NEW YORK (October 18, 2012) –
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s annual
Cabaret benefit dinner raised $2.5 million to support
the ongoing work of the Medical Center in patient care,
research, and medical education. The event on October 10,
2012 drew 850 attendees to the Park Avenue Armory.
Guests joined Dr. Steven J. Corwin, CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital; Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, Dean of Weill
Cornell Medical College; and Dr. Robert Kelly,
President of NewYork-Presbyterian as the Medical Center
hosted the benefit and paid tribute to Maurice R.
Greenberg, the chairman emeritus of the NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital Board of Trustees and member of the Weill Cornell
Medical College Board of Overseers.
In addition to dinner and cocktails, guests enjoyed a
special performance by renowned dance company AILEY II.
Additional guests included Helen & Bob Appel,
Alison & Jay Aston, Renée & Bob Belfer,
Arianna & D. Dixon Boardman, Serena Boardman & John
Theodoracopulos, Iris Cantor, Lee & Jeffrey
Feil, Anne Ford, Charlotte Ford, Anita
& Dr. Anthony Gotto Jr., Kim & Jeff Greenberg,
Mary & Peter Kalikow, David H. Koch, Dr.
Patricia Allen & Douglas McIntyre, Abby & Howard
Milstein, Dr. Herbert Pardes, Dr. Pamela
Lipkin & Bruce Ratner, Margaret & Ian Smith,
Katherine Farley & Jerry Speyer, Ann & Andrew Tisch
and Joan & Sanford I. Weill.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center,
located in New York City, is one of the leading academic
medical centers in the world, comprising the teaching
hospital NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medical
College, the medical school of Cornell University. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and
preventive care in all areas of medicine, and is committed
to excellence in patient care, education, research and
community service. Weill Cornell physician-scientists have
been responsible for many medical advances — from the
development of the Pap test for cervical cancer to the
synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo-biopsy
pregnancy and birth in the U.S., the first clinical trial
for gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease, the first
indication of bone marrow’s critical role in tumor growth,
and, most recently, the world’s first successful use of deep
brain stimulation to treat a minimally-conscious
brain-injured patient. NewYork-Presbyterian, which is ranked
sixth on the U.S.News & World Report list of top hospitals,
also comprises NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children’s
Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Westchester Division and NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/The Allen Pavilion. Weill Cornell Medical College
is the first U.S. medical college to offer a medical degree
oversees and maintains a strong global presence in Austria,
Brazil, Haiti, Tanzania, Turkey and Qatar. For more
information, visit
www.nyp.org
and
www.med.cornell.edu.