BOARD CHAIR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE Message from the OFFICER

in 2020, the past, present and future of The Brooklyn The Present Hospital Center (tbhc) converged as never before—a year a defining moment of celebration, tumult and accomplishment. In January, we Covid-19 claimed many lives— thought it would mostly be a time to celebrate the marking of including six from our staff—and 175 years of service and to unveil the face of tbhc’s future with impacted thousands of our fellow the opening of the Physicians Pavilion. It was those things, but New Yorkers. For all the pain and it was also a time of unprecedented challenge from covid-19. loss it caused, it also revealed what In the end, 2020 showed us and the community that we tbhc is capable of and what “com- can meet any challenge. We couldn’t be more proud of munity” really means. The trust our team, and we couldn’t be more excited about the and support afforded us by our opportunities before us now that 2021 brings the hopes neighbors was a beautiful thing of widespread vaccination. to witness and helped us endure the darkest days of the pandemic. The Past We lifted the community as they change and consistency lifted us. It is a distinction few hospitals can claim; we are an indepen- No word other than “heroic” suf- dent institution serving our community for 175 years. Yet, fices to describe our team’s actions amid the changes tbhc has witnessed since 1845, our mission this year. In this report you will read has remained Keeping Brooklyn Healthy, as we aim to be: many accounts. These are stories a provider of care for everyone, those with limited access of finding a way ahead when we to healthcare to those with resources. were pushed to the limit and rising the hospital of choice for everyone in our community, every day to return and fight for all whether they seek regular primary care or come to us our patients. with multiple health challenges. This dramatic battle illuminated the importance an independent present for emergencies of every kind, from a broken hospital has to its community. leg to a pandemic. We were right here in Downtown

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Brooklyn, within walking distance seize every opportunity. No matter of thousands of people who turned what changes around us, our to us in their darkest hour, and our commitment to being the inde- independence allowed us to make pendent source of healthcare in decisions on the spot. the heart of Downtown Brooklyn remains steadfast. The Future glimpses of Lizanne Fontaine what is to come Chair of the Board of Trustees During this tumultuous time, we Gary G. Terrinoni enjoyed a bright moment with the President & opening of the Physicians Pavilion, Chief Executive Officer a culmination of years of planning. It is a tangible example of all we set out to do over the past five years and an open invitation to the community to discover what the future of tbhc looks like— elegant, modern, state-of-the-art. This battle illuminated the The year behind us highlights importance an independent that we are capable of meeting any challenge and are eager to hospital has to its community.

2020 Report to the Community 1 1 2

Celebrating a Firm Foundation

it was 1839, and an out-of-town visitor broke his The lessons learned from our long history leg in an accident on Fulton Street. The nearest serve us today. We are proud of our past and medical help was an almshouse four miles away. honored to celebrate it as we work to ensure the The nearest hospital was in Manhattan. That future. A 175-year history is a firm foundation on broken bone highlighted a problem that would which to build. be mended six years later: Brooklyn needed its Looking back allows us to see just how far own hospital. we’ve come. Think of the advances in medicine In 1845, it got one. That hospital is known over the past 175 years; think what advances today as The Brooklyn Hospital Center. could come in the next 175. Think of how many We served our community through the Civil lives we have touched; think of how many lives War, two World Wars and through the other we touched just this year. Now, look ahead. pandemic, the 1918 flu. We watched the Brooklyn In all our long history, there has been no Bridge arrive and the Brooklyn Dodgers leave. more exciting time than today. As Board Chair We witnessed the migration to surrounding Lizanne Fontaine says: “We wouldn’t have suburbs and new generations returning to reju- been here for 175 years by reveling in past venate New York City’s most populated borough. glory. We have a vision for the future of health- And in 2020 we stood strong as covid-19 swept care in Brooklyn. Today, we’re asking, ‘What’s through our community. next? Who can we serve next?’”

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2 The Brooklyn Hospital Center 175 th Anniversary Medalists One way tbhc is celebrating its 175th anniversary is by recognizing individuals and institutions from the past and present that have made a unique contribution to the depth, breadth, individuality and well-being of Brooklyn. In that spirit, The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation has awarded so far its 175th Anniversary Medals to (in chronological order):

Laurie Cumbo, nyc Council Majority Leader Victoria Schneps-Yunis, on-air personality and Fort Greene Park Conservancy Co-Publisher/President, Schneps Media (accepted by Julian Macrone) Leslie Griesbach Schultz, former President, Walt Whitman (accepted by Brad Vogel of the bric Arts and Media Walt Whitman Initiative) Iris Weinshall, COO & Treasurer, Eric L. Adams, Brooklyn Borough President New York Public Library Arthur A. Klein, MD, President, Keith L. Kinch, Co-Founder and General Manager, Mount Sinai Health Network Bloc Power, a Brooklyn-based technology startup rapidly greening American cities Deborah F. Schwartz, President, Brooklyn Historical Society Robert B. Catell, Chair, Advanced Energy and Research Technology Center Charles and Irene Hamm, retired, Independence Community Bank (now Sovereign Bank) The late Seth S. Faison, Trustee and former Board Chair, tbhc The late Frank C. Hamm, MD, retired tbhc Chair of Urology, tbhc George I. Harris, Trustee Emeritus, , former Director of Nursing, tbhc Emme Levin Deland, svp & Chief Strategy Officer, Barbara Just NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital The late Albert M. Kronick, former Chair and ceo, Jennifer Eisenstadt, Principal, Jennifer Eisenstadt Abraham & Straus in Brooklyn Design and Consulting Dr. Yvonne Riley-Tepie, Vice President Niki Russ Federman, Owner, Russ & Daughters and Senior Regional Giving Manager, TD Charitable Foundation Sukanya Krishnan, Emmy-award winning news anchor The late Emily Warren Roebling, who led the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Jeanine D. Liburd, Chief Social Impact & Communications Officer,bet Networks Michael “Buzzy” O’Keeffe, Founder of the River Café Regina Myer, President, David Henry Hwang, Tony-winning playwright, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership screenwriter, television writer and librettist Tina Novogratz, real estate entrepreneur and Letitia James, Attorney General of New York home restoration expert

1. Carlos P. Naudon, Immediate Past Chair, TBHC Board; Dr. Yvonne Riley-Tepie, VP & Senior Regional Giving Manager, TD Charitable Foundation; Lizanne Fontaine, Chair, TBHC Board 2. Gary G. Terrinoni, President & CEO, TBHC; Robert B. Catell, Chair, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center; Max Spivak, Co-Founder, Laally 3. Kathryn Layng Hwang and son, Noah, accept medal on behalf of David Henry Hwang 4. Kristian Roebling accepts medal on behalf of Emily Warren Roebling 5. Carlos P. Naudon; Keith L. Kinch, General Manager & Co-Founder, BlocPower 6 6. Michael “Buzzy” O’Keeffe, Founder & Owner, The River Café

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Clinical Battles of COVID-19 BEST OUT OUROUT

BRINGING “The staff were troopers.” Erroll Byer, MD

early March 2020 started out as any late Vasantha Kondamudi, MD, Executive Vice winter would. tbhc was busy with the routine President and Chief Medical Officer. “It touched business of a major healthcare facility serving literally every department and every staff mem- the vibrant, diverse, evolving downtown area ber of the hospital.” of a borough with 2.6 million people. Reaction to the surging number of cases was Then on March 7, everything changed. A patient swift, decisive and effective. It rose from years of arrived in the emergency room with covid-19. strategic effort to improve patient care in every By March 17, the hospital had set up a tent out- facet of the organization through the Blueprint side the Emergency Department (ED) entrance for Financial and Operational Success. Because to handle the burgeoning number of people tbhc is an independent institution, necessary needing to be pre-screened for the disease. initiatives and changes could be implemented Sylvie de Souza, MD, Chair of Emergency immediately without going up a lengthy chain Medicine, began three straight weeks on duty. of command beyond Brooklyn. Soon, the ED capacity was boosted by 50 percent From late March through late April, the peak and every bed was full. of the spring surge, a 24/7 command center ran “I was so proud of the work of this team,” for a full month. Dr. de Souza says. “They were facing an unprece- James Gasperino, MD, Associate Chief Medical dented situation, yet each day they were back at Officer, Vice President of Critical Care, Chair of it despite too many patients to see and too few Medicine, and Chief of Critical Care Services, supplies to do the job. None of that mattered. implemented a comprehensive program to treat The job got done.” critically ill patients in 2017. “This new critical By March 31, a refrigerated semi-trailer was care program enabled the hospital to function parked on site because the morgue facilities through covid-19 when we were pushed to the were overwhelmed. “It was like a storm,” says extreme,” he says.

