A Message from Dr. Pardes and Dr. Corwin
We would like to thank and New York-Presbyterian congratulate all of you for your The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell energy and support throughout our NYP unannounced Joint Commission 4HE NEWSLETTER FOR EMPLOYEES AND FRIENDS OF .EW9ORK 0RESBYTERIAN !"##6OLUME )SSUE *ULY Mock Survey last month. NYP performed very well and the surveyors recognized our commitment to providing the highest quality and safest care to our patients and families. They were extremely impressed with the compassion Prom Night - and engagement of our staff, nurses and physicians; and they hen the calendar flips to June, teenagers across the coun recognized Patient Safety Fridays as try can barely contain their excitement as the school year a best practice and model that other W comes to an end. For many, it will mean graduation and the hospitals across the country are beginning of a new chapter in their lives. But before they reach that adopting. milestone, there is another rite of passagee a patient waiting in the for hospital them: theduring prom. It’s July and that means we will But what happens when you’r be conducting our annual Employee Despite chronic and life-threatening illnesses, about 40 prom season? Survey — one of the ways we can determined teenage patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley bring about positive change at Children’s Hospital decided they would not let their prom night go NYP. We really count on everyone’s uncelebrated. participation in this confidential On June 6, dressed to the nines in gowns and tuxedos, the patients process so that improvements can be turned the Hospital’s Wintergarden into their own private ballroom, made across the Institution. Over the complete with a limousine, red carpet, the flash of paparazzi and a full years, your Survey feedback has led catered dinner fit for a prom king and queen. to the development of departmental primary mission of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is to get you “The Making It Better Plans which together back to your life as quick as we can,” said Dr. Pardes. “These amazing have contributed greatly to enhancing young people have shown us that even if you can’t leave the Hospital, the workplace at our Hospital. We you can enjoy the same experiences and moments as anyone(Continued else. I on am page so 4) have expanded training, education, happy to see such strength and determination in our patients.” and career development programs; added staff recognition initiatives; and renovated staff work areas — just a few of the many examples. This year’s Survey will be conducted from July 20 through August 15, so please be on the lookout for it. As we announced last month, the Hospital will be going smoke-free on August 10. We care deeply about the health and safety of our patients, our visitors, and our staff. That is why we will now be prohibiting smoking on all Hospital property, both inside and out. Our Medical School partners, Weill Cornell and Columbia, will be joining us in this important effort to create a completely smoke-free academic medical center, and a safe, healthy environment in which we can deliver the highest quality care. So, while there is much to get
Photos by Charles Manley Charles by Photos done as we begin the second half of 2009, we have a lot to be proud of. Our sincerest thanks to all of you!
inside this issue 2 6 7 8 11 Greenberg Getting to EXPress Promotions Green Pages Herbert Pardes, M.D. Steven J. Corwin, M.D. Honoree Know You President and Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer Distinguished With a Little Bit of Luck Pathologist Is ho brought the good luck to whom After hearing Brett read, Alyssa gave Brett and Alyssa were reunited on June Greenberg Honoree W is an open question, but one thing him a yellow bracelet and told him, “This 12 at a press conference at MSCHONY is clear: Brett Gardner, the New York bracelet will make you hit a home run hosted by Robert Kelly, M.D., Group Senior Yankees’ centerfielder, and Alyssa Esposito, tonight.” Brett said later, “I thought, ‘Yeah, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and an 18-year-old Morgan Stanley Children’s right. I don’t hit home runs.’” Chief Medical Officer, NYP/Columbia. Both Hospital patient, are sure glad they met But that night he did — a seventh- were modest about their contributions to each other. inning home run that stayed inside the each other’s good fortune. “I don’t like to Fate brought them together on May 15, stadium, the Yankees’ first “inside-the-park” take credit,” Alyssa said. “I think somebody when Brett and Babe Ruth’s granddaughter, home run in the new Yankee Stadium. upstairs is looking after her,” Brett said. But Linda Ruth Tosetti, toured Morgan Stanley The very next morning, Alyssa, who then he added, “If we get to the playoffs, Children’s Hospital and read books with had been waiting 107 days for a heart maybe I’ll need to come to see her every day.” baseball themes to hospitalized children. transplant, got the call that a donor had The May 15 story reading at been found for her. Jan Quaegebeur, M.D., MSCHONY where Brett and Alyssa met the Hospital’s Director of Pediatric Cardiac was sponsored by Project Sunshine, an Surgery, performed the six-hour organization that provides special events for o transplant procedure. young patients. ! it os p s Br E et Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, Chairman a t s G Emeritus of the NYP Board of Trustees s a (right), presented a sterling silver tray to y r l d Daniel M. Knowles, M.D. n A e r riends gathered for a festive F evening at the Pierre Hotel on May 7 to honor a leader in the field of pathology — Daniel M. Knowles, M.D., the 2009 winner of the Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Knowles is Pathologist- in-Chief at NYP/Weill Cornell, the David D. Thompson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Chief Medical Officer Richard Lobell Richard of the Weill Cornell Physician Organization. He is internationally recognized for his work in hematopathology, the medical science concerned with diseases of the blood and related tissues. Dr. Knowles paid tribute to his mother, a grocery store owner; his father, an artist and jeweler who was one of the first soldiers to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day; and his grandfather, a Canadian lumberjack who became a building superintendent in Brooklyn. “They lived courageous lives, overcame extreme adversity to survive, and eventually thrived,” he said. “They showed me by example that I could accomplish anything I desired.” The Greenberg Award is made possible through an endowment
Richard Lobell Richard from Maurice R. Greenberg and the Starr Foundation. Dinner co-chairs were Bernadette Castro and Peter Guida, M.D., and Robert Kelly, M.D. (second row, fifth from left) and members of Alyssa’s medical team, including Jan Quaegebeur, M.D., and Linda Addonizio, M.D. (second row, second ! and third from left), Lisa Gilmore, P.N.P. (second row, seventh from left) and Tara Giblin, P.N.P., M.P.H. (second row, fourth from right) joined Brett Gardner and Alyssa and Myra and Arthur Mahon. her family at a press conference. Media ran the amazing story on the chance encounter that was followed by her heart transplant and his historic home run.
