Spring (Vol. 11, No. 1) - San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
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S a n F r a n c i s c o G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l<br />
F o u n d a t i o n N e w s<br />
It’s been said that how we live is how we die. As an institution<br />
that serves the city’s most vulnerable populations, <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and Trauma Center (SFGH) is<br />
committed to the principle that all people should be treated<br />
with dignity through all stages of life—including the end of<br />
it. <strong>No</strong>w that commitment has taken shape with the opening<br />
of the SFGH Palliative Care Consultation Service, a program<br />
that improves the quality of life for patients with chronic and<br />
life-limiting illness, including those near the end of life.<br />
Headed by Doctors Anne Kinderman and Heather Harris,<br />
the Palliative Care Service is an interdisciplinary program that<br />
addresses not just the medical needs, but the psychological,<br />
social and spiritual needs of patients and their families.<br />
“At <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong>, our mission is to<br />
provide excellent care to the most vulnerable<br />
people in our city and county. We would<br />
argue that people who are coming to the<br />
end of life here are especially vulnerable,”<br />
explains Kinderman. “Our Palliative Care<br />
Team has the time and expertise to focus<br />
on relieving physical suffering, as well as<br />
supporting the family and the patient.<br />
“By nature, palliative care is<br />
interdisciplinary” she continues. “As a<br />
physician, I focus on particular things with<br />
a patient, but I might miss non-verbal cues<br />
or family dynamics that others will notice.<br />
That’s why we have a physician, a nurse,<br />
a social worker and a chaplain on board.<br />
Each of us contributes in different ways,<br />
and together we work with the whole person<br />
during his or her advanced illness.”<br />
Kinderman adds that palliative care should<br />
not be confused with hospice.<br />
“Hospice is a specialized form of palliative<br />
care for patients who have limited prognoses, usually only<br />
six months to live,” she explains. “Palliative care focuses<br />
on improving quality of care for patients, regardless of the<br />
prognosis. Ideally, it’s happening at the same time as curative<br />
or life-prolonging treatments, so that patients can have better<br />
quality of care even as they fight their illness.”<br />
In addition to support from the City and County of <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Francisco</strong>, funding for the Palliative Care Service comes<br />
from the California HealthCare <strong>Foundation</strong> (CHCF), a<br />
philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the way<br />
healthcare is delivered and financed in California. As part<br />
of its commitment to promote appropriate end-of-life care,<br />
the CHCF established the Spreading Palliative Care in Public<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>s project in 2008.<br />
S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 V O L . 1 1 N O . 1<br />
Palliative Care Service:<br />
Providing Quality of Life<br />
in the Face of Illness<br />
“Palliative care provides patients with high-quality, appropriate<br />
care,” says Kinderman. “It also allows them to die with<br />
dignity. Too often, before our Palliative Care Service was<br />
in place, we would see patients dying alone or with another<br />
patient in the room.<br />
“The California HealthCare <strong>Foundation</strong> saw a great need<br />
for palliative care services, and so they funded programs<br />
across the state. They understood that <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong><br />
could set a unique example for other safety net institutions,<br />
especially for those with academic affiliations like we have<br />
with UCSF.”<br />
To make life as comfortable and homelike as possible in<br />
the last days and weeks of a patient’s life, two rooms in<br />
Anne Kinderman, MD, Director, SFGH Supportive and Palliative Care Service, shares a<br />
smile with a recent patient.<br />
the hospital’s Oncology/HIV unit have been remodeled as<br />
comfort care suites with the help of a Hearts grant from the<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>. The nonprofit<br />
organization, Healing Environments, donated services,<br />
artwork and furniture to create a warm and peaceful<br />
environment in the suites.<br />
“The first person who stayed there was estranged from her<br />