4 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Dr. Sylvie de Souza at the ready in the Dr. James Gasperino tends to Emergency Department. a critically ill patient.

In 2020, the hospital treated 924 covid-19 tested positive for covid-19 during the height patients, the bulk of them arriving during March of the pandemic with most being asymptomatic. and April; 209 of them did not survive. The staff were troopers.” In the midst of it, the tbhc team continued Ultimately, at all levels, tbhc pulled together. meeting healthcare needs beyond the virus. “It’s important to note that throughout the “We typically deliver between 150 and 160 babies covid peak, the entire hospital team never com- a month,” says Erroll Byer, MD, Chair of Obstetrics plained,” says Dr. Kondamudi. “Let me emphasize, and Gynecology. “That figure only dipped a bit no one complained. The pandemic brought out during the surge. Plus 12 percent of our patients the best in us.”

Dr. Vasantha Kondamudi at the helm of Dr. Erroll Byer with a newborn the command center. who waits for no pandemic.

2020 Report to the Community 5 battlefield. That's the one word Judy McLaughlin, DNP, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, uses to describe the pan- demic. “Our team was continually assessing and determining how to best take care of patients without the comfort of the normal,” she says. For tbhc’s essential clinical support teams, the nursing staff, pharmacy and pathology/lab, there truly was nothing normal happening as covid-19 swept through Brooklyn. Throughout the crisis, including one point with 88 registered nurses out with the virus' symptoms themselves, staff left their normal departments to fill in across the hospital. Pharmacy had to pivot when meds ran out and find new alternatives. The lab adapted their capability in extraordinary ways. “Critical care nurses redeployed to other units while nurses from ambulatory care supported the primary care team,” Dr. McLaughlin says. “We were educating and retraining staff daily.” As the situ- ation worsened throughout March, there were not enough beds, and, at times, not enough staff. But there was plenty of ingenuity and always enough determi- nation. “We worked quickly to change how we respond to the level of patient volume and care.” THE GOOD Dr. McLaughlin says. Nursing staff created extended IV tubes so they did not need to FIGHT go in a covid-19 patient’s room to Essential Clinical Support change IVs and did not need to gear up and gear down every time, a wearying experience. Because use so we knew our burn rate,” no visitors were allowed, nurses quickly pivoted to help patients use Dr. DiGregorio says. tablets and video services to reach out to worried families. The lab similarly had to Pharmacy did its share of innovation, too. “It was a day-to-day swiftly shift ordinary prac- struggle knowing whether or not we were going to have an ample tices. “At the beginning, we supply of medications,” says Robert DiGregorio, PharmD, Senior sent cases to the Centers for Director of Pharmacotherapy Services. “As soon as the pandemic Disease Control for testing, started, we came up with a list of alternative medications, old then we sent them to the school, but effective, before other hospitals did.” It was just State Department of Health,” another example of the benefit of being an independent hospital. says Philip Xiao, MD, Chair of Experts were empowered to make decisions on the spot and not Pathology, which oversees the wait for approval from a far-away corporate office. lab. “Then cases grew exponen- The pharmacy staff quickly developed guidelines for the “new” tially, and we sent them to an meds. They had phenobarbital, a medication developed a century outside vendor.” Testing time ago, in stock and were able to put it in service. “We developed a stretched out from three to 10 dashboard shared with the entire clinical staff that showed real- days. The hospital staff needed time inventory of the critical drugs. We reconciled it with patient quicker results.

6 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Dr. Robert DiGregorio Dr. Judy McLaughlin (second from the left) rallying her directors. tracking medications.

Dr. Xiao and his team took an existing testing device for HIV and adapted it to test for covid-19. That adapta- tion should have taken three months at the least; they did it in three weeks. Testing turn- around dropped from 10 days to 12 hours, and they conducted hundreds of tests a day. In the aftermath of the surge, all the departments evaluated their experiences and derived lessons learned, an essential process that prepares them for future case upticks or other medical crises. “Our patients could not have gotten better care anywhere else,” says Dr. McLaughlin.

Dr. Philip Xiao near the equipment adapted for covid-19 testing. 2020 Report to the Community 7 Maribel Sanchez, Housekeeper photographed by Victor Blue for the New York Times Elvin Cruz, Security Officer photographed by Victor Blue for Operational the New York Times

SCENES Challenges of COVID-19

the COVID-19 surge from March necessary to get patients and staff into the summer tested quite fed. The transport team stepped literally every department at tbhc up for the grim job of moving an including those behind the scenes unprecedented number of deceased who keep operations going. patients to the morgue, and then to BEHIND THE THE BEHIND “It was something to behold and a refrigerated semi-trailer. something you never want to see The security team was on high again,” says Senior Vice President alert as the entrances to all tbhc and Chief Operating Officer Robert facilities had to be closely moni- Aulicino. Twice a day, seven days a tored and controlled. The massive week, throughout the surge, the requirement for personal protective senior leadership team gathered equipment (ppe) meant daily deliv- in a command center to assess eries and donations far in excess needs, allocate resources and adjust of normal. The loading dock team priorities. During those dark days, responded in kind. The engineering everyone became a critical part of and facilities teams needed to man- the team. age the changing physical nature Clearly, doctors, nurses, and the of the hospital, stressed by the pharmacy and lab teams worked pandemic, from pressure differential tirelessly. Behind them, resident rooms with portable hepa scrubbers physicians staffed the community for covid-19 patients to managing and employee hotlines; physical the spaces for those who perished. therapists, with little call for their “Everybody helped,” Mr. Aulicino skills in the crisis, ensured the com- says. “There is no other word than mand center was operational 24/7. ‘heroism’ for all that was done. Our With cafeteria seating closed, the team was taking on something no food service team did whatever was one had ever seen.”

8 The Brooklyn Hospital Center John J. Ferrara, VP, Operations; Steven Coleman, Director, Security; Steven Kim, Director, Engineering; Derek McMahon, Director, Environmental Services; Paul Wong, VP, Facilities Management; John Quinn, Senior Director, Security & Emergency Management; (sitting) Almitra Taylor, Director, Patient Transport

Louie Ortiz, electric shop foreman photographed by Victor Blue for the New York Times

Greg Vitali, Director, Food & Nutrition; Lou Motola, Retail Manager During those dark days, everyone became a critical part of the team.

2020 Report to the Community 9 Donation Team: Mohamed Hamed, Lorna Bryant and Kaela Fonzi

it happened like clockwork. Each evening at 7 pm, the clapping would start. First a pair of hands. Then two. Then a whistle or a spoon clanging on a pot. It would grow to a roar in the neighbor- hood surrounding tbhc. Over the months of the spring surge, the 7 pm clap grew into a dance party, with weary nurses popping out to wave and shimmy while neighbors danced, played instru- THE COMMUNITY ments and waved back from across the sidewalk. Soon, the Fire Department and Police Department joined in daily, pulling up with lights flashing. It was a joyous show of support for those tirelessly working, but it was not the only one. As tbhc doctors, nurses and staff laid it all on the line, the community rose in myriad ways and lifted their hospital up. Neighbor and actor Jeffrey Wright, owner of local Graziella’s restaurant Vito Randazzo and owner of local Brooklyn Moon restaurant Michael Thompson reached out to tbhc Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Strategy and Marketing Lenny Singletary to start a GoFundMe effort, Brooklyn for Life! Donations funded meals to the hospital staff daily and kept

10 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Amadou Diallo and Mishi Faruqee, who graciously donated their garden The comfort cart of donated apartment to ICU Nurse Alisha Varkey, RN (right) for three months. goodies for the staff was restocked daily by Child Life staff.

the local restaurants in business. The effort grew to encompass Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and other eateries to the degree that more than one million dollars was raised and donated meals extended to other hospitals and Fire Department ems battalions. Other small markets, restaurants, shops, caterers, local com- COMES THROUGH munity groups and individuals called in daily with offers of pizza, meals, coffee, cookies and sandwiches. Coordinating the food donations effort became practically a full-time job for Assistant Director of Marketing Kaela Fonzi, with on-the-ground support distributing the drop-offs from Women’s Health Clerical Services Associate Lorna Bryant and Physician Liaison Mohamed Hamed, among other staffers. Several neighbors donated apartments emptied from cancelled Airbnb bookings or because the apartment dweller moved out of the city to weather the pandemic with family or friends. About a dozen tbhc doctors and nurses who didn’t live nearby had a place to live within walking distance before returning to the fight. Donations of other items flooded in too: shoes, socks, toys,

2020 Report to the Community 11 The truly unforgettable nightly clap

lotions, hand sanitizers, nail polish, unopened N95 masks that people had on hand in their art- ist studios or workshops, you name it. Certified Child Life Specialist Alexa Kreisberg, with few pediatric patients to take care of, went to work using her skills in a different way. “For a child, the hospital can be a scary place. But if you are an adult suffering from a mysterious virus or you are doing all you can to treat a surge of patients, that can be scary, too,” says Ms. Kreisberg. The Child Life team decorated a standard four- wheeled, two-tiered hospital cart, and filled it with donated water, snacks and well-wisher cards from around the world. There were times when they took the “comfort cart” out around 3 pm, and it would be the first drink of water a doctor or nurse had since starting their shift in the morning.

