EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION: Meeting Unique Patient Needs illiam Polk Carey, founder and expansion that adds 15 new, private treatment chairman of a specialized investment rooms (or bays). Six of them can be used for Wbanking firm that bears his name, patients with airborne infections and requiring truly cares about those less fortunate and in need. isolation. One will be ideal for immunosuppressed He most likely learned that lesson young and from patients. In fact, the entire new unit, while his family. He’s the great, great, great-grandson connected to the Emergency Department, can also of a Quaker abolitionist who, in fact, bought be a freestanding, self-contained one similar to a property for the first African-American church “stand-alone mini ED.” If necessary the new unit congregation in Carey’s native Baltimore. could be quarantined in the case of a bioterrorist attack or medical outbreak, for example. Not surprisingly, much of his philanthropy is focused on his hometown with a special emphasis Named the “W. P. Carey Emergency Unit,” on education. He helped establish the business patients began benefiting from the unit in January school at Johns Hopkins University (where his 2009. It features spacious bays to accommodate relative, Galloway Cheston, served as the school’s family members, patient-friendly lighting and is first board chairman), and he has supported geriatric-friendly. In addition, the centrally located the city’s Gilman School (founded by Carey’s nursing station provides 360-degree visibility for grandmother, Anne Galbraith Carey, in 1897), better patient monitoring. the Calvert School, the Bryn Mawr School and William P.Carey the Baltimore School for the Arts. Carey is active in many educational and That explains Carey’s recent gift to NewYork- philanthropic organizations, including serving “I’m proud of being from Baltimore,” Carey has Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s as chairman of the W. P. Carey Foundation. said. “It’s a great city full of wonderful people, Lisa Perry Emergency Center. Our Emergency But he is particularly delighted that his employees and I want to continue seeing it get better and Departments, which are the gateway to the at New York-based W. P. Carey & Co. might see stronger every day.” But Carey, a resident of New Hospital for many patients, experience over the firm name in the Emergency Department. “I York City since 1959, has enough compassion to 230,000 visits annually, and approximately know it’s something my employees will take great go around, and he cares deeply about the concerns 25% of those visitors have no other access to pride in as I do,” Carey explains, “and perhaps it and needs of New Yorkers as well. healthcare. Carey’s $5 million gift supports an will inspire some additional giving too.” Ambulance arriving at NewYork-Presbyterian 1 COUNCIL BRIEFS... Advisory Councils play a vital role in the growth and progress of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Serving as advocacy groups, the Councils provide an important forum for educating friends, donors and members of the communities we serve about issues of relevance to the Hospital and healthcare. The distinguished members of our Councils contribute a variety of professional and personal skills and experience. We strongly value their commitment to encouraging excellence in medical education, research and patient care. Below is a recap of our Advisory Councils’ activities over the past few months. Health Sciences Advisory Council Honors Greenberg Pavilion Tour Bob and Suzanne Wright Highlight of Fall Education Dinner Photo by Eve Vagg (Left to right) Dr. Lee Goldman, Executive Vice President of Columbia University Medical Center and Dean of Columbia University College of Physicians and (Left to right) Council Member Sue Ann Weinberg, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Dean of Surgeons, Dr. Herbert Pardes, President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical College, and Council Chairman Jeffrey W. Greenberg Hospital, Verna George, Honoree Suzanne Wright and Trustee David George Trustee Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne were honored with the What It Means to Be the Best: Advances in Surgical Practices and Council Award for Distinguished Service at the Columbia Presbyterian Patient Care was the topic of discussion on November 19 at the New Health Sciences Advisory Council meeting on November 13. The York Weill Cornell Council’s annual Fall Education Dinner. Trustee award recognizes people whose influence and reputation help Jeffrey W. Greenberg, Council Chair, was Master of Ceremonies for increase public awareness for healthcare. Suzanne, who accepted the evening. Among the 70 attendees were Dr. Herbert Pardes, the award at the meeting, and her husband founded “Autism President & CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Antonio