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UC San Diego Health · social work · referrals by Dana Whitfield

Quarter report

October 1 to November 2, 2026, to date. Patients served through Angel Flight West, how long each step took, and what was declined and why. Nothing here names a pilot, an aircraft or a weather call.

7Referrals this quarter6 active, 1 declined
2Patients flown3 flights to date, 1 in the air today
6 dMedian referral to pilot assignedrange 3 to 7 days
$2,840Donated flight value to date3 flights, 658 nautical miles, at the organization's rate

Every referral this quarter

Including September referrals that flew in October
PatientClinicReferredOutcomeDays to pilotRoad miles saved
Luis HerreraMooresSep 22Flown Oct 6, home Oct 74560
Daniel OkaforJacobsOct 14Flying today3620
Rosa AlvarezMooresOct 20Ready, flies Nov 33560
Samuel PriceSulpizioOct 22Pilot assigned, Nov 177470
Elena MarshMooresOct 27Accepted, looking for a pilot·650
Ana Lucía TorresJacobsOct 29Accepted, posted Oct 30·240
Priya NatarajanMaternal-fetalOct 30Held for the medical release·780
Hector RamosMooresOct 12Declined: 41 road miles, gas-card program··

Road miles saved counts the round trip the family would have driven. Pilot days count from the referral being accepted to a pilot assigned for the flight out. Donated value is the figure Angel Flight West reports to funders: the volunteer's flight at the organization's rate per nautical mile, with no cost to the family or the hospital.

By clinic

Moores Cancer Center4
Jacobs Medical Center2
Sulpizio Cardiovascular1
Maternal-fetal medicine1

Declined, and why

Within driving distance1
Medical reason0
No pilot found in time0
Family withdrew0

Referrals under about 60 road miles are declined unless the patient cannot be driven; the gas-card program covers those. Nothing you referred this quarter missed a flight for want of a pilot.

Patients and language

Spanish-speaking4
English-speaking4
Travelled with a caregiver5
Wheelchair to the door1

Every Spanish-speaking family got their trip page in Spanish. Two were flown by a pilot who speaks it.

Prepared by Tropiq Lift for Angel Flight West partners. Figures are for referrals made by you; a department total is available from Angel Flight West on request.