Giving
Dear Friends,
Since becoming part of Sutter Health in October 2023, our community has already benefitted from significant new investments at Sansum Clinic, including hiring over 50 new, highly trained clinicians. We tripled the number of clinicians that we historically have brought on board annually, expanding access to care which is greatly needed in this community.
We have also increased our cancer care presence through acquisition of radiation oncology centers in San Luis Obispo and Templeton and upgraded our diagnostic and medical equipment which will help ensure that we are providing the highest-level clinical care to our patients in the communities we serve.
Because of generous support from our donors and Sutter Health, we were able to purchase a Di Vinci 5 robotic surgical system; making Sansum Clinic one of, if not the first, Ambulatory Surgical Centers in the country to have this technology. In March, using the Da Vinci 5 robot, we performed a sacral colpopexy and a prostatectomy – two procedures which would normally require an overnight stay in a hospital and care from multiple hospital teams. Because of this new medical technology, both patients were able to go home within hours of leaving the operating room—recovering in the comfort of their own homes with their loved ones.
One of our highest fundraising priorities is the Lovelace Fund for Medical Excellence/Physician Housing Program, which enables us to offer new physicians assistance in the purchase of homes in our high-priced real estate market. This very successful program has been designed to be a revolving fund, whereby the proceeds from future home sales will be used to repay outstanding loans and flow back into the program, where they can be used again to help future physicians meet their housing needs.
We are hard at work planning for the opening of new clinical sites, which will allow us to expand access to care where our patients live, work and play. While we have made great strides to improve access, the community need is still tremendous. We are fortunate to now be in a position to better meet those needs through the continued recruitment of clinicians and the opening of new patient care locations.
While Sutter brings much-needed resources, we remain a nonprofit healthcare organization that continues to rely on the generous support of our grateful patients and community members in pursuit of medical excellence. All gifts of support contributed in this community will remain in this community, directly benefiting those we serve.
Thank you for helping us become the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. Your support truly makes a difference.