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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Adventist Health Clear Lake has welcomed a fourth new provider for 2020, board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician Ronald J. Botelho, MD.
Dr. Botelho is a strong believer in caring for the whole person and getting to the root cause of an individual’s pain. This means a comprehensive approach to each patient’s experiences and values and a treatment plan that will suit them best.
“I was drawn to Adventist Health Clear Lake because of the experience that its president David Santos has in developing pain management programs,” said Dr. Botelho. “The structure of the interdisciplinary program here combines physical medicine and rehabilitation with psychologists, physical therapy, occupational therapy and a workout space for ongoing exercise.”
Dr. Botelho brings more than 30 years of experience using innovative treatments to help patients live life with less pain. He believes that proper management of chronic pain from migraines, back pain, joint pain or pain as a result of a procedure or injury can help you get back to a normal life.
“Dr. Botelho is a welcome addition to our team and a great fit for expanding our interventional pain management services to Lakeport and the surrounding communities,” says Brent Dupper, executive director of physician and outpatient services for Adventist Health Clear Lake. “He brings expertise in anesthesiology and a dedicated approach to pain management and strives for the best possible patient outcomes.”
Board certified in interventional pain management and anesthesiology Dr. Botelho is a strong believer in caring for the whole person, not just their disease state. “Success with pain management is not qualified by how much or how little pain someone has,” says Dr. Botelho. “The goal is to help with pain, and more importantly, to make individuals more functional.”
A graduate of the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Botelho received his anesthesia training and completed a critical care fellowship at Harvard University before completing a pain management fellowship at the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Botelho will see patients at the Adventist Health Clear Lake Medical Office located at 801 11th St., Lakeport. Patients may schedule an appointment by calling 707-263-3746.
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The next testing dates in Middletown are July 8 and July 22, and testing will be available in Upper Lake Wednesday, July 1, and Wednesday, July 15.
More information on testing is available here.
Go to the Verily website to get screened and register.
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Senate Bill 1237, sponsored by the California Nurse-Midwives Association and Black Women for Wellness, would address disparities in outcomes for Black women and infants and counter the obstetrician shortage – projected to be critical in some counties by 2025.
“I appreciate the support for this proposal, which will improve access to high-quality maternity care and help resolve inequities in treatment for women of color,” Sen. Dodd said. “The current gap is completely unacceptable. By increasing access to nurse-midwives, we can improve outcomes for mothers and babies, especially those in rural or inner-city settings.”
SB 1237 would expand access to care by authorizing nurse-midwives to conduct routine services without direct physician supervision, following the lead of 46 other states.
California’s current model has not been shown to increase the safety or quality of maternity care.
States that allow autonomous practice within a more integrated, collaborative model between physicians and midwives show significantly lower rates of cesarean, preterm birth, low birth-weight infants and neonatal death. Nurse-midwives perform 50,000 births a year in California.
Sen. Dodd’s bill comes as experts from the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative report Black women in California still die at a rate that is 3-4 times higher than white women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
Furthermore, babies born to Black women were more than three times as likely to die of a preterm, birth-related issue as babies born to white women in 2017.
National and international organizations including the March of Dimes and the World Health Organization agree improved access to midwives is a necessary and innovative strategy to reduce and eventually eliminate racial disparities.
“We are in a moment that both our state and our nation are rethinking how we address racial inequities in our institutions that can better focus on centering people first,” said Nourbese Flint, executive director of Black Women for Wellness Action Project. “By expanding both maternal health and abortion access through the ability of highly trained nurse-midwives to practice independently, we are expanding our ability to tackle deep inequality for the women and birthing people who need quality healthcare the most. I am grateful that we are one step closer to seeing SB 1237 signed into law.”
“The burden of morbidity and mortality falls largely on Black and indigenous women and those from marginalized communities who cannot receive the care they need and desire,” said Kathleen Belzer, CNMA president. “This is unacceptable. SB 1237 will improve access to maternal health care by removing physician supervision which is extremely difficult to attain. This will be especially impactful in the community, out of hospital setting. This bill allows CNMs to work independently with low-risk women, and creates a collaborative framework for CNMs to work with physicians when necessary in a team-based model to ensure the safest and highest quality care available.”
The bill is also sponsored by the United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals and NARAL Pro-Choice California. It passed the Senate on a 35 to 1 vote and heads next to the Assembly.
Dodd represents the Third Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties.
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Dr. Gary Pace said having the sustainable capacity to test at least 100 people per day is key to Lake County’s ability to continue reopening local business sectors and keep businesses open.
Local leaders, along with Sen. Mike McGuire, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and the California COVID-19 Testing Task Force fought hard to make this valuable partnership happen, Pace said.
“Unfortunately, Verily has been testing at about one-third of their capacity,” or about 50 tests per day, said Pace.
Pace said the state’s goal is to test 80,000 per day, and each Verily and OptumServe site must perform near capacity to meet this statewide objective.
Volunteers are needed, particularly in the areas of clinical support – preferably nurses and similar medical personnel – and traffic control, Pace said.
To volunteer, please contact the Medical Health operational area coordinator at
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