NYP!"## 2 JULY 2009 A Fitting Tribute for a Psychiatric Pioneer he New York State Office of Mental “Put simply, it’s pretty nice to see your A longtime leader in the field of missioner, OMH; Jerry Speyer, Vice Chair, T Health (OMH) on May 15 named the name on a building,” Dr. Pardes joked. psychiatry, Dr. Pardes was Director of NewYork-Presbyterian Board of Trustees; main building of its New York State Psychi- “Equally powerful is seeing so many family, the Institute from 1984 until 1989 while Lee Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., Dean of the atric Institute on West 168th Street and Riv- friends and colleagues who I have so much simultaneously serving as Chairman of Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine at erside Drive in honor of Dr. Pardes. affection for gathered here today.” the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia Columbia University Medical Center; Jeffrey University College Lieberman, M.D., Director, New York State of Physicians and Psychiatric Institute; Jack Barchas, M.D., Surgeons. The building Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Weill naming acknowledges Cornell Medical College; and John Oldham, Dr. Pardes’ achievements M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief of in education, research, Staff, The Menninger Clinic in Houston. clinical care and health “Herb has this sense of where things policy, especially his are going, and that’s why every institution pioneering efforts to he has ever led has been one step in front of remove the stigma from everyone else,” said Dr. Goldman. mental illness. The event was hosted by William Polf, “Nothing will ever Ph.D., NYP’s Senior Vice President, External reverse or impugn the Relations, and featured the unveiling of a progress that Herb Pardes naming plaque and official portrait of Dr. has achieved in the Pardes. The Herbert Pardes Building of the field of mental illness,” New York State Psychiatric Institute is a six- said former New York story, state-of-the-art research, teaching, and Governor Mario Cuomo, patient care building. a speaker at the building “Herb Pardes fought tirelessly to get dedication ceremony. this building built, to serve the needs of Eva Vagg Eva Other speakers the mentally ill,” Mr. Speyer said. “Great included Michael F. buildings bear great names, and that has Dr. Pardes and the building that bears his name, located at 1051 Riverside Drive. Hogan, Ph.D., Com- never been more true than right here.” ! Living the Dream: Neighborhood Youth Head to College he first six students graduated from world with perspectives foreign to T NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Lang their own.” Youth Medical Program on June 16, and The six graduates will begin each one will be entering a four-year college their studies this fall at the follow- in the fall. ing universities: College of New The Lang Youth Medical Program, Rochelle, College of St. Rose, SUNY- founded by philanthropist Eugene M. Lang, Stony Brook University, Fordham is an intensive six-year program from University, Suffolk University and seventh grade through high school that Vanderbilt University. Together they provides students from Washington Heights have received more than $330,000 and Inwood with an education in science in grants and scholarships. and medicine at NYP. Currently there are Another speaker was Lin-Man- more than 50 students in the program. uel Miranda, the writer, director and “Six years is a lot of work, and these actor of the Tony Award-winning graduates should think of themselves as musical In the Heights, who grew pioneers,” said Dr. Pardes. “This is a special up nearby. He told the graduates, “I program to be part of, and Eugene Lang know you’re all going to go on to has been there every step of the way to help amazing things, but remember that these kids reach their dreams.” you always have a home here in Mr. Lang told the graduates, “I can’t tell Washington Heights.” you how deeply moved I am to be celebrat- The graduation ceremony Lobell Richard ing this graduation with you. You are the proved to be a moving experience pride of your families, your hospital and for the graduates’ families, many of your community.” whom are first-generation immi- The philanthropist Eugene Lang (center) joined Hospital leaders in congratulating the first six students to Commencement speaker Johanny grants to America. complete the mentoring program he founded. Garcia, M.D., Medical Director of the ACN “These have been six long years,” Broadway Practice in Washington Heights/ said Lillibeth Prado, a graduate who will to finish high school and offering his help go to medical school, he has also expressed Inwood, offered her advice during a gradua- attend Fordham University in September. “It with their homework,” said Orlando Vargas, an interest in politics, said Henley’s mother, tion address, advising the graduates that they may seem as though our parents were only whose son, Henley Vargas, will attend Van- Zenobia Vargas. “This is just the beginning,” should work to “find that special aspect in behind the scenes, but in reality they were derbilt on a full four-year scholarship from she said, looking proudly at her son. “Mr. you that will help the greater good” as they not behind the scenes at all. They stood by the Posse Foundation. “My son is a mentor Lang and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital move on, while also remembering that “the us every step of the way.” in the community.” made this all possible. Thank you for such strongest people are those who can see the “Henley is always telling his friends Although their son says he will likely a wonderful gift.” !
