SUPPORTING THE SCIENCE THAT BRINGS US HOPE

PHILANTHROPY REPORT 2020-21 TO OUR MAGEE FAMILY,

First of all, as we bring 2020 to a close and look forward to 2021, I hope this year’s philanthropy report finds you safe, well and happy. We deeply value your support, and during a year of constant change, your commitment to scientific research has been incredibly important.

Our ongoing partnerships with foundations, corporations and individual donors throughout the international COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to our longevity and helped us find new ways to support our mission.

The pandemic brought changes and challenges that would have been unheard of this time last year. From school shutdowns to state-wide lockdowns, from remaining in our homes for several months to the normalization of mask-wearing and temperature checks, the “new normal” has changed so quickly that adapting can feel overwhelming under the best of circumstances. While it felt like much of the world paused in early 2020, the research at Magee- Womens Research Institute and the patient care at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital continued, under drastically different circumstances. In a year of change, both organizations pivoted to adhere to the pandemic’s restrictions while still moving our crucial work forward. At the foundation, the fundraising efforts evolved into virtual opportunities in real time.

Scientific research doesn’t stop in the midst of a pandemic – in fact, we learned just how critical laboratory research can be. With this report, you are the first to learn about a worldwide collaboration that includes four doctors seeking to do the impossible: helping people conceive biological children by creating eggs and sperm from skin cells. Known as the CHOSE project, one of its key members is Dr. Kyle Orwig with our Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility program.

In addition, you will read about the many different ways individuals chose to support us over the last year. From Facebook fundraisers to annual gifts – from targeted campaigns for the NICU to support for training future women’s health researchers – you found new, compelling ways to give.

On behalf of our staff, clinicians and researchers, thank you for your financial contribution and ongoing support. Your investment is a commitment to improving women’s health worldwide, and we look forward to the day we can thank you in person. As the year comes to a close, we at Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation are hopeful. A deep commitment to scientific research is a way of life for us, and we are hopeful about the vaccines developed for COVID-19. More than that, we believe the work coming out of the research institute will result in breakthroughs for women’s health – from lowering the risk of maternal morbidity to finding ways to stop ovarian cancer from spreading. Science is hope – against COVID-19, and so much more.

With warm regards,

Michael J. Annichine, Chief Executive Officer

2 I I 3 25 CLUB MEMBERS Janice Hackett – President MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVE MEMBERS Shanon Mahramas July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 Evelyn Bainbridge Dani Jo McLane Terri Bone Barbara Mendlowitz Michael J. Annichine, President WOMEN’S AUXILIARY Jeanne Caliguiri Barbara Norris Carrie Coghill, Chair Peggy Snavely - President Cynthia Carrow Faye Sampson Kelly R. Gray, Vice Chair Susan Fitzsimmons Anne Simon ACTIVE MEMBERS Pat Lagnese K. Scott Roy, Vice Chair Michel Franklin Peggy Snavely Ann Borland Marilyn Maiello Jason M. Harrison, Treasurer Andrea Galli Arlene Sokolow Lenore Calderone Betsy McAleer Susan P. McGalla, Secretary Wendy Camlin Dani Grego Saundra Stout Kaethe McGonigle Joni Rapneth, Assistant Secretary Penny Holden Judy Woffington Abigail Cook Linda McKamish Laura Kronk Heather Ziccarelli Megan Culig Jo McLean Doris Delserone Richard Beigi, M.D. Tony Lacenere Yoel Sadovsky, M.D. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Emma Dieffenbach Ginny Merchant Debbie Barbarita Kathleen Hess Theresa Bone Ed Lettieri W. Scott Sanford Mary Jane Diamantopulos Sue Patrick Rona Dane Karen Obreg Donald Burke, M.D. Arthur Levine, M.D. Fern Schwartz Karen Dimopoulos Maureen Puntil Veronica Guarino Kathleen Patrinos M. Karen Cooper Suketu Mansuria, M.D. Patricia Siger, Maureen Elder Karen Reinecke Jane Flannery Robert Edwards, M.D. Linda S. Melada Peggy Snavely Sue Rielly Sally Ford Joan Ellenbogen William Pietragallo, II, Esq. Anantha Shekhar, M.D. PhD Gwen Robosson VOLUNTEER SERVICE BOARD Susanna Fussenegger Janice Hackett Richter, Mary David Spigelmyer Karen Cooper – President Linda Stilley Mary Lou Gatewood Margaret P. Joy Chad Tomosovich, Esq. Kathy Thomas ACTIVE MEMBERS Rhonda Magdsick Jamie Goslin Lynn Thompson Mary Ann Belles Azra Saifee Marilyn Hartland EMERITUS MEMBERS Anne Broad Sharon Soodik Jeanie Hendry Adele Torockio Irma E. Goertzen Dena Chottiner Madeline Stanek Joanne Herrmann Sallie Wagner Elisabeth B. McCullough Irene Damratoski Mary Tambellini Judy Huff Sharon Wallace-Platt Leslie Nute Kathy Kegarise Louise Horvath Audre Tomko Sue Warden Nancy Rackoff Judy Lewis Mary Ann Wilson Peggy Kennedy Shirley Weber Susan Kostilnik David Smith ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Susan Williams Dawn Kotanchik Susan Heher Our partners listed in the pages that follow are those who have made a donation in support of Magee-Women-Research Diane Unetich Institute & Foundation from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Thank you for your support. We also would like to extend a special thank you to our many anonymous donors. Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Potter at 412-641-8968 or [email protected]. 4 I INTERNATIONAL TEAM SEEKS TO

