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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends of Marian,

As we celebrate the start of a new year, I am honored to share with you that 2013 was yet another
exciting and successful year for Marian Regional Medical Center, characterized by vast expan-
sion, positive change and awards of recognition for service and clinical excellence.

This May will mark the two-year anniversary of opening the new Marian Regional Medical
Center. Since opening, Marian has continued to fulfill its promise to the community to deliver
the highest level of care by continuing to invest in the most advanced technologies and the most
effective treatments. We also continue to recruit expert health care professionals and physicians
from the nation’s top medical schools and training programs. Within the past five years, Marian has added nearly 80
new physicians. It is Marian’s recruitment and retention of the most intellectual minds in medicine that enhances and
assures we continue to deliver on our promise to provide exceptional medicine, today and every day.

As we commemorate the last 12 months, I am pleased to share that Marian is ranked as one of the top performing
Dignity Health hospitals for overall quality, safety and patient experience. In 2013, Marian was honored with nu-
merous awards and distinctions, including Level Three Trauma Center Designation, an “A” overall rating from the
Leapfrog Group (a leading hospital ratings organization), and Marian was also one of only two hospitals throughout
Dignity Health to be recognized for exceeding the 95th percentile for perinatal safety initiatives. Marian also received
Healthgrades’ prestigious Critical Care Excellence Award for ranking among the top 5% in the nation for critical care.

In this issue we are proud to introduce you to the Marian Family Medicine Residency Program, affiliated with the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and Western University. This summer we will
welcome the first class of physician residents to Marian’s campus. These top ranking medical students will begin their
residency training with their medical degrees and will complete the program as highly experienced physicians. It is
our plan and hope that the majority of these new physicians will choose to live and practice on the Central Coast.

You will also learn about Marian’s newly developed Neuroscience and Stroke Program affiliated with Stanford, op-
portunities for philanthropic giving, moving patient testimonials and innovative new services dedicated to the overall
health of each patient’s mind, body and spirit. It is the support from you, our incredibly generous donors, which has
paved the way for Marian’s transformation from a community level hospital to a regional medical center, offering a
sophisticated level of care equivalent to major teaching centers. Together with you, our partners, we have the ability
to transform the delivery of health care. We believe humanity is at the very core of health care and we have always
known what scientists and researchers are now proving to be true: medicine has the ability to cure, but it is our shared
humanity that holds the power to heal.

Employees, physicians and volunteers at Marian continue to be profoundly inspired by your generosity. On behalf of
Marian and on behalf of our patients, I sincerely thank you for your continued support to advance Marian’s thriving
future and to assure Marian provides for the health care needs of our community for generations to come.

In Gratitude,

Charles J. Cova
President and CEO
Marian Regional Medical Center

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