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513623A_R1_Cov 7/13/06 12:22 PM Page 1 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital • 2005-2006 Annual Report NewYork-Presbyterian 2005-2006 ANNUAL REPORT On any given day, at any given time... www.nyp.org 513623A_R1_Cov 7/13/06 12:22 PM Page 2 NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL Important Telephone Numbers NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/ALLEN NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL General Information (212) 932-4000 General Information (212) 746-5454 Patient Information (212) 932-4300 Patient Information (212) 746-5000 Admitting (212) 932-5079 Admitting (212) 746-4250 Emergency Department (212) 932-4245 Ambulance Services Dispatcher (212) 472-2222 ...care is delivered, Patient Services (212) 932-4321 Development (212) 821-0500 Emergency Department Adult (212) 746-5050 NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/COLUMBIA Pediatric (212) 746-3300 Psychiatry (212) 746-0711 General Information (212) 305-2500 Human Resources (212) 746-1409 Patient Information (212) 305-3101 Marketing (212) 821-0625 Admitting NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein Hospital Building (212) 305-7091 Healthcare System (212) 746-3577 discoveries are made, Sloane Hospital for Women (212) 342-1759 Patient Services (212) 746-4293 Ambulance Services Dispatcher (212) 305-9999 Physician Referral Service (800) 822-2694 Development (212) 342-0799 Psychiatry, Payne Whitney Manhattan Emergency Department Referrals and Evaluation (888) 694-5700 Adult (212) 305-6204 General Information (212) 746-3700 Pediatric (212) 305-6628 Public Affairs (212) 821-0560 Psychiatry (212) 305-6587 Human Resources (212) 305-5625 Marketing (212) 821-0634 ideas are exchanged, NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WESTCHESTER Patient Services (212) 305-5904 Physician Referral Service (877) NYP-WELL General Information (914) 682-9100 Public Affairs (212) 305-5587 Payne Whitney Westchester Referrals and Evaluation (888) 694-5700 MORGAN STANLEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN comfort is offered, Physician Referral (800) 245-KIDS General Information (212) 305-2500 Patient Information (212) 305-3101 Admitting (212) 305-3388 Emergency Department (212) 305-6628 Table of Contents On Any Given Day, At Any Given Time 2 and lives are saved. The 2005-2006 Annual Report is published by the Department Editor-in-Chief Myrna A. Manners Making Headlines 5 of Public Affairs of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Special Director of Publications Michael Sellers The Right Start 11 thanks to our academic affiliates, Columbia University College Managing Editor Linda Errante Internal Affairs 17 of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Medical College of Art Director Ali Wilcox Out Front in Oncology 23 Cornell University, for their collaboration and assistance in Graphics Coordinator Cynthia Guernsey State of the Heart 29 the preparation of this report. Assistant Editor Kathleen Thompson Editorial Assistant Andria Lam Special Moments in Time 35 William A. Polf, Ph.D. Myrna A. Manners Photography Robert Essel Leadership Report 41 Senior Vice President Vice President Brad Hess Facts and Financials 47 External Relations Public Affairs Amelia Panico Development Report 59 Photography Supervision Robert Pryzgoda In Memoriam 79 Printing TanaSeybert Important Telephone Numbers Inside Back Cover For an electronic copy of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Annual Reports, visit our Web site at www.nyp.org/about/. © 2006 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. All