Health
Butterfly Transformations
BY ADAMA DYONIZIAK , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , CHAMPIONS FOR HEALTH
“ Every minute of every day , an ASMG anesthesiologist is providing a pro bono community service somewhere in San Diego County ,” said Dr . Andrew Zimmerman , CEO of Anesthesia Service Medical Group . At Champions for Health , Project Access San Diego patients have been the beneficiaries of these nerve-numbing , sleeplike inducing services since 2010 . Project Access provides a medical referral pathway for uninsured adults up to 250 % of federal poverty level , who are not eligible for Medi-Cal , Medicare , and cannot afford insurance . Champions
Peter Raudaskoski for Health arranges elective , medically necessary outpatient procedures by leveraging donated care .
ASMG has been a good steward in the San Diego community since its inception . Nearly 1,000 Project Access patients have been the recipients of successful procedures and operations where anesthesiology services valued at $ 600,000 were being provided . Dr . Peter Raudaskoski , Chief Medical Officer , shares that , “ Patients are placing their life in our hands because they trust they will receive a safe and state of the art outcome .” ASMG ’ s strength is in the level of consistent performance achieved regardless of which anesthesiologist is involved .
ASMG was first formed in 1946 by San Diego anesthesiologists Douglass Batten and Gordon Langsdorf . Back then , anesthesiologists were required to furnish their own equipment and no recovery rooms existed in San Diego before 1953 . Today ASMG has over 270 members , providing their services to Sharp Hospitals , most Scripps Hospitals , Tri-City Medical Center , Rady Children ’ s Hospital , and 4 of the 6 trauma centers in the county .
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