family and had been homeless most of her adult life,” says<br />
Regina Epperhart, the program’s social worker. “All she<br />
wanted to do was go to Australia to be with aboriginal tribes<br />
and be closer to the earth. She couldn’t go of course, but she<br />
did stay in our comfort care suite, which contains a lot of<br />
wood and pictures of trees. I think her free spirit resonated<br />
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Palliative Care Service<br />
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with the purpose of that room. She was there for several days before<br />
she died.<br />
“Even though she didn’t have family to be with her, she was<br />
comfortable from a physical and emotional standpoint. Our staff<br />
visited with her and held her hand. It was so powerful to see the high<br />
quality of care someone could get, even when she was all alone.”<br />
But usually people who receive Palliative Care Services are not alone.<br />
“A person’s life affects those around them. Often the way that people<br />
address illness is as a family unit,” says Kinderman. “Our service<br />
helps families. People have been able to die here with their loved ones<br />
around them.”<br />
Epperhart recalls one patient who was taken out of the hospital’s<br />
acute setting to live out her last days in a comfort care suite. Family<br />
members were able to sleep in the room and be with her round the<br />
clock.<br />
“I went in late one night and saw about 20 family members around<br />
her bed. They brought lots of food and were able to spend her last days<br />
with her,” Epperhart says. “Four generations were there, including<br />
great-grandchildren. It was important for the children to come to<br />
a place that didn’t look like a hospital room. We gave this woman<br />
respect and dignity, and she died as she lived, with people around.”<br />
In addition to providing a space for family members to be, the<br />
Palliative Care Service helps them communicate with medical teams<br />
and connect with social service programs throughout the city.<br />
“We have helped to fill in some significant holes for patients and<br />
families,” says Kinderman. “Often after someone dies, there’s very<br />
little structure in place to help support the family. We’ve been able to<br />
provide support and continuity for families that are grieving and trying<br />
to navigate a complicated system after their loved ones have passed.”<br />
“Our goal is not only to provide excellent<br />
direct patient care, but to share those<br />
methods with other institutions.”<br />
As with all SFGH programs, cultural sensitivity and competency are<br />
critical components of the Palliative Care Service. Different cultures<br />
bring different views and traditions to the end of life. A recent survey<br />
found that, at the end of life, affordability of care is a top concern<br />
for Asians and Latinos; for African-Americans the concern is about<br />
finding providers who respect their culture; and treating pain and<br />
discomfort is paramount for Caucasians.<br />
“It’s so important to have awareness of different cultures,” says<br />
Epperhart. “About 40 percent of our patients have limited English<br />
proficiency. We work very closely with our interpreters. We have<br />
to understand that in certain cultures it’s not the patient who’s the<br />
decision maker. It can be the spouse or children. That’s part of their<br />
tradition.”<br />
Just as important is the spiritual component of the Palliative Care<br />
Service. In February, chaplain Eric Nefstead joined the Palliative<br />
Care Team.<br />
“Part of human dignity is about making choices that are true to your<br />
spirit. The work of our team is to try and help people do that,” says<br />
Nefstead. “We listen to patients’ hopes and fears. As they give of<br />
themselves, it helps us give of ourselves and then the world is freed of<br />
some fear and pain. We can all recognize the joy of living even in the<br />
sad moments of our dying or that of our loved one.”<br />
Nefstead, who has been working in end-of-life care for 15 years, says<br />
he wears two hats as the Palliative Care Service chaplain. First, he is a<br />
clinician who works directly with patients.<br />
“Many of the people we serve at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> have<br />
experienced trauma in the form of poverty, immigration and<br />
substance abuse. That can make them afraid and distrustful of<br />
others,” he says. “As a chaplain, I can help them find their own voice<br />
and desire amidst the bigger system.”<br />
Regina Epperhart, MSW, Social Worker; Caroline Maroten, RN, NP;<br />