Homemade banners of support hung all over the hospital’s neighborhood.

12 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Just one shipment from the Celestial Love Foundation

The list of For Philip Xiao, MD, Chair of Pathology, community support meant striking the generosity motherlode when personal pro- donations tection equipment (ppe) ran low. “At the beginning of covid-19 small and there was a nationwide ppe shortage that hit us as well,” he says. “Clinicians were using garbage bags, and I thought, ‘This large is so doesn’t make sense.’” He went looking for a solution. He turned extensive, we to the Celestial Love Foundation and the Association of Chinese American Physicians. “They each gave us a truckload of PPE,” can’t easily Dr. Xiao says. “It bridged us over until government supplies caught up with demand.” capture it here Even the Bronx Bombers pitched in to help out Brooklyn. The in these pages. New York Yankees organization sent 4,000 plastic rain ponchos as makeshift ppe. The list of donations small and large is so exten- sive, we can’t easily capture it here in these pages, nor can we adequately capture what it meant to tbhc. “We have never felt more loved and supported than we did through that difficult time,” says Gary G. Terrinoni, President and ceo. “tbhc is always here for our neighbors—our mission says that we are dedicated to Keeping Brooklyn Healthy, after all—but, wow, were our neighbors here for us.”

2020 Report to the Community 13 as the pandemic peaked in the spring, the great majority of tbhc’s operations were focused on covid-19 patients. While babies got delivered and emergency patients got seen, elective surgeries were postponed by order of New York State. Many New Yorkers chose to stay away from hospitals if they could help it. tbhc has earned the trust of the Brooklyn community, but fear of covid-19 during the most challenging times of the pandemic linger with many. For example, outpatient and ambulatory patient care are approaching a return to pre-covid numbers, but admissions to the hospital remain down 25 percent. And Emergency Department admissions—which feed inpatient admissions— are down 40 percent. “We are on the road back. Opening a state-of-the- In this new world, art Physicians Pavilion during the pandemic shows everyone must be masked. it,” says tbhc President and ceo Gary Terrinoni. “But it still is a challenge. As we return to serving the needy in our community, we hope to see support locally and beyond to help us on that journey.” Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Strategy and Marketing Lenny Singletary likens tbhc to the thousands of small businesses that also struggled in the pandemic. “We are an independent hospital with no large system to fall back on as we bounce back from lower patient admissions,” he says. “We’re eager to pursue our mission as Brooklyn’s safety net hospital. It may be a good time to rethink avenues of supporting us as we serve those most in need.” The good news is this journey on the road back is underway, and lessons learned during the pan- demic are serving us now, bringing us back better. “In some areas, we are exceeding pre-covid activity,” says Vasantha Kondamudi, MD, tbhc Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. “It was and remains a tough challenge, but it taught us how to meet a challenge. It brought out our strengths as an institution, and we apply those to getting back to normal operations. This team has spirit, resilience, strength and courage. We know you can fall, but you have to get up.”

14 The Brooklyn Hospital Center THE ROAD BACK As summer leaves returned, TBHC worked to return to a new normal.

In the lobby, temperatures are taken at contactless kiosks.

2020 Report to the Community 15 you might think covid-19 was the only tbhc news from 2020. You would be wrong. Even while answering the challenge of the pandemic, tbhc completed a major project that imme- diately improves the present state of healthcare in our community and sets the standard for what can be expected going forward. We are thrilled to introduce you to the Physicians Pavilion. “When it came to wrapping up our five-year Blueprint for Financial and Operational Success, which included the Physicians Pavilion, I’m happy to say we didn’t miss a beat during covid,” says tbhc President and ceo Gary G. Terrinoni. “What you provide the community is how you feel about the community. When you look at this beautiful physician practice environment you see the measure of respect we have for our patients.” Feedback from doctors and patients has been fan-

PAVILION tastic. The modern, attractive building at 86 Saint Felix Street in Fort Greene is only a block from the main hospital campus. The Pavilion covers 45,000 square feet on six floors and houses the following specialties: PHYSICIANS PHYSICIANS

16 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Bariatric Surgery (weight loss) Orthopaedic Surgery and Cardiology Sports Medicine Endocrinology Pain Management ENT (ear-nose-throat or Pediatric subspecialties (cardiology, otolaryngology) endocrinology, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology hematology/oncology, infectious General Surgery diseases, nephrology, neurology, Geriatrics rheumatology) Infectious Diseases Podiatry Nephrology Pulmonary/Critical Care Neurology Rheumatology Neurosurgery Urology Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB/GYN) Vascular Surgery

The Physicians Pavilion was designed from the ground up to deliver vital services in a fresh environment that ensures we are Keeping Brooklyn Healthy. By design, the Pavilion is both modern and warm, inviting and functional. Daylight floods the spaces, which have wonderful views of downtown Brooklyn and the surrounding area. “People come away in awe. Doctors love working there. The views are magnifi- cent,” says Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Aulicino. “We are the same Brooklyn Hospital that has been here for 175 years, but we are trans- forming along with the community we serve. The Physicians Pavilion demonstrates that we are on our way.”

2020 Report to the Community 17 This year marks a turning point when we can truly say plans are becoming accomplishments, strategy is becoming implementation and vision is becoming reality.

the plan to create a bright future for tbhc has been in place several years with many milestones already reached. But 2020 marked a turning point when we can truly say plans are becom- ing accomplishments, strategy is becoming implementation and vision is becoming reality. Following our Blueprint for Financial and Operational Success, we have sold the Maynard Building, built the Physicians Pavilion and started the Emergency Department renovation. We moved corporate services to a new location at 255 Duffield, just a few blocks away in the Fulton Mall. Space at the hospital has freed up for services such as the Family Medicine Center to enjoy bigger and freshly renovated offices. We expect in 2021 to see the opening of a newly located out- patient dialysis service at Myrtle Avenue Dialysis and the official opening of a hematology/oncology partnership with New York Cancer and Blood Specialists, also to be located on Myrtle Avenue. “We’ve shown we can build facilities with the Physicians Pavilion,” says tbhc President and ceo Gary Terrinoni. “We’ve shown we can build innovative programs through partnerships with other medical institutions. Now, we’re going to take advan- tage of the valuable real estate assets we have to head into the future as a financially stable and viable institution.” The plan is to rezone the five-acre campus, sell facilities or sell air rights, and reinvest in tbhc through new facilities, new equip- ment and an endowment. “Our community needed us during this pandemic and will continue to need us come what may. We have to be creative in finding ways to accomplish our mission and be here for the next 175 years,” Mr. Terrinoni adds.

