| (PHILADELPHIA) – Members of the media are
invited to the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) for the first
annual Delaware Valley
Health Council Gift of Life Award presentation. The award was
established last year to recognize a hospital for excellence in
family care and outstanding rates of organ donation.
| WHEN: |
January 19th, 2007
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
| 2:00 pm |
Welcome
Pam Clarke
Vice President for Managed Care, DVHC |
| 2:05 |
Introduction of Event and Overview
John
J. Lynch, III
President and CEO, Main
Line Health |
| 2:10 |
A National Perspective on Organ Donation
Dennis Wagner
Organ
Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, United
States Department of Health and Human Services |
| 2:20 |
Presentation of Award
Jack Lynch |
| 2:30 |
Acceptance of Award
Garry Scheib
COO, UPHS
Executive Director, HUP
Remarks
Abraham
Shaked, MD, PhD
Chief, PENN
Transplant Center
Director, PENN Transplant Institute |
| 2:40 |
The Gift of Life - a donor family's perspective from
Cynthia London
Remarks & Introductions made by
Howard Nathan
President and CEO, Gift
of Life Donor Program |
| 2:50 |
The Gift of Life - a recipient's gratitude from Kathi
Clapham
Remarks & Introductions made by
Vivek
Ahya, MD
Medical Director, PENN
Lung Transplant Program |
| 3:00 |
Closing Remarks
DVHC |
|
| WHERE: |
Flyers/Sixers Surgical Theatre
Ground
Floor, White Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania [map]
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
This award was established to recognize hospitals for excellence
in family care and outstanding rates of organ donation. Several
departments at HUP helped in achieving this award and will be present
to celebrate. These departments include Emergency,
Trauma,
Anesthesia and Critical
Care, Nursing,
Pastoral Care and
Social Work, Neurosurgery,
Neurology, Medicine,
Surgery, Transplant
and Administration. Representatives from each department will be
available for brief media interviews at the ceremony.
Editor's Note: Registration is required to attend.
Contact Rick Cushman (215) 349-5659 or rick.cushman@uphs.upenn.edu.
###
PENN Medicine is a $2.9 billion enterprise
dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical
research, and high-quality patient care. PENN Medicine consists
of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in
1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of
Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is ranked #2 in the nation for receipt
of NIH research funds; and ranked #3 in the nation in U.S. News
& World Report's most recent ranking of top research-oriented
medical schools. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students,
the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior
education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists
and leaders of academic medicine.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System includes three hospitals,
all of which have received numerous national patient-care honors [Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's
first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center]; a faculty practice
plan; a primary-care provider network; two multispecialty satellite
facilities; and home care and hospice. |
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