and Anne Kinderman, MD, Director, members of the Supportive and<br />
Palliative Care Service, SFGH discuss patient care strategies.<br />
Nefstead is also a teacher in the SFGH Clinical Pastoral Education<br />
program, training those who provide spiritual services at SFGH and<br />
beyond.<br />
“Part of what I teach theological students and religious leaders is how<br />
to listen attentively to people near the end of their lives. As spiritual<br />
leaders, we can help people discover their own spiritual resources as<br />
they face the reality of their death,” he continues. “Then when our<br />
students leave here, they can bring what they’ve learned to others in<br />
other hospitals.”<br />
In fact, just about every aspect of the Palliative Care Service is seen as<br />
a teaching opportunity.<br />
“Our goal is not only to provide excellent direct patient care, but to<br />
share those methods with other institutions,” says Kinderman. “We<br />
can show others around the world what people can experience at the<br />
end of life.”<br />
There is a strong practical element to palliative care, too. While over<br />
half of Americans express a preference to die at home, only onequarter<br />
do and approximately one-half die in a hospital. As a result,<br />
end-of-life care is costly, consuming 10 to 12 percent of all healthcare<br />
costs and the majority of Medicare expenditures in the year prior<br />
to death. With palliative care, the most appropriate services are<br />
provided to each patient, often instead of invasive and unnecessary<br />
medical treatments.<br />
While the Palliative Care Service is a recent addition to SFGH, it<br />
is already receiving a warm reception. Early predictions were that<br />
services would be provided to about 150 patients a year. At the time<br />
of this writing (three months into its existence), the program has<br />
already served more than 70 patients.<br />
“In a short amount of time, we’ve been able to dramatically<br />
improve the level of care that people receive at the end of life,” says<br />
Kinderman. “That’s had a visible impact on patients, family and staff<br />
across the hospital.”<br />
“What’s great about working with the palliative care team is that<br />
each person brings a spirit of appreciation for the fullness of life,”<br />
adds Nefstead. “<strong>No</strong> one is just a doctor or nurse here. Everyone is a<br />
humanitarian.”
S a n F r a n c i s c o G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l F o u n d a t i o n N e w s<br />
Welcome<br />
New Board Members<br />
Amy Busch, PhD<br />
Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice<br />
Amy Busch, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who<br />
worked with child trauma victims at SF <strong>General</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>, prior to starting her own psychotherapy<br />
practice. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor<br />
in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF.<br />
Priscilla B. Geeslin<br />
Community Leader<br />
A native of Meriden, Connecticut, Ms. Geeslin<br />
earned a degree in economics from Marymount<br />
College and her MSLS degree from Catholic<br />
University of America, Washington, D.C. Ms.<br />
Geeslin has served on the boards of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>’s French American<br />
International School, UCSF’s Friends of Langley Porter Psychiatric<br />
Institute and <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> Arts Education Project. She currently<br />
serves on the boards of the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> Symphony, American<br />
Conservatory Theatre and is on the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> Parks Trust, Friends<br />
of Alta Plaza Park Committee. She is married to Keith Geeslin and has<br />
a daughter, Catherine, and a son, Ned.<br />
Lisa Hauswirth<br />
Community Leader<br />
After spending 10 years in brand management<br />
at the Clorox Company, Ms. Hauswirth<br />
“retired” last year to pursue other interests.<br />
Since leaving Clorox, she has been a brand<br />
strategy and marketing advisor to Dropps, an emerging, innovative<br />
brand in the laundry detergent category. She has also been working<br />
on a pro-bono brand strategy project for the Golden Gate National<br />
Parks Conservancy. Ms. Hauswirth earned her undergraduate degree<br />
from Brown University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and<br />
Phi Beta Kappa, and has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of<br />
Business. For the past four years, she has been a trustee of the Stanley<br />