CREATE EGGS, SPERM The worldwide collaboration includes four doctors Dr. Orwig estimates that about 1 percent of the who seek to do the seemingly impossible: help people population cannot produce eggs or sperm, so they FROM SKIN CELLS conceive biological children by creating eggs and currently cannot conceive biologically. In the United sperm from skin cells. States, that translates to roughly 1.3 million men and women between the ages of 20 and 50. Still others are Known as CHOSE, the project’s name is an acronym WITH HELP FROM MULTI-YEAR GIFT trying to conceive with older eggs and could benefit of the surnames of its investigators: Dr. Amander Clark from the younger eggs that this technology can create. from UCLA; Dr. Katsuhiko Hayashi of Kyushu University And he emphasizes the importance of addressing BY NIKI KAPSAMBELIS in ; Dr. Kyle Orwig from Magee; and Dr. Sherman infertility as a serious health issue. Silber from the Infertility Center of St. Louis. (The “e” stands for “endeavor.”) “Fertility is incredibly important to people on a Whether reproduction was impacted by psychological level,” he says, noting that infertility can The project is financed through a gift from the chemotherapy, genetics, or other factors, the goal have a devastating emotional impact on the infertile LucaBella Foundation, a private nonprofit based in individual and stress relationships with partners, family of solving the most challenging cases of infertility Honolulu headed by an anonymous philanthropist and friends. is now within sight of a dream team that includes from China. To date, the foundation has given about $388,000. Dr. Orwig compares its potential impact to At the heart of the CHOSE project is a technique to Magee-Womens Research Institute. the 1978 birth of Louise Brown, whose arrival as the first make germline stem cells from skin biopsies. In 2011 baby conceived through in vitro fertilization has been and 2012, Dr. Hayashi published his seminal results hailed as one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of demonstrating that those germline stem cells could be the 20th century, leading to the subsequent births of transplanted into testes or ovaries, where they produced more than 6 million babies worldwide. sperm or eggs and offspring.

In 2016, Dr. Hayashi went further to show that those “Louise was possible because her mom germline stem cells could be differentiated to eggs outside the body that could be fertilized and transferred was able to produce eggs and her dad to female mice to establish pregnancies, resulting in the was able to produce sperm,” says live births of mouse pups. Present at those births was Dr. Orwig. “Those are the three critical Dr. Silber, who performed the first ovarian tissue things you need: an egg, a sperm, and transplant in 2004 and introduced the Japanese method for vitrification – or rapid freezing – of embryos, a uterus, but it doesn’t necessarily have eggs, and ovarian tissue to the United States. Ultimately, to happen in the usual way.” Dr. Silber is positioned to apply the cutting-edge technology clinically within his infertility center.

