NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN KOMANSKY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
RAISES
$1.8 MILLION AT ANNUAL PLATES FOR PEDIATRICS EVENT
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Event Collaborator Saks Fifth Avenue Helped Raise Funds
for Pediatric Services
NEW YORK (February
10, 2018) – NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s
Hospital raised $1.8 million at the eighth annual Plates
for Pediatrics benefit. A collaboration with luxury
retailer, Saks Fifth Avenue, the benefit drew over 500
attendees to the Mandarin Oriental New York on February
1.
The benefit was co-hosted
by Dr. Laura L.
Forese, executive vice president and chief operating
officer of NewYork-Presbyterian and Dr. Gerald
M. Loughlin, pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky
Children's Hospital, along with the Pediatric
Support Committee and the Children’s Advisory Council.
The event raised funds for several
hospital-based pediatric programs including: Child
Life Services, a program that alleviates children’s
fears surrounding the hospital experience by offering
activities geared to the social, emotional and
educational needs of young patients and their families;
The Pediatric Simulation Center, an invaluable
teaching resource in medical education that reduces
medical errors, creates a culture of patient safety and
improves patient care and the care of newborns; Clinical
Genetics Services, providing evaluation, diagnosis,
treatment and counseling for patients and families who
have or are at risk for genetic conditions; and Residency
Education, a three-year pediatric residency program
designed to provide a supportive and educationally rich
environment through which residents can develop into
outstanding general pediatricians and pediatric
subspecialists.
Guests included: Travis
Acquavella, Allison
Aston, Claire Capello, Arielle Charnas, Natasha de
Mallmann, Candice Miller, Jennifer Oken, Marcie Pantzer and Erica
Samuels. Stephanie
Landess served as the evening’s auctioneer.
About NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian
Komansky Children’s Hospital, together with Weill
Cornell Medicine, provides the best available care in
every area of pediatrics in a family-friendly and
technologically advanced setting. 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. For more information, visit http://www.nyp.org/komansky.