JULY 2009 3 NYP!"## Key Personnel Meeting at Night: Spreading the Message 24/7 (Left) After Laura Forese, M.D., NYP/Weill Cornell’s Senior Vice President, Chief Operat- ing Officer and Chief Medical Officer, opened the 8 p.m. meet- ing, Dr. Corwin provided a Hospital update. (Right) Suzanne Boyle, NYP/ Weill Cornell’s Photos by Amelia Panico Amelia by Photos Vice Presi- dent, Patient Care Services, answered a staff member’s question.
buzz of conversation filled the Cayuga their care on evenings and nights.” Suzanne pleted a mock survey. But Kenneth Haber, to die. It’s as simple as that.” AConference Room next to NYP/Weill Boyle, NYP/Weill Cornell’s Vice President, NYP’s Vice President, Quality and Patient Dr. Forese stressed the importance of Cornell’s cafeteria around 8 p.m., on June Patient Care Services, asked for night shift Safety, was quick to point out that there is all Hospital personnel wearing their I.D. 17. Too late for dinner, passersby may have involvement in reducing length of stay and always room for improvement. badges while at work, saying, “It’s espe- wondered what all the fuss was about. announced that a new initiative will start “Amazing things are happening here,” cially important at night for patients to It was, in fact, the Hospital’s second shortly that will facilitate sending patients said Mr. Haber. “The challenge for us, know who is in their rooms.” quarterly evening key personnel meet- home earlier in the day. now, is to build upon that great recipe By nine o’clock, the meeting was ing, an innovation made to increase Improved communication was the that we have, and take it to the next level. drawing to a close, and Hillary Shaw, opportunities for nighttime employees to meeting’s overriding theme. Stacey Pfef- We want to be the best — not just great.” Project Manager, Office of the Chief Oper- voice their opinions and concerns. Laura fer, NYP/Weill Cornell’s Vice President, Several other major announcements ating Officer, was announcing details of Forese, M.D., Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources, emphasized the impor- were made, including the fact that beginning the upcoming evening tracer, a Patient Operating Officer, and Chief Medical Offi- tance of the employee survey. She said August 10, all New York-Presbyterian Hospi- Safety Friday educational activity trans- cer, NYP/Weill Cornell, opened the meet- that the survey, conducted by HR Solu- tal sites will become smoke free — news that ferred to that Wednesday night for eve- ing, welcoming Hospital managers, direc- tions, offers the easiest way for Hospital inspired applause. Bill Greene, NYP/Weill ning employees. tors, and executives to reflect on recent employees to effect meaningful change in Cornell’s Vice President, Clinical Services, Daytime employees who had stayed events and discuss needed changes. their work environment. said the decision was an easy one. for the meeting headed home after a long “Patients either get better or get worse. Most of those in attendance agreed “We are a health care provider, and there day of providing care and consultation. They don’t stay the same,” said Dr. Corwin. that the Hospital’s general systems and is irrefutable medical evidence that cigarette For many in the room, though, the day “In order to reduce length of stay, and in policies run smoothly — an assessment smoking causes cancer, and cancer causes had just begun. order to improve patient care, we con- made the previous week by Joint Com- death,” he said. “We love our employees, our The buzz slowly died down, and the caf- stantly need to figure out how to advance mission surveyors after they had com- staff, our patients, and we don’t want them eteria returned to its typical quiet state. !
Prom Night (Continued from page 1) The special event, dubbed “Night Under the Stars,” featured professional hair stylists, make-up artists and manicurists to pamper and primp the young men and women. The event was planned and organized by the Hospital’s Children’s Helping Advisory Team, a group of 15 patients who work to make the Hospital a better place. “I had to miss my own prom at school,” one attendee mentioned. “But thisto the one prom really included makes up U.S. for Limousine that. It was Service, great.” Contributors Ltd.; Jessica McClintock; Estelle’s Dressy Dresses; Peggy Quinn; Photos by Charles Manley Charles by Photos Monica Hidalgo; Turner Broadcasting; Sephora Cosmetics; Marque Hair Stylist; Melissa Degenaars;! Ebony Harris; Nicole Barnes; and Danielle Caputo.