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6 I I 7 INFERTILITY (cont.) MAGEE SOCIETY Edward & Kerri Lettieri Dr. David & Anica Smith Dr. Frank Lieberman Susan M. & Bernard Stanek “The project could also create fertility options that lead FOUNDER’S CIRCLE & Dr. Beverly Barkon Maureen & John White* to healthier babies for older parents, because eggs ($10,000 & UP) Dennis C. McCarthy Denise C. Wickline created through the technique would be younger than Pamela A. Moalli, M.D. Ph.D. Margaret Ritchie Battle Gregory & Karen Zovko those retrieved from a woman’s ovaries via IVF,” says & Michael J. Rytel, M.D. Dr. Adam & Dr. Jill Brufsky Dr. Silber. William Pietragallo II BENEFACTOR Seth & Jodi Brufsky R. Thomas & Merlita Rich ($1,000 - $2,499) According to Dr. Clark, the most important challenge Dr. Steve N. Caritis Fern & Dr. Stephen Schwartz The Honorable Dr. Clark, a longtime collaborator with Dr. Orwig, is to the project’s success is safety. The eggs and sperm Karen M. & Joseph V. DiVito Jr. Margaret & Stephen Snavely Donetta W. Ambrose working to duplicate the technique in monkeys — must be of the highest quality, resulting in healthy Dr. Robert David J. Dr. Carey & Lorna Andrew-Jaja an important next step in translating the technology offspring. Ultimately, the group’s goal is to show multiple & Antoinette Edwards & Dr. Francie Spigelmyer Jeannette Ayoob-Urban to humans. generations in which the pregnancies and offspring are Kelly R. Gray Samuel & Anne Zacharias & Richard Urban normal, she says. Margaret P. Joy “Science can be unpredictable,” she says. “Sometimes Dr. Halina M. Zyczynski Scott A. Lois & Todd Karran & Geoffrey J. Tolge we can make very rapid progress, and sometimes To ensure safety, the International Society for Stem Cell Timothy M. & Roberta Bell Dr. Carolyn J. Kubik Dr. Saul R. & Rhonda C. Berg timelines and milestones can take longer than we Research is developing strong guidelines, Dr. Clark notes. & Dr. Steele W. Filipek PRESIDENT Mr. & Mrs. & H. V. Blaxter III anticipate.” Nonetheless, she predicts the team will She anticipates they will be available in 2021. Brooke & Ian Lang ($2,500 - $4,999) be able to produce research-quality eggs and sperm Dr. Donald & Jane Burke If perfected, she views the CHOSE technology as another Elisabeth B. McCullough Laura M. Albensi within the next 10 years. Carrie L. Coghill tool to help people in their desire to have families. Susan & Stephen McGalla Dr. Richard & Luisa Beigi Dr. Stephen Dr. Arthur Levine The potential for such a technique is vast. For example, Kimbel G. Clackson & Christianne Corey “Reproduction is absolutely essential to the existence & Linda Melada Dr. Hayashi is part of a group that is seeking to use it Deborah & Paul Cunningham Melva E. Deitt of humans on earth. For those couples who really want Paul H. O’Neill Jr. to rescue the northern white rhinoceros, a near-extinct Sam & Heather D’Alesandro Laura & Tim Derdenger to have a biological child, to be told they cannot is Janice & Don Rea species whose population has dwindled to two aging Aimee L. DiCicco-Ruhl Pamela D. & Anthony J. Dodge absolutely devastating,” she says. “It is an avenue that Dr. James M. Roberts females. High-quality stem cells have been cultivated & Craig E. Ruhl should be pursued so that we can help these couples & Jane M. Butler Dr. Gabriel Durkac from skin cells taken from the remaining rhinos, Joan Ellenbogen realize a family of their own in the way that they choose.” Dr. Yoel & Elena Sadovsky & George Handelsman Dr. Dennis & Denise English possibly saving the species from extinction and Dr. Saundra & William Stout Michael Fahy William F. Fabrizio opening a host of possibilities for other threatened Molly E. & Joseph C. Walton David & Lauren Garraux Dr. Robert & Ann Fronduti animals. In the future, the technology could even save Robert Y. Jim Ginocchi human beings from the drastic impact of changes to TRUSTEE & Susan R. Kopf Elizabeth & Timothy Hazel the environment. ($5,000 - $9,999) Carol Larson Robert A. Hutton Michael J. Dr. John T. Payne Kenneth & Susan Ilgenfritz & Jennifer L. Annichine Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Regan Rosalind King-Miller William & Pam Burkland Mary Richter Mary R. & Barry D. Kukovich Elliott & Lucy Burkland “It is an example of how collaboration Mary E. Roberts Gary & Dixie Kulbieda Dr. John T. & Dr. Susan Comerci across the planet works,” says Dr. Silber, Ashley Salamacha Lawrence & Lynn Lebowitz Shirley & William Conover Phyllis J. Sidwell Steven T. Luse who refers to CHOSE as “pure science” Philip & Laine Conti Kaitlin Malaspina and adds, “it seems to be the most Ryan Dean Joyce D. McCartney Dr. W. Allen & Joan Hogge intense of all human aspirations, Linda T. 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Irvin MageeWomens.org Jeff Lagman Heather Gallegos Albert & Martha Hasis or call 412-641-8949. 12 I I 13 In the summer of 2010, a young woman woke After her death, Mike — who has brewed beer both up from exploratory surgery at UPMC Magee- professionally and as a hobby — created a coffee milk Womens Hospital to devastating news: at the stout called With You Always through Whitehorse young age of 25, with no family history or genetic Brewing in Berlin, Pennsylvania, where he once worked. markers, she had advanced ovarian cancer. In September 2019, he sold it as a fundraiser for ovarian cancer research at Magee. It was a defining moment in Darcel Fahy’s short life, and it marked the beginning of her legacy. This year, they again offered the stout as a fundraiser for After that day, she set two goals for herself: that Magee, supplemented by a virtual campaign. she would live the rest of her life to the fullest, and Unbeknownst to the Fahys, Darcel’s other wish was she would fight to help other women facing the coming true in 2017, the last year of her life. On April same diagnosis. 