18 The Brooklyn Hospital Center BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

2020 Report to the Community 19 large-scale live events may be a victim of the covid-19 pandemic, but that didn’t keep The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation down in staging a successful 2020 Virtual Founders Ball. They just did it online. “The feedback was really positive—people who have long been involved with the hospital told us that the event’s fast pace kept them engrossed and that they learned many new things,” says Deborah Niederhoffer, Vice President of The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation, and Chief Development Officer. The financial support received was positive as well. The event raised $1M and netted over $800,000. The proceeds will help to continue the renovation and expansion of the hospital’s Emergency Department. The online content was seen by more people than typically attend a tbhc Gala. Since 2013, the Foundation has welcomed 850 to 900 guests each year; in 2020, more than 2,000 joined the virtual celebration. They came from all over the country and included many of the new supporters who had learned about tbhc during the pandemic. In addition to an uplifting program and heartfelt stories from the front lines, the 45-minute celebration included: a Celebrity Red Carpet opening; a video on the hospital’s rich 175 years of serving Brooklyn; the presen- tation of the Walter E. Reed Medal to tbhc Emergency Medicine Chair Dr. Sylvie de Souza by Congressman Hakeem Jeffries; a sneak peak at the hospital’s newest facilities; and a follow-along cooking demonstration led by celebrity chef Georgette Farkas. Festivities culminated in a Zoom dance party where all guests were invited to participate virtually. VIRTUAL GALA. REAL SUCCESS. 20 The Brooklyn Hospital Center The 2020 Virtual Founders Ball “This wasn’t our first time recognized Sylvie de Souza, using video at the Founders MD, Chair of Emergency Ball,” Ms. Niederhoffer says. Medicine, for her extraordi- “But we expanded its use. nary courage and leadership Co-Chairs Maria Fiorini Ramirez during the covid-19 crisis. and Kate Sturgess hosted the Since 2015, Dr. de Souza celebration live from a studio, served in her current role, where the videos and interac- where she oversees emer- tive elements were woven in.” gency care for more than 70,000 patients annually. She is The Foundation even delivered a member and Fellow of the American College of food to top donors to make the Emergency Physicians and a Diplomate of the American virtual experience as gala-like Board of Emergency Medicine. as possible! Dr. de Souza earned her medical degree from suny Outside of the Founders Ball, Downstate Medical Center in 1989, and joined The Brooklyn 2020 fundraising saw support Hospital Center as an intern in that same year. After from individuals, foundations completing her residency training at tbhc in emergency and corporations. To men- medicine, she became a member of tbhc’s Emergency tion but a few: Lafayette 148 Department team as an attending physician and faculty. donated a portion of their April Since then, Dr. de Souza has held numerous leadership posi- online sales to the hospital; tions, and has been actively involved in resident education Alger underwrote stress and pre-hospital care education as the first medical director management classes for front- of tbhc’s ambulance service. line nursing staff and paid off Dr. de Souza led the Stroke Committee that helped tbhc nursing managers’ outstanding achieve its accreditation as a Stroke Center. A few years later,

student debts; an anonymous E. Reed Medalist 2020 Walter she enrolled tbhc in the Mission Lifeline program of the foundation gave generously American Heart Association for the treatment of cardiac emergen- to help tbhc purchase tents, cies and eventually developed the activation policies and processes vehicles and supplies for that led to tbhc’s designation as a stemi-pci Cardiac Center. emergency preparedness; and Since 9/11, she has been actively involved in emergency pre- TD Charitable Foundation paredness and disaster management, participating in efforts such wanted to help the hospital’s as spearheading the responses during Hurricane Sandy, the DeKalb telemedicine program reach subway station and Atlantic Terminal train derailments, large-scale the borough’s most vulnerable, events at the Barclays Center and Citi Field, as well as during the so it underwrote the program’s H1N1 crisis, the latter which led to her receiving an H1N1 Hero award communication needs. from nyc Department of Health for her outstanding service. When “The Brooklyn Hospital the opioid epidemic became a national emergency, she developed, Center took care of Brooklyn,” in collaboration with tbhc’s Pharmacy Department, protocols for an says Ms. Niederhoffer, “and “opiate-free” Emergency Department. the community took care of As the daughter of a career diplomat from Benin (where she the hospital.” spent her early childhood years) and a teacher from France, Dr. de Souza developed passions for public service, compassionate healing and mentoring the doctors of tomorrow. Thanks to her international upbringing and mastery of multiple languages, she possesses the unique ability to connect with patients across all backgrounds.

2020 Report to the Community 21 YOU! the brooklyn hospital foundation acknowledges the outstand- ing lifetime contributions from the following individuals and businesses. Their support and dedication advances The Brooklyn

THANK Hospital Center’s essential role in serving Brooklyn’s communities.

$1,000,000 – $6,000,000 Dino J. Veronese RestorixHealth Charles and Irene Hamm Earl D. and Gina Ingoglia Weiner SeniorCare Emergency Margaret A. Nagel Trust Jonathan M. Weld Medical Services D. Pramila, MD, and Starlight Children’s Foundation C. Swaminathan, MD $100,000 – $249,999 TIAA St. George’s University Accuity Delivery Systems Variety - The Children’s Charity Charles R. Modica, Esq. The Adams Family Patrick F. Adams, Esq. Anonymous $50,000 – $99,999 Daniel D. Ricciardi, MD Ashar Aziz Paul A. Albertson Drs. Richard and Rachel Becker The Allure Group $250,000 – $999,999 BNY Mellon Armand P. Asarian, MD, and Alma The Ambrose Monell Foundation Ahmar A. Butt, MD Janet Olivos-Asarian, MD Willard and Eleanor Archie Dr. and Mrs. Michael Cabbad Constance and Henry Christensen lll BSE Global Robert and Joan Catell Cobble Hill Health Center Donald Carswell Dell Marketing, LLP Ofer Cohen, TerraCRG Anders J. Cohen, DO enCourage Kids Foundation Comprehensive Equipment J. Barclay Collins, II Ali and Claudia Esmaeilzadeh Management Corporation Data Driven Delivery Systems LLC Seth S. and Sara R. Faison Conifer Health Solutions Dr. Harry and Mrs. Freida Dym Forest City Realty Trust Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. The Fan Fox and GNYHA Ventures, Inc. Dopf, P.C. Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Greater NYC Affiliate of Dhanan J. Etwaru, MD Lizanne Fontaine and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Garbarini & Scher, PC Robert Buckholz, Jr. Hyundai Hope on Wheels Garfunkel Wild LLC Fred Alger Management, Inc. Jzanus Healthfirst GGMC Parking LLC Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP Ingram & Hebron Realty Corp. Jack Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Lafayette 148 New York Babu Jasty, MD, and Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Med-Metrix Buddhadev Manvar, MD Mount Sinai Health System Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Menezes Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence National Grid Carlos P. Naudon and Family Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Office of the Brooklyn Asha D. Nayak, MD Robert and Cynthia Knakal Borough President The New York Community Trust Drs. Vasantha and Noah Kondamudi Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel, New York-Presbyterian LAZ Parking Tampa, Florida Healthcare System Joel and Susan Leitner The Professional Staff, TBHC North American Partners in Anesthesia Massey Knakal Realty Services The Roots & Wings Foundation The Phoenix Rehabilitation & Medical Management Resources, Inc. Kenny Scharf, Artist Nursing Center Metz Culinary Management TD Bank, through Proskauer The Mollen Family TD Charitable Foundation Madhavi Reddy, MD, and New York Congregational United Hospital Fund Sarath Reddy, MD Nursing Center

22 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Palmese Lisandro Irizarry, MD Morrell Michael Avram, MD Andrew Randak and Laura Saborio Abraham Jelin, MD, and the Ballinger Red Apple Group William Sloane Jelin Foundation Adrina Banks-Martin and Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Angela Kerr, MD, and Curtis Hill Derek R. Martin Lenue H. Singletary, III LAX Gadgets Vijay Battu, MD Susan Skerritt and Brian O’Keefe Drs. Cecille and Patrick Leblanc BDO Drs. Gary Almedo Stephens and Wilbur A. Levin Family Jason R. Bernhard Susan Ramdhaney Littler Bestcare, Inc. Gary and Celeste Terrinoni Thomas Lowinger, PhD Bikers Against Childhood Cancer Judy McGrath Blue Wolf Capital Partners, Inc. $25,000 – $49,999 MetLife The Boldt Company ALLINBKLYN Donald P. Minarcik and Family Elizabeth Bonetti and Family American Express Company New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Brave Beginnings The Amirfar Family: Sam, Vibhuti, New York City Council Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Asele and Thea John E. Osnato Brooklyn Center Pharmacy Suryanarayan Anand, MD Quarry Hill Foundation Brooklyn Community Foundation Anonymous Maria Fiorini Ramirez and Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Inc. Apollo Health Street George Ramirez/MFR Securities, Inc. Brooklyn United Robert and Taryn Aulicino Abdul Rehman, MD Methodist Church Home Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Berkowitz Related Buena Vida Continuing Care And Debbie Bowen, RN, RPA-C Daniel D. Ricciardi, MD Rehabilitation Center Broadlane, Inc. Richmond County Ambulance Karen Buono Drs. Kenneth Bromberg and The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Joan Carney-Clark and Ciaran Clark Philippa Gordon David Schwartz, Century 21 Department Stores Brookfield Properties Slate Property Group Samuel Chan, MD Brooklyn Gardens Nursing and Richard Serra and Child’s Play Charity Rehabilitation Center Clara Weyergraf-Serra Cicero Consulting Associates Brooklyn Nets Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Simons Con Edison Dr. and Mrs. Shalom Buchbinder SMPS Family Fund Consensus Orthopedics Bushwick Center for Sodexo, Inc. Crothall Healthcare Rehabilitation & Healthcare The Strebor Family Foundation Crown Acquisitions, Inc. C.V. Starr Foundation Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Cumberland Packing Corp. Cammack Retirement and Swanke Hayden Connell Architects Sylvie de Souza, MD, FACEP Cammack Health TGI Office Automation CBRE, Inc. Drs. Prabhakar and Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Saimamba Veeramachaneni uring the spring of 2020, CenterLight Health System Estate of Esmeralda E. Wesley The New York Times Daniel C. Chung and The Whamond Family D Alexandra D. Alger Willis Towers Watson embedded writer Sheri Fink Christopher M. and Mariann Conlon Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and photographer Victor Blue Constans-Culver Foundation The Yeh Family with The Brooklyn Hospital The Corcoran Group Deutsche Bank $10,000 – $24,999 Center. They were given free Robert DiGregorio, PharmD Acadia Realty Trust access to tell the COVID-19 Bernard and Isadora Drayton Accenture story from the perspective of The Duddempudi Family The ADCO Group Jennifer and Steven Eisenstadt Advanced Contracting Solutions an independent, community Elton John AIDS Foundation AdvantageCare Physicians hospital. The front-cover and Empire BlueCross BlueShield Aergo Solutions main section feature pieces Epic Systems Corporation Olamide and Joseph Ajibesin The Fishman Family Fund, an Albee Development LLC were moving and poignant advised fund of the Brooklyn Bassam N. Aldaia, MD depictions of the challenges Community Foundation Allscripts our heroic staff faced. All the Fox Rothschild LLP American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Stacy and Jeffrey Friedman AMS Healthcare Mortgage Corporation blue-tinted newspaper images Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP Anonymous you see in this report are from GenPath The Apax Foundation this series. We are honored Joel and Elaine Goldstein Atrium Center for Ellen and Fred Harris Rehabilitation and Nursing to have been a part of this HiTouch powered by Staples AvalonBay Communities, Inc. important reportage.

