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This week our CEO updates the community on our vaccination clinics, vaccination figures, good and bad news about COVID-19 in SB county, and changes to our visitation policy.

Lompoc Valley Medical Center recognizes the important role of visitors in the mental health and well being of hospitalized patients. LVMC visitor guidelines have been revised to ensure patient support during hospitalization, with a focus on minimizing the spread of COVID-19 exposure to protect patients and staff. The following guidelines are based on current guidance from California Department of Public Health and in effect.

This week our CEO updates the community on Vaccination Clinics, Omicron, Hospitalizations, our new Physician of the Year, and more.

Cardiologist Dr. Khawar Gul has been named Lompoc Valley Medical Center Physician of the Year for 2021.

The Vaccination Clinic will be open from 12:30 to 6 pm Friday, with a large turn-out anticipated. We strongly recommend you make an appointment.

Thiis week our CEO updates the community on vaccination clinics, vaccination figures, Covid figures, Covid hospitalizations, the CCC, and our Foundation.

The Comprehensive Care Center in Lompoc is now offering a New Nurse Graduate Residency program for Licensed Vocational Nurses and Registered Nurses.

Lompoc Valley Medical Center’s Comprehensive Care Center has earned “High Performing” status designation by U.S. News and World Report.

Lompoc Valley Medical Center’s Dr. Christopher Taglia was among 2,350 Initiates globally who became Fellows of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) during a Convocation ceremony at the College’s virtual Clinical Congress 2021, October 23-27.  This year’s class of Initiates was among one of the largest ever admitted into the College.

This week our CEO updates the community on vaccination clinics for children ages 5 - 11, the federal vaccine mandate for healthcare facilities, county vaccination Figures, and a Covid vocabulary lesson.

LVMC will hold its first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 5-to-11-year-olds on Wednesday, November 10 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm.

This week, LVMC will administer Moderna and Janssen (J&J) boosters along with the already approved Pfizer boosters.

This week our CEO updates the community on booster shots, vaccinations, COVID statistics and hospitalizations, and LVMC's newest daisy award winner.

Lompoc Valley Medical Center’s bariatric surgery program has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint Quality Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

Comprehensive Care Center Registered Nurse Brenda Damasco has been recognized with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The prestigious international award is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care provided to patients and families every day.