17, 2017, a woman she never met — Dr. Carolyn Kubik, a She accomplished both. Magee-trained infertility specialist — learned that, like Darcel, she had advanced ovarian cancer. Her first call Darcel left a lasting impression on those who knew was to Dr. Edwards, whom she knew professionally. her, particularly Dr. Robert Edwards, who chairs Magee’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Like Darcel, Dr. Kubik is a woman who faces challenges Reproductive Sciences and is an investigator with head on. When cancer came for her, she was Magee-Womens Research Institute specializing in determined to rule it. gynecologic cancer. Dr. Edwards surgically removed the cancer that had The two formed a close bond, and Darcel doggedly spread throughout her abdomen, then began 18 weeks of participated in Dr. Edwards’ research, including two intravenous and intraperitoneal chemotherapy at UPMC- clinical trials. She donated heavily to a tissue and blood Passavant. By Halloween, her ports were removed, and bank that he oversees. And she drove from her home her tumor marker has been normal ever since. near Windber, Pennsylvania — about 90 minutes from The treatment via combination intravenous/ — in pursuit of aggressive treatment that intraperitoneal chemo was part of a protocol that Dr. would extend her life and inform research. Edwards has been researching and promoting nationally for about 20 years. Though not yet universally accepted, She worked tirelessly to raise awareness, three clinical trials have demonstrated its effectiveness TOASTING DARCEL FAHY raise money, and speak out about ovarian compared to standard therapy, Dr. Edwards notes. cancer. “She wanted ways to help people, Among the women who contributed to those earlier AND THE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH and if not find a cure, find a way to detect clinical trials: Darcel Fahy. it,” says her husband, Mike. Today, Dr. Kubik is cancer free and back to work helping couples eager to start a family. SHE CHAMPIONED The five-year survival rate of patients diagnosed with Stage 3c ovarian cancer, like Darcel, is just 39 percent, For Mike Fahy, knowing that Darcel’s fight bought more according to the American Cancer Society. Darcel lived time for other women represents a victory: “I think for 7½ years, and Mike Fahy credits her care under Dr. for her, it would have made it all worthwhile. That was BY NIKI KAPSAMBELIS Edwards with extending her life. She died on Oct. 20, everything she ever wanted.” 2017; even in the last few weeks of her life, she was still 14 I asking to participate in research. I 15 INDIVIDUAL DONORS (cont.) Ms. Emily Liscio Amy P. Marks Mike T. McGrath Carrie B. Moll Megan Marie Newell Kayleigh Palmieri Johno Prascak Beth Liston Kathleen Marouse Timothy W. McGuire Jr. Daniel R. Monarko Ms. Minh T. Nguyen Ms. Diane Palumbo Dawn Predium Jordan Lairson & Donna L. Blackmon Maegan Little Peter Foster & Wendy Mars Rachel Montoya Christina V. Nicassio Stephen L. Parker Jeffrey S. Predmore Michelle H. Lally Howard & Sammy McKay & Philip B. Skender Wenyu Liu Heidi Marshall Gabrielle Moore Christa Nicholson Wendy S. Parrish Nicky President Ruth A. & Joseph McKelvey Amy L. Lally Robert & Barbara Livorio Julie Marshall Anne S. Moosman Susan Nicklos Brandi & Thomas Patterson Helen B. Prine* Patricia H. McKenna Sharon Lamb Dr. Clinton J. 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“I’ve had an enormously gratifying career,” said Steve medication for some women and an inadequate dosage Caritis, M.D. “The opportunity to balance patient care for other women. This is something we want to change.” with clinical research has been incredible, and my hope is to pass that kind of satisfaction onto residents and Currently, Dr. Caritis directs projects studying fellows who care for pregnant women at Magee.” buprenorphine and 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate in pregnancy. Buprenorphine is used to treat Now in his 50th year as a practicing specialist in opioid use disorder and may have advantages over Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) at UPMC Magee- methadone for women struggling with the condition. Womens Hospital, Dr. Caritis has gifted $500,000 in 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate is a medication that support of obstetrical residents and MFM fellows to may reduce the risk of preterm birth in women who explore clinical research. He hopes his gift will spur experienced preterm birth previously. research interest in trainees so they can explore research and see if it inspires them. “If a person is interested in clinical research, the opportunities at Magee are unparalleled,” Dr. Caritis “Our residents have little time to conduct research said. “Not only is the leadership - both academic and during their residency as they are often overwhelmed administrative - incredibly supportive, but we have with their clinical work. Our MFM fellows, on the other incredible resources here. In addition, our patient hand, have the time and are required to undertake population is diverse, and, as a referral center, Magee research as part of their training but frequently do not is a magnet for complicated pregnancy cases. This have access to funds to support their research. This lack allows research studies to be done that cannot be done of opportunity discourages trainees from considering in smaller centers. It’s a real opportunity for anyone research as a part of clinical care in their career. My working in obstetrics.” goal in providing research support is to enable trainees in obstetrics to participate in research to see if it is something they would like to pursue,” said Dr. Caritis. Over time, Dr. Caritis would like to see

