We’re VIM San Diego, but how did we begin?
From a dream with no address to a clinic that has treated over 20,000 patients
Volunteers in Medicine San Diego (VIM) began in 2003 when two physicians—Dr. Garrett Bradt and Dr. Gresham Bayne—came together with a desire to establish a free clinic in East County.
Plans were made to build a new clinic on a site donated by the Chapel of the Valley United Methodist Church. By 2006, with fundraising facing obstacles, they opened a “temporary” modest clinic to bring together willing medical and support volunteers with patients who had no healthcare insurance.
Chapel of the Valley parishioners, along with community members formed their first Board of Trustees. They dedicated their modular clinic in September 2006.
Our journey through the years…
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“VIM San Diego is a free medical clinic that serves thousands in need each year—there are no charges, bills or insurance forms to fill out.
As you can imagine, an accomplishment of this magnitude took a significant amount of time, effort and dedication.”
