OA In the News
Local Doctors Are Saving Lives in Haiti
Operation Access doctor Julie Clark heads to Haiti to volunteer medical services
Lois Pearlman
Sat, 26 June 2010
Sutter Health and Operation Access: Bridging Health Care Gaps
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.
The Specialty Access Initiative in Sonoma County
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.
A Surgeon Committed to Change
Dr. Abdul Harris brings a track record of community service to his Memorial Hospital post
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.
Demand for Free Surgeries Grows in Marin Among the Working Poor
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.
Donated Surgeries to Resume at Marin General Hospital
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.
Operation Access Facilitates Free Medical 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.
The Journey
Retirees can use career skills to volunteer
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.
Update on Operation Access
Northern CA Chapter American College of Surgeons (1/1/97)
The best surgery money can't buy
By Giselle M. Hompel: USA Today (2/20/96)
