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NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN KOMANSKY
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
RAISES MORE THAN $2 MILLION
AT
11th PLATES FOR PEDIATRICS EVENT
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In Partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue, Event
Helped Raise Funds
for Pediatric Services
NEW YORK – NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s
Hospital raised $2.3 million at the 11th Plates for
Pediatrics benefit. A collaboration with luxury retailer
Saks Fifth Avenue, the benefit drew more than 550 attendees
to Cipriani South Street at Casa Cipriani on Tuesday,
February 28. The event returned after a two-year pause due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The benefit was hosted by Dr. Sallie Permar,
pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's
Hospital, and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill
Cornell Medicine, along with celebrity chair Anderson
Cooper of CNN; co-chairs Michelle Antonini, Beth
Cayre, Austen Cruz, Kate Davis, Amy Dieterich, Lindsay
Kraus, Candice Miller, Marcie Pantzer, Mariel Kriss Sholem,
and Ammara Yaqub; and honorary chair Matt Brown.
The event raised funds for several hospital-based pediatric
programs, including Child Life Services, a program
that helps alleviate 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; Clinical Care for Children
with Complex Medical Needs, providing high-level medical
care and supporting social and mental health services for
chronically ill pediatric patients; 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, Michelle and John
Antonini, Muffie Potter Aston, Lily and Doug Band,
CeCe Barfield, Cristina Blankfein, Francesca Bodini, Matt
Brown, Charlotte and Will Carey, member of
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Board of Trustees, Sana and Todd
Clegg, Courtney and David Corleto, Austen and Ernesto
Cruz, Merrill and Ashton Curtis, Kate and Andrew
Davis, member of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Board
of Trustees, Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer, chair
of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Board of Trustees, Jenny
Fleiss, Jocelyn Gailliot, Brooke Gerschel, Marcella and Gregg
Hymowitz, Breanna and John Khoury, Molly Knauer, Beth
Kojima, Erika Liles, Trevor Magyar, Natasha de Mallmann,
Hilary Matt, Candice and Brandon Miller, Marcie and Jordan
Pantzer, Nicole Hanley Pickett, Priya Shukla, Ashley Stark, Alexandra and Michael
Toccin, Gina Wettlaufer Tomenson, Lesley Vecsler, Amanda
Waldron, Naomi Waletzky and Rowan Hajaj, Nancy and George
Walker, Cristina Alger Wang and Jonathan Wang, Lilly
Weekes, and Brent Neale Winston. Lydia Fenet 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 one of the nation’s most comprehensive, integrated
academic healthcare systems, encompassing 10 hospitals
across the Greater New York area, nearly 200 primary and
specialty care clinics and medical groups, and an array of
telemedicine services. For more information, visit http://www.nyp.org/komansky.
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