NYP!"## 4 JULY 2009 nyp@night “If We’re Not Running, Then Nobody’s Running” An estimated 3,500 employees work evenings water for the Hospital and heat in the winter, history left the Hospital without power for blocking access to one of the Hospital’s exits. and nights at NYP’s three main campuses. They and chiller units that provide air condition- more than three days. To keep the Hospital In the middle of the pouring rain, I had to perform an immense range of tasks, from caring ing in the summer. The boilers are incredibly functioning, we had to switch all of our die- cut the tree up with a chain saw and then for patients to caring for equipment. powerful; each one alone has more horse- sel generators over to long-term fuel tanks. clear the road. The next several issues of NYPress will power than an 18-wheel semi-truck. Being able to step up on short notice Many nights are typical though, and focus on some of the staff who work nights and When I arrive at work, my first job is and work with others in one cohesive team when I’m finished with a shift, I almost evenings, keeping the Hospital running smoothly. to make sure the boiler, pumps and other is another big part of my job. Sometimes always do the same routine: go to Dunkin’ Here is Joe Somereve’s description of his work as heating and cooling equipment are running though, particularly at night, you’re all alone. Donuts, get coffee for myself and my wife, Operating Engineer in Plant Operations at NYP/ properly. Because our plant provides the Last summer, there was a violent thunder- and look forward to relaxing at home. ! Westchester, as told to Gabriel Miller. basic utilities for the entire Westchester storm that knocked a tree onto a main road, campus, we know that if we’re not running, or 12 and a half years, I’ve been an the Hospital is not running. Maintaining employee of NYP/Westchester in White The other part of my job involves hourly equipment — F from light bulbs Plains, working the last seven years as an rounds throughout the plant to make sure to boilers — engineer. I work the day shift three times a the facilities are properly functioning. Any- keeps Joe week and the night shift twice a week. thing that may go wrong with the buildings Somereve busy. My life is very much connected to the on campus is my responsibility, from a Hospital: my wife, Jami, also works at NYP/ burned-out light bulb to a broken Westchester, and with our two children we water line. live in an apartment on the Hospital campus. As luck would have it, I have always been mechanically some of the things that go inclined. Even at a very young age, if the wrong tend to happen at television or VCR was broken, I was the night and you have to be one who would take it apart, fix it and put ready for anything. The it back together. I was always interested in most important thing is to how things work. Before coming to NYP, not panic and keep your I was an auto mechanic. I still love cars and head at all times. If you’re
completely rebuilt and restored a 1969 the nervous type, this is not Vecchiolla John Pontiac GTO convertible last year. the job for you. In the boiler room, there are three In late summer 2003, for 600-horsepower boilers that provide hot example, the largest blackout in people on the move A New Leader in a New Role lan Lee has joined NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as Vice President, Support Services. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for Food and Nutrition AServices, Environmental Services, Patient Transport, and Laundry for NYP/Weill Cornell and NYP/Westchester. “I am incredibly excited to have joined the team here,” Mr. Lee said. “Patients are very secure in their knowledge that in selecting NewYork-Presbyterian, they will receive great care. Our goal is to constantly improve the quality of our offerings in Support Services. We will develop a culture of gracious hospitality and strengthen our employee engagement.” Alan comes to NYP from Hackensack University Medical Center, where he had been since 2003 and most recently served as the Administrative Director for Informa- tion Guest Services, Environmental Services, and Operator Services. Under Alan’s leadership, Hackensack received the Gold Award for Service Excellence and Outstanding Achievement in Patient Satisfaction and experienced improved levels of employee engagement and patient satisfaction. Prior to that Alan held various positions in the hospitality management field, working in luxury hotel properties in New York City. Rene Perez Rene Alan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Edward’s University in Aus- tin, Texas. He also holds an undergraduate degree from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. He is currently enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson Support Services VP Alan Lee (on left) talked with Food Production Assistant Lucius Cenac as Food University, from which he expects to receive his Master of Administrative Science and Nutrition’s Operations Manager Michael Defilippo (in back, on left) and Senior Executive Chef degree early next year. ! Ross Posmentier looked on.
JULY 2009 5 NYP!"## Getting to Know You Eugenia Minton, NYP/Allen
!: Why did you want to come to work at on how handsome he looked. He the best medicine. NYP? replied, “You did not talk to me A: When my neighbor knew I was before, so don’t talk to me now.” !: What’s your favorite type of music? going to Jane Addams Vocational We all burst out laughing. We A: I like jazz, R&B, easy listening and High School for nursing, she realized that regaining his dignity some soft rock. encouraged me to go to “The restored his sense of humor. Presbyterian Hospital.” It was the !: What do you do in your spare time? only hospital anyone should go to A: I like to sew, knit, crochet and do if they lived in Harlem. She said it !: What does “We Put Patients First” all types of crafts, and I also listen had the best doctors, nurses and mean to you? to music all day when I’m home. the best food. When you go there, A: It means I not only take care of the patient physically, but emotionally
Richard Lobell Richard you are treated like a queen. After I graduated as an LPN, Presbyterian and mentally. I treat them like a !: What three things are we likely to was the only hospital I applied to. patient but also like a person. I always find in your refrigerator? The rest is history. try to find something to discuss, A: You will always find hazelnut Eugenia Minton like their job, family or hobby, to coffee creamer, red and white relieve their anxiety. I also try to wine, and chocolate ice cream. !: What is your name, and what is your !: Do you have a funny story about get them to laugh, which is always job here at NewYork-Presbyterian? something that’s happened to you A: My name is Eugenia Minton, and since you’ve been working here? I’m the CN III of the NYP/Allen A: I was working on an inpatient unit Ambulatory Surgery Unit. and had been caring for an elderly, homeless and combative patient. !: How long have you been at NYP? It took about a week trying to A: I’ve been here 35 years. coax him into taking a shower. I would just talk to him and let him follow me around until he finally !: What’s the best part of your job? trusted me and allowed me to give A: Waking up in the morning. I’m him a shower. I combed his hair, always happy to come to work, to shaved him, and soaked his feet be with my Hospital family. They and put lotion on his skin. I could are some of my best friends. I also tell he felt good about himself. As Lobell Richard enjoy taking care of and talking we were walking around the unit, with the ambulatory patients. one of my co-workers commented Eugenia and two of her co-workers at NYP/Allen.