Over the course of his career, Dr. Caritis focused his gift grow through funding from on research in addition to his clinical practice. His Magee alumni. early work focused on understanding the causes of premature birth, while his more recent work examines “Our residency and fellowship programs are the most pharmacology as it relates to pregnant women. sought after in the country. The training provides people “Most medications taken by pregnant women have who chose a life in pregnancy care the support and not been studied in relation to her physiology,” “said education they need to succeed. Our training programs Dr. Caritis. “The dose of a medication for a pregnant have populated the field of obstetrics and gynecology woman is based on research done on men and non- and maternal-fetal medicine nationally; Magee pregnant women. The physiologic changes in pregnancy educators, researchers and administrators should be affect every aspect of how a medication is handled proud of this achievment,” he said. by the body. Thus, dosing for pregnant women is The gift will begin funding resident research in the woefully inaccurate. This commonly leads to excessive spring of 2021.

22 I TRUSTEE The Ruhl (DiCicco) Family Shade Sportsmens Club, Inc. MAGEE SOCIETY Charitable Foundation of The ($5,000 – $9,999) SMG Worldwide Entertainment FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Commonwealth Charitable & Convention Venue Fund SOOTHING OUR ($10,000 & UP) Civil & Environmental Management Consultants, Inc. The San Diego Foundation A Glimmer of Hope Strack Foundation SMALLEST PATIENTS Cummerbund Society Tulsa Community Foundation Addison H. Gibson Foundation The B.D. Phillips Jr. & Lauretta Eddie Merlot’s Whitehorse Brewing, LLC G. Phillips Philanthropic Fund Liam Finnigan was born more than we hoped the program would give American Heart Association of The Pittsburgh Foundation Equitrans Midstream 3 months premature and spent over babies comfort, as well as parents who Charles A. 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Had that 65,000 women face a diagnosis of endometrial he known she was so close to death, he never would out; she was always trying to tease out of cancer each year after experiencing postmenopausal have left; “that should tell you how optimistic we were,” bleeding. Of that number, a majority are early stage and them whether her sons had girlfriends. Shawn said. SON RAISES surgery alone cures about 90 percent of these cases. In the office where she worked, her big smile was a But survival rates drop when women delay seeking Eleven months later, on what would have been familiar sight; everyone knew her, because she was treatment, and when it recurs, treatments are less his mother’s 56th birthday, Shawn decided to do talkative, approachable. effective, he notes. Additionally, endometrial cancer something in her honor: he created a Facebook AWARENESS, impacts African American women at higher rates, but fundraiser to raise money for research that will aid in the But there was a subject Kelly kept to herself: the it does not have much advocacy or funding that would detection, treatment, and prevention of uterine cancer. inexplicable bleeding she had been experiencing. help explain the disparities. Perhaps out of embarrassment, as the lone woman in “Even if this helps raise awareness for one person, don’t RESEARCH her immediate family, she was silent. After her diagnosis, Kelly Carley underwent hide it,” he said. “Don’t be embarrassed to talk about chemotherapy treatments, with her husband, Bill, driving these things with your friends and family, and especially Around Thanksgiving 2018, she felt short of breath, but her more than 100 miles round trip each time from their your doctor.” she still didn’t say anything about her symptoms until house in Homer City, Pennsylvania, to Pittsburgh. Initially, FUNDING FOR December, when she went to see a new doctor. He The fundraiser garnered $2,650 for the type of research she went back to work, coming home on her lunch hour sent her to the local hospital for some tests; that facility that Garrett and others at Magee-Womens Research to crash on the couch. sent her to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. There, she Institute are pursuing. According to Buckanovich, ENDOMETRIAL received a startling diagnosis: Stage IV uterine cancer, Kelly was at Magee for treatment during her family’s such funding is vital, because endometrial cancer is with blood clots in her lungs. Christmas party, but she made it back in time for the underfunded, yet so curable. actual holiday. Her husband and sons waited on her, “It was a good thing to do in her honor, I thought,” said cooking and making the holiday as special as she Shawn, who was overwhelmed by the support the CANCERS “None of us were clued in. And it was too always had. late once everything started happening,” fundraiser received. “I’m not a pushy guy. I feel grateful for everybody who contributed.” said her son, Shawn Carley. “The whole time, everyone felt optimistic,” IN MOM’S says Shawn, now 31. “I never thought in a Kelly’s situation is all too common, according to Alison million years that it was terminal.” Garrett, an obstetrics and gynecology chief resident MEMORY at Magee. Busy with jobs and families and the tasks of daily life, women experience abnormal bleeding but When she resumed her chemotherapy treatments after don’t seek care, or perhaps lack insurance, and don’t Christmas, Kelly stayed overnight in Pittsburgh while find out they have cancer until it is advanced. Bill drove back and forth to see her. On Jan. 15, 2019, the family gathered in her hospital room to celebrate Bill’s Garrett said she was interested in the topic because 60th birthday. there are many opportunities to improve care and lead to better outcomes. 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Category FY2020 Direct Grant Revenue $39 M Current Number of awards 160 UPMC Staff 169 Pitt Staff (for research only) 34 Faculty 69 Research Units 59 30 I I 31 Grayson G. Heard Elsa Limbach Estate of Helen E. Parr Margaret & Stephen Snavely We honor the following donors who have supported Magee-Womens Dr.* & Mrs. Debra & Kurt Limbach Perf. Pathology Education Irene C. Snyder* Research Institute and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital with gifts of Richard* W. Hemphill Deborah W. Linhart William A. Pietragallo II Dr. Francis X. $10,000 or more since 1977. These gifts have transformed the landscape The Heppenstall Family & Lenette M. Solano Dr. Deanna Love Rutman Dr. Mary Ann Portman of women’s health research, education and patient care at Magee. We Dr. L. Michael & Lynne Hill & Barrie Lucas Dr. & Ms. Richard* C. Sorce Estate of Margaret Love are grateful for their partnership and investment in our mission and David McL. Hillman Mr. & Mrs. Henry* Posner Jr. David J. 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Lewellen III** Panigrahy Joan Ellenbogen Dr. Adam & Dr. Jill Brufsky Susan & Michael Harter Henry & Adelaide Smith & George Handelsman Dr. Frank Lieberman Charles H. Parker III • deceased Seth & Jodi Brufsky & Dr. Beverly Barkon 32 I I 33 Curtis Paul Bucher, named for both of his grandfathers, A GRANDMOTHER’S ANNUAL GIFT arrived weighing 3 lbs., 11 oz. He stayed in the NICU for two weeks before he gained enough weight to go home.

