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DREW BARRYMORE SERVES
AS HONORARY CHAIR AT
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL KOMANSKY CENTER FOR
CHILDREN’S HEALTH PLATES
FOR PEDIATRICS BENEFIT
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The
Event, In Partnership with Carolina Herrera, Raised Record
$1.2 Million for Pediatric Services
NEW
YORK – The
Komansky Center for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell’s sixth annual Plates
for Pediatrics benefit
raised over $1.2 million, a record amount, to support the
Hospital’s pediatric programs. Drew
Barrymore attended
as the sold-out event’s Honorary Chair. In partnership with
Carolina Herrera, the benefit drew 450 attendees to the
Mandarin Oriental New York on January 21.
The benefit, hosted
by Dr. Gerald
Loughlin, Pediatrician-in-Chief, at the Komansky
Center for Children’s Health at
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, along with the Pediatric
Support Committee and the Children’s Advisory Council,
raised funds for several children’s 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 of 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 Dr.
Steven J. Corwin, president
and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian; Dr.
Laura Forese, executive vice president and chief
operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian; and Dr.
Herbert Pardes, executive
vice chair, Board of Trustees, NewYork-Presbyterian; Carolina
Herrera, Patricia
Lansing, Jill
Kargman, Will
Kopelman, Allison
Aston, Ammara
Yaqub, and Stephanie
and Chase Coleman. Stephanie
Landess served
as the evening’s auctioneer.
About The
Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health at
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
The
Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health at
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center,
which is affiliated 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://nyp.org/komansky/.
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