Awards and Honors
The Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family various environmental initiatives, including on a unique mode of mechanical ventilation. Heart Center at NYP/Columbia has been comprehensive recycling and composting, She participated in the research with Palmer recognized by the Greater New York Con- that have now been implemented organiza- Bessey, M.D., Associate Director of NYP/ struction User Council as the best new health tion-wide. Weill Cornell’s William Randolph Hearst care building in New York City in 2009. At “Hospitals and other health care orga- Burn Center. a reception held on June 16, the Council NYP’s sustainability efforts — recycling, nizations have a special reason to support recognized NYP; the contractor, Bovis Lend composting and energy efficiency — have sustainability. Protecting and improving our SOCIAL WORK Lease; and the architect, Pei Cobb Freed. once again been recognized, this time with environment has a direct benefit for the For her contributions to the social work pro- The an “Environmental Excellence Award” pre- health of our communities,” says Dr. Pardes. fession and to the Latino community, Yvette Heart sented to NYP/Weill Cornell. “We are delighted to be recognized by Prac- Rolon was honored in February by the Center is Practice Greenhealth — a member orga- tice Greenhealth for our long-standing com- Latino Social Work Task Force at its annual expected nization dedicated to sustainability in health mitment to environmental stewardship.” celebration dinner. Ms. Rolon is Program to open in care — presented the award at the sixth Administrator in NYP/Weill Cornell’s Depart- February annual CleanMed conference in Chicago on RESPIRATORY THERAPY ment of Social Work. 2010. May 19. Representatives from the Hospital Griselda Garcia, CRT, Respiratory Therapist The Latino Social Work Task Force was made a presentation at the conference on at NYP/Weill Cornell, was a speaker at the created by the Puerto Rican Family Institute, the intersection of sustainability and patient- most recent International Respiratory Con- Inc., and the National Association of Social centered care. gress, held in late 2008 in Anaheim, Califor- Workers’ New York City chapter to address NYP/Weill Cornell was the pilot site for nia. Ms. Garcia presented research outcomes the shortage of Latino social workers.
NYP!"## 6 JULY 2009 EXP!"## News about people, places and programs at NYP
THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE HELPING TO HEAL AT NYP A donor with a long history in the music business has given NewYork-Presbyterian pediatric patients an old way to listen to new music: a pair of vintage Wurlitzer jukeboxes. “Kids don’t know what jukeboxes are, and when they look at them, they get excited,” says Richard Becker, a music publisher who donated the two 1940s-era jukeboxes. “Jukeboxes are different, and kids think they’re just great.” One of the jukeboxes is located in the Child Life Center at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospi- tal; the other is in the Adolescent Oncology Department in the Herbert Irving Pavilion at NYP/ Columbia. The pediatric patients in each department have chosen the music for the jukeboxes, Mr. Becker says, and because he established the gift with an endowment, the music in the jukeboxes can be updated whenever a child requests that new music be added. “All they have to do is con- tact us,” he says. “This music will never be boring or outdated.” The pair of Wurlitzer jukeboxes is just one part of an overall gift that has established the Richard S. Becker Music Lending Library, which includes iPods, CDs and CD players. “Music relaxes the kids and gives them something to do,” said Mr. Becker, who has published
Rene Perez Rene songs recorded by The Beatles as well as music for Broadway shows. “And music heals people.” !
As her Bat Mitzvah approached, Michaela Palmer said, “I wanted to do something good for the babies,” and that’s exactly what she did. Shown here with NICU Director Jeffrey Perlman, M.D., and NICU Patient Care Director Mary McCready, she presented gifts to the NICU’s babies. A 12-YEAR-OLD BENEFACTOR TO BABIES A Bat Mitzvah celebration, the Jewish rite of passage celebrated by young girls on the verge of adulthood, involves religious observance and, often, a festive meal or party and gifts. But instead of receiving a steady stream of presents, 12-year-old Michaela Palmer celebrated her Bat Mitzvah by handing them out. Michaela, along with her father, Jay Palmer; mother, Lesley Palmer; and 8-year-old sister, Jordanna, toured the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at NYP/Weill Cornell’s Komansky Center for Children’s Health on May 21 and handed out gifts of CD players and other toys to its tiny patients. As part of her Bat Mitzvah process, Michaela, a student at the Solomon Schechter School in Manhattan, chose a service project that was consistent with the responsibilities that come with her newfound adulthood. By selling rubber bracelets bearing the slogan “A NICU Needs You,” Michaela was able to raise almost $500. She raised another $2,000 in donations for the NICU. The money from the bracelet sales went toward the purchase of the five CD players after physi- cians and nurses in the unit told Michaela that soft music is beneficial to newborns. She also bought 10 development mobiles for the unit’s cribs. “This was important to me,” Michaela said. “I wanted to do something good for the babies. I asked the doctors what they needed and was able to help them out.” “On behalf of the people who work in all of these units, we greatly appreciate these gifts,” says Jeffrey Perlman, M.D., Chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine and Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. “Michaela should feel very proud of herself for doing something so wonderful and special.” !
calendar ! August 5—Literature at Work, a read- breast cancer, will take place in Central Park ing group open to all NYP/Columbia from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The race will start staff members, will meet from 12 to 1 at 72nd Street and Central Park West. For p.m. in the Hamilton Southworth Con- more information, contact Nancy Gautier- ference Room, PH 9 East, Room 105. Matos at (212) 305-5587.
! September 3—The Hepatitis B Support ! September 13—The Third Avenue Street Group at NYP/Weill Cornell will meet Fair will take place on Third Avenue from 4 to 5 p.m. at 1305 York Avenue, between East 66th and East 86th Streets 2nd floor, Room Y-206. For more infor- from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. NewYork-Pres- mation, contact Arline at (646) 962- byterian booths will be located on the east Lobell Richard 4731 or [email protected]. side of Third Avenue between East 68th and 69th Streets. If your department would like ! September 13—The Komen Race for to participate, please call Agnes Peterson at the Cure, which raises funds to combat (212) 821-0560. These big, brightly lit boxes — Wurlitzer jukeboxes given by a donor—make music that patient Kevin Bell and even much younger patients enjoy.
