Meet the Board of Directors

Sue Ertl

Chair

Retired UW Health Executive

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Dan Schmidt
Treasurer

Retired Healthcare Executive

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Timothy Docter, MD

Medical Director

Retired SSM Health Orthopedics

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Julie Bran

Retired School Administrator

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Douglas Dulli, MD

Retired UW Health Neurology

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Amy Grinnell

Finance Vice President

Medical Group, Wisconsin

SSM Health- Wisconsin

Rudy Jackson, DNP

Senior Vice President

Chief Nurse Executive

UW Health

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JoAnne McCann

Retired UW Health Nurse

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Renee Reback

Emeritus Board Member

(Non-voting)

Retired Not-for-Profit Executive

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John Schilling, MD

Retired UW Health Pulmonology

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Jennifer Schwarzkopf

Executive Chef

Former Marketing Executive

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Maryann Sumi, JD

Reserve Judge

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Cindy Anderson

Executive Director

(Non-voting)

 
Our Mission

Specialty Care Free Clinic (SCFC) volunteers provide specialty care to uninsured, low-income patients referred by clinicians in South-Central Wisconsin.

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Our History

Founded in 2001 by local physicians, Ernie Pellegrino, Paul Simenstad, and Walter Sundstrom, SCFC became the first clinic in Wisconsin to address the critical need for free specialty care among uninsured, low-income patients.

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Whom We Serve

Our goal is to offer our patients access to a similar range of specialists that is available to those with insurance. We see an average of 95 patients per month. Patients who qualify for care at SCFC are referred by a primary care provider, are uninsured, and unable to gain health insurance.  

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Who We Are

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  • Volunteers provide an average of 95 patient care visits per month.

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  • Physicians have diagnosed life-threatening illnesses, including various cancers, cardiac events, and renal failure.

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  • By better managing their chronic conditions at BSP, patients reduced costly trips to the emergency room and often avoided more serious illness.

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  • A part-time staff interpreter was added to our cadre of volunteer interpreters to more quickly care for our Spanish-speaking patients.

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  • We eliminated a 3-4 month waiting period for ob/gyn appointments by recruiting an additional volunteer physician.

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  • Volunteers implemented a carpal tunnel program that helps patients to return to work and their daily activities.

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  • In-kind professional services were secured for accounting and fundraising, which means that 91 percent of all contributions are used to support direct patient care.

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 Accomplishments