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HENRIK
LUNDVQUIST IS SPECIAL SPEAKER AT
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/MORGAN
STANLEY CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL’S BIRTHDAY
BASH
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Event
Celebrates a Year of Extra Birthdays Made Possible by the
World-Class Pediatric Care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan
Stanley Children’s Hospital
NEW YORK
(November 17, 2014) – NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital marked more than a century of world-class pediatric
care and the 11th birthday
of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s
Hospital at a Birthday
Bash benefit
dinner on Wednesday, November 12 at The JW
Marriott Essex House in
Manhattan. Among the attendees was Henrik
Lundqvist, goaltender of the New York Rangers and
co-founder of the Henrik Lundqvist Foundation, whose
presence and comments added an extra layer of excitement to
the evening. The event was attended by more than 240 guests
and raised over $500,000 to support the hospital’s pediatric
care programs.
The evening celebrated
a year of extra birthdays made possible by the world-class
pediatric care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley
Children’s Hospital. Hosted by Dr.
Steven J. Corwin, CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,
the event honored Alex
and Steven Cohen and
their organization, the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation,
for their continued commitment to the hospital.
A leader in research and patient care since
it was established as the Babies Hospital in 1887, NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan
Stanley Children’s Hospital opened in 2003 as an innovative
facility with critical and neonatal intensive care
facilities, providing the highest quality care for pediatric
patients from around the region. NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital is ranked in nine pediatric specialties in the
2014-15 U.S.
News & World Report “Best
Children's Hospitals” survey — more than any other
children’s hospital in the New York metropolitan area.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan
Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley
Children’s Hospital, located in New York City, offers the
best available care in every area of pediatrics — including
the most complex neonatal and critical care, and all areas
of pediatric subspecialties — in a family-friendly and
technologically advanced setting. Building a reputation for
more than a century as one of the nation’s premier
children’s hospitals, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is
affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics at Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is
Manhattan’s only hospital dedicated solely to the care of
children and one of the largest providers of children’s
health services in the tri-state area with a long-standing
commitment to its community. It is also a major
international referral center, meeting the special needs of
children from infancy through adolescence worldwide. NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital also comprises NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Westchester Division, NewYork-Presbyterian/The
Allen Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan
Hospital. The hospital is also closely affiliated with
NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville.
NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital in the New York
metropolitan area, according to U.S.
News & World Report, and consistently named to the
magazine’s Honor Roll of best hospitals in the nation. For
more information, visit
www.nyp.org
About the
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation is
committed to achieving lasting and meaningful change in our
community through four main areas of focus: education,
children’s health, veterans, and the arts. The Foundation
places an emphasis on improving the lives of children
through education reform and healthcare initiatives,
providing help to our returning heroes with mental health
and employment programs for veterans, and supporting the
arts that inspire us all. For more information, visit
www.steveandalex.org |