S. Langendorf foundation, a mid-sized private foundation that makes<br />
grants to both small and large organizations in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>. Ms.<br />
Hauswirth’s most treasured role, however, is that of mom to her 8 year<br />
old daughter Emma and 6 year old son Cole.<br />
Walter S. Newman<br />
Community Leader<br />
Walter Newman has been married to Ellen<br />
Magnin Newman for 60 years. They have<br />
raised a family of three sons; Dr. Walter S.<br />
Newman, Jr. (family practice, <strong>San</strong> Jose, CA),<br />
John Newman, and Robert M. Newman. Tragically, Robert Newman<br />
succumbed to a brain tumor in 1981. At that time, Mr. Newman<br />
Co-Founded the National Brain Tumor <strong>Foundation</strong> to assist other<br />
families facing the same difficult diagnosis. Mr. Newman and his<br />
family recently traveled to France to accept his Chevaliers of the<br />
National Order of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest honor,<br />
for his service during World War II. Mr. Newman is known for his<br />
leadership in numerous organizations including University High<br />
School (one of the founders), board service for the <strong>Foundation</strong> of<br />
City College of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, the National Brain Tumor Society, the<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> Symphony, and the 2004 SFGH <strong>Foundation</strong>'s Hearts<br />
in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>. Mr. Newman is the owner of WSN Enterprises, a<br />
real estate consultancy. He is a retired president of the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong><br />
Planning Commission. Over the course of many years, he has served<br />
as president of several organizations including Temple Emanu-el and<br />
the Fine Arts Museum.<br />
Roland Pickens, MHA<br />
Senior Associate Administrator<br />
Primary Care, Medical Specialties,<br />
Radiology and Telemedicine Services,<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and<br />
Trauma Center<br />
Roland Pickens, Chief Operating Officer at SFGH, has over 20 years of<br />
experience in health care management. Prior to joining the Executive<br />
Team SFGH in 2001, Mr. Pickens held progressively responsible positions<br />
in a wide spectrum of the health care industry, including stints in<br />
academic medical centers, for profit acute care and psychiatric/substance<br />
abuse hospitals and not for profit hospitals. Mr. Pickens received his<br />
undergraduate degree in Public Health from Dillard University and his<br />
Master of Health Administration degree from the Tulane University<br />
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, both of which are located<br />
in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Pickens is an active member of the American<br />
College of Healthcare Executives.<br />
Connie Shanahan<br />
Community Leader<br />
Connie Shanahan’s passion for non-profit work<br />
started after she moved to <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> over 20<br />
years ago. She has served on a variety of boards<br />
and committees including The Little Jim Club,<br />
Project Homeless Connect, Performing Arts Workshop, neighborhood<br />
beautification projects, and the Heroes & Hearts luncheon. She previously<br />
owned her own interior design business in the Bay Area. Ms. Shanahan<br />
grew up in Missouri, attended Southwest Missouri State University,<br />
moving to Denver where she met her husband, Kevin Shanahan. The<br />
Shanahans then moved to <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> and feel very fortunate to live in<br />
such a beautiful place. They enjoy many outdoor activities, reading, and<br />
involvement in community development projects.<br />
Michael A. West, MD, PhD,<br />
FACS, FCCM<br />
Professor and Vice-Chair of Surgery at<br />
the University of California, <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong><br />
and Chief of Surgery at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong><br />
<strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and Trauma Center<br />
Dr. West has authored or coauthored more than 160 articles, 30<br />
chapters and 174 abstracts concerning sepsis in surgical intensive care<br />
units, endotoxin tolerance, surgical infections, and related topics, which<br />
have been published in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of<br />
Trauma, Critical Care Medicine, Shock and Annals of Surgery. He<br />
also has conducted local, regional, national, and international invited<br />