2020 Report to the Community 23 Dennett Law Offices The Madison Square Garden Company XL Catlin Catherine Derr Mase Coding Services Linus M. Yoe, MD Ruben Diaz, Jr. Meera and Marc Mayer ZDG LLC DJO Surgical Judy McLaughlin, DNP, MS, RN Zone 5 DomaniTech Guy and Judith Mennonna Downtown Brooklyn Center for Karen and Joseph Milano $5,000 – $9,999 Nursing & Rehabilitation Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, A&M Electrical Services Eastern Brooklyn Medical IPA Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Sherly Abraham, MD ePlus Technology, Inc. Navigant Gregory Adams Ernst & Young Newmark Knight Frank, Adebayo Adeyinka, MD The Eugene Zitwer Foundation, Inc. Capital Group Stephen Ajl, MD O. Joseph Falcone, DPM, FACFAS Deborah Niederhoffer, Mohammed Aladdin, MD Feld Entertainment, Inc. Eva and Noah Justice Alpha Medical Equipment of N.Y. Fiduciary Trust Company International Nihon Kohden Anonymous Jean G. Ford, MD, and Nixon Peabody LLP Apple-Metro, Inc. Amy Bibb-Ford NK Architects Arimed Orthotics & Prosthetics Nicholas Franco and Nuance Communications Farhad Arjomand, MD Nicole Lawler Kenneth Ong, MD ASM Mechanical Systems Free Country Onward Healthcare, Inc. Automated Financial Systems LLC Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Oxford Nursing Home The Bank of America Jacobson LLP Dr. Peter and Heather Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc. Zachary Fuchs Richard E. Pearl, MD The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Moshe S. Fuksbrumer, MD, and James Peloquen, MD Charitable Trust Ms. Deena Yellin Louisdon Pierre, MD BET Networks Fulton Square LLC Ponce Bank Robert Bourque Alan R. Go, MD Prescott Fund For Children & Youth, Inc. Ricardo A. Boyce, MD Goldman Sachs & Co. Prezio Health Richard Braun Stuart A. Green, MD, FACP PwC Dr. Erroll Byer, Jr. Joseph J. Guarracino Quest Diagnostics, Inc. CAIPA Ramesh Gulrajani, MD Drs. Rummana and Shafiqur Rahman Caledonian Family Health Centers Aizid Hashmat, MD Michael Raimonde John F. Carroll, MD Gale Stevens Haynes, Drs. Sarah Rawstron and Stephen S. Carryl, MD Provost, LIU, Brooklyn Campus Thomas Wisniewski CCS Fund Raising Health/ROI Gloria Rosario Woo-Taek Chang, MD Mary Anne Healy-Rodriguez, PhD, RN Dr. and Mrs. Joshua Rosenberg Leroy R. Charles William Heneghan, MD RTech Healthcare Revenue Citibank Michael Hochberg, MD Technology, Inc. The Clarett Group Hopkins Center for RTR Financial Services, Inc. Steven H. Coleman Rehabilitation & Healthcare RXR Realty Colliers International Hospice of New York The Semenza Family Kevin and Elizabeth Collins Infinitt North America, Inc. In Suk Seo, MD Concordance Healthcare Solutions Anuradha Iyer Mohamed H. Shahjahan, MD Constantine Cannon, P.C. J.H. Cohn LLP Dr. Sandeep and Mrs. Anita Sirsi Laurance D. Coppa Robin and Gary Jacobs Daniel Stone Thomas Cordeiro JLL Stryker Dental CPEX Real Estate JPMorgan Chase & Co. Donna Marie Thomas, RN Wesley Trent Crable Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation The Time Record Storage Co. Dr. Ankur Crawford Ramakrishna Karibandi, MD Transcare Daily News Jessie McClintock Kelly Unitex/A&P Coat, Apron & Peter H. Darrow Patrick and Alex Kelly Linen Supply, Inc. Ronald Del Gaudio, RPh Peter S. Kim, MD/ Sonia Vinas, MD, Michael Mazza, MD Joy Dinneen Gotham Gastroenterology & One Hanson Place Pediatrics Dubraski & Associates Andrew Kimball/Industry City Visiting Nurse Service of New York Insurance Services LLC Korn/Ferry International Vornado Realty Trust Edge Communications KPMG Waterbridge Capital Edison Properties The Hon. William Francis Kuntz Weill Cornell Medical College Eikenberry Family Fund and Dr. Alice Beal Wellcare of New York Kimberly S. Ellis Landmark Healthcare Facilities David White Empire General Samuel Lehrfeld Paul Wong and Family Contracting and Painting LF Driscoll Healthcare Dr. and Mrs. Philip Xiao Epstein Becker & Green, PC

24 The Brooklyn Hospital Center ESIS ProClaim Municipal Credit Union Thornton Tomasetti Eugene A. Hoffman Management, Inc. Daniel F. Murphy, Jr./Putney, Minh-Trang H. Tran Irene Farrelly Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP Uzoma Ukomadu, MD Joseph F. Fetto, MD The Myanmar American Medical Diane Vazquez and Robert Fey/Fey, Inc. Education Society, Inc. Philip M. Vazquez, MD Gabria Fischer-Shay New York Insulation Banad N. Viswanath, MD Scott Foster Amanda Nichols Washington Square Partners Cindy P. and James C. Gardiner Olatunde Osofisan, DPM Matthew Weatherbie Romulo Genato, MD Ronald Palmese/Columbia Utilities LLC Sharon Wickes Louis N. Gerolemou, DO Patricia T. Phan, MD Patricia A. Winston, RN The Gloria & Hilliard Farber Geoffrey Phillips, MD Amy Zhang Foundation Preferred Home Care of New York Grafton Data Systems, Inc. Gloria Rapoport, MD 2020 ANNUAL DONORS Kathleen Grima, MD Dr. and Mrs. M. Scott Reminick Denese Absalom Kim Guishard, MD Bruce S. Reznick Dalia Abu Eid John Gupta Russell and Judith Reznick Nicole Adelantar Drs. Virender Hak and Anjali Bakshi John Riggs, MD Tessa Ademolu Ellen and Scott Hand The Risk Management Paul E. Adornato J. Dozier Hasty Planning Group, Inc. Dr. Nivedita Agarwal HaysVentures LLC Rivkin Radler LLP Kamal and Juhi Agrawal Hudson Meridian RKF Antonina Agrusa/CM&F Group Construction Group Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Marcus Aguirre Patricia Huggins Miriam E. Rodriguez Dr. Maria Lourdes Agustin Joseph S. Hutter Xamayla Rose Darryl Ah Now Hygrade Business Group Paul Rosenfeld Eileen Ahasic Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Iaquinta Roux Associates, Inc. Richard Ahn Implants Medical Sales, Inc. RSM US Tatiana Aime Investors Bank Swayamprabha Sadanandan, MD Air Ideal, Inc. Island Companies Schneps Communications Jamie Alexander Raymond Iwanowski Deepak Setia, MD/ Dr. Nada Al-Hashimi Himani Janapana, MD Glenridge Medical Associates Alice G. Gosfield & Associates, P.C. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP Drs. Sumatilal and Hemlata Shah Dr. Patricia Allen Kensington Vanguard Shimadzu Corp. Joseph Alongi National Land Services ShoreGroup Solutions Ramon A. Alvarez Sandra and Dennis Kisiel Stephen B. Siegel Amsale Steven Kushnick, MD Siemens Sein An George J. Laighton Skanska USA Building, Inc. Richard Anderson Yvette and Ellis Landau Mr. Leo and Dr. Lana Slootsky Scott Anderson Langan Elizabeth Snell, RN Isabell S. Andrews Howard Lantz, MD Rosa S. So, MD Larian Angelo Dean Lindsey Stuart Spodek Anonymous Geoffrey Chaohui Liu/Palo Alto St. Jude Medical Ronald Arnero Chinese Children’s Community Sunrise Medical Group Christina Arrostuto Spencer Lubin, MD James Tambone Amy Asch The Malieckal Family TBHC Department of Nursing Judith Asuleen Manhattan Labs Lauren and Vijay Manthripragada Brooklyn Hospital Nurses in 1916 Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP Adam E. Max Marcella Maxwell, EdD Mega Aid Pharmacy, Inc. Antonio Mendez, MD, and Dolores J. Mendez Rekha Menon, MD Mercy Home Care and Medical Supplies, Inc. Kathleen Marie Minlionica, PharmD Jacob Mizrahi ModernMD Urgent Care Bill Moran

