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In honor of PRIDE month, we sat down for a virtual interview with Heidi Wittenberg, MD, a Foundation board member and an experienced urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon in San Francisco who works exclusively with transgender patients. Wittenberg is the Director of MoZaic Care Inc., and is a Master Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive…
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Saint Francis Foundation knows who we are and what we are here to do: make a deeper contribution to San Francisco’s health by improving access to world-class health care for all. We do that by funding and collaborating on efforts which strengthen the health of patients, communities and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital. This work cannot…
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Saint Francis Memorial Hospital has been at the forefront of caring for the transgender community, opening the world-class Gender Institute in 2016. The Hospital has been performing gender affirming surgery since the 1960’s, and it currently has twelve highly experienced surgeons dedicated 100% to this population. The Hospital is the first to be internationally recognized…
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In 2020 the Saint Francis Foundation announced a commitment to support $1 million in funding each year over the next three years, totaling $3 million to address mental health and substance use issues affecting the health of patients and patient populations in our community. Saint Francis Memorial Hospital has the busiest private, non-profit Emergency Department…
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The Saint Francis Foundation is proud to present the inaugural Nancy Livingston Compassion Award to Nancy Eng, a Registered Nurse at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital since 2001. Nancy is currently a Critical Care Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, and has also served as an Oncology Nurse, Telemetry Nurse, and IV Nurse. “Caring for the most…
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Today is a special day – the first day of National Nurses Week. Watch Foundation board member Kate Smith share a special message in the video below: In honor of National Nurses Week, donations made to the Foundation now through next week will provide nurses with appreciation meals, special gifts designed to relieve stress, morale…
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THE BOARD BRIEF Spring 2021 Your quarterly charitable check-up from the Saint Francis Foundation Board of Directors This is the second quarterly update in 2021 from the Saint Francis Foundation Board of Directors. These regular “check-ups” demonstrate how philanthropic contributions are invested to support health care in San Francisco. Joanne Sun, MD has been a…
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Throughout the pandemic, the sincere dedication of the nursing staff at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital has been awe-inspiring. Nurses have served on the front lines caring for the most vulnerable patients, and comforting those in their final hours without their loved ones. Nurses like Donnie — watch his touching story in the video below. This…
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Ted Hannig, Chair and President of the Danford Fisher Hannig Foundation, and long-time supporter of the Saint Francis Foundation, shares his personal story of why he invests in health care and gives back to the community.
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The Saint Francis Foundation is proud to announce a new funding opportunity for Saint Francis Memorial Hospital staff and employees. The Innovation Grants Program will fund proposals that seek to address the following: Improve health of patients Improve patient experience at SFMH Reduce costs and/or saves money Improve staff experience and/or reduce burnout Any SFMH staff…
