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PATRONS | Fall 2016 33 IN YOUR COMMUNITY Clowns Celebrate 25 Years For the last quarter century Torrance Memorial Medical Center's volunteer clown program, Clowns on Rounds, has helped to spread laughter and speed healing among patients and visitors. In August, in honor of National Clown Week, the program celebrated 25 years, as well as the 10th anniversary of Torrance Memorial's clown school. Torrance Memorial is the only Southern California hospital to offer its own clown school, where people learn how to be clowns and receive additional training if interested in volunteering as a hospital clown. To celebrate this milestone, current and former members of the program were invited to gather for a reunion lunch. Current clowns also visited patients. For more information on the Torrance Memorial clown school or how to become a hospital clown, call 310-517-4752. Current and alumni clowns with Sally Eberhard (Administra on), Floren na Al-Rawashdeh (Food Services), Chef Sam Sellona (Catering) and Mary Matson (Volunteer Services), celebrate 25th anniversary of the clown program and 10th anniversary of the clown school. EVA GEDMINAS, JOYCE "JOY" PAYNE BOBBIE ADLER "POKA DOC" Miracle of Living at the Beach There is no more vital or complex organ than the brain. Frustratingly little is known about dementia and brain health. Jeffrey Kim, MD, Neurology, and Anna Mellor, MD, Internal Medicine, spoke to a full house at the July Miracle of Living at the Beach lecture series at Shade Hotel Manhattan Beach. Eduardo Añorga, MD, family practice, served as the moderator. Speakers discussed the diagnosis and treatment of dementia and what steps can be taken to protect brain health. NADINE BOBIT, EDUARD ANORGA, MD. PEG MOLINE, ANN O'BRIEN PAT LUCY, ELAINE TROTTER LAURA MCINTIRE, ERIN FIORITO EDUARDO ANORGA, MD, ANNA MELLOR, MD, CENNA KIM, MD, JEFFEY KIM, MD MICHAEL ZISLIS, JUDITH GASSNER