An anesthesiologist suspected of stealing drugs from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals was scheduled to assist with a 2-year-old’s surgery. Less than two hours after, the woman was found unconscious in an operating room, according to police reports. trib.al/XFhCW7Y

To crucially add to this debate, in 2023, Digiorgio is reported as making ~$829K, much more than the $671K made in 2021 (just 2 years earlier), per UC pay data, UCOP. And that’s excluding Digiorgio’s other income streams. Neurosurgeons are top 1% earners.

Neurosurgeons are the top 1%. Digiorgio is reported as making ~$829K—$158K more than the $671K he made in 2021 (just 2 yrs earlier), per UC pay data/UCOP. And that’s excluding Digiorgio’s other income streams. Meanwhile, from 2021→2023, median U.S. household pay went up ~$1.3K.

Here’s some of the behavior shown by these supposed heroes that some folks want more of our money going to—despite ~20% of the 4.9 trillion spent on healthcare annually going to doctors. Some of them are doing drugs on the job, while working with kids. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…

UC: Sorry, we have no money to address the staffing crisis. Also, UC: Drops undisclosed millions on a 96-acre Belmont campus. #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UCSF #UCSanFrancisco

"My patients are spending one, two, three, five, up to SEVEN days in an emergency room waiting for a bed in the hospital." Read more in our 13-page report on the staffing crisis, and UC's role in perpetuating it, here: upte.org/research