Executive Summary
There is an acute shortage of pediatric medical care in Silicon Valley. Children from Santa Clara County are currently cared for in more than 20 hospitals throughout the region. Only Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and Kaiser have concentrations of pediatric patients greater than 15 patients per day. At all the remaining hospitals, the average daily census of pediatric patients ranges from one to six patients. Quality of service and outcomes are directly related to a higher concentration of patients.

Believing that focusing care for these children in a hospital dedicated to their special needs will improve their outcomes and the healthcare of their entire region’s children, concerned physicians, business leaders, and parents came together in October 1999 to discuss the state of children’s health care in South Santa Clara County. They identified San José as the home of the largest concentration of children in the county – as well as the largest U.S. city without its own community children’s hospital.

To address this imbalance and work toward the establishment of a new children’s hospital, the Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation (SVCHF) was created with initial seed money from Applied Materials, Inc. and other individual supporters. In addition to many community leaders, the SVCHF includes more than 100 pediatricians and pediatric sub-specialists from South Bay areas including Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, Los Gatos and San José. The main goal of the SVCHF is to consolidate what is now a fragmented system of pediatric health care in San José.

Following its establishment, the Foundation worked to increase public awareness of the need for a San José-based children’s hospital and to enlist community support. After the completion of an extensive market analysis, the decision was made to partner with a local hospital in order to expedite the process. In 2003, SVCHF announced its partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH). LPCH will take the lead in overall operations and management in the new San José hospital.

LPCH is currently in the process of developing a location, confirming the financial feasibility of the project, and identifying the programs and services to be provided in the proposed new children’s hospital. The vision for the hospital is three-fold: to provide between 75 and 100 beds and an adjacent medical office building for pediatricians and pediatric specialists; to be owned and operated by Packard Children’s Hospital; to include physicians from the community and from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital to work together at the hospital.

“This effort is successful because it was started and has been driven by parents, physicians, and community leaders,” said Jeffrey S. Kanel, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and a member of SVCHF’s Board of Directors. “By combining the capabilities of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and local pediatric physicians, the children of San José will have a state-of-the-art facility in which they can receive the care they need. Our children will have the kind of care that they deserve, right in their own back yard.”

We encourage the participation of the community to help us provide the quality health care our children deserve. Children are nearly 25% of the Santa Clara County population and 100% of our future.

The Mission of the Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation

“We envision a local, easily accessible community-based hospital dedicated to providing for the healthcare needs of all children and meeting the support needs of the family. Each child will be cared for by pediatric trained staff from the beginning of their diagnosis through the effective completion of their healthcare treatment.”

Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation
Brandi Chastain
Mike Dodd
Dan Doore
Linda Durnell, vice chair
Chris Halaburka, M.D.
Jeffrey Kanel, M.D.
Dave Keneller
Honorable Kathleen King, chair
Carlos Singh

Medical Advisory Council
Mark Koukkari, M.D.-Pediatric Neurologist
Rhonda Lappen, M.D.-Pediatric Cardiologist
Anna Lee, M.D.-Pediatrician
Thad Padua, M.D.-Pediatrician
Albert Shen, M.D.-Pediatrician and Family Practitioner
Mark Singleton, M.D.-Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Margaret Smyklo, M.D.-Pediatric ICU Physician
John C. Whitney, M.D.-Pediatrician

Executive Council of the Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation
Dr. Larry Bonham – President, Santa Clara County Individual Practice Association (SCCIPA)
Joe Bronson – Executive Vice President, Office of the President, CFO, Applied Materials
Drina Collins – Principal Consultant, Assembly Member Manny Diaz’s office
Jim Cunneen – President and CEO, Silicon Valley/San José Chamber of Commerce
Honorable Ron Del Pozzo – Judge
Laura Beth DeHority – Public Relations Consultant
Paul Dubois – Chair, Los Gatos Planning Commission; Chair, Los Gatos Community Foundation
Elaine Elkin – CEO, E Two and Associates
Frank Fiscalini – Principal, Silicon Valley Advisors; retired San José Councilman and Mayor; retired East Side Union High School District Superintendent
Mike Fox, Sr. – Chair, M.E. Fox Company, Inc.; Chair, SVCHF Council
Tommy J. Fulcher, Jr. – President and CEO, Economic and Social Opportunities, Inc.
Hon Lien – Owner, Sunnyvale Seafood Corporation
Keri McLain, PhD – CEO, YWCA Santa Clara Valley
John Mills – Chief of Staff for San José Council Member Ken Yeager
Mike O’Farrell – Vice President Global Community Affairs, Applied Materials
William C. Parrish, Jr. – CEO, Santa Clara County Medical Association
Don Prolo, M.D. – Neurosurgeon; President, Neurosurgical Society; Past President, California Association of Neurological Surgeons
Stephen A. Sueltz – Retired Vice President of Financial Marketing, IBM

Advocates of the Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation
San Jose Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez
Assembly member Rebecca Cohn
Honorable Manny Diaz
Honorable Anna Eshoo
Senator Abel Maldonado
Honorable Susan Hammer
San Jose Chief of Police Rob Davis
Carl Guardino
Jim Morgan
Steve Poizner

Affiliates of the Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation
The Chariot Foundation
Pediatric Center For Life
Via Rehabilitations Service, Inc.
San José Sharks Foundation
San José Stealth

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