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NewYork-Presbyterian’s annual Gala benefit dinner raised $4.7 million to support NewYork-Presbyterian’s premier spine services. The event on April 14 drew 1,200 attendees to the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria, New York.

The benefit celebrated all that NewYork-Presbyterian physicians, nurses and clinical researchers are doing to provide the very best in spine care.

In addition to dinner and cocktails, guests enjoyed a special performance by The Doobie Brothers. 

The Gala was hosted by Dr. Steven J. Corwin, President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian.

The Gala Co-Chairs were Jane and Daniel S. Och and Fern and Lenard B. Tessler.

In attendance were 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 Hospital; John J. Mack, Vice Chair, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Iris Cantor, Arthur Hedge, Jr.; David H. Koch, Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.; Shelly Lazarus; Philip Milstein; Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani; Sarah Nash; Arthur Samberg; Seymour Sternberg; Lenard Tessler; Michael Tusiani and Leonard Wilf. 

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NewYork-Presbyterian has four major divisions: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked #1 in the New York metropolitan area by U.S. News and World Report and repeatedly named to the magazine’s Honor Roll of best hospitals in the nation; NewYork-Presbyterian Regional Hospital Network is comprised of leading hospitals in and around New York and delivers high-quality care to patients throughout the region; NewYork-Presbyterian Physician Services connects medical experts with patients in their communities; and NewYork-Presbyterian Community and Population Health features the hospital’s ambulatory care network sites and operations, community care initiatives and healthcare quality programs, including NewYork Quality Care, established by NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell and Columbia.

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