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Long Beach State Dirtbags Honor St Mary Employee

Kathy Dollarhide, RN, BSN, CEN, CEM®, Director of the Disaster Resource Center at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center, will be recognized on the field at the Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball game in appreciation of health care professionals for her dedication to the Long Beach community.

Kathy has been an emergency room nurse for 35 years. She coordinates trainings in disaster management for nearly a dozen hospitals from Catalina Island to Downey California. As Director of the Disaster Resource Center, Kathy runs large mass casualty multiagency drills. She is a certified HAZMAT Instructor and trains with all Long Beach Law Enforcement and Fire Departments.  She is a dedicated safety instructor for the Long Beach Airport and the Border Protection Special Forces.

Additionally, Kathy is a Dirtbag. She and her husband, Chief Dave Dollarhide, were faculty at the CSULB EMT program, her daughter Kiely Crow is an alumnus and an Alpha Phi and her son Jeremy is a current CSULB student.

When                  

Friday, April 14, 2016
Doors open at 4 pm; Game begins at 6 pm

Where      

Blair Field
4700 Deukmejian Dr,
Long Beach, CA 90804

Who                       

Kathy Dollarhide,
RN, BSN, CEN, CEM®, Director of the Disaster Resource Center
Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center

Contact Lysa Barry at (818) 716-7111

Contact at Event:

Megan Martinez, Manager of Marketing & Communications,
Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center (949) 233-4093

About Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center

Founded as a faith-based hospital in 1923 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California.   The hospital offers a full complement of services, including a Level II trauma center, cardiac and vascular center, surgical weight loss, maternity, and the CARE Center, which is a recognized PrEP center of excellence.   The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. 

Publish date: 

Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Media Contact


Christina Zicklin, Director of External Communications

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