For Melva, it was love at first sight. Her beloved CELEBRATES GENERATIONS husband of 40 years, Paul Deitt, had died the previous year, in the miserable summer heat of 1988, just 17 UNITED BY MAGEE months after being diagnosed with asbestosis. A man who seldom raised his voice, Paul didn’t smoke or drink, and always came home to right after work. He was especially close to Eileen: “The three of us were it,” In her 101 years, Melva Deitt has seen a lot of the world, “I swear, those two doctors slept at the hospital,” Eileen Melva recalls; he would have loved his grandson. from breathtaking castles in to the intimidating recalls. “Anytime I went in for any kind of test, one of streets of Morocco. them was always there.” Out of gratitude for the prenatal care Eileen received, and the care that allowed Curtis to thrive in the NICU, “They’re great buddies. He adores her, she adores him,” But in the end, it’s the house where she raised her only That July, in the 27th week of her pregnancy, Eileen was Melva established the tradition of donating to Magee. says Eileen. “All my mom has to do is whistle, and he’d daughter – and where her daughter raised Melva’s only busy making plans when the technician asked her how be there for her.” grandchild – that holds her heart. she was feeling. Now, in adulthood, the three generations remain close, often sharing dinner together. “I always say: I’ve had a wonderful life. I had good “I thought I was having indigestion,” Eileen says; parents, a good husband, a wonderful daughter, and a otherwise, she felt fine. But the technician broke the wonderful grandson,” she recalls. news: it wasn’t indigestion; she was in early labor.

