From Bagpipes to Basketball, Sports Medicine Is a Winner

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From Bagpipes to Basketball, Sports Medicine Is a Winner
Caring
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A Publication of St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center | Spring 2011 | Vol. 8, No. 1
IN THIS ISSUE:
From Bagpipes
to Basketball,
Sports Medicine
Is a Winner
A Higher Level of Care
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Contents
oday’s hospitals, St. Joseph’s included, are showcases
for every sort of health care technology you can
imagine. All of it is aimed at improving the quality
of care we offer our patients.
If you sense a “but” coming, you’re right.
While each of us at St. Joseph’s recognizes the power of
today’s medical technology, we must also understand that the
overall quality of our patient care depends on the simple things
we do every day.
For example, take a look at the way we wash our hands.
Did you ever stop to question “why”?
The answer is alarming. On a national basis, more than
1 million hospitalized patients this year will acquire “nosocomial” infections. These are infections acquired in a hospital,
regardless of why a patient was there in the first place. As if
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that is not worry enough for patients who come to our hospital
to be healed, they must also be on guard against the spread
of the so-called MDROs (multi-drug resistant organisms)—
bacteria that have developed immunity to many common
antibiotics. Although hospital-acquired infections are cause for alarm, study after
study has proven that the most effective way to prevent these sometimes fatal infections is by having all employees follow a simple protocol of hand hygiene.
St. Joseph’s has long recognized the importance of such hand care. As a result,
we have a lower than average infection rate when compared to other hospitals both
in New York state and nationally. Despite that record, we view even a single patient
hospital-acquired infection as one too many. That’s why we’re stepping up an already
robust effort aimed at informing all employees—not just nurses and doctors—about
the vital importance and correct procedure for keeping hands clean. Not only is there
inservice training about proper handwashing, but there also is on-the-job observation
to make sure we’re doing it correctly.
Since part of my job involves visiting a few patients every day just to chat and see
how they think we’re doing, I have had to relearn how to wash my hands correctly
with soap and water. And, I am now trained to apply an alcohol-based gel whenever
I enter a patient’s room and again when I leave that room. I may do this a dozen times
a day. It is that important!
It is so important we have begun educating the public about the importance of
hand hygiene when they enter the hospital to visit relatives or friends. We have kiosks
at every entry point urging visitors to use the gel when they enter and leave a patient’s
room and also to use facemasks when they have a cough or cold.
My point is that St. Joseph’s is committed to taking quality in all its forms—
including infection control—to the highest level. The only way we can succeed is
by focusing intently on whatever needs to be done. We have appointed Dennis
Ehrich, MD, as the hospital’s chief quality officer to guide us in the effort, and working
with him is St. Joseph’s new director of quality resources, Dorothy Haag, MS, RN.
They have a daunting job, but it is made easier by the more than 4,000 St. Joseph’s
employees who share the common understanding that quality is really measured by
how well we care for our patients and their families.
If you’d like to learn more about St. Joseph’s efforts to improve quality for its patients
and their families, I encourage you to visit my blog on line at kathrynhruscitto.blogspot.
com. We’ve also included a brief article about proper handwashing techniques on page 4
of this issue of the Caring Connection.
Up-to-Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
St. Joseph’s New President
is a ‘Country’ Girl—and
Collaborator—at Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
His Full-Time Quest Is
the End of Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sports Medicine Isn’t
Just for ‘Athletes’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Those Treating Student Athletes
Stand Ready at the Sidelines . . . . . . . 11
Physicians and Patients Are
in It Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Back to Playing the Pipes . . . . . . . . . . . 16
New Mother-Baby Unit
Pampers Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Your Valve’s in the Right Place . . . . . . . 20
Our Foundation Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Donor Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front Cover:
When Tom Parlato, a teacher at Madison-Oneida
BOCES, tore his distal biceps tendon lifting a 700pound cast iron radiator, one of his greatest fears
was the loss of his ability to play the highland
bagpipes. He turned to the expertise of a sports
medicine physician for help.
Our Mission
We are passionate healers dedicated
to honoring the Sacred in our sisters
and brothers.
Our Vision
To be world-renowned for passionate
patient care and outstanding clinical
outcomes.
Our Core Values
In the spirit of good Stewardship,
we heal by practicing: Compassion
through our kindness, concern and
genuine caring; Reverence in honoring
the dignity of the human spirit;
Excellence by expecting the best of
ourselves and others; Integrity by
being and speaking the truth.