2020 Report to the Community 25 Donald Best Dr. Juan C. Cardenas Shikha Bhatia Maria Cardenas Alexander D. Bhattacharji Natalie Cardona Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Elizabeth Carey Robert Blackburn Pina Carey BlackRock John Cartaina Marge Blaine Rosalind Carter Blessings Boomerang Fund Fred Caruso Brandt Blimkie Bernette Carway-Spruiell Jenee Bobbora Roberto Cassata Jordan Boehler Patrice Cassedy Steven Bogart Caton Park Nursing Home Baret Boisson Central Consulting & Contracting, Inc. Keith Bond Albert Cerrone Donald R. Booth Rahul Chadha Karla Booth Claire Chamberlin Gerald Boshi Nour Chamoun Christina Bostic Jessica Chan Sherri Bostic Hannah Chang Dr. Gabriel Urrea Botero Jing Chang Keroulos Botrs Dr. Oliver Chang David J. Boulet-Gercourt Peter Chang New facilities at the Diana Bowers-Smith Dr. Jordan Chanler-Berat Physicians Pavillion Sarah Brafman Jen Chapin Kayla Branson Jeff Chen George Brant Min Chen Sundeep Atluri Daniel Brazeau Madeline Cherney Victoria H. Au Joaquin Brito Conrad Cheung Saul Austerlitz Maria Brito Winston Chia Michele Awobuluyi Joanna Brodecki Blaiberg Chicoma Girgius Ayad Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation Robert Christman Dr. Khin Aye and Residential Health Care Giorgio Cicero-Santaleno Mary Egan Azzollini Brooklyn Sober Agnostics Group of AA CITIBIN, Inc. Simon Bacchus Elizabeth Brossa Thomas Clark Dr. Keneisha Bailey-Correa Cynthia Brown Shantih E. Clemans Alexander Baker Katharine Browning Carol J. Clouse Diane P. Baker Michael Bruce Dr. Garfield Clunie Vernon Baker Anthea Bruffee Jasmine Cogdell Dr. Parsa Bakhtary Elizabeth Buckholz Melissa Cohen Dr. Praneeth Bandaru John Buckholz Dr. Rachel Cohen Marjorie V. Banks Zinzi Budd Allison Colangelo and Pat Wentling Renée Y. Banks Lewis A. Bunz Dr. Caroline Columbres Victor Banks Leigh Burke Sharon M. Combs Andrew Barclay Mary Burns Antonino Conigliaro Sarah H. Barnes Wesley Burwell Sandra Conti Jacqueline Barnett Brian Butler, DPM, PC Roger Cortes Maria G. Bartholomew-Blaize Kerry Butts R. Cortess Keith Batchelder Dr. Narayana Byagari Brian Costello Wendy R. Becker Dr. Bahar Bybordi Lesley Covitz Dori Begley Melissa Byczek Ryan Craig Lila Behzadafshar Yelena Bykhovskaya Grace C. Crapitto Leonardo Bello Thomas and Grace Cabot Julie A. Criniere Marcia Bellows Jeremiah Callaghan Samuel Crocker Ilan Belokon Calvary Hospital Linda Cukurs Kay Benesh David Campbell Mary Cuthbertson Joshua Bennett William I. Campbell Haiyan Dai and Aijun Wang Frank Berman KerryAnn Brown Capers Fatema Dalal Therese D. Bernbach Carol Cappelletti Princess Daley Andrea Berne Anthony Caputo Ian Daly Alex Bernstein John Carbone Kendall D’Amore

26 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Amy M. Daniels Tim Eggebrecht Patrice Franco Drs. Victoria Dantchenko and Adele Eisenstein Rachel Frank Bashir Mohammad James L. Elder Nina Frankel Will Dantzler Neil Elevado Victor Frazier Dr. Helene Darmanin Noelle Elia Robert L. Freedman Joan Davis Sara Elinson Jennifer Friedlin Kimberly Davis Faye Ellman Eleanor Friedman Lisa Davis Dr. Lisa Eng Harold and Linda Friedman Mary Dawe Alison and Peter Engel Lianne Friedman Jocelyn Dawson Rachel Epstein Oliver Friedman Perla de Leon Dominique J. Erney Shane Froebel Carole Debeer Ingrid Ernst Thomas DeBourcy Dr. Michel Perez Espinosa Jenna DeCuzzi Express Scripts Ryan DeLissio Ain Yasmin Faiz Gloria Deliz Nadine Farag Elizabeth DeLucia Carolyn Farhie and Judith Schray Judi Frost Michael Denholm Ashrufa Faruqee Kimberly Froude Deborah A. Dergan Antonin Faury Maryann Fuentes Neil Desai Sheila Fay Michael Fuller Dr. Almaz Dessie Niki Russ Federman Lori Gadkari Martha Bakos Dietz and Christopher Fehl Carolina Gagliotti Stephen Dietz Jordan Feigenbaum Doreen Galante Peter DiFiore Bradley Feingerts Matthew Galletta Sarah DiGregorio Steven G. Felsher Matthew Galvin Arlene Dismont Mark Fernkas Gail L. Gans Philippe Doh Alexandra Ferranti Carlos García Fajardo Amanda Dorn John Ferrara Jason Gardner Virginia Dorris Diane Ferrer Lynn Gardner Wendy Douglas-Nathai Nelson Ferreras-Arias Mary Rose Gasner David B. Doxsee Dr. Henry Ferstenberg Adam and Emily Gasthalter Ted Doyle Jane Fine Nicholas Generale Carolyn Drake Diane Fisher Connie Gentile Charlotte Drew Gloria Fisk Claudia Georges Monte Dube Miriam Fitzpatrick Kathleen Geraghty Sherri Dugas Elizabeth Flanders Daniel B. Gerard Christopher Duhe Alexis Floyd Dr. Myriam Germain Marlene Duncan Debra Fogel Kathryn J. Gettles-Atwa Sarah Dunn Tom Foley Elliot and Barbara Gewirtz Bora Durrsi Amy B. Fontaine and Ahmet M. Kok Cassie L. Ghee Drita Durrsi Louis D. Fontana Toni Gibson Viviane Dussek Fulvia Forbes Amy Gilfenbaum Joanne Dwyer Phoebe A. Ford Michael Gillespie Sydnei Easley Annie L. Fortenberry Paige Giordano eBay Foundation Tyler Foster Grace A. Givens Carol J. Edelstein Brian Fox Bridget Goddard Rachel Efron Vicki Francis Rahul Gokhroo Leon Goldberg Marsha Goldberg Matthew Goldberg Mary Francina Golden Lorraine Goldenberg Benjamin Goldstein Mollie Goldstein An James Golinkoff early Victoria Gomez 1960s Julia M. Gonzales family Emily Goodman Google Linda Gordon

