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CMS Foundation: We Care Network
The Impact of Private Support:
The Capital Medical Society Foundation’s community of donors strategically help fulfill its mission “to support the charitable efforts of physicians and others, increase access to healthcare, promote education and serve the community’s health needs through innovative projects that are exemplary, affordable and dignified.” ➢ Access to healthcare is increased through gifts to the We Care Network and the We Care Network Endowment Fund. More than $112.3 million in donated specialty medical and dental care has been provided to low-income, uninsured patients since the program was created in 1992. In fiscal year 2019-20, which ended June 30, 2020, more than $6.9 million in health care was donated. Gifts support the operational expenses of the program including salaries and benefits of the case management team who coordinate the donated care. ➢ To provide incentives to keep medical students trained at the FSU College of Medicine in the Big Bend after completion of their residencies and help meet the growing demand for physicians in Florida, gifts to the Scholarship Fund provide scholarships to FSU College of Medicine students who have expressed an interest in returning to the Big Bend to practice after completion of their residencies. $31,000 was awarded in 2020. ➢ Gifts to the Capital Medical Society Foundation help provide operational resources for the Capital Medical Society Foundation. In addition, modest grants are awarded to area non-profits whose programs improve access to healthcare for the underserved. In 2021, the CMSF awarded a total of $15,000 in grants to Elder Care Services for their In-Home Services Program, the Big Bend Hospice Foundation for bereavement services, and to Lighthouse of the Big Bend for aids for the visually-impaired.
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Gifts to Honor and In Memoriam: You can make a gift to the CMS Foundation in memory of someone who has passed away or in honor of someone, such as a fellow physician, you hold in high esteem or has taken care of you or your family. The CMS Foundation will send an acknowledgement letter to those you memorialize and honor.
How to Give: Through the generosity of donors, funds have been created in order to establish financial stability to meet our mission. You can make a gift at any time to one of the CMS Foundation’s current funds:
1) Capital Medical Society Foundation-area of greatest need 2) The Capital Medical Society Foundation Endowment 3) We Care Network 4) We Care Network Endowment 5) The Anesthesiology Associates of Tallahassee Scholarship Endowment 6) Scholarship Fund 7) The Ronald G. Pickett Endowment 8) Physician Wellness Fund
Gifts should be made payable to the CMS Foundation and indicate on the memo line of your check to which designation you would like to give. Bring your check to the CMS Office or mail it: Capital Medical Society Foundation ~ 1204 Miccosukee Road ~ Tallahassee, FL 32308.
Gifts may be made by credit card or direct debit from the CMS website.
If you would like to discuss a gift of appreciated securities, an insurance policy, designation of retirement plan assets, estate gift, or multi-year pledge, please contact:
Pam Irwin Executive Director pirwin@capmed.org or (850) 877-9018 or after hours at (850) 559-8611
F O U N D A T I O N
We Care Network THANK YOU
To our CMS members and We Care Network partners who provided healthcare to new patients in May 2021. Your generosity and support of the We Care Network makes a difference.
Physicians
Christopher Babl, M.D. Julia Barry, D.O. Venkata Bavikati, M.D. Marie Becker, M.D. Dhanajay Bendre, M.D. Shelby Blank, M.D. Andrew Borom, M.D. Tim Broeseker, M.D. Robert Brumberg, D.O. Viet Bui, M.D. David Burns, M.D. J. Brewster Caldwell, D.O. Carlos Campo, M.D. Joseph Camps, M.D. Francisco Carpio, M.D. Stephen Carr, M.D. Gilbert Chandler, M.D. Alan Chen, M.D. Armand Cognetta Jr., M.D. Marilyn Cox, M.D. William Dixon IV, M.D. Chesley Durgin, M.D. Amara Emenike, M.D. Mark Fahey, M.D. W. Harris Green, M.D. Muhanad Hasan, M.D. Todd Hewitt, M.D. David Huang, M.D. Marc Inglese, M.D. Okanta Jackson, M.D. Barbara Jaeger, M.D. Amit Jain, M.D. Lawrence Kaelin, M.D. Kenneth Kato, M.D. James Killius, M.D. Ben Kirbo, M.D. Amulya Konda, M.D. Carey Linker, M.D. Robert Lott, M.D. Kurt Luhmann, M.D. Michael Mangan, M.D. Kenneth McAlpine, M.D. Tod Morris, M.D. Kishor Muniyappa, M.D. Jayan Nair, M.D. Charles Newell, M.D. Chukwuma Okoroji, M.D. Kaushal Patel, M.D. Mitchell Peabody, D.O. Michael Pentaleri, M.D. Jorge Perez de Armas, M.D. Hussein Rayatzadeh, M.D. Allison Retzer, M.D. Stephen Richardson, M.D. Davis Rierson, M.D. Adrian Roberts, M.D. Karen Russell, M.D. Andras Schaffer, M.D. Eliot Sieloff, M.D. Gadi Silberman, M.D. Hardeep Singh, M.D. Job Soble, M.D. Bhavik Soni, M.D. Lucas Stowers, M.D. Christopher Sundstrom, M.D. Mary Swain, M.D. Timothy Sweeney, M.D. John Thabes, M.D. William Thompson, M.D. Jean-Paul Tran, M.D. Beatriz Cepeda Valery, M.D. Kaisa van der Kooi, M.D. David Vermess, M.D. Jordan Walters, M.D. Kenneth Whithaus, M.D. William Yaakob, M.D. Daniel Yang, M.D. Samuel Yu, M.D.