Sincerely,
Kathryn H. Ruscitto
President
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Franciscan Companies
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Investing in Our Community
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art of St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s
$220 million expansion project, construction of
St. Joseph’s new emergency services building (far left)
is well underway. The three-story structure will house
the emergency department on the first floor; emergency
psychiatric services and clinical observation/chest pain
unit on the second floor; and central sterile and “green”
data center on the third floor. The emergency services
building is anticipated to be completed by year end. It
will be joined to the main hospital by an addition that
will house a patient tower with private rooms, operating
room suite and intensive care units. Once completed,
St. Joseph’s expansion of services will create approximately
200 highly skilled health care positions.
ranciscan Companies, a member of the
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center network,
has appointed Timothy Scanlon to the position of
executive vice president.
Scanlon has served Franciscan Companies for the
past 20 years, first as operations manager of Franciscan
Health Support Inc. and most recently as vice president,
a position he has held for the past decade. Prior to joining Franciscan Companies, Scanlon was director of respiratory care at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center.
Timothy Scanlon
Scanlon received his bachelor of science degree in
respiratory therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical Center
and his master of science degree in health services management from the
New School for Social Research in New York City.
He sits on a number of local and regional boards of directors and is a
member of the American Association of Health Care Executives and the
American Association of Respiratory Care.
With services covering 16 counties in Upstate New York, Franciscan
Companies is a member of the St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center network.
It provides a variety of ancillary health care services to St. Joseph’s patients as
well as those referred by physicians and other health care facilities.
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he following organizations have acknowledged the
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center network with
national recognitions and awards:
National Research Corp.
l 2010/2011 Consumer Choice #1 Award for highest
overall quality and image in the Syracuse area
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
l Beacon Award for excellence in critical care nursing
l Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac and
American Hospital Association
(Hospitals & Health Networks magazine)
l One of nation’s “100 most-wired” hospitals
Orthopedic Care
Outcome Concept Systems
l St. Joseph’s Home Care and Hospitals Home Health
Care included on the HomeCare Elite Top 500 List
American Nurses Credentialing Center
l Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing
(2007-2011)
DNV Healthcare Inc.
Press Ganey
l Outpatient surgery centers received Summit Award
for patient satisfaction
l Accreditation for St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
Society of Chest Pain Centers
HealthGrades 2011
l Accredited as a Chest Pain Center with PCI
l Five-star rated for coronary interventional
procedures—nine years in a row (2003-2011)
l Five-star rated for treatment of heart attack—
two years in a row (2010-2011)
l Joint Replacement Excellence Award™
l Five-star rated for joint replacement—five years in a
row (2007-2011)
l Ranked among the top 5 percent in the nation for
joint replacement
The Joint Commission
l Accreditation for Franciscan Health Support,
Lourdes Health Support and St. Elizabeth Health
Support Services
“Heart Attack? Every Second
Counts,” St. Joseph’s public
service advertising campaign
to educate the public about
the importance of seeking help fast if someone is
experiencing heart attack
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Your Mother Was Right:
Please Wash Your Hands
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andwashing is the best way to prevent health
care-associated infections. It is also the best way to
keep yourself healthy outside of a health care facility. To
help protect you and your loved ones from infection, the
handwashing techniques used at St. Joseph’s Hospital
Health Center appear below. For more information about
efforts to protect St. Joseph’s patients from infections,
see hospital President Kathryn Ruscitto’s letter on page 2
of the Caring Connection.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy allows patients to breathe 100 percent oxygen, which aids
in wound healing. Nurses are able to communicate with patients during treatment, and
televisions help patients pass the time.
Center for Wound Care and
Hyperbaric Medicine Expands
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t. Joseph’s Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric
Medicine has added 1,500 square feet of space in
an expansion that aims to accommodate the growing
need for wound care as well as improve current clinic
flow and scheduling demands. The center is located in
the Northeast Medical Center, in Fayetteville, NY.
“We now have the appropriate space to accommodate the growth we have continued to experience each
year since our program opened in 2004,” says Barbara
Simonian, program director.
The center can see 20 to 30 additional new patients
and increase the frequency of visits of existing patients.
“For the most part, wounds require treatment on a
weekly basis to promote more rapid healing,” Simonian
says. “Outside of that, the risks may increase.”
