ASHLEY ROBERTSDeputy Head Volunteer
BIOGRAPHYDr. Ashley
I love touching lives everyday and i love what i do. There is absolutely nothing quite like running a charity, and seeing the impact you make can be an experience that no amount of turnover or profit can ever replace. Since the clinic operates on donations and grants, I don’t have to work under the same time constraints as most physicians in private practice. I don’t have to see a patient every 15 minutes. There are no economics involved, and that’s what makes this so much fun. I can spend time with my patients. Anything I do for them is because I genuinely want to do it. If a patient needs a biopsy, I schedule it for 40 minutes, or I take an additional 10 minutes talking to them about smoking cessation rates. The return I get on volunteering is “tremendous” because when I go home, I know I’ve done everything possible to potentially make a difference in someone’s life.. If spending extra time talking to my patients can prevent one stroke, one heart attack or break the cycle of poverty for one person, than I’ve done more than enough. It was more than worth it to me. Experience in volunteering: 10 years |
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