JULY 2009 7 NYP!"## EXP!"## News about people, places and programs at NYP Rene Perez Rene
The NYP team for AIDS Walk New York
NYP employees were among the 3,000 walkers who took part in the National Alliance on Mental helped raise more than $5.6 million on May 17 Lobell Richard Illness (NAMI) walk across the Brooklyn Bridge on May 9. The team participated to raise money and by walking in and around Central Park. Forty-five thousand awareness about our country’s need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with individuals walked to support the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and mental illness. other HIV/AIDS service organizations in the tri-state area.
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Human Resources reports the following promotions as of June 4, 2009: NYP/ACN Carmen Mendez Lorna Daley Rogelio Hernandez Victrina Plan Muhammad Chawki Leonard Anthony Panagiotis Terzopoulos Yoima Sosa Cardio-Catheterization Staff Nurse, MRI Tech-Certified, Nurse Practitioner, Chouchane Morgan Jr. Sr. Eng Svc Rad, Patient Financial Technician, CH-Cardiac Emergency-A MRI Atchley Emergency-A Mgr- Guest Svcs, Nur - Emergency Paramedic, Equipment Service- CT Advisor, ACN Audubon Diagnostic Center Dina Deleon Cristina M. Remon 14S Med/Surg EMS Imaging Practice Milqueya Gil CT Scan Technologist, Analyst-Inventory Con- Constance Peterson Latoya T. Thomas EKG Technician, CHN CT Scanning MH-3 trol, Sterile Supplies Dir-Pat Svcs ED, Patient Assistant-Green- 2 Diagnostic Cardiology Chileshe Ferris Kathleen Renc Patient Services berg 14, Nur - 14S Med/ Processing Tech, Clinical Nurse II, Leslyn Reynolds-Small Surg Ambulatory Laboratory McKeen-9HS Surgery Mgr - Patient Accounts, Services Rogelio Hernandez Vivian Tamara Patient Accounts NYP/WESTCHESTER Milagros Guerrero Spl Angioplasty, Cardiac Muhammad Chawki Daniel S. Ribaudo Adrea D. Faiella Sonia J. Mable Chouchane Yoima Sosa Patient Financial Catherization Lab Director-Emergency Admin Sr Staff RN, Supervisor-Data Entry, Advisor, Clinic-Special Iris Uceta Para Svcs, EMS Nursing Schizophrenia Sterile Supplies Renee Daniels NYP/ALLEN Milqueya Gil Needs Supervisor-Patient Monique N. Richardson -3 South Unit Clerk, Tamar Weetom Esty Kamile Hamid Lisa Mainieri Accounts, DPO Billing Admin Assistant, Nurs- Chonna Finch Emergency Dept Patient Care Associate, Patient Financial Mgr Admin-Clin Svc Services ing Admin-Critical Care Patient Accounts Rep, 2-RW-ALC Unit -Allen Line, Service Line- Eric Davis Advisor, Patient Access I Andrew Reynold Patient Finance NYP/COLUMBIA Cardiac Patient Assistant, William Herrera Samuel Carl Stokes Grace Agyei Akowuah Shayna McEvoy NYP/WEILL CORNELL Amb Surg OR ICU Technician, MB- Emergency Paramedic, Psychiatric Technician, Emergency Room Tech- Nelson T. Bayot, III Louis Decorato 7HS Transplant Unit Clinical Nurse II, EMS Nursing - Women’s Unit nician, Emergency-A Emergency-A Jr Buyer, Purchsng Mats Critical Care Pmdc, Donna Holley Mgmt Monica Sharma Helen Arthur Ulysses Minaya EMS Office Assistant, ICU Technician, MB- Roxroy A. Campbell Staff Nurse-RN, NUR- 7HS Transplant Unit Patient Financial Advi- Christopher Dillon 10C MSURG ONC Legal Affairs/Risk sor, Emergency-A Site Admin-Proc and Dir-Strategy, Strategy Management Joseph Y. Kumah Strategic, General Sukhjit Singh Maria Nunez-Morel & Regulatory Planning Tamar Weetom Esty Emergency Room Tech- Stores Mgr-Fire Det and Supp Westra Atherley Emergency Room Tech- Robert C. Koch Pantry Attendant, nician, Emergency-A Marian Charlton Systems, OFO Corpo- nician, Emergency-A Physician Asst, rate Compliance NYP/MSCHONY Pantry Food Service Kamilah Liverman Chief Transplant Carl Stokes Jenni Perez PA Services Patrice McDonald-Watt Staff Assistant, Coordinator, Kidney Linda Sumulong Jennifer Colon HIV Counselor, HIV Sandra J. Lang MRI Tech-Certified, CH- GME Administration Transplant Program Supervisor-Central Lab, Mgr - Support Services Rapid Testing Financial Analyst, Diagnostic Imaging Ste Emgncy, E.R. Adminis- Jacqueline Lucena William J. Debois Central Lab Carmen Pichardo Patient Accounts Margaret M. O’Gorman tration Accounting Rep-Oper Admin Dir - Perfusion, If you know of any promotions that have been omitted, please Laboratory Technologist, Diana Mikulka Clinical Nurse III, CHT Room, Sterile Supplies M&S-O.R. Cardiac report them to Human Resources at these numbers: 746-1448 Core Lab-Chemistry Admin Assistant, Health 4 Medical Surgical Unit Supplies (Weill Cornell); 305-5625 (Columbia). Info Mgmt-Management Photos by Charles Manley and John Vecchiolla