For the latter, Melva is especially grateful: Curtis Paul Shocked, Eileen refused to believe it. Her baby was due Bucher, born prematurely on Sept. 11, 1989, so tiny that Oct. 8, the same birthday as Melva’s mother. And she Melva’s daughter, Eileen, dressed him in Cabbage Patch protested that she wasn’t ready to give birth just yet; Kids doll clothes when she brought him home from she had things to do. UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Magically, both doctors appeared at her bedside, convincing her to stay while they assessed her. They As a preemie, Curtis began life in Magee’s put her on bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy; neonatal intensive care unit, and his labor that premature classified her as high risk. grandmother was so pleased with his care After that, Melva accompanied her to the hospital for that she donates $1,000 to Magee every her frequent checkups, sometimes two or three times in a week. On Sept. 11, 1989, Eileen and her husband went year on his birthday. to the hospital at 4 a.m. for yet another test. The doctor gave her a choice: they could induce labor that day, or At 36, Eileen was expecting her first – and, as it would she could come back again the next day. turn out, only – child when she went to the hospital for routine monitoring in late July 1989. She appreciated her “I was not a morning person to begin with,” obstetricians, Dr. Robert Kaminski and Dr. Robert Stern, says Eileen. “I said, ‘if you have time today, who kept close tabs on her. She even remembers Dr. Stern calling Dr. Kaminski from the Bahamas, where he let’s just do it now.” was vacationing, to check on her.

I 35 Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation is grateful to our donors who fuel our research and enhance patient care and education. Your investment enables research that directly affects patient care today and contributes to a growing body of knowledge that will create healthier tomorrows in Pittsburgh and around the globe. Millions of women, infants, and men will benefit from your partnership with us. To pledge your continued support, visit MageeWomens.org or call 412-641-8949.

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