presentations, symposia, and lectureships. He has extensive experience<br />
with sponsored clinical research studies, serving as Principal Investigator<br />
or Co-Investigator on more than 40 research projects in his field.<br />
Dr. West is a member of the American Surgical Association, the<br />
Society of University Surgeons, the Western Trauma Association, the<br />
Surgical Infection Society, the American Association for the Surgery<br />
of Trauma, the American Association of Immunologists, the Society<br />
for Critical Care Medicine, among other associations. Dr. West is a<br />
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and the College<br />
of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM). Dr. West is a six-time recipient of<br />
the Presidential Citation for Outstanding Contribution presented by<br />
the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He is listed in Marquis’ Who's<br />
Who and America’s Top Surgeons. He is currently a member of the<br />
Shriner’s <strong>Hospital</strong>s Research Advisory Board, and a Governor of the<br />
American College of Surgeons and has served as a member of the<br />
Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma study section of the NIH.<br />
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Donor Spotlight<br />
The Hymowitz family was in Nashville visiting<br />
family members when their son was injured in<br />
a sledding accident. A broken femur and head<br />
injuries meant 7 year-old Mark would be in the hospital<br />
during the holidays. When <strong>San</strong>ta Claus came for a visit<br />
and passed out a few toys, it really lifted Mark’s spirits.<br />
“We saw the joy this program gave our son and we wanted<br />
to replicate this experience for other kids during a<br />
difficult hospital stay.”<br />
Though they had organized Holiday Toy Drives<br />
for several other organizations, four years ago the<br />
Orthopaedic Department at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and Trauma Center was fortunate<br />
enough to partner with Philadelphia Financial Management. Each December their office holds a<br />
fundraiser which provides numerous toys that are distributed during the Ortho Toy Drive at SFGH.<br />
In addition, Jordan and his wife Sarah, personally support the Department of Psychiatry Vocational<br />
Rehabilitation Services (VRS) Program. This unique program works with outpatient clients with<br />
disabilities and/or special needs and provides them with vocational training opportunities. The VRS has<br />
developed several small business ventures within the hospital—a mobile coffee service, a flower cart, the<br />
Great Cover Up, a program for designing, making and selling quilts, and most recently, the Slice of Life<br />
Catering program. Proceeds from sales of these businesses and funding from individuals like Jordan and<br />
Sarah, provide a monthly stipend to VRS clients to acknowledge their work and to build self esteem.<br />
Rachael Clarke, Justin Hughes and Jordan Hymowitz<br />
Partners, Philadelphia Financial Management<br />
Thank You Reception for<br />
Hearts Circles Members<br />
Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD and Carol Casey enjoy the evening.<br />
Carol and Lyman Casey opened their home on February<br />
22 to thank Charter members of our newly created donor<br />
clubs—The Platinum Heart, Gold Heart and Silver<br />
Heart Circles. This Thank You Reception was for the generous<br />
individuals who contributed $1,000 or more to the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong><br />
<strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>’s 2009 Annual Giving Program.<br />
Funds raised through the Hearts Circles help support our Level 1<br />
Trauma Center and hospital programs that directly affect the<br />
patients at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and Trauma Center.<br />
Support the AVON Breast Cancer<br />
Programs at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
and Trauma Center by participating<br />
in the annual AVON WALK for Breast Cancer<br />
July 10-<strong>11</strong>, 2010<br />
www.avonwalk.org
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S a n F r a n c iis s c o G e n e r a l l H o s p iit t a l l F o u n d a t iio o n N e w s<br />
Thank You<br />
For MakinG<br />
our inauGural<br />
a hiT!<br />
S P O N S O R S<br />
We look ForWard<br />
To seeinG You<br />
nexT Year!<br />
Join us next year for both HEARTS EVENTS on Thursday, February 10, 20<strong>11</strong>. For information on helping support<br />
HEROES & HEARTS or HEARTS AFTER DARK, please contact Katie Moe, kmoe@sfghf.net or 415.206.5928.
