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Board Chair & Chief Executive Officer 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?’” 3 4 5 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 2020 Report to the Community 3 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.
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