In the short time since Gary and Mary West PACE opened in San Marcos, they have been making a huge impact on helping North County seniors with chronic care needs. Medical Director Ross Colt joins the podcast to discuss how the center has been able to help the most vulnerable before and during the pandemic. While the center was able to vaccinate their participants, now they have become a vaccination site for seniors throughout North County.
Today’s Guest: Dr. Ross Colt, Medical Director for Gary and Mary West PACE
“I think that the world will never return to normal. It’s like that famous quote, ‘the mind, once expanded, will never shrink back to its original proportions.’…so even as our world turns to a new normal, people recognize that we have additional tools in our kit bag that we can use just to increase the level of care that we are providing.”
Dr. Ross Colt has been the Medical Director at Gary and Mary West PACE since opening in San Marcos nearly three years ago. Dr. Colt is a decorate war veteran, who served two combat tours in Iraq and retired after 24 years as an Army Colonel. He is a family physician with more than two decades of full spectrum clinical practice experience, including a deep background in academic medicine and leadership in managed care environments at the regional and national level.
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PACE stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly