At Sirona’s Restaurant in Santa Anita Park, the “Mardi Gras in May” Food Festival will start at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9. On the occasion of the festival’s 28th anniversary, they will be serving fine cuisine from well-known San Gabriel Valley restaurants, along with live music, a silent auction, festive costumes, libations, and a celebratory parade! The Trinity Hills Estates family will be there, as we are one of the proud sponsors of this longheld event!

Get ready to enjoy yourself and your friends while supporting a good cause! The organizers thrilled to announce that Dr. Sam Chia is the King of Mardi Gras for this year! A medical professional who has worked at USC Arcadia Hospital since 1999 and has held numerous senior positions since 2007. Dr. Chia served on the hospital board and as chief of the medical staff in 2020. As Vice Chief for Staff, Secretary/Treasurer, and Chair of the Credentials Committee, Dr. Chia has served on the Medical Executive Committee for seven years.

In recent years, there has been a significant change in how healthcare is delivered. We need your assistance to address the demand for emerging technologies as we proceed.

We are creating blueprints for a hybrid operating room that combines a conventional operating room and an image-guided interventional suite. This combination enables extremely sophisticated, difficult surgical techniques. Cardiothoracic, vascular, endovascular, neurological, and spinal surgeries all use hybrid operating rooms. A key component of this is the use of intraoperative imaging during difficult surgeries to carry out and ensure quality.

Additionally, we are looking towards getting a new da Vinci surgical robotic system. The surgery area is seen in crystal clear 3D high-definition views that are 10 times larger than what the human eye can see thanks to the robotic technology. The surgeon also employs tiny instruments with precise precision movement that resemble human hands but have a much wider range of motion. Da Vinci surgical robotic system surgery is less intrusive, results in shorter hospital stays, and can hasten patient recovery and improve outcomes.

These cutting-edge medical technologies will support Methodist Hospital’s world-class medical care for many years to come.