Speaks,” an international advocacy and awareness organization. M. Gotto, Jr., Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, Council The meeting, titled Heart and Lungs: Maintaining Balance for Vice Chairs Nathalie Kaplan and Nancy Paduano, Collette Kean, Longevity,waschairedbyTrusteeDavidGeorgeandhiswifeVerna. Executive Committee member, and members Ethel Allen, Miriam and Over 150 attendees gathered at the Wintergarden in the Morgan Bud Stern and Sue Ann Weinberg. They took a hard hat tour of the Stanley Children’s Hospital to listen to NewYork-Presbyterian/ Greenberg Pavilion’s new 14th floor (see page 4 for more details) and Columbia featured speakers Drs. Byron Thomashow, Medical later attended a dinner program in the Whitney Pavilion. Dr. Fabrizio Director of the Jo-Ann LeBuhn Center for Chest Disease and Michelassi, Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Respiratory Failure, Joshua Sonett, Chief of General Thoracic moderated the program and introduced two keynote speakers, Surgery and Surgical Director of the Lung Transplant Program, Dr. Jeffrey W. Milsom, Section Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Roxanna Mehran, Director of Outcomes Research, Data NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, and Dr. Francesco Rubino, Coordination and Analysis of the Center for Interventional Chief of Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Vascular Therapy, and Mathew Williams, Surgical Director of Weill Cornell. They spoke about the pioneering surgical techniques Cardiovascular Transcatheter Therapies. and leading-edge research being done at the Hospital. Planned Giving Advisory Council Holds Annual Breakfast The Planned Giving Advisory Council held its annual breakfast at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell on November 21. Twenty-four guests were at the event, which was hosted by Dr. Herbert Pardes, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital President & CEO, and Charles Dowling, Esq., of Sullivan & Cromwell. Dr. Pardes gave a presentation on the state of the Hospital since the merger as well as strategies for dealing with challenges the Hospital may face in the future. 2 NEWS BRIEFS... “BAM”! Diabetes Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary Pictured here are (left to right) Chef Emeril Lagasse with Dr. Robin Goland and Dr. Rudolph Leibel, Co-Directors of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Chef Emeril Lagasse and other celebrity chefs prepared diabetes-friendly hors d’oeuvres on October 28 at the Metropolitan Club for the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center’s 10th Anniversary Dinner. Among the 325 guests were Angelica Berrie and Myron Rosner, Trustees of the Berrie Foundation, Dr. Robin Goland and Dr. Rudolph Leibel, Co-Directors of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, John Codey, Sandy Frankel and David Panzirer, Trustees of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Michael Roth, CEO of Interpublic and member of the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center Steering Committee, Jay Goldsmith, member of the Heart Center Steering Committee, Missy Chase Lapine, author of The Sneaky Chef and member of the Dinner attendees included Angelica Berrie (left) and Dr. Herbert Pardes, MSCHONY Council, and Nancy Rabstejnek Nichols, member of the Naomi NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital President & CEO (right). Not pictured are Berrie Diabetes Center Advisory Committee. The event raised close to Dinner Co-Chairs John and Jodie Eastman, Jay and Katama Eastman and $200,000 for the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, the only comprehensive, JoAnn M. and Joseph M. Murphy multidisciplinary diabetes center in New York City that integrates clinical care, research and education in the field of diabetes and its associated disorders. Staying Young at Heart Rachel and Ara Hovnanian hosted a cocktail party at their home on December 2 in honor of Dr. Herbert Pardes to highlight the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. Rachel is a member of the Heart Center Steering Committee, and the Hovnanian family made agifttobuildtheKevorkandSirwart Hovnanian and Family Clinical Cardiology Center on the Heart Center’s Fourth Floor. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, spoke to over 100 guests about maintaining heart health and offered his unique perspective as a heart surgeon on how transformative the Hospital’s new Heart Center will be when it opens early in 2010. Some of the guests included Caroline Dean, Gwen and Peter Norton, Eva and Lorenzo Lorenzotti and Peter and Allison Rockefeller. (See page 4 for more details about the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center.) Pictured here are (left to right) Ara, Kevork, Sirwart and Rachel Hovnanian 3 HOSPITAL PRIORITIES: Mission Driven Priorities help ensure a hospital is best