In addition to featuring the latest in advanced wound
care treatment for wounds caused by diabetes, circulatory
problems, radiation damage and many other conditions,
the center has four state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen
therapy chambers. The program is one of only 97 in the
country to be accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric
Medical Society and one of only two in New York state
that is accredited with distinction.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a treatment in
which the patient breathes 100 percent oxygen inside
a pressurized chamber thus allowing oxygen to reach the
areas of the wound that have been oxygen deprived and
unable to heal. HBOT is effective in fighting certain types
of infections, stimulates the growth of new blood vessels
and improves circulation. The treatment also is used to
treat crush injuries, bone infections and compromised
skin grafts.
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Use Soap and Water
When hands are visibly soiled or thought to be
contaminated, use soap and water.
1. Wet hands with water using a temperature that is
comfortable. Water that is too hot or too cold can
affect skin integrity.
2. Apply appropriate soap and wash hands and wrists
vigorously for 15 to 30 seconds, covering all surfaces
of hands and fingers.
3. Rinse hands under running water, allowing water to
drip from fingertips in a downward fashion.
4. Thoroughly dry hands and wrists with paper towel.
5. Turn faucet off using a dry paper towel to touch
the handle. Also, use a clean paper towel to open
bathroom doors before exiting.
Use Alcohol-based Products
Alcohol-based products are the preferred method of
disinfecting hands provided they are not visibly soiled
or thought to be contaminated.
1. Apply product to palm of one hand and rub hands
together covering all surfaces of hands and fingers
until hands are dry.
St. Joseph’s College of Nursing welcomed
Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle to its campus
on Feb. 2. The Congresswoman is a 1972 graduate of
St. Joseph’s and visited the college to see the tremendous
growth to the school since she attended, meet and greet
administrators and college of nursing students, as well
as tour St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s expansion
project and changes in the North Side neighborhood.
Congresswoman Buerkle worked as a nurse at St. Joseph’s
Hospital Health Center prior to attending the Syracuse
University College of Law and beginning her political career.
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Here We Grow: St. Joseph’s
Acquires North Medical, PC
Dr. Seth Greenky Honored
with Dr. Pease Award
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t. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center acquired North
Medical, PC (NMPC) in December 2010, creating one
of New York state’s largest health care networks. With
more than 450 professional and support staff, including
nearly 80 physicians and mid-levels, North Medical, PC
serves more than 320,000 patients annually through its
five practices located at North and Northeast Medical
centers. The five practices include Family Physicians, Urgent
Care, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, The Women’s Place
and Living Proof Longevity Centre. St. Joseph’s made this
strategic business decision to help stabilize its network and
ensure it has enough primary care physicians, which are
essential as health care reform is implemented.
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t. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center President Kathryn
Ruscitto is now blogging at kathrynhruscitto.
blogspot.com. Community members are encouraged
to follow her blog and comment.
Orthopedic surgeons Seth Greenky, MD, and
Brett Greenky, MD, are blogging about orthopedics at
stjosephsortho.blogspot.com. Their blog includes commentary on the latest orthopedic research innovations
and news.
E-Commerce Site for Medical
Supplies Launched
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ranciscan Companies, a member of the St. Joseph’s
Hospital Health Center network, has launched
www.CNYMedicalSupply.com, a new way to buy medical
supplies. The site enables people in Central New York—
and across the country—to order a variety of medical
products conveniently and securely online.
On the website, customers may buy:
l mobility products, including rollators, canes and walkers
l respiratory items such as nebulizers
l wound care products
l diabetes management products
l daily living aids, including power seats, benches and
other comfort and safety devices
l specialty items such as designer canes
“Franciscan Companies has been providing medical
products and services to hospitals, medical professionals and the Central New York community for more than
25 years,” says Frank L. Smith Jr., president and CEO of
Franciscan Companies. “This is the next step in utilizing
technology and innovation to cater to our customers and
patients by enabling them to order needed products from
the comfort of home.”
The website www.CNYMedicalSupply.com will be
joined by convenient kiosk ordering locations in pharmacies, hospitals and physician offices throughout Central
New York.
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rthopedic surgeon Seth
Greenky, MD, who practices with Syracuse Orthopedic
Specialists, was honored in
January with St. Joseph’s Hospital
Health Center’s 3rd annual
Roger W. Pease PEER (Physician
Exemplifying Excellence and
Reverence) Award.