rights reserved. On the cover: In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, a newborn responds to the warm and comforting touch of nurse Mayra Penalo-Saleta, R.N. 513623C_R3_p47-80 7/13/06 12:21 PM Page 47 Facts and Financials Contents Statistical Summary 48 Financial Summary 49 Governance 50 Clinical Leadership 54 Advisory and Support Groups 56 Auxiliary and Volunteers 57 NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System 58 Important Telephone Numbers Inside Back Cover Facts and Financials 47 513623C_R3_p47-80 7/13/06 12:21 PM Page 48 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Statistical Summary (2005) PATIENT CARE Patients Discharged (including neonatal) 96,998 Newborn 10,242 Psychiatric Payne Whitney Clinic 1,267 NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia 1,610 Westchester Division 3,670 Total 113,787 Patient Days, All Divisions (including newborns) 729,088 Visits to Day Hospital (ambulatory surgery) 47,594 Visits to Outpatient Clinics 828,136 Visits to Emergency Facilities 202,154 DISTRIBUTION OF BEDS Medical/Surgical 1,581 Pediatrics 125 Maternity 140 Nursery 111 Psychiatric 378 Total 2,335 SERVICES TO PATIENTS Laboratory 9,265,517 Blood Bank 431,072 Radioisotopes Services 18,750 X-ray Procedures 552,235 Operations 48,264 Deliveries 11,085 Electrocardiograms 223,459 Electroencephalograms 43,732 Therapy Treatments (Physical, Occupational) 315,101 Transfusions 107,647 Average Number of Full-Time Employees 15,078 48 Statistical Summary 513623C_R3_p47-80 7/13/06 12:21 PM Page 49 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital............. Financial Summary January 1 - December 31, 2005 REVENUES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PATIENT CARE AND OTHER REVENUES Revenues $ Millions % Net Patient Revenues 2,414.3 92.8% Other Revenues 187.4 7.2% Total Revenues $2,601.7 100.0% EXPENSES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES Expenses $ Millions % Salaries and Wages 1,134.4 44.6% Employee Benefits 278.2 10.9% Provision for Bad Debts 64.7 2.5% Depreciation and Amortization 159.7 6.4% Interest 46.1 1.8% Supplies and Nonsalary Expenses 858.5 33.8% Total Expenses $2,541.6 100.0% Gain (Loss) from Operations $60.1 Note: The Hospital also expended $58.8 million in Charity Care. Financial Summary 49 513623C_R3_p47-80 7/13/06 12:21 PM Page 50 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Governance CORPORATE Ellen R. Marram BOARD COMMITTEES BUDGET AND FINANCE OFFICERS/TRUSTEES Roman Martinez IV COMMITTEE William F. May John J. Mack** Raymond J. McGuire EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Frank A. Bennack Jr. Chairman Robert B. Menschel Chairman John E. Merow, Esq. John J. Mack Frank A. Bennack Jr. Constance J. Milstein, Esq. Chairman Donald L. Boudreau Charlotte M. Ford Steven T. Mnuchin John K. Castle Peter A. Georgescu Sarah E. Nash Frank A. Bennack Jr. Louis R. Gary Jerry I. Speyer Steven O. Newhouse Donald L. Boudreau Harvey Golub Vice Chairmen Daniel S. Och Charlotte M. Ford Jeffrey W. Greenberg Herbert Pardes, M.D. Peter A. Georgescu Maurice R. Greenberg Herbert Pardes, M.D.