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Additional Staff

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Sandi Dunn RN, MHA, CCM

Catastrophic Case Manager

Sandi has over 26 years of experience within medical case management. She earned Associated Degree in Nursing and Associate Degree in Liberal Arts from Saddleback College School of Nursing in Mission Viejo, California. She obtained her Master of Health Administration and Bachelor of Science Health Care Management from University of La Verne in La Verne, California.

Sandi is a seasoned catastrophic Case Manager with experience developing and delivering comprehensive care and facilitating care between patient, medical providers, claims and Industrial Health Departments. She is highly experienced in workers compensation. She has worked as a Supervisor of Medical Case Management for a large insurer and been a Director of Case Management fir a Rehabilitation Center.

Sandi works part-time and is known as a loyal team player with an unwavering commitment to providing quality care and preventive medicine advocacy. She provides coverage of field visits for our full-time staff as needed. She enjoys riding her horses, traveling and spending time with her son and several dogs.

Sandi covers the Orange County area.





 
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Vanessa Ortega MSW

Medical Social Worker, Case Manager

Vanessa has over 10 years of experience as a Medical Social Worker in mental health department for Orange County Children and Family Services in Orange, California. She earned her Masters of Science Degree in Educational Counseling from the National University in Costa Mesa, Californiaand her Bachelor of Science in Human Services with an Emphasis in Mental Health from California State University in Fullerton, California.

Vanessa has extensive experience in case management of special needs children in the school system andorthopedic handicapped in the Special Education Department. She works part-time at Irvine Valley College as a counselor and instructor and teaches a course in Career Exploration and Life Planning. She is a strong advocate for young adults and provides the emotional counseling needed in this young population. As a medical case manager her counseling skills have been an asset in assisting our clients to return to work and finding alternative careers and jobs.

Vanessa is native Bilingual Spanish Speaking. She enjoys traveling and spending quality time with her husband and 2 small children.

Vanessa works part-time and covers the orange county and Inland Empire areas.