About Us

Since our beginnings as Tarzana Medical Center in 1973, we’ve been known for providing high-quality compassionate care in the San Fernando Valley. Now, with the partnership of Providence and Cedars-Sinai, we’re transforming your community hospital into a full-service, ultramodern medical campus. From our pediatric- and stroke-approved emergency department to our highly rated heart, vascular, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric and women’s services, Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center is proud to provide world-class care, close to home.

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Clinical Excellence

We’ve been singled out for our exceptional quality in a broad range of services.

Here are a few highlights:

  • Fully accredited – Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  • Approved receiving center for emergency stroke and STEMI (the most severe heart attack) patients – State Department of Health Services and L.A. County Emergency Medical Services Agency
  • Get with the Guidelines® Gold Plus stroke care – American Heart Association
  • "Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP)" – Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Emergency Medical Services Agency (911 responders take children to EDAP-certified hospitals first in pediatric emergencies)
  • Neonatal intensive care unit ranked in the top 10% – Vermont Oxford study of 373 hospital NICUs
  • Nationally recognized diabetes care – American Diabetes Association
  • See Awards and Recognition for more

We attribute these outstanding achievements directly to the dedication and commitment of our doctors, nurses, therapists and clinicians.

Learn about our safety and crisis care guidelines.

Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center is committed providing compassionate, reliable and safe care. That’s why we continually implement quality initiatives that ensure our patients receive the absolute best care. Our quality dashboard shows ours progress on five quality measures.

Executive Leadership Team
  • Nick Lymberopoulos, Chief Executive
  • Howard Davis, MD, Chief Medical Officer
  • Deb Carver, RN, Chief Nursing Officer
  • Jessica Trimble, Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director of Operations
  • Anne Lurch, Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Shawn Kiley, Chief Mission Integration Officer
  • Matthew Rinnert, Chief Philanthropy Officer
  • Sharon Gross, Senior Director Operational Planning
  • Jennifer McCoy, Executive Director, Quality
  • Jeanne Sulka, Director, Business Development
  • Thomas Priselac, board chair
  • Kevin Manemann
  • Jeff Smith, MD
  • Erik G. Wexler
  • Lisa Weaver
  • Jeff Work, MD
  • David Wrigley

Patient experience

We are grateful that you trust us to provide your care, and we want you to feel confident that your health and safety are in good hands. Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission, which sets standards for quality of care, patient safety and the safety of the environment in which care is provided. If you have concerns about safety or quality that have not been addressed adequately, you have the right to contact The Joint Commission or the California Department of Public Health.

Contact the Joint Commission:

  • Submit a concern online at www.jointcommission.org and click on “Report a Safety Event”
  • Fax: 630-792-5636
  • Mail: The Joint Commission Office of Quality and Patient Safety - One Renaissance Blvd., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Contact the California Department of Public Health (CDPH):

  • Phone: 844-541-0368
  • Fax: 626-927-9293
  • Mail: 3400 Aerojet Ave., Suite 323, El Monte, CA 91731

When submitting a complaint to the Joint Commission, you may provide your name and contact information or submit your complaint anonymously. Providing your name and contact information enables the Joint Commission to inform you about the actions taken in response to your complaint, and to contact you if additional information is needed. It is the Joint Commission's policy to treat your name as confidential information and not to disclose it to any other party. However, it may be necessary to share the complaint with Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in the course of a complaint investigation.

Joint Commission policy forbids accredited organizations from taking retaliatory actions against employees for reporting a patient safety or quality of care concern.

Please note: The Joint Commission does not address individual billing issues and payment disputes. It also does not have jurisdiction in labor-relations issues or in the individual clinical management of a patient.