SUBJECT:

Thornton Administrator Appointed

We are pleased to announce the appointment of MR. PAUL J. HENSLER as the
new Administrator of the Thornton Hospital effective April 1, 1998.
Mr. Hensler has over 15 years of hospital administration experience
and most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Sutter
Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, California for six years. Prior to
this position, Mr. Hensler played an instrumental role in the startup
of the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California
and, before that, was Vice President of Program Development at the
400-bed Connor Hospital in San Jose where he was responsible for
planning, program development, marketing and public relations. Paul
comes very highly recommended by his Board, managers and physicians
at Lakeside as well as by his superiors at the Sutter corporate
offices. He is credited with turning the hospital's finances around
from a loss in his first year and keeping it profitable during his
entire tenure. He also led the development of a comprehensive
strategic planning process along with the physicians and the Board of
the hospital, and guided the organization toward its current expanded
facilities and programs.

We would like to thank Molly B. LaCroix for her interim leadership at
Thornton and recognize her many accomplishments, including bringing
stability and growth, which earned her the respect and support of both
physicians and staff. Molly will return to her former position and
will focus her attentions, as a member of the Medical Center's Senior
Management Team, on coordinating the Medical Center's part of achieving
improvements in access, enhancing our customer service, and improving
the quality of our work environment.

We are also grateful to the Thornton physicians and staff who have been
very supportive and cooperative during this extended period of interim
leadership. And, finally, we would like to thank the numerous
individuals who participated very conscientiously in the interview
process for this recruitment.

Please join us in welcoming Paul Hensler to UCSD, and in thanking Molly
LaCroix for her contributions.

Sincerely, KENT B. SHERWOOD UCSD Healthcare SUMIYO E. KASTELIC Director UCSD Medical Center