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NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S
2016 MUSCULOSKELETAL BALL
RAISES $1.6 MILLION TO ADVANCE MEDICINE, EDUCATION & RESEARCH
IN ORTHOPAEDICS, RHEUMATOLOGY & REHABILITATION
More than 400 Guests Attend Event to Honor Judith & Stewart
Colton
& Philip Moskowitz, MD
New York, NY November 16,
2016—NYU
Langone Medical Center raised $1.6 million
for its annual Musculoskeletal Ball on November 15, where NYU
Langone leaders also announced a new anonymous gift to the
institution. The $7 million gift will be dedicated to NYU
Lutheran initiatives in Brooklyn, including orthopaedics and
medical education, and was made in tribute to Philip
Moskowitz, MD—one
of the evening’s honorees.
Held at the
American Museum of Natural History,
the Musculoskeletal Ball itself raised important funding that
will be used to advance
clinical care, education, and research at NYU Langone’s Hospital
for Joint Diseases (HJD), Center
for Musculoskeletal Care (CMC),
and Rusk
Rehabilitation.
In
addition to Dr. Moskowitz—the Mamdouha S. Bobst Associate
Professor of Internal Medicine, recognized for serving
the Medical Center for five decades in various capacities—Judith
and Stewart Colton were honored at the event for
their longtime and generous support of the Medical Center. This
year, the chair of the event was Gary D. Cohn, president and COO
of Goldman Sachs, NYU
Langone trustee, and chair of the Musculoskeletal Advisory
Board.
Steadfast partners of NYU Langone for over three decades, Judith
and Stewart Colton have been passionate about supporting
emerging research fields and young promising investigators at
NYU Langone. In 2014 the Coltons provided a $10 million gift to
create the Judith
and Stewart Colton Center for Autoimmunity at NYU Langone, a
multidisciplinary hub for developing new diagnostics and
treatments for autoimmune diseases. This
gift is especially meaningful for the Coltons, as one of their
sons lives with autoimmune diseases. “We’re pleased to be doing
this, and we would love for it to nudge the field, hopefully
sooner rather than later,” Mr. Colton said. According
to the National
Institutes of Health, it is estimated that there are at least 80
human diseases caused by an autoimmune response, and up to 50
million Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases.
The Coltons’ interest in fostering early-career researchers led
to the creation of the Colton
Family Scholars Program, which
provides financial support to promising early career
physician-scientists engaged in novel investigations at NYU
School of Medicine. Additionally, the Coltons established the
Dr. Lester Breidenbach Student Loan Fund for medical students in
need of financial assistance. The Breidenbach Fund was named in
honor of Mrs. Colton’s uncle who served as attending surgeon at
NYU Langone and later as director emeritus of emergency
services.
Addressing more than 400 guests,
Robert I. Grossman, MD, the Saul J. Farber Dean and CEO at NYU
Langone said, “Judy and Stewart Colton, your generosity will
lead to discoveries that will make a difference in
auto-immunity.”
Dean Grossman added, “Tonight we celebrate not only an
outstanding physician, but also a compassionate and kind human
being. Phil Moskowitz, the Frauenthal honoree, is a highly
respected member of our faculty who has made a difference… for
50 years, and counting!”
A beloved primary care physician, Dr. Moskowitz has cared for
multiple generations of families. Additionally, as a member of
the executive committee for medical school admissions, he is
actively involved in the recruitment of the next generation of
physicians to NYU
School of Medicine.
Dr. Moskowitz has also served as faculty director of development
at NYU Langone for over a decade. He was instrumental in
securing major funding for the Medical Center’s new emergency
department, the Ronald
O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine,
and worked closely with his personal friends Judith and Stewart
Colton when
they shared their vision for a center dedicated to
interdisciplinary autoimmunity research.
Those who attended the Ball included: Marjorie
and William Berkley; Casey Box; Elisabeth
Cohen, MD; Lisa Pevaroff Cohn; Lori Fink; Julia
Koch; Elaine
and Kenneth G. Langone; Susan and Martin Lipton; Ninah and
Michael Lynne; Sophie Nicholson and Tarek Sherif; Klara and
Larry Silverstein; Eileen and Marc Steglitz; Ann Tenenbaum and
Thomas H. Lee; Beryl Snyder and Steven Trost; and Herbert
Wachtell, ESQ.
In
addition to Dean Grossman, physician co-chairs for the evening
included: Steven
Abramson, MD, senior
vice president and vice dean for education, faculty and academic
affairs, the Frederick H. King Professor of Internal Medicine,
chair of the Department of Medicine, and professor of the
Department of Pathology; Jill
P. Buyon, MD, the
Lady Va and Sir Deryck Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, and
director of the Division of Rheumatology; Steven
R. Flanagan, MD, the
Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and chair of
the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Richard
Iorio, MD, the
Dr. William and Susan Jaffe Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,
and chief of the Division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery; Andrew
D. Rosenberg, MD, the
Dorothy Reaves Spatz, MD Chair of the Department of
Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, and
professor of the Departments of Anesthesiology, Perioperative
Care, and Pain Medicine, and Orthopaedic Surgery; and Joseph
D. Zuckerman, MD, Walter
A.L. Thompson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and chair of the
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
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
five hospitals—Tisch
Hospital,
its flagship acute care facility; Rusk
Rehabilitation;
the Hospital
for Joint Diseases,
the Medical Center’s dedicated inpatient orthopaedic hospital; NYU
Lutheran Medical Center,
a full-service, 450-bed teaching hospital located in Brooklyn,
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 trifold 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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