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DESCRIPTION:Physicians Organizing Committee (POC) is an all-volunteer medical advocacy 
 group that works with doctors to fight for a healthcare system based on 
 patient care instead of profit. They focus on fighting insurance denials, 
 budget cuts, and closure of essential services by organizing doctors 
 together with the community they serve, with the goal of building a 
 healthcare system where doctors can actually serve their patients, not the 
 bottom line. POC will be discussing some of the current issues they are 
 fighting in the healthcare system, past victories like stopping the closure 
 of the stroke, STEMI, and trauma department in East San Jose Hospital, 
 current fights like the corporate takeover and subsequent under-staffing in 
 Fresno, and what you can do to help. \n\nSydney Ragsdale-Cronin is a 
 full-time organizer and the Education Director at POC. She has been a 
 volunteer since 2020. She grew up in the Unitarian Universalist church in 
 Monterey (UUCMP), and moved to SF to study Biology at SF State before 
 transitioning into organizing with POC. \n\nAngus Hamilton is an 
 undergraduate Physiology student and researcher at SF State, and plans to 
 go to medical school in the future. He has been a volunteer with POC since 
 early 2025 and is the Speaking Engagement Coordinator.Dr. Naveen Reddy is a 
 Neurologist at UCSF who is working to integrate newly approved technologies 
 into the Veterans Health Administration. He grew up in Los Angeles and got 
 completed his undergrad in neuroscience at UCLA. He went to \n\nFrank H. 
 Netter M.D. School of Medicine in Connecticut for Medical school and UC San 
 Diego for his residency. Currently, he researches emerging pharmaceuticals 
 attempting to treat Alzheimer’s, Migraines, and ALS and does clinical 
 work at the San Francisco VA.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/16/18878992.php
SUMMARY:Physicians Organizing Committee: Fighting for a Healthcare System Based on Patient Care
LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109 \nor 
 Zoom:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/97508682829?pwd=iqi3wowdIOKasYhMXn8SfKa70IY4zw.1\nMeeting 
 ID: 975 0868 2829 Passcode: 192506
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/16/18878992.php
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