LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital is pleased to announce the arrival of Tiffany Ortega, MHA as the hospital’s new Assistant Administrator of Allied Services.  

In this role, Ortega will oversee the imaging, respiratory therapy, dietary and physical therapy departments at Sutter Lakeside.

Ortega was most recently the director of Laboratory, Environment Services and Transportation at Sutter Roseville Medical Center.  

She completed an administrative fellowship program with Sutter Roseville Medical Center in 2011. This experience allowed her to serve as a member of the executive management team under the direction of the medical center’s chief administrative officer, giving Ortega an exclusive look, and hands-on experience, at running a hospital.

Ortega has a long personal history with health care. “My aunt runs a camp that helps children and adults with disabilities and I volunteered there every summer since I was 12. I’ve worked in healthcare in some capacity ever since, but I wanted to do more than I could do with my own two hands. Ultimately, I’m interested in learning how to improve healthcare environments on every level.”

“To have an administrative fellow on board is such a positive for Sutter’s patients,” said Siri Nelson, Sutter Lakeside Hospital’s chief administrative officer. “Tiffany brings a level of energy and professionalism to Sutter Lakeside that will help us to see things in new ways.”

Ortega earned her bachelor in economics and media studies at Willamette University in Salem, Ore., and her master of health care administration at the University of Southern California.

She is looking forward to the opportunity to work for a Critical Access Hospital. “Sutter Roseville has 328 beds. I’m eager to dig in and discover the unique challenges that face 25-bed rural community hospitals.”

During the moments she gets away from her desk, Ortega likes to cycle, swim, and row, all opportunities that intrigued her about living in Lake County. She also loves to travel. To date, she has been to Thailand and China and is planning her next adventure.

Nelson added, “We encourage everyone who meets Tiffany Ortega to make her feel welcome and to show her that while we might be a small place, we are a big community.”