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The Dubin
Breast Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Mount
Sinai held its fourth annual benefit, sponsored by Harry
Winston, Inc., on Wednesday, December 3rd at
the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Columbus Circle.
Entering its second year of partnership, the international
fine jeweler and watchmaker, made a generous donation to
support the Dubin Breast Center, as part of its Harry
Winston Brilliant Futures™ Charitable Program. Among the
evening’s honorees were Nina
and Gary Wexler, and Mount Sinai’s Ira
Bleiweiss, MD, and Christina
Weltz, MD. Also in attendance were Eva
Andersson-Dubin, MD and Glenn Dubin, Patty Smyth, Sonia and
Paul Tudor Jones II, Gabrielle Bacon, Natasha Bedingfield,
Alice and Lorne Michaels, Perri Peltz and Eric Ruttenberg,
Iris and Michael Smith, and Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan.
The guests were greeted by Kenneth
L. Davis, MD, Chief
Executive Officer and President of the Mount Sinai Health
System who also presented the awards to Drs. Bleiweiss and
Weltz. There were also several musical performances by a
full slate of talent, includingKara
DioGuardi, Caroline Jones, Jonas Myrin, Moxie Raia and Patty
Smyth. Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD, co-founder of the
Center and Elisa
Port, MD, FACS, the Center’s Co-Director, introduced the
award winners.
There were 500 guests in attendance and the event raised
just over $2.1 million.
The Dubin Breast Center offers the latest, most innovative
approaches available for breast health and the treatment of
cancer under one roof. The 15,000-square-foot facility is
located on the campus of the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai in New York City, and houses a range of services
from prevention to survivorship. The Dubin Breast Center
represents Mount Sinai’s bold new vision for
patient-centered breast cancer treatment and research—one
that focuses on the emotional as well as the physical health
and wellness of people who have, or may be at risk for,
cancer. Patients receive personalized, comprehensive, and
integrative care in a welcoming, private, and reassuring
setting. The Dubin Breast Center’s extraordinary physicians
and scientists actively collaborate, enabling our clinical
teams to apply leading-edge knowledge and the newest, most
sophisticated techniques and technologies.
The Harry Winston Brilliant Futures™ Charitable Program
reflects the company’s longstanding commitment to supporting
local causes and giving hope to those in need. Within this
program, Harry Winston is proud to support organizations in
its local salon communities that strive to give young people
access to a quality education and the skills necessary to be
successful in life, provide access to cultural and artistic
enrichment, and enable healthy futures. |