2020 Report to the Community 27 Dr. Vladimir Gotlieb HK Organization Peter and Linda Keil Christa Graeber Pwint Hlaing Keisha Kellman-Martin Jillian Gramling Nicole Ho Brittany Kelly Angela Grant Mehrdad Hojati Hallie Kennan Amy Green-Gorelick Justin Homapour Sharon Kennedy Joel Greenwald Elizabeth Horsley Kente Royal Gallery Geraldine Gregg James Hoston Robert Kerr Miss Gregory Darren Hoyte Ishtiaque Amin Khan Dr. Vladimir Gressel Zay Yar S. Htay & Vik Khullar Penny Grinage Swe Swe Htike, MD, Inc. Sarah Kieval Austin Grossman Amy Hudson Robbin Killian Aleksandr Groysman Jenny Hudson Daniel Kilpatrick Dr. Armin Grueneich Jane Huff Eve Kilsheimer Martha Guadamud Pacheco Monica Hughes Mark Kimbell Mark Guarino Kathryn Layng Hwang and Robert Kincel Deborah Guercio David Henry Hwang Keith L. Kinch Dr. Elizabeth Guevara Ingeborg Hyde John King Guidehouse IAC Eve K. King-Lehman Catharine Guiher Frank Iacovano Dorothy Kingston Gumley Haft Real Estate Stacia Ikpe Alan Kirby Kathy Guo Shai Iluz Rachel Klauber-Speiden and Anna Gurvich Cathy and Benjamin Iselin Josh Empson Andrew Gustin Amy Iwanowicz Fred and Marion Kneip Betsy Guttmacher J. Mellon Beth Kneller GWR Medical, Inc. J.B. Berland Foundation Anne Kner Claire Hackett Jackson Lewis Nathan Koch Joy Haertig Jeremy Jackson Mary K. Koon Haitian Medical Association Abroad Judith Jackson Laura Kotch Rona Hakaj Sean Jacobus Ann Kramer Mireille Hakimeh Emma James Florence Kranitz Shana Hale Pam Jaynes Catherine Krebs Mohamed Hamed Jellybean Reps David Kruth Bruce Hamilton Mav Jes Melora Kuhn Mario Hamilton Nancy F. Jett Michael Kuplic Hanan Pediatrics PC Natalie Johnson Susan Kurz Snyder Amy Handelsman Catherine Handy Peter Hansen Terry J. Hardaway Chad Harding Arjun Haridas Dr. Alexis K. Harman Deepak Jois Laywan Kwan Bruce D. Harman Gregory Jones Diana L. Kyrwood Dr. Paul Harrison Pearl Jones Ladies Auxiliary, Margaret L. Harty Dr. JoAnn Joyner Rev. E.J. Matthews Council #5989 Kristen Haynsworth Denise Jury David Lafleur Health Styles Medical Care PC Dr. Ghazal Kabbach Dr. Mai-Ngan Lai Dennis Hearns Zoya Kachadurian Ki Lam Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre Steven Kadish Carl Landauer Denni Heiges Daniella Kahane Maureen A. Lande Laura W. Hellums Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker Maeve Lanning Carol Henning Jenny Kane Daniel P. Lansdown Alice Henty Kaplan Rosenow Family Foundation Andrew Larracey Ricardo Hernandez Anzola Kevin Karpich Dallin Larsen Linda W. Hersey Laurie Karten, PA Grisselle Latorre-Vasquez Sandra Hess Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Wendy Lau Alison Hill Karen Kauffmann Matthew and Amelia LeBlanc Wendy Hilton Alexander Kaufman Aaron Lee Rachel Hines Michael Kaye Amanda Lee Michael Hipscher Jocelin Keglar Rosemond LeGrand

28 The Brooklyn Hospital Center Linda Lehmann Dr. Vijay K. Mattoo Mitra Nahreini Diana Leidel Karen Mauch Dr. Anil Nair Elissa Lerner Maureen Data Systems Abrar Rahman Namir Tom Leswing Bridget May Camille Napa David Letzler Kelly A. McCabe Janie and Bob Nathanson Joseph D. Levy McCarter & English, LLP National Association of David Lewis Darcy McCarthy Hispanic Nurses Katherine A. Lewis Crystal McCrary Shanna Naughton Chelsea Lewkow Chris McCusker Yosef Nazryan Michelle Li Scott C. McDonald Michael Nelson Jason Liang Kat McElroy Brad Neuman Adam Lichtenstein Maura McGloin Chloe V. Nevitt Nancy and Michael Liebskind Elaine McHugh George Newcombe Cathy Lightfoot Leslie McKinley Shontel Nicholas Jacob Lilie James I. McLaren and Lawton Fitt Dawn Nicholson Lillian’s Professional Services LLC Emma McMahon Marc Niederhoffer Garrick Linn Jason Medley Angela Noble Dr. Sandar Linn Medtronic Nordstrom Lauren Lipps Joan Mercado Nouveau Elevator Scott Lipshutz Elourdes Merisma Alison Novak Karen Liu Justin and Liza Merolla Arthur Nowak Dr. Ying Xian Liu Jawad Metni Paula Nowak Skyler Lloyd Elizabeth Micci David Nso Travis Lloyd Don Michaelis Shannon O’Connor Meriam Lobel Daniel Michel Robert O’Dell Ciara Lockstadt Microsoft Dr. Emmanuel A. Ofori Étienne and Suneeta Locoh-Donou Judith A. Miles Keludys Ogando Janet Long Tedra Millan Joan Ohlson Ann Longmore Alicia Miller Marissa Oliver Lisa Lonuzzi Kathleen D. Miller Robert Ollis Nadege Louis Michael Miller Krista Olson Robin Lowell Randall Miller John J. O’Neill Ansel Lu Patricia Mitchell Egondu Onuoha Karen Lupuloff Robert Mitchell Wendy S. Oppenheimer Lycée Francais de NY Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) George Ortega Alumni Association Katherine Model Frederick Osborn Christopher Lynch Nina Mogilnik Lazbart Oseni Sheilah Mabry Beth Mohr Susan Oyama James MacDougall Robert Mohr Jacek Pabianczyk Diane Mack Christopher Momenee Scott Palde Chad Mackelprang Milton Moncayo Ian Palfrey Roman Magiera Helene A. Monroe-Vislosky Tawnya Pancharovski Barbara Mahany Peter Moor Ambika Panday Deborah A. Maharaj Sly Moore Claire Panetta Elizabeth Mair Lauren M. Morales Linda Paradiso Susan Malfa and Jonathan Rose Dr. Yesenia Morales Dr. Sureka Paramaguru Eli Malinsky Dr. Michael Moretti Subhasish Parida Carrie Manahan Nicholas Morrello Jennifer Park Beth Mandelbaum Leslie Morris James Parks Leolinda O. Mangaoang Donna Mosley Harriet Parnes Melissa R. Manne Rachel Moss Sona Pascalian Eliot Marcus Tracy K. Mothershed Anne Pasternak Bobby Marks Neilda Mott Michael Patnode Sime Marnika Kyle Muench Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Adam J. Marshall Saif Ullah Muhammad Dr. Loretta L. Patton-Greenidge David Martinez Roma Murphy Paul Paulson Michael Martins Benjamin Murray Sergio Pavone Mastercard Amy Musher Tina Payne Sarah Masters Sakibeh Mustafa Rebecca Pear Venra Mathurin Naftali Group Otis and Nancy Pearsall

2020 Report to the Community 29 Stephanie Pellecchia Dr. Roberta Rubien Rachel Simon Steve Tewell Steven Pelletier Bret Rubin Robert Simone Megan Thomas Lara Pender Beth Russo Simons Foundation Dr. Michelle Thomas Teresa Perrault and Philip Ryan Abhay Singh Katie Thompson Jerry Dorn Katherine Sabatino Alvar Sirlin Benjamin J. Thomson Clare Perry Helen Saffran Edward C. Sittler Mary Pat Thornton Lucy Perry James Safonov Dr. Mahalingam Sivakumar Anne Thorsen Elizabeth Pierre Sushmita Sahu Yelena Siwinski Stephanie Thumm Mia Pillinger Dr. Sara Ann Said Andrea Skowronek Katy Ticona France Pizenberg Hakeem Salaam Molly Skubak Sarah Tobin Yevgeniya Plutova Michael Salame Dr. Melanie Slaby Ellen Tolmie May Poon Anita Salustro Chris Sloan Rich Tolsma Margo and Nick Prunty Rebecca Salvatore Charles Small Joel D. Tompkins Caroline Purdy Karunakar Samuel Brandon Smith Diane Toner Leslie Puth Claudetth J. Samuels Ciara Smith Dr. Maisoon Torfah Jessie Quick Joseph M. Samulski Gregory Smith Arthur C. Townend Jason Rabinowitz Maria Santoro Leslie Smith Mauricio A. Tscherny Adam Rahal Shannon Sara Victoria K. Smith Leda K. Tse Jesse Rahman Tamara Sargi Kristina Snyder Christie Tully Anjali Ramani Angela Satorre Kyrstle Solano Aung Tun Ron Rampino Artem Savchenko Susan Song Kathleen Turco Tiffany Rasco Lisa Sbrana Brenda Sosa Twitter, Inc. Hayley Raymond Patricia Scala Kim Soule Two Sigma Julia Reagan Leah Schaatt Joseph Spano Dr. Adrian Tyndall

