SUMMIT Specialty Transport, a woman-owned business, and is the Premier Provider of ON DEMAND non-emergency medical wheelchair transportation to Hospitals and Senior Living Providers in St. Louis.  We are locally owned and headquartered in Westport at 270 and Page. 

Summit Transport provides short notice trips and has office hours for our online booking system from 7 am – 7 pm.  We can staff drivers as early as 5 am for Dialysis Appointments or Outpatient Surgeries.  Hospital discharges to skilled nursing and acute rehab hospitals can be scheduled as late as 6 pm.

Summit has corporate paid accounts with 35 St. Louis area hospitals, rehabilitation units, and Senior Living providers. 

Chief Executive Officer

SUMMIT Specialty Transport’s Founder & CEO is Robyn Tweedy.  Robyn has her Master’s Degree from Washington University in Healthcare Administration and served as an Executive Director for St. Luke Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, for 21 years. 

Robyn’s vision for Summit was created when observing first hand the need for On Demand, safe, professional non-emergency transportation during her tenure with St. Luke’s Hospital. Robyn and Summit Specialty Transport were featured in the July, 2019, edition of the St. Louis Business Journal.

Chief Operating Officer 

SUMMIT Specialty Transport’s Chief Operating Officer is Christa Ziegler.  Christa received her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health from Indiana University.  Christa has 10 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.

Christa manages the client relations staff and ensures phone calls, online bookings, and other trips are handled in a timely, professional manner. 

Covid-19 & Infection Control 

Summit places the safety of our riders as a top priority and has established strict cleaning processes for our vans per CDC guidelines.  Additionally, our drivers wear face masks, utilize hand sanitizer in our vans, and we provide a surgical mask for all of our riders.  Our driver specialists are trained on the Joint Commission and CMS’ Hand Hygiene and Infection Control standards.    

SUMMIT Specialty Transport is committed to proper hand hygiene and wheelchair sanitation and uses hospital approved cleaning products.