Named for Roger W. Pease,
MD, a humanitarian who served
as St. Joseph’s first surgeon, the
award is presented annually to a
physician who embodies leadership, clinical expertise and social
responsibility. Winners of the
Upon receiving the Roger W. Pease PEER Award,
award are nominated by their
Seth Greenky, MD, is congratulated by St. Joseph’s
medical staff President Marya Gendzielewski, MD.
peers or fellow physicians.
Dr. Greenky was cited for his
“outstanding ability to be a visionary for his program,”
having “the most outstanding results and commitment
to excellence” and being “on top of his profession and
generous with his time.”
Dr. Seth Greenky is St. Joseph’s chief orthopedic
surgeon. He and his brother, Brett Greenky, MD, also an
orthopedic surgeon, are co-directors of St. Joseph’s Total
Joint Replacement Program. He also is a faculty member
of the SUNY Health Science Center/ Upstate Medical
Center Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program.
AHA Book Recognizes
St. Joseph’s for Its Community
Revitalization Efforts
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he American Hospital Association (AHA) has recognized St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s work to
help revitalize Syracuse’s North Side by including the hospital’s efforts in the 6th edition of Community Connections:
Ideas and Innovations for Hospital Leaders. The book
highlights hospitals that are meeting the needs of their
community’s social and basic needs, promoting community
health, improving access and coverage, and enhancing the
quality of life for the people they serve. The AHA hopes
that by sharing such case studies hospitals will benefit
from the examples and find new strategies for community
partnerships and programs. More information is available
at www.caringforcommunities.org.
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St. Joseph’s New President Is a ‘Country’
Girl—and Collaborator—at Heart
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athryn Ruscitto, St. Joseph Hospital Health
Center’s new president and chief executive
officer, may describe herself as a country girl
at heart, but she’s come a very long way from
those days when she wrapped rubber bands around
bunches of asparagus on her grandfather’s farm on
Syracuse’s northern outskirts.
Take, for example, the church-sponsored committee
she headed to bring relief to desperate earthquake victims
in Haiti.
Chances are good that the Congressmen, retired
generals and CEOs of international companies on that
committee she “commanded” a year ago had no inkling
of her rural background. Although they never met in
person, the committee raised more than $2.5 million in
cash and supplies for Haiti. Finding, gathering, moving
and distributing that aid was accomplished through
international conference calls originating in Ruscitto’s
office every Monday for four months.
And when the cargo containers meant to aid the
sick and injured were lassoed by red tape in a Haitian
port, a few strategic calls to committee members
familiar with the military got them on their way to
the quake victims who needed them.
When the infamous Labor Day storm struck Syracuse
in 1998, thousands of area residents were left without
power for more than a week. Ruscitto was then working
as senior vice president of strategy for Loretto, the not-for-
Photographed at a Missioning Ceremony to mark and celebrate the transition of leadership
to Kathryn Ruscitto and to confirm the new president’s commitment to the mission and
culture of St. Joseph’s network are (from left to right) Elizabeth, Kathryn and Daniel Ruscitto.
The ceremony was held at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in January 2011.
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profit agency supplying elder care services to hundreds
of Central New Yorkers. Loretto also lost power to many
of its facilities that night, but within less than 24 hours
most of the aging residents being cared for within the
system once again had light, refrigeration, climate control
and communications as flatbed trucks hauled generators
up to their doors. Oddly enough, the generators were
stenciled with names like “Fishkill State Prison” or “Attica
State Prison.” Ruscitto may not have known the ins and
outs of providing a temporary power source, but she had
“reached out” to a friend who got in touch with another
friend in the state prison system who did.
These are but two examples of the many Ruscitto
can recite that illustrate her ability to bring people
together to solve problems far beyond her own knowledge. She is a generalist, as well as a bit of a general.
“I may not be an expert in a certain area,” Ruscitto
says, “but I know how to find the people who are. I’m
a hometown girl with a lot of deep connections within
the city from having been here a long time.”
After graduation from Le Moyne College with her
bachelor’s degree in political science and economics,
and before she earned a master’s in public administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, Ruscitto
says that as a 21-year-old she realized the importance of
forming strong networks and circles of friends and mentors. Those “circles” adopted her, she says, and steered
her in the ways to effect change. Even the informal book
group she joined contributed to her growth.
“In fact, we only occasionally read a book, but we
spent a lot of time talking about community and world
issues.
“My parents didn’t have much, but they taught us
the importance of hard work. They also taught us that
success isn’t about what you have, it’s a matter of what
you do with what you have.”