Theresa L. Regan Catherine Schaeder Sarah and UBS Marcia Reilly Stephen Schaffzin Michael Spieldenner Louise Ulitto Byron Reimus The Schneller Family Carol Spinella Idara M. Umoh Ann Reinhard Pamela Schneller Pamela Springer Douglas G. Valbuena Plaza Stanford Renas Leslie and Andrew Schultz Zenon Staniek Martha P. Van Nuis Peter Restler Kate Schupp Roderick Stanley Joan VanAntwerp Margaret Revell Maraysa Schwartz Pam D. Staples Vassilaros Coffee Benjamin Reynolds Peter D. Scott Frank Stapleton Dr. Pratibha Vemulapalli Amanda Rice Jeanne Sdroulas Joseph Stein Birgitta Victorson Carrie Richards Mandissa Sealey Shari Steinbaum Jeffrey Vigilante William and Susan Rifkin Sean O. Sears Susan R. Steinberg Andrea Villarreal Yolanda Rivera Security Mutual Life Peter Stepek Steve Viuker Jacquelyn Rizzo Insurance Company of Jodi Stern Susan Wacholder Debra Robb New York Joseph A. Stern Imran Walayat Marcia Robbins Joseph Segreti Ashley Stewart Karen L. Waldman Robert A.M. Stern Deirdre Seifried Thomas Stewart Nora A. Wallace Architects, LLP Matthieu Seiller Paul Storozum Rebecca Wallach Julie Robertson Vaish Sekar Strong Foundation of John Walsh Joanne Robinson Brian Selznick and New York Glen G. Waltrip Paul Robinson David Serlin Leeanne Su Cheryl Warbrook Ryan Rodgers Dr. Jamil Shah Michael C. Suen Susan L. Ward Ann Rodriguez Phil Shao Dr. Feiyi Sun Samuel C. Ware Joanna Rodriguez Pragna Shere Shantha L. Susman WarnerMedia Miguel Rodriguez Daniel Sheridan Joseph Svehlak Seth Webster Norma Rosenberg Dr. David Sherr William W. Sweet Wegmans Food Markets Caitlin Rosenthal Showfields Sofia Syed William Weigel Michelle Rosewood Dr. Elizabeth Sieczka CJ Sylvester Yonatan Weiss Elizabeth Rossman Ekaterina Sikorskaya TABB, Inc. Mark Werner Alexander Roth Andrea Silk Katie Tackaberry Charlotte Whaley Deborah Roth Sheree Silvey Hannah Tam-Claiborne Brian Wilkins Daniel Rous Chuan Sima Dr. Mary Grace Tanguilan Andrea Williams Royal Biologics, Inc. NYS Assemblymember Kelvin Taylor Dr. Mollie Williams Evelyn Rubenstein Jo Anne Simon Kendall Tempest G. Michael Wilson

30 The Brooklyn Hospital Center The hospital building in a former life (undated).

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2020 Report to the Community 31 tbhc Nursing students, 1966 HELP US BUILD THE NEXT 175 YEARS! without a doubt, 2020 was a year to remember with both our 175th anniversary and an unprece- dented pandemic. Won’t you join with us as we work now to build a good year to come and many more years after that? A hospital serves its community, and a community supports its hospital. Like no other year in recent memory, tbhc took care of Brooklyn in 2020. And like no other year, we felt cared for by the community as the literally thousands of donations of food, supplies, money and well wishes poured in. We hope some of the new friends who have learned about us will stay and help us continue to grow as we work harder and more strategically toward Keeping Brooklyn Healthy. Together, let’s build for the next 175 years. To support our work with a gift, reach out to Deborah Niederhoffer, VP of The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation, and Chief Development Officer, at tbh.org/ways-give or 718-250-8599, for more information. A hospital serves its community, and a community supports its hospital.

Physicians Pavilion, 2020 HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Anne Elizabeth Fontaine, Chair | Maria Fiorini Ramirez, Vice Chair | Susan E. Skerritt, Vice Chair | J. Barclay Collins, II, Secretary | Gary G. Terrinoni, President & CEO (ex-officio)

Olamide Ajibesin Keith Leonard Kinch Dino J. Veronese Willard N. Archie Adrina Banks-Martin Patrick Leblanc, MD Earl D. Weiner George I. Harris Martha Bakos Dietz Joel Leitner Calvin I. Simons, MD Bernard Drayton Deirdre Quinn Carlos P. Naudon Trustees Emeriti Alireza Esmaeilzadeh David Schwartz Immediate Past Chair Jessie McClintock Kelly Kate Sturgess

HOSPITAL Judy McLaughlin, DNP Sandra Conti Deborah Niederhoffer Senior Vice President & Vice President, Ambulatory Vice President & Chief ADMINISTRATION Chief Nurse Executive and Outpatient Services Development Officer, The Gary G. Terrinoni Brooklyn Hospital Foundation President & Guy Mennonna John J. Ferrara, MBA Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President, Vice President, Operations Egondu Onuoha Human Resources Vice President, Real Estate, Vasantha K. Kondamudi, MD James Gasperino, MD Special Programs Executive Vice President, Lenny H. Singletary, III Associate Chief Medical Officer Chief Medical Officer Senior Vice President, Strategy, & Vice President, Critical Care Donna M. Thomas, RN, MBA External Affairs & Marketing Vice President, Sam J. Amirfar, MD Dean Lindsey Internal Audit & Compliance Senior Vice President, Chief Sharon Wickes Vice President, Revenue Cycle Medical Information Officer & Senior Vice President & John Walsh Chief Information Officer Chief Financial Officer Karen Milano Vice President & Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer Robert Aulicino Armand P. Asarian, MD, FACS Physician Services Senior Vice President & Vice President, Designated Paul Y. Wong Chief Operating Officer Institutional Official & Donald P. Minarcik, Vice President, Chief Academic Officer FHFMA, CPA Facilities Management Stacy A. Friedman Vice President, Senior Vice President & Albert Cerrone Revenue Enhancement General Counsel Vice President, Budget & Performance Analytics

CLINICAL CHAIRS Sylvie de Souza, MD James Gasperino, MD Moshe Fuksbrumer, MD Emergency Medicine Medicine Radiology Caroline Columbres, MD Anesthesiology Sherly Abraham, MD Erroll Byer, Jr., MD Pratibha Vemulapalli, MD Family Medicine Obstetrics/Gynecology Surgery Harry Dym, DDS Dental and Oral & Philip Xiao, MD Noah Kondamudi, MD Dhanan Etwaru, MD Maxillofacial Surgery Lab/Pathology Pediatrics Urology

THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION TRUSTEES Dino J. Veronese, Chair | Harry Dym, DDS, Co-Chair | Armand Asarian, MD, Vice Chair | Gary G. Terrinoni, President | Deborah Niederhoffer, Vice President | Xamayla Rose, Treasurer | Bernard Drayton, Secretary | J. Barclay Collins, II, Chair Emeritus

Antonina Agrusa Leo Ehrline Patrick Leblanc, MD Daniel Ricciardi, MD Adrina Banks-Martin Anne Elizabeth Fontaine Stephen P. Palmese Joshua Rosenberg, MD Anders J. Cohen, DO Noah Kondamudi, MD Madhavi Reddy, MD

COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD Kim Best, PhD, Chair | Loretta Patton-Greenidge, MD, Vice Chair | Deborah Benson, Secretary | Gary G. Terrinoni, TBHC CEO and President | Lenny H. Singletary, III, TBHC Senior Vice President | Sakibeh Mustafa, TBHC Community Liaison Michael Banach Fulvia Forbes Rev. Earl Jones JoAnn Joyner, PhD Eva Berrios-Colon, PharmD Deborah Garcia Pearl Jones Ray Knights Amanda de Geneste-Archer Stephanie Gumbs-Bennett Habib Joudeh Mavis Veronica Yon

Designed & Produced by: Yoni Weiss | Editorial/Project Management: Kim C. Flodin, Senior Director, Marketing & Communications, The Brooklyn Hospital Center | Writer: Paul Cozby | Principal photography: Rick Schwab the brooklyn hospital center

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