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The Pierotti Pavilion opens thanks to the support and generosity of long-time benefactors Roland and Alice Pierotti. The new Pavilion cements the Hospital’s standing as a high-quality patient care institution serving the entire San Francisco Bay Area, with specialty areas for urgent care, sports medicine, pulmonary medicine, oncology, radiology, and emergency and lab services.

The Saint Francis Foundation hosts the first Hob Nob on the Hill, a mainstay of San Francisco’s holiday season founded by Foundation donor and board member Bella Farrow. The event is conceived following the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake to galvanize community support for the Hospital’s patient and crisis services.

The Saint Francis Foundation partners with the Hospital and convenes a diverse group of non-profit, private, and public agency partners to develop a multi-year strategic approach to improve health outcomes in the Tenderloin. Over the next five years, the Foundation provides essential administrative support and programmatic funding to the Tenderloin Health Improvement Partnership (TLHIP).

The Foundation’s $5.5 million capital campaign results in the renovation of the Hospital’s existing Surgical Operating Rooms and the construction of nine new advanced surgical suites, including monitors, EKG and diagnostic sensors for anesthesia.

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital is restructured as a not-for-profit organization.

The Foundation provides $1.9 million for an updated a state-of-the art CT Scanner which provides faster, more efficient 3-D imaging and fluoroscopic techniques.

The Foundation purchases the state-of-the-art dual wavelength vascular for the Bothin Burn Center, enabling burn scar resurfacing for post-operative patients, as well as a Virtual Reality Headset – an innovative approach to mitigating pain during burn dressing changes.

The Foundation allocates significant support in response to mounting behavioral and mental health challenges in the community, funding programs at Curry Senior Center, Glide, Larkin Street Youth Services, Mental Health Association of SF, LYRIC, San Francisco Community Health Center and others.

The new Bothin Burn Center opens, doubling the size of the world-renowned burn care and rehabilitation center and funding equipment to integrate outpatient treatment at the Hospital. Foundation donor Lisa Nash makes a major gift to create the Center’s Nash Family Day Room, a fully equipped relaxation area for burn unit patients and their visitors.

The Saint Francis Oncology Center opens, providing cancer care services incorporating Cyberknife technology, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Advanced Imaging Simulation and Orthovoltage Radiotherapy.