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Rock Legends Hall & Oates Perform at April 7 Dinner
New York, NY (April 11, 2011) – NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital hosted its annual black-tie gala, with a
performance by the legendary “pop & soul” duo Hall & Oates,
raising more than $2.3 million to benefit the Hospital’s
gastrointestinal program.
Dinner Co-Chairs were Mitchell L. Jacobson and
David H. Koch.
Others in attendance included NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
President and CEO Dr. Herbert Pardes; Faculty
Co-Chairs
Drs. John Chabot, Ira Jacobson, Fabrizio Michelassi,
Jeffrey Milsom and Timothy Wang; and Dinner
Committee Members Drs. Marc Besser, Peter Green,
Jonathan LaPook, Charles Lightdale, David
Markowitz, Mark Pochapin, Alfons Pomp,
Lewis Schneider, Ellen Scherl and Peter
Stevens.
About NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, based in New York City, is
the nation’s largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospital,
with 2,353 beds. The Hospital has nearly 2 million inpatient
and outpatient visits in a year, including more than 220,000
visits to its emergency departments — more than any other
area hospital. NewYork-Presbyterian provides
state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and preventive care
in all areas of medicine at five major centers: NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan
Stanley Children’s Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen
Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester
Division. One of the most comprehensive health care
institutions in the world, the Hospital is committed to
excellence in patient care, research, education and
community service. NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital
in the New York metropolitan area and is consistently ranked
among the best academic medical institutions in the nation,
according to U.S.News & World Report. The Hospital has
academic affiliations with two of the nation’s leading
medical colleges: Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons. For more
information, visit www.nyp.org
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