Many people know about our work due to the 1999 "Patch Adams" film by Universal Studios starring Robin Williams and directed by Tom Shadyac. In the first 12 years of our practice, we saw thousands of patients. However, after 8 years I realized, that in order to practice medicine the way we originally envisioned it, we would need to have a larger hospital. So, I began raising funds while we continued our practice for another 4 years. While our pilot project has ended, I never stopped practicing m