Awards
John Ngai, MD received the prestigious Jefferson Award presented by television station KPIX to outstanding local volunteers.
Inaugural Health Care Heroes Award for Community Impact presented to OA, San Francisco Business Times (2011)
The Volunteer Center, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties: Community Spirit Award to Dr. John Ngai, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City (2011)
UC San Francisco, Chancellor's Award for Public Service to Dr. William Schecter, founder of Operation Access (2011)
Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, Agilent Community Challenge for Outstanding Volunteer, Dr. Abdul Harris and Santa Rosa Surgical Associates (2010)
American College of Surgeons/Pfizer: Surgical Volunteerism Award (2009)
Kaiser Permanente: David Lawrence [National] Community Service Award (2007)
American Hospital Association: “NOVA” Community Health Award (2002)
Endorsements
"OA’s coordinated use of personnel and facilities provides an innovative, reproducible model for extending surgical care beyond the boundaries of the usual free clinic. The public-private collaboration of community clinics, private hospitals, and medical volunteers leverages existing resources and good will to provide uninsured patients with access to high quality, outpatient surgical services",
"The beauty of Operation Access (OA) for hospitals like California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is that we are able take one of the most costly areas of the facility (the OR) and leverage it to benefit those in need in a truly sustainable manner. OA allows CPMC to bring together our caring and highly qualified staff and physicians, who are already familiar with our complex environment, and to partner with them in noble service to our community. It’s truly a win-win situation for the patient, the community, the staff, physicians, and the hospital."
Colorado Health Institute: “2010 Colorado Safety Net Specialty Care Assessment” profiled OA as an “innovative strategy…to secure specialty care services for safety net patients” (Mar 2011)
"Kaiser Permanente's partnership with Operation Access has meant a great deal to our physicians, nurses and staff. It has given them an opportunity to give back to the community in a way that really impacts people's lives -- by providing critical services to people who otherwise wouldn't have access to the health care they need. And it's all possible because Operation Access efficiently connects community members with our facilities and volunteers, making it easy for our hospital to fulfill its commitment to provide donated surgeries and procedures."
John Ngai, MD received the prestigious Jefferson Award presented by television station KPIX to outstanding local volunteers.
Inaugural Health Care Heroes Award for Community Impact presented to OA, San Francisco Business Times (2011)
The Volunteer Center, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties: Community Spirit Award to Dr. John Ngai, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City (2011)
UC San Francisco, Chancellor's Award for Public Service to Dr. William Schecter, founder of Operation Access (2011)
Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, Agilent Community Challenge for Outstanding Volunteer, Dr. Abdul Harris and Santa Rosa Surgical Associates (2010)
American College of Surgeons/Pfizer: Surgical Volunteerism Award (2009)
Kaiser Permanente: David Lawrence [National] Community Service Award (2007)
American Hospital Association: “NOVA” Community Health Award (2002)
Endorsements
"OA’s coordinated use of personnel and facilities provides an innovative, reproducible model for extending surgical care beyond the boundaries of the usual free clinic. The public-private collaboration of community clinics, private hospitals, and medical volunteers leverages existing resources and good will to provide uninsured patients with access to high quality, outpatient surgical services",
Kathleen Casey, MD, Director
Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons
"The beauty of Operation Access (OA) for hospitals like California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is that we are able take one of the most costly areas of the facility (the OR) and leverage it to benefit those in need in a truly sustainable manner. OA allows CPMC to bring together our caring and highly qualified staff and physicians, who are already familiar with our complex environment, and to partner with them in noble service to our community. It’s truly a win-win situation for the patient, the community, the staff, physicians, and the hospital."
Delvecchio Finley, Vice President, Operations
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
Colorado Health Institute: “2010 Colorado Safety Net Specialty Care Assessment” profiled OA as an “innovative strategy…to secure specialty care services for safety net patients” (Mar 2011)
"Kaiser Permanente's partnership with Operation Access has meant a great deal to our physicians, nurses and staff. It has given them an opportunity to give back to the community in a way that really impacts people's lives -- by providing critical services to people who otherwise wouldn't have access to the health care they need. And it's all possible because Operation Access efficiently connects community members with our facilities and volunteers, making it easy for our hospital to fulfill its commitment to provide donated surgeries and procedures."
Lara Sallee, MPH, Community Benefit Manager
Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center