** Gordon B. Pattee Harvey Golub Arthur J. Hedge Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy A. Pedley, M.D. Jeffrey W. Greenberg James B. Hurlock, Esq. Lisa R. Perry Maurice R. Greenberg Peter S. Kalikow CHAIRMEN EMERITI Ogden Mills Phipps Arthur J. Hedge Jr. David I. Margolis Lionel I. Pincus Peter S. Kalikow Roman Martinez IV Daniel B. Burke Michael S. Pritula David H. Komansky Sarah E. Nash Maurice R. Greenberg William R. Rhodes Rochelle B. Lazarus Steven O. Newhouse John F. McGillicuddy Arthur F. Ryan Sarah E. Nash Gordon B. Pattee Arthur J. Samberg Herbert Pardes, M.D. Lionel I. Pincus Lionel I. Pincus Mark Schwartz BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mark Schwartz Robert G. Scott Arthur J. Samburg Jerry I. Speyer Philip O. Alderson, M.D. Ivan G. Seidenberg Mark Schwartz Brenda Neubauer Straus (Ex Officio) Richard D. Siegal Jerry I. Speyer Paul E. Taylor Jr. Frank A. Bennack Jr. Richard E. Snyder David W. Wallace John S. Weinberg Donald L. Boudreau Howard Solomon EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Daniel B. Burke Jerry I. Speyer COMMITTEE Iris Cantor Seymour Sternberg DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Pamela G. Carlton Brenda Neubauer Straus John J. Mack Stephen Case, Esq. Sir Howard Stringer Chairman David H. Koch John K. Castle Paul E. Taylor Jr. Chairman Jean Clark Vincent Tese, Esq. Frank A. Bennack Jr. H. Rodgin Cohen, Esq. John A. Thain Donald L. Boudreau James H. Evans Joan Ganz Cooney Michael D. Tusiani Charlotte M. Ford Collette T. Kean* Michel David-Weill David W. Wallace Peter A. Georgescu Terry Allen Kramer Oscar Lewis Dunn Jr. Sanford I. Weill Jeffrey W. Greenberg Constance J. Milstein, Esq. Mrs. John W. Espy John L. Weinberg John F. McGillicuddy Paul Milstein Charlotte M. Ford John Sidney Weinberg Jerry I. Speyer Mrs. Milton Petrie Louis R. Gary Margaret L. Wolff, Esq. Jerry I. Speyer Robert C. Wright Ronald P. Stanton David A. George AUDIT AND CORPORATE Peter A. Georgescu Sir Howard Stringer COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE Sidney J. Weinberg Jr. Harvey Golub LIFE TRUSTEES Richard D. Granstein, M.D. Donald L. Boudreau (Ex Officio) Mark E. Andrews III Chairman EXTERNAL RELATIONS Jeffrey W. Greenberg Edward H. Auchincloss COMMITTEE Maurice R. Greenberg R. Palmer Baker Jr. Mark Schwartz Arthur J. Hedge Jr. Robert H.B. Baldwin Vice Chairman Vincent Tese, Esq. Marifé Hernandez Joseph A. Califano Jr., Esq. Vice Chairman James B. Hurlock, Esq. Hays Clark R. Palmer Baker Jr., Esq. Glenn H. Hutchins James M. Clark H. Rodgin Cohen, Esq. Pamela G. Carlton O. Wayne Isom, M.D. Mrs. Vincent de Roulet Oscar Lewis Dunn Jr. Mrs. Vincent de Roulet Mitchell L. Jacobson Eleanor T. Elliott Ellen R. Marram Marifé Hernandez Robert L. James James H. Evans William F. May Glenn H. Hutchins Howard S. Jonas James M. Foley John E. Merow, Esq. Peter S. Kalikow Winfield P. Jones, Esq. Mrs. Emily Fowler Vincent Tese, Esq. Alfred E. Kelly Andrea Jung Edward Ward Franklin, Esq. Robert Krasner, M.D.* Peter S. Kalikow Mrs. Edward H. Gerry Burton Lee, M.D.* Alfred F. Kelly Frederick W. Gluck John F. McGillicuddy David H. Koch Kenneth H. Hannan Mark J. Mundy* David H. Komansky Herbert Irving Sarah E. Nash Charles A. Koppelman John F. McGillicuddy Lisa R. Perry Terry Allen Kramer Paul Milstein Eric A. Rose, M.D.* Marilyn Laurie Mrs. Milton Petrie Seymour Sternberg Rochelle B. Lazarus Ronald P. Stanton Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D.* John J. Mack Frank S. Streeter Robert C. Wright Arthur J. Mahon, Esq. Sidney J. Weinberg Jr. David I. Margolis ** John J. Mack is an ex officio member of all Board committees; Herbert Pardes, M.D., is an ex officio member of all Board committees except the Executive Compensation Committee and the Audit and Corporate Compliance Committee. 50 Governance 513623C_R3_p47-80 7/13/06 12:21 PM Page 51 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Governance HUMAN RESOURCES JOINT CONFERENCE PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE COMMITTEE SERVICE QUALITY COMMITTEE THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Jeffery W.
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