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S a n F r a n c i s c o G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l F o u n d a t i o n N e w s<br />
Making aGift to <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong><br />
<strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> is the philanthropic<br />
arm of the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and Trauma Center.<br />
SFGH <strong>Foundation</strong> depends on the generosity of individuals, foundations<br />
and corporations to raise awareness and funds for <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>’s only<br />
Level 1 Trauma Center. SFGH is the safety net for our most vulnerable<br />
populations and is truly ‘The Heart of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>.’ Because of your<br />
support, we are able to provide the margin of excellence to help SFGH<br />
maintain its status as one of the top hospital’s in the nation.<br />
There are a variety of options to make it convenient for you to support<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>.<br />
Outright Gifts<br />
The easiest way to give to the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> is an outright gift of cash, securities or personal property.<br />
Outright gifts offer the distinct advantage of being immediately<br />
available to assist SFGH programs. If you have a program you are<br />
passionate about, you can indicate your donation support that particular<br />
program. You can mail, phone or fax a tax-deductible contribution. Tax<br />
ID 94-3189424. For questions, please contact Constance Burnikel at<br />
415.206.5930 or cburnikel@sfghf.net.<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
PO Box 410836<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, CA 94141-0836<br />
415.206.4478 Tel<br />
415.206.5965 Fax<br />
Gifts in Memory or Honor<br />
Gifts given in memory of a family member or friend or in honor of an<br />
individual or of a special occasion express what words alone cannot and<br />
SFGH Rebuild Update<br />
Construction is Underway!<br />
For months crews have been clearing the site where the new hospital will be built. The excavation<br />
and foundation work began in March and will take about 10 months. After that, 13,000 cubic<br />
yards of concrete will be poured for the foundation. That will take three separate concrete pours<br />
of approximately 20 hours each, with trucks cycling continuously on site throughout the pour.<br />
The new hospital building:<br />
• Is designed to remain operational after a large earthquake<br />
• Will house 284 patient beds, which is an increase of 32 beds over the current hospital<br />
• All patient rooms are private and allow in natural light<br />
• Will be environmentally sustainable, LEED Silver-certified energy-efficient<br />
provide important charitable support for <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>. The person or family you designate will<br />
receive an acknowledgment of your thoughtful gift.<br />
Matching Gifts Program<br />
Many employers will “match” your contribution with an equal<br />
or higher amount. You may qualify if you or your spouse is an<br />
employee, retiree, or board member of a company that has a<br />
matching gifts program.<br />
Online Donations<br />
You can make an online gift today with a Visa or MasterCard using<br />
our secure online giving form at www.sfghf.net/giving.<br />
HEARTS Events<br />
Attend the annual HEROES & HEARTS luncheon or<br />
HEARTS AFTER DARK evening event or become an event sponsor.<br />
Making a Gift of Appreciated Securities<br />
The <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> is pleased to accept<br />
donations of securities, including appreciated stocks, mutual fund<br />
shares, and other equities that you have owned for one year or more.<br />
You will receive important tax benefits, including an immediate tax<br />
deduction and no capital gains tax on the securities you donate.<br />
Bequests<br />
You can include <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> in your<br />
estate plans through a will or trust.<br />
For more information about making a gift of securities or a bequest<br />
to SFGH <strong>Foundation</strong>, please contact Mary Casey, Director of Major<br />
Gifts, 415.206.3132 or mcasey@sfghf.net.<br />
A Silver Lining On The Recession<br />
Because of the market downturn, the rebuild team has brought in a number of major trade packages at a total cost 12 percent below<br />
estimates. The steel, excavation, site utilities and elevator bids were secured at lower than expected rates.<br />
