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Scripps Health Cuts Ribbon on New Woltman Diabetes Center Chula Vista facility focuses on education and research efforts
Political and business officials joined Scripps Health leaders on May 11 to cut the ribbon on the Woltman Family Diabetes Care and Prevention Center, which houses education and research efforts focusing on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients and others at risk of developing the disease.
The Woltman Family Diabetes Care and Prevention Center ribbon cutting event featured (from left) Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas; Athena Philis Tsimikas, M.D., corporate vice president for the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute; Janine Bryant, district director for U.S. Rep. Juan Vargas; San Diego philanthropist Richard Woltman; Tom Gammiere, Scripps Mercy Hospital chief executive and senior vice president; Juan Tovar, M.D., Scripps Mercy Hospital medical director for quality and performance improvement careline; and Michael Sise, M.D., Scripps Mercy Hospital chief of staff.
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About 60 people attended the event at the 1,100-square-foot center, which is located at 450 4th Avenue in Chula Vista. Guests included San Diego philanthropist Richard Woltman and his family, Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas and representatives from the offices of U.S. Representative Juan Vargas and State Senator Ben Hueso. “We are grateful to the Woltman family for making this new center possible,” said Athena Philis-Tsimikaa, M.D., corporate vice president for the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute. “The services and programs that we offer from this space serve hundreds of South County patients and are a valuable asset to a population that face[s] higher risks developing diabetes and prediabetes.”