NYP!"## 8 JULY 2009 classifieds A “Sweet 106” ! FOR RENT (SHARE): Bright, private, ! FOR RENT (SUBLET): Sunny junior-4 furnished bedroom (15 x 14 feet) in two- apartment in well-maintained, quiet bedroom, penthouse-like, co-op apartment building on West 156th Street. French for Leah at West 145th Street and St. Nicholas Ave- doors, hardwood floors, high ceilings. nue. To share with one female professional. Partially furnished with washer/dryer, ABCD line attached to building. 24/7 storage, heat, hot water. Internet and She never smoked, doorman, laundry, roof deck off apartment, cable ready. $1,425/month (deposit, no she never drank, but views from every room. To see details, go fee). Contact [email protected] she loved to dance, to www.amelienyc.com. $1,000. Contact or call Laila at (917) 566-0190. Laurie at (917) 912-3814 or lreeves.nyc@ she loves music, and, gmail.com. ! FOR RENT (SUBLET): Fully furnished most of all, she has two-bedroom, two-bath apartment on loved living her life in ! FOR RENT: Two-bedroom, two-bath, first- York Avenue on Upper East Side. On New York City — all floor vacation villa in Kingston Plantation 35th floor with beautiful views of the in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Sleeps East River and RFK Bridge. 24-hour 106 years of it. 8. Beautiful lake views from the deck and doorman. Rooftop terrace, activity and These facts about master bedroom. Full kitchen, washer and fitness centers, laundry area, valet service, Leah Nichols were dryer. Five minutes to the beach; 11 pools children’s playroom. Jitney service to on property. Summer rates $1,200/week, or subways. Six-month minimum lease; will revealed at the 106th three-night minimum after Labor Day. For consider extensions. $3,900/month. Con- birthday party held for more information or to see pictures, e-mail tact Joel or Sherry at (212) 987-0984. [email protected] or call (845) her by her physician, 548-5858. Keith LaScalea, M.D., ! FOR SALE: Clean, modern, first-floor Assistant Attending ! FOR RENT: Large one-bedroom apartment medical condominium (1,889 square on residential block in Hudson Heights. feet) in Flushing, Queens. Six exam Physician at NYP/Weill Perfect for a doctor’s office, but all busi- rooms with sinks, two bathrooms, three Cornell, and his staff. nesses welcome. Private entrance from side- private offices plus a reception area with filing shelves and a kitchenette. Alarm Family, friends walk. Hardwood floors, high ceilings. Close Wesley Powell, a cousin, was on hand to help Leah cut her to A and #1 trains. $1,500/month. Credit system, wiring for a flat-screen TV in and caregivers gath- birthday cake. verified. If interested, e-mail hudsonapt@ waiting area, on-site parking. Handicap ered around Ms. Nich- yahoo.com. accessible from courtyard lobby. Property ols as she reminisced about the 40 years she worked as a stenographer has tax abatement, low common charges. ! FOR RENT: One-bedroom apartment Accessible by public transportation and in the U.S. District Court, the 75 years she has lived in Harlem, and her with balcony in beautiful landmark build- by car via the Long Island Expressway most recent vote in a presidential election. “I made my vote for Obama,” ing between York Avenue and East River. and Whitestone Expressway. (Two on-site she said, “and when he won, I was very, very happy about it.” Floor-to-ceiling windows; laundry room on parking spaces not included in the sale premises. Close to bus and subways. Pets price.) Offered at $450 per square foot. Although Ms. Nichols believes “there’s no secret to living so long,” allowed. $2,000/month; gas and electric Contact Theo Kontis at (718) 705-7125 Dr. LaScalea said, “A lot of it’s genetic. But I think it’s passion.” included. No broker fees. Contact (646) or www.harvestinternational.net. WNBC’s “Live at Five” was on hand to report on Ms. Nichols’ party 924-8182 or (646) 319-5761. and featured her story on its newscast later that night. ! ! FOR SALE: One-bedroom apartment ! FOR RENT: Two one-bedroom apart- in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Third- ments in brownstone on tree-lined block floor pool view from balcony. Floors (East 69th Street between First and Second stained and finished, new windows and Avenues). Fireplaces, on-site laundry, wall- bathroom fixtures, updated kitchen. to-wall carpeting, air conditioning. Near Undercover parking spot; large storage subway. $2,500/month; includes heat and bin. Live-in super, 24/7 doorman. On hot water. Call Lauri at (646) 302-9282. bus route to New York City (42nd Street) with bus stop outside front door. Walk ! FOR RENT: Unfurnished room with bath to stores, banks, restaurants, churches, in Washington Heights. Near subway and library. Call (917) 807-2174. buses. Rent: $120/week; utilities included. One month’s rent plus one month’s security deposit required. Must have references. For ! FOR SALE: Three-room medical space appointment call (917) 584-6132. (750 square feet) with street entrance on West 72nd Street between Central Park ! FOR RENT: Beautiful, renovated, unfur- West and Columbus Avenue. Marble nished studio apartment in private house bathroom, high-speed internet, spa- on cul-de-sac in Riverdale. Eat-in kitchen, cious waiting room, reception. Available terrace and garden. No pets. $950/month. October 1 for solo or group practice. Call (917) 509-1151 or e-mail pbr2101@ Price negotiable. Call Dr. Chana Weller at Perez Rene by Photos columbia.edu. (917) 826-1352.
Place your ad in NYPress — FREE of charge. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call Marcy at (212) 821-0579. (The publication of an ad does not indicate endorsement by the Hospital.) Keith LaScalea, M.D., offered a rose to a favorite patient, whose caregivers and relatives gathered around to celebrate another milestone.