And, Mentoring Contractors To Be<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> high school students have a rare opportunity to learn about architecture, construction and engineering in the real-life<br />
classroom of SFGH’s rebuild. Webcor Builders is hosting a 14-week session of the ACE Mentor Program for young people interested in<br />
pursuing careers in construction and design.<br />
Watch the Construction as It Happens. To view a live webcam:<br />
http://www.onsiteview.com/cams/view_remote.php?license=OSV-6ArUOw
As violence came to be viewed as a Public Health<br />
issue, many health care providers struggled with the<br />
challenge of incorporating violence prevention or<br />
intervention into a health care delivery system which was<br />
designed to respond only to the often life threatening injuries<br />
resulting from incidents of violence in the inner-city. “As a<br />
pediatrician practicing adolescent medicine, I found myself<br />
focusing on counseling strategies, trying to guide my patients<br />
away from potentially violent situations when they could be<br />
identified or anticipated,” explains Dr. Pierre-Joseph Marie-<br />
Rose, Pediatrician at the Children’s Health Center, SFGH.<br />
While this type of counseling is a vital component of the<br />
health care professional’s response to violence, many yearned<br />
for a more active form of intervention.<br />
In 1998, having grown increasingly frustrated with the death<br />
and disability resulting from violence in his community, Dr.<br />
Marie-Rose co-founded the Second Chance Tattoo Removal<br />
Program in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>. The program is a collaboration<br />
between the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)<br />
and the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> Department of Public Health. It<br />
provides a chance for a new start and a better future for gang<br />
affiliated youth and young adults, through the removal of<br />
gang related tattoos which pose a threat to their personal safety<br />
S a n F r a n c iis s c o G e n e r a l l H o s p iit t a l l F o u n d a t iio o n N e w s<br />
Breaking the Cycle: Violence Intervention<br />
Through Tattoo Removal comes to SFGH<br />
and can represent an obstacle to securing employment.” It became a way to actively intervene in the violent cycle which gripped my<br />
community,” shares Dr. Marie-Rose, a Potrero Hill native and life-long resident. A significant portion of the trauma cases seen at SFGH,<br />
especially the gunshot wounds and stabbing cases, involve gang affiliated youth.<br />
“For some of these patients, the<br />
fact that they are alive is the true<br />
testimonial,” says Dr. Marie-Rose.<br />
The tattoo removal services are offered at no cost and are coupled with<br />
case management. Lasers are used to target the ink in tattoos. With<br />
each treatment chemical bonds within the ink are broken by the laser,<br />
producing progressively smaller fragments of ink. Once theses fragments<br />
are small enough, the patient’s immune system removes them, and all<br />
evidence of the tattoo disappears. Improvements in technology over the<br />
years have resulted in excellent outcomes. Dr. Marie-Rose has seen first<br />
hand the impact tattoo removal can have on the life of a young person.<br />
“Since I live in the same community where I have provided tattoo removal services for more than a decade, I am often approached by<br />
young adults expressing gratitude for the positive impact the program had on their lives. For some of these patients, the fact that they<br />
are alive is the true testimonial,” says Dr. Marie-Rose. This program is the only one of its kind in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, and since its inception,<br />
has treated hundreds patients. While many of the referrals to the program are through word of mouth, case managers coordinate with<br />
community agencies to actively recruit at risk youth, and referrals are received from the Juvenile Justice System as well.<br />
Dr. Marie-Rose, Pediatrician at Children's Health Center, SFGH, uses a laser<br />
to remove a tattoo near a patient's eye.<br />
Pierre-Joseph Marie-Rose, MD, Pediatrician at Children’s Health Center, SFGH<br />
uses laser treatment in what will be one of several sessions to remove an<br />
unwanted tattoo.<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> awarded a Hearts<br />
Grant to the Second Chance Tattoo Removal Program, which<br />
will allow the program to be brought “back” to SFGH (at<br />
its inception, the Second Chance Tattoo Removal Program<br />
actually started at SFGH before moving away.) “The new<br />
program will incorporate everything we’ve learned over the<br />
