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Letter From Jeffrey Lamie
The charitable mission of the TMC Health Foundation is to improve health and quality of care in our community. Tucson Medical Center and the TMC Health Foundation Board of Trustees — led by community members — along with the Foundation team hold this mission dear and are committed to fulfill this obligation with integrity and transparency.
Community is key to this mission. This past year, the people of Tucson and Southern Arizona came together yet again with generous philanthropic support and passionate volunteer service. This enabled us to provide invaluable services for our community. In 2022 we exceeded expectations with a record $12.24 million committed to TMC. We also enhanced an already strong hospital Auxiliary. For this we are truly grateful.
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Quality is paramount. In this report you will read about life-changing and sometimes lifesaving care supported by our community. TMC invested in an Ion robot, which helps doctors detect and treat lung cancer earlier, leading to better outcomes for patients. We started a virtual reality training program for nurses and environmental services staff that puts them in a realistic environment to learn and make mistakes without affecting patients. We also opened a pediatric operating room in TMC for Children so patients and families don’t have to travel across the hospital for operations.
We thank our many supporters across the spectrum of giving. Some are volunteers who guide patients to appointments, rock NICU babies or greet patients and loved ones with their therapy dog partners. Others support TMC for Children a dollar at a time through our Children’s Miracle Network campaigns at our partners’ cash registers, generating more than $1.4 million to support pediatric care. Others make leadership gifts that shape the future of our clinical program, including a profound commitment to name the leading-edge CardioVascular Center. All are valued and critical to our mission.
In two words “THANK YOU” for all that you do.
Jeffrey Lamie Vice President and Chief Development Officer TMC Health Foundation
