About Us

Quality health services and community support have been the tradition at O’Connor Hospital since we opened our doors in 1889. Whether for the birth of a baby or a life-saving surgery, our reputation for medical excellence, superior skills and advanced technology precedes us.

• Our Mission & Values guide everything we do at O’Connor Hospital.
• Find out more about the History of O’Connor Hospital — the first hospital in Santa Clara County, O’Connor has a long-standing tradition of keeping families healthy for generations.
• Enjoy reading about O’Connor’s Tradition of Compassionate Care, beginning in 1663 with a dream and continuing to present day.
• Browse through our latest edition of Caritas, our Daughters of Charity Health System magazine.(PDF)
• Read about Daughters of Charity Health System here.
• Browse through our Daughters of Charity Health System’s latest Annual Report.

O’Connor Hospital is an active member of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is a coalition of businesses representing more than a quarter of a million jobs across every sector of the economy. The Chamber has an active history of advocacy, economic development and business promotion programs to enhance and improve the business climate and quality of services in the San Jose area. O’Connor Hospital President & CEO James F. Dover serves on the Board of Directors for the Chamber, and O’Connor Hospital has taken an active role in community building by participating in Chamber events. Visit the chamber’s Web site at www.sjchamber.com.

Read about and purchase “Steel Frames,” a beautiful publication especially written and produced by the Daughters of Charity for the Centennial of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 1906.
“Steel Frames” is available for purchase at our O’Connor Hospital (SMYLES) Gift Shop for $14.99 plus sales tax.
Please call (408) 947-2500, x 4010 for more information.

View a Videostream of “Holy Ground” (broadband | dial-up), a history of O’Connor. This streaming video is viewable with Windows Media. You can download the player plug-in from Microsoft.

• Referred to as the “Capital of Silicon Valley”, Our Community is diverse, full of economic opportunity and activities for the entire family.
• Read current O’Connor Hospital News Headlines.
• For more than twenty years, Our Foundation has been raising, managing, and distributing funds to benefit the hospital and its patients.
• Volunteer Opportunities. Whether they’re high school students getting a taste of the working world, or seniors running errands and offering a smile to patients, volunteers are part of the lifeblood of O’Connor Hospital.