last ten years with ‘Second Chance’, and will benefit from the<br />
flexibility of building a program from the ground up,” explains<br />
Dr. Marie-Rose. This will allow an integration of services<br />
with those provided by the SFGH Teen Trauma Recovery<br />
Program’s Wrap-Around Project. The mission of the Wrap-<br />
Around Project is to prevent violent injury and break the cycle<br />
of violence in our most vulnerable communities by addressing<br />
root causes and risk factors with culturally competent case<br />
management and vital community resources. The program<br />
will also work with the UCSF Clinical & Translational<br />
Science Institute in an attempt to design culturally and socially<br />
relevant research projects linked to the program which will<br />
hopefully allow greater insight into the most effective forms of<br />
violence intervention in our community.<br />
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Save the Date—Nurses Scholarship<br />
Gala benefiting the Dorothy Washington<br />
Nursing Educational Fund will be held on<br />
Friday, September 10, 2010 from 7:00-<br />
<strong>11</strong>:00pm at Parc 55 Hotel Union Square<br />
Hotel.<br />
Dean Schillinger, MD and the team at<br />
the Center for Vulnerable Populations<br />
were recognized with a quality leadership<br />
award from the California Health Care<br />
Safety Net Institute (SNI) for the IDEALL<br />
project that uses a novel communication<br />
tool to improve health outcomes among<br />
diabetes patients.<br />
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Board Of Directors<br />
Judy Guggenhime<br />
President<br />
Matthew Paul Carbone<br />
Vice President<br />
John Luce, MD<br />
Vice President<br />
Jonathan Tsao, AIA<br />
Vice President<br />
Helen Archer-Dusté, RN, MS<br />
Secretary<br />
Pam Baer<br />
Mary Bersot<br />
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD<br />
Amy Busch, PhD<br />
Michael Dowling<br />
Tina Frank<br />
Priscilla Geeslin<br />
Lisa Hauswirth<br />
Lynn Jimenez-Catchings<br />
James Messemer<br />
Theodore Miclau, MD<br />
Magdalen Mui<br />
Walter S. Newman<br />
Roland Pickens, MHA<br />
Laura A. Robertson, MD<br />
Connie Shanahan<br />
Ruth Ann Stumpf<br />
Leon Tuan<br />
Beth S. Veniar<br />
Barbara Vermut, MSW, ACSW<br />
Michael A. West, MD, PhD<br />
Jamie Whittington<br />
Ex-officio Directors<br />
A. Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD<br />
Susan A. Currin, RN, MS<br />
Michael Humphreys, MD<br />
David <strong>San</strong>chez, PhD<br />
Emeriti<br />
George Clyde, Esq.<br />
Gretchen de Baubigny<br />
Genevieve di <strong>San</strong> Faustino<br />
Lucinda Emmet<br />
James C. Flood<br />
Moses Grossman, MD<br />
Sally N. Lovett<br />
Paula Carien Schultz<br />
Paul <strong>Vol</strong>berding, MD<br />
Advisory Council<br />
Eunice Azzani<br />
Nancy Bechtle<br />
Lyman Casey<br />
Diana Dalton<br />
Neil L. & Tina Diver<br />
Mary Lu Everett<br />
Daniel & Susan Federman<br />
Jessica Galloway<br />
Sydney Goldstein<br />
Richard J. Guggenhime<br />
Charlene Harvey<br />
Susan Desmond Hellman, MD,<br />
MPH<br />
Philip C. Hopewell, MD &<br />
Eleanor Hopewell<br />
Herbert M. Myers<br />
Michael Humphreys, MD &<br />
Sheila Humphreys<br />
Mary Huss<br />
Lucy Johns, MPH<br />
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD<br />
William & Stephanie MacColl<br />
Rosalie M. Marshall<br />
Herbert H. Meyers<br />
James & Lee Ann Monfredini<br />
Ellen Newman<br />
Gene Marie O’Connell<br />
Jerry Pang<br />
David Post<br />
Elliot Rapaport, MD<br />
& Vivian Rapaport<br />
John & Laura Rende<br />
Deborah Seymour<br />
Charlotte Shultz<br />
John B. & Lucretia T. Sias<br />
Jo Schuman Silver<br />
Diana & Richard Slottow<br />
Patrick Smith<br />
G. Craig & Maureen O’Brien Sullivan<br />
Daniel G. <strong>Vol</strong>kmann, Jr.<br />
Christine Wachsmuth<br />
Charles Zukow<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> Staff<br />
Stephanie R. M. Bray<br />
Executive Director<br />
Constance Burnikel<br />
Database Administrator<br />
Mary Casey<br />
Director of Major Gifts<br />
Sara E. Haynes, MPH<br />
Director of Corporate &<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> Relations<br />
Elaine Lan<br />
Development Coordinator for<br />
Special Events<br />
Kelley C. Long<br />
Grants Officer<br />
Katie Moe<br />
Director of Marketing<br />
Babak Motie<br />
Controller<br />
Connie Neeley<br />
Office Manager/Development Associate<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> is dedicated to improving the care and comfort<br />
of patients at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and Trauma Center.