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$7 MILLION RAISED AT NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S
2016 VIOLET BALL
More than 450 Guests Honor Paolo Fresco
New York, May 17, 2016 —NYU
Langone Medical Center raised
$7 million at its annual Violet Ball, held at The
Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th Avenue
in New York City last night. Paolo Fresco, former chairman
of Fiat and former executive vice chairman at General
Electric, was honored at the event for his visionary
leadership in establishing NYU Langone’s Marlene
and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s and Movement
Disorders in
the fall of 2015.
Proceeds raised at the gala will be used to attract and
retain brilliant young minds through scholarships, advance
the medical center’s bold vision, and strengthen the medical
center’s role as a resource for the diverse communities of
New York and beyond.
Addressing an audience of over 450 guests, Robert
I. Grossman, MD, the
Saul J. Farber Dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center
said, “Paolo Fresco is a man who has gone above and beyond
to ensure that our past will be prologue to the
extraordinary.”
Mr. Fresco is committed to promoting excellence in patient
care, education, and scientific discovery for Parkinson’s
and movement disorders here in the United States—at the
Fresco Institute headquarters in New York City--and in his
native Italy. Through a first-of-its kind collaboration with
the Neuroscience Institute at NYU Langone and the clinical
and scientific community in Italy, the Fresco Institute is
promoting international scientific collaboration to improve
treatments and find cures.
The Fresco Institute has made significant progress towards
its goal of becoming the world’s top Parkinson’s and
movement disorders institution, including:
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The recruitment of prominent young basic scientist
Nicolas Tritsch, PhD, to the Neuroscience Institute at
NYU Langone. Dr. Tritsch is working to identify novel
Parkinson’s treatments through the study of the
functional organization of neural circuits that
orchestrate voluntary motor actions.
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The launch in the summer of 2016 of the Fresco
Institute’s Network of Excellence that will award
collaborative grants to up to four Parkinson’s and
movement disorders centers throughout Italy, with a goal
of fostering international clinical and scientific
collaboration.
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The launch in the summer of 2016 of a unique fellowship
program for up to four young Italian clinicians and
researchers to train with the teams at the Fresco
Institute and the Neuroscience Institute at NYU Langone.
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A recently-finalized collaboration with The Michael J.
Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to launch its
highly regarded Fox Trial Finder (FTF) program the
Fresco Institute’s Fresco Network of Excellence in
Italy.
“I am incredibly honored to be here tonight,” said Mr.
Fresco, who has
been a trustee of NYU Langone since 2013. “But more
importantly, I am excited for the great advances the Fresco
Institute will make as a result of our growing international
program. My hope is that this initiative will continue on
indefinitely, helping those who suffer from movement
disorders.”
Underwriting support for this year’s Violet Ball was
provided by Nancy and Arthur Calcagnini, Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn
and Gary Cohn, Lori and Laurence D. Fink, and Elaine and Ken
Langone, chair of NYU Langone’s Board of Trustees, and the
Tisch family. Mr. Langone also served as Gala Chair, and Dr.
Grossman was the Gala Physician Committee Chair.
Guests included Nancy and Larry Bossidy, Marjorie and Walter
Buckley, Barbara and David Calhoun, Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD,
Isabel and Francesco Genuardi, Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and
Robert Gottesman, Sheree and Marc Holliday, Julia Koch, Ofer
Nemirovsky, Laurie Perlmutter, Klara and Larry Silverstein,
Leonard Tow, Gwen Towns and Representative Ed Towns, Patty
Newburger and Bradley Wechsler, Suzy and Jack Welch, and
Beatrice and Anthony Welters.
About NYU Langone Medical Center:
NYU Langone Medical Center,
a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical
center, is one of the nation’s premier centers for
excellence in clinical care, biomedical research, and
medical education. Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU
Langone is composed of four hospitals—Tisch
Hospital,
its flagship acute care facility; Rusk
Rehabilitation;
the Hospital
for Joint Diseases,
the Medical Center’s dedicated inpatient orthopaedic
hospital; and Hassenfeld
Children’s Hospital,
a comprehensive pediatric hospital supporting a full array
of children’s health services across the Medical Center.
Also part of NYU Langone is NYU
School of Medicine,
which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and
scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical
history, and the Laura
and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center,
a National Cancer Institute–designated cancer center. The
Medical Center’s tri-fold mission to serve, teach, and
discover is achieved 365 days a year through the seamless
integration of a culture devoted to excellence in patient
care, education, and research. For more information, go to www.NYULangone.org,
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