In 1920, the Sisters opened St. Joseph Hospital of Eureka.

Today the Sisters continue their work through the sponsorship of acute care hospitals, home health care, rehabilitation programs, primary care clinics and many community outreach and wellness programs. In each community we touch, we reach out to care for the poor and vulnerable.

Watch a video on the heritage of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange and take a virtual tour of the Motherhouse.

The following statement of philosophy is based on the core values, tradition and care of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange to promote understanding and unified efforts throughout the organization in fulfilling the mission of healing. The philosophy is the foundation for the organization, which makes it operational on a daily basis.

Life is a gift from God to be cherished and respected in all its stages from conception through death to life eternal.

In respecting the sacredness of life, we strive:

  • To act in accordance with the ethical principles and teachings of the Catholic Church
  • To protect each person's right to life and ensure the terminal patient's right to a dignified death
  • To offer spiritual support and comfort to those who face death or are suffering
  • To educate ourselves and the public about medical-ethical issues

Every person has dignity and worth because each is a unique creation.

In respecting personal dignity and worth, we strive:

  • To provide quality care for all patients without distinction
  • To honor each person's right to privacy, confidentiality and self-determination
  • To ensure equality and opportunity and just labor practices for employees

In respecting each person's uniqueness, we strive:

  • To provide individualized and person-centered care
  • To ensure that spiritual care is available for each patient
  • To support and appreciate one another and contribute to an environment that recognizes the contribution of each person

Patients deserve quality health care services in a professional and well managed environment

To ensure quality services and professionalism, we strive:

  • To operate sound management principles which allow the mission to be promoted with efficiency and effectiveness
  • To vigilantly guard and manage our resources with strong stewardship and accountability
  • To foster training and growth in skills, competence and professionalism
  • To maintain an environment in which responsibility and accountability are clearly defined and performance is fairly evaluated
  • To encourage and recognize creativity and excellence in the performance of service

An environment of unity and harmony contributes to healing and wellness

In contributing to a harmonious environment, we strive:

  • To collaborate as a health care team in caring for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and staff
  • To foster open communication that includes active listening and consistent sharing of information
  • To maintain attitude and behavior that promotes a spirit of cooperation and hospitality
  • To cooperate with other facilities and agencies to meet the health care needs of the communities we serve

Mission Hospital is committed to the highest ethical principles in delivering quality health care. It is equally committed to the healing mission of the Catholic Church, which provides our ministry with those social and moral principles.

Through this hospital corporation and its services, programs, and works, the leadership of Mission Hospital seeks to give public witness to the gospel values of Christ's healing ministry by providing health care to the civic and adjoining communities of south Orange County. Services provided by Mission Hospital and its employees, contribute to the central mission of healing in Christ's name.

Each person performs a significant role in accomplishing that mission by striving to provide excellent service in a manner that is compassionate and respectful. Mission Hospital assumes a leadership role in assessing and responding to the needs of the community, especially the needs of the medically underserved and disadvantaged persons.

Meet the Executive Leadership Team

Board of Trustees

Reza Dehkordi, MD - Internist
Mission Heritage Medical Group

Shannon Dwyer, Esq - Chief Practice Officer & Senior Advisor
THEO Executive Group

Marcelo Mills
Co-Founder & Head of Business Banking at Integro Bank

Mark Hebner - President
Index Fund Advisors, Inc.

Jaime Muñoz - Vice Chair
Public Child Welfare Services Administrator
Orange County Social Services Agency

Steven Pal - Chair
Principal Healthcare Consultant
PDC Transaction Partners, LLC

Lisa Perrine - Chief Executive Officer
Cibola Systems

James Quandt - Managing Partner
Thomas James Capital, Inc.

Josh M. Randall, MD - Urologist
Orange County Urology Associates, Inc.

Virginia Ripslinger
VLR Consulting

Seth Teigen, Chief Executive
Mission Hospital

Stephen Tocci, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon
Community Orthopedic Medical Group

Sister Herlinda Ramirez Machado, CSJ
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange

Raul Marquez, MD - President
Mission Heritage Medical Group

Melanie Spencer Wolf, DO - Internist
Optum/Monarch Healthcare

As stewards of life-long health and well-being, we actively pursue certifications that require us to adhere to the highest standards of care. Both of our campuses most recent achievements include:

  • Magnet® recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center 
  • Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation from the American College of Surgeons 
  • Comprehensive Stroke Center designation, the highest level of stroke care awarded by The Joint Commission.
  • CARF accreditation: 
  • Baby Friendly designation by Baby Friendly, USA, for a commitment to breast feeding promotion, education and resources for new families to ensure babies have a healthy start.
 

Patient care and safety

We know you come to Providence because you trust the care we provide. We want you to know our mission for your good health and safety is a top priority. Joint Commission standards deal with organizational quality of care issues and patient safety and the safety of the environment in which care is provided. Any individual believing that he or she has concerns regarding patient safety or quality of care concerns at Providence Health & Services that the hospital has not addressed appropriately may contact The Joint Commission.

If your issue remains unresolved, you have the right to:

  • Contact the Joint Commission Office:
    • Submit a concern online at www.jointcommission.org and click on “Report a Safety Event”
    • Fax to: (630) 792-5636
    • Mail to: The Joint Commission Office of Quality and Patient Safety, One Renaissance Blvd, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
  • Contact the California Dept of Public Health (CDPH)
    • Mail to: 3400 Aerojet Ave, Suite 323, El Monte, CA 91731
    • Phone: (800) 228-1019
    • Fax: (626) 927-9293

When submitting a complaint to the Joint Commission about an accredited organization, you may either provide your name and contact information or submit your complaint anonymously. Providing your name and contact information enables the Joint Commission to inform you about the actions taken in response to your complaint, and also to contact you should additional information be needed. It is the Joint Commission's policy to treat your name as confidential information and not to disclose it to any other party. However, it may be necessary to share the complaint with Providence Health & Services in the course of a complaint investigation.

Joint Commission policy forbids an accredited organization from taking retaliatory actions against employees for having reported a patient safety or quality of care concern to the Joint Commission.

Please note: The Joint Commission does not address individual billing issues and payment disputes. It also does not have jurisdiction in labor relations issues or the individual clinical management of a patient.