JULY 2009 9 NYP!"## We Put Patients First By Showing Respect, We’re Making It Better at NYP ver the past year, NYP leadership and staff have been working on enhancing Respect at the Being late for a meeting once in a while O Hospital for employees and patients. Respect is one of NYP’s six Values. Our annual Employee happens to all of us, and when it happens Survey and ongoing patient satisfaction surveys have told us how important Respect is to those we you should make a point of apologizing serve and those with whom we work. As a result, Respect was selected as an area of focus for to the group. However, being consistently departmental “Making it Better Plans” developed across the Hospital. late to a meeting is disrespectful to the NYPress has been writing about Respect throughout the year as well. Recently, we sat down other members of your team who have made an effort to be on time. But rather with Dr. Corwin to talk about Respect at NYP. As you’ll read, Dr. Corwin has some very personal than resent this latecomer, you might take insights into this topic. Showing Respect — and being respected in return — should feel as the person aside and say, “By being late to normal as clipping on your ID or sanitizing your hands before and after seeing patients. As our meeting, you make the rest of us feel Dr. Corwin says, “It’s got to be automatic and sincere, not forced. And that goes for every Amelia Panico Amelia that the meeting isn’t important to you. Is member of the Hospital community.” there something we can help you with, or something you can change to make sure you get to the meeting on time?” Try not to blame but to offer support to help the other “I’m trying to do my best. How can I make How has respect shaped your own life? person change his or her behavior. When I was a teenager, I worked summers this situation better for you?” Usually as a caddy at a local golf course — a job once people realize that they are being disrespectful, they take a moment to col- that involved carrying golfers’ clubs on How do the current, tough economic What does the word “respect” mean to you? my back for 18 holes all day long. Some lect their thoughts and make amends by Respect is appreciating the other person’s golfers ignored the caddies and would allowing you to do the best job you can. times affect the Hospital’s commitment viewpoint. When you interact with oth- bark orders demanding this club or that to respect? ers — either at work or home — you driver. That kind of behavior made me feel Some people have said that they are too There is no question that the economy want to do it in a way that the other inconsequential. But there were other busy doing their work to take the extra has tested us in ways that no one could person feels valued. That means not only golfers who were very kind and showed time to relate to others. What do you say have predicted. While we may need to showing respect for that person’s culture their respect for me by engaging me in adjust budgets, our commitment to respect and beliefs, but also showing respect for conversation and making me feel like I to them? remains constant. We understand that another human being who is recognized was part of their team. I enjoyed working We are never too busy to show respect people have personal lives with family and understood. for them and found that I actually did a to others. It doesn’t matter what unit you responsibilities. During these challeng- better job. Knowing that a golfer appreci- work on, what office you work in, or what ing times, we need to be particularly How do we show respect to co-workers ated my hard work, helped me feel proud facility you are cleaning. Taking time to respectful and sensitive to their needs, and patients? of what I was doing. I learned a lot during acknowledge and support each other understanding that they may be stressed those summers. is how we function as a team. There is or anxious. Although the future is uncer- We are all here with the same mission: to always time to take the other person’s tain, we are committed to our staff and to provide the highest quality, most compas- How do we respond if a patient we are feelings into account. This goes for staff preserving jobs at NYP. sionate patient care possible. Even with and their managers. Taking time to over 18,000 employees, we are one team treating is disrespectful? acknowledge a job well done is important. with that one goal. We can show respect This is where you need to practice empathy, You should expect that type of behavior The Hospital is going 100 percent to our co-workers by supporting them another one of NYP’s Values. Put yourself from your manager, who in turn deserves as we carry out our mission. That may in the position of the patient. How do you your respect. smoke-free on August 10. If we see mean offering to pick up a sandwich for think that patient feels? He or she may someone smoking on the Hospital them at lunch, or helping out when things have just received devastating news, or is grounds after that date, how do we say Are there other ways in which people get hectic. Showing respect can also be frightened about being in the hospital. something in a respectful way? as straightforward as smiling and say- He or she may feel vulnerable, lonely, or show — or don’t show — respect? Going smoke-free is something we need ing “good morning” to co-workers and in pain. Try to figure out why the patient is Let’s say for example you have a col- to do as a health care provider, for our patients. Acknowledging the other person being disrespectful, and offer compassion league who habitually shows up ten patients, visitors, and staff. Beginning goes a long way as a sign of respect. in return. You might respond by saying, minutes late for your weekly staff meeting. August 10, if you see someone smoking on Hospital grounds, you should feel comfortable going up to that person and Patient Centered Care Grants Awarded saying, in a friendly manner, “We recently Patient Centered Care Grants were awarded changed our policy, and smoking is not to 24 different teams permitted on Hospital grounds. Thanks and departments at for your cooperation.” This will likely do the Hospital to support the trick. If not, speak to a nearby secu- innovative projects designed to meaningfully rity officer. But remember that enforcing improve the patient the smoke-free policy is not a job for the experience. Winning Security Department alone. We all have projects included a an obligation to make the Hospital a safe healing center in the NYP/ Allen E.D., as well as a and healthy environment and be respect- quiet lounge for families ful to colleagues who are trying to kick the on the NYP/Weill Cornell
Richard Lobell Richard smoking habit. Quitting is a difficult process, campus. For a full list of grants, visit the “We Put and your kindness and support can make it Patients First” page on a bit easier. Again, try to be empathetic and the Infonet. compassionate. Respect will come easily after that. !
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