Dentists
Melissa Amundson, D.D.S. Julie Bailey, D.M.D. Laban Bontrager, D.M.D. Walter Colón, D.M.D. John Dozier, D.M.D. William McFatter, D.D.S. Lawrence Pijut, D.M.D.
Facilities
Advanced Urology Institute Airway Works, LLC Anesthesiology Associates Apalachee Primary Care Beachton Denture Clinic Bristol Dental Clinic Bond Community Health Center Capital Regional Cancer Center Care Point Health & Wellness Center CESC Dental Clinic Corin USA Limited, Co. Dermatology Advanced Care Dermatology Associates Digestive Disease Clinic Eye Associates of Tallahassee Florida Cancer Specialists &
Research Institute FSU PrimaryHealth Gadsden County Health Department Gynecologic Oncology of Tallahassee Jessie Furlow Medical Center Ketchum, Wood, & Burgert
Pathology Associates Lawrence J. Pijut DMD PA Madison Medical Center Neighborhood Medical Center North Florida Nephrology Associates North Florida Women’s Care North Monroe Medical Center Periodontal Associates of North Florida Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Southeastern Plastic Surgery Southern Medical Group, P.A. Southern Vitreoretinal Associates TCC Dental Hygiene Clinic Tallahassee Dental Associates PLLC Tallahassee Diagnostic Imaging Tallahassee Ear, Nose, and Throat Tallahassee Gastro Health Center Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine
Residency Program Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare TMH Physician Partners
Cancer and Hematology TMH Physician Partners
Cardiology and Internal Medicine TMH Physician Partners
Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialists TMH Physician Partners
Gynecologic Oncology Specialists TMH Physician Partners
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Specialists TMH Physician Partners
Radiation Oncology Specialists TMH Physician Partners
Heart Rhythm Clinic TMH Physician Partners
Surgical Specialists TMH Physician Partners
Urology Specialists TMH Physician Partners Quincy TMH Transition Center Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Canopy Tallahassee VA Clinic Vascular Surgery Associates Wakulla County Health Department Wakulla Medical Center Womens Clinic Women’s Imaging Center
Please contact Diana Bixler at dbixler@capmed.org or 201-0130 if you are a We Care Network volunteer and you provided volunteer specialty care in the month of May 2021, and your name is omitted.
The We Care Network strongly encourages our volunteer physicians and dentists to send their value of donated services to us. The value of donated services is important for us to share with our funders and the community. In addition, up to five hours, per biennium, of CE credit may be fulfilled by performing pro bono medical and dental services to We Care Network patients, if we have received documentation of value of services. You can send your value of donated services via fax to Diana Bixler at (850) 2010085 or mail to 1204 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32308. Thank you!
We thank our referring providers from May 2021:
Ebonie Allen, APRN Anne Ananga, APRN Katrina Ball, APRN Karen Bartley, M.D. Marie Becker, M.D. Dhanajay Bendre, M.D. Viralkumar Bhanderi, M.D. Shelby Blank, M.D. Kendra Brady, APRN Sandy Brafford, M.D. Daniel Breivogel, APRN Fran Bridges, APRN Tim Broeseker, M.D. Viet Bui, M.D. Frances Carney, APRN Francisco Carpio, M.D. Stephanie Chandler, APRN Victor Chou, D.M.D. Eric Chung, M.D. Walter Colón, D.M.D. Melba Colon-Renta, M.D. Deborah Congdon, APRN Easa Darwish, APRN William Dixon IV, M.D. H. Avon Doll, M.D. John Dozier, D.M.D. Vicari Erwin-Wilson, M.D. Cynthia Evans, APRN Sharron Foster, M.D. Hong Gao, M.D. Gabrielle Gardner, APRN Charmaine Gilmore, APRN Judy Griffin, APRN Muhanad Hasan, M.D. Hantz Hercule, M.D. Todd Hewitt, M.D. David Huang, M.D. Amit Jain, M.D. Anneka Johnson, APRN Aida Kousheshian, D.O. Stefanie Kreamer, M.D. Elaine Larkins, APRN Damon McMillan, M.D. Kelley Miller, APRN Ralph Montalvo, D.M.D. Angela Morgan, APRN Tod Morris, M.D. Marcia Morris, APRN Manoela Mota, M.D. Christopher Murphy, D.O. Chukwuma Okoroji, M.D. Rose Origa, APRN Jorge Perez de Armas, M.D. Brandi Richardson, APRN Adrian Roberts, M.D. Carla Robertson, APRN Tim Ruark, M.D. Karen Russell, M.D. Lucilita Salvador, P.A. Eliot Sieloff, M.D. Hardeep Singh, M.D. David Smith, M.D. Robert Snyder, M.D. Abisoye Somorin, APRN Franckel Taylor, APRN Cynthia Tie, M.D. Faye Tinson, APRN Teresa Tullos, APRN Ramona Vossler, RDH Dwanna Ward-Boahen, APRN Jeffrey Wasserman, D.O. Robert Watson, M.D. Shana Wood, APRN Charles Yowell, M.D.
DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2021, THE WE CARE NETWORK:
RECEIVED 257 REFERRALS, WITH 116 PATIENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM SCHEDULED 142 APPOINTMENTS WITH VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS $566,787.70 IN DONATED CARE WAS REPORTED BY WE CARE VOLUNTEERS
