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Wed 24 February 2010

 

Luiz Soares' job as a skydiving instructor in Marin County came to an abrupt halt last year when he tore a ligament in his knee during a rough landing. Unable to resume teaching, the 33-year-old took a janitorial job to make ends meet. However, he soon discovered that the physical demands of the new job were too much for his injured and painful knee.

 

Jeff Sugarman, MD

Sonoma Medicine Magazine

 

It is well known that we are facing a crisis in health care delivery in this country. Although a patchwork health care safety net exists in the United States, there are many gaps in delivery, particularly in the delivery of specialty care. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), a key component of the safety net, are chartered to address primary health services, so their missions and resources often do not extend to specialty care. 

Fall, 2009

Janet Parmer

 

In just eight years, Dr. Abdul Harris has gone from completing his medical school residency to chairing the Memorial Hospital surgery department. And even with a demanding career, he makes time to pursue his commitment to community service.

 

Thu 24 December 2009

Richard Halstead

 

For Stephanie Kirkman of San Quentin Village, Christmas came a day early this year.

 

Kirkman's present was a free gallbladder surgery Thursday at Novato Community Hospital arranged by Operation Access, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that recruits medical volunteers and hospitals to provide donated outpatient surgeries to low-income uninsured patients.

 

Sun 25 October 2009

Richard Halstead

 

Sutter Health, which had halted donated surgeries at Marin General Hospital last month, has reversed course after an Independent Journal inquiry.

 

The surgeries were performed by Operation Access of San Francisco, which organizes a network of medical volunteers, hospitals and referring community clinics to provide low-income uninsured patients access to donated outpatient surgeries and specialty care.

 

Sat 17 October 2009

Doug Jastrow

 

For the past six months, Noemi Lopez had treated her hernia by sitting down when the pain became too much to bear.

 

She couldn't walk properly or bend at the waist. Every two weeks her stomach became inflamed, causing her intense pain. Lopen, who lives in Fremont, does not have health insurance, so he feared there was no solution to her problem.

 

Sun 11 Oct 2009

Janet Kidd Stewart

 

Steve Mercer spent 35 years with General Electric and Boeing, mostly developing executive talent jobs. Now, he's developing the math skills of a fifth-grader.

 

Barbara Zavodny, a senior benefits manager for a major food company for nearly two decades, now counsels Medicare recipeints about benefit options.

 

Northern CA Chapter American College of Surgeons (1/1/97)