Perhaps with her parents’ teachings in mind,
Ruscitto says she grew up wanting to “change the
world.” She describes herself as “advocacy oriented and
socially conscious.” She tried to find ways in which she
could create change, always seeking the advice of others
along the way.
At Catholic Charities, her work centered on developing resources for those in poverty. As administrator
for human services for Onondaga County, she oversaw
the development of the county’s 911 Emergency Communications System. She also was instrumental in
reforming the Department of Social Services and
Children’s Division, trying, as she says, “to humanize
and solve some of its problems.” She joined St. Joseph’s
as senior vice president for strategic, development and
governmental affairs in 2001, and became executive
vice president in 2009.
St. Joseph’s 4,000 employees are liable to see more of
the collaborative spirit she has demonstrated throughout
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her career. They also will experience a CEO that seeks to
turn the traditional pyramid-shaped organizational chart
on its head—literally. She calls it the “servant-leader”
model and admits that “it’s very Franciscan.”
“I have always said that the organizational chart is
upside down,” Ruscitto says. “The point should be at
the bottom. It should be me down there serving and
supporting our employees, so they can do their best to
serve our patients. At the same time, I also have to be a
leader, set some standards and goals, and help people
stay focused so they can do the best they can for our
patients and each other.”
St. Joseph’s President Kathryn Ruscitto speaks to a patient’s father at St. Joseph’s Westside
Family Health Center. Located on Seymour Street in Syracuse, the Westside Family Health
Center serves a large number of people who have come to the United States from other
countries, including the Sudan, Bosnia and the Ukraine. Eighty-five percent of patients do
not speak English or have limited English proficiency.
At a Glance
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I’m making a conscious effort to talk to families and
patients in their rooms, the elevator, the cafeteria, even
walking up the hill. I’ll be asking how we’re doing, and
what we could be doing better.”
Birthplace: Syracuse
Husband: Daniel Ruscitto, high school sweetheart,
photographer and retired lieutenant from the
Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department
Daughter: Elizabeth Ruscitto, Syracuse University
iSchool master’s degree candidate and coach for
Syracuse Student Sandbox, a business incubator
that mentors student entrepreneurs
—Kathryn Ruscitto
Other Family Members: Ashley, a yellow Labrador,
and Shadow, an abandoned black cat that had
lost its ears to frostbite
Pastime: Gardening, especially hummingbird gardens
Exercise: Kayaking and hiking in the Adirondacks
Regardless of how the organizational chart looks,
Ruscitto pledges not to change the values that have
brought the hospital to where it stands today. Everything the hospital staff does, she says, revolves around
values of integrity, reverence and respect for patients
and the coworkers who serve them, as well as a passion for providing good care while acting as stewards of
the hospital’s resources. Being out in the community as
much as she is, talking with everyone from patients, to
physicians, to peers at other hospitals locally as well as
around the country, she has come to the conclusion that
St. Joseph’s is unique. Others, she says, openly envy the
hospital’s culture.
Part of it, says Ruscitto, is the clarity and certainty
with which the Sisters of St. Francis, sponsors of
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, have expressed
the values.
“It is very clear that they hold the hospital’s leadership accountable for preserving the values with which
the hospital has served the community,” Ruscitto says.
“But they don’t tell us how to do it. Their presence is
just wonderful. As a result, the people who work at
St. Joseph’s, regardless of what they do, believe in the
values and live them.”
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It’s not unusual, she says, to hear frequent examples
of employees going out of the way for patients. A nurse
took money out of her purse so a patient who didn’t
have cab fare could get back to her home in Oswego.
A nurse in the emergency department gave his shoes
to a patient who walked into the hospital barefoot.
“We don’t tell people to do this,” Ruscitto says.
“They just do it. It’s a matter of living our values without
even thinking about it.”
So some things won’t change at St. Joseph’s, Ruscitto
vows, but some things, at least for her, are already
changing.
She estimates receiving about 200 emails a day,
not to mention the old-fashioned phone calls. The
technology is great, she says, but only if it doesn’t get
in the way of working with people face to face. Right
now, she spends about half of her time doing what an
administrator does—returning those emails and phone
calls, looking at contracts, and doing what she described
as “nudging things along that need nudging.” Her intent
is to reduce the administrative load in favor of spending
more time with patients and their families, hospital
employees and those within the broader community.
She has already blocked the roaming-around time
into her schedule, calling it “rounding,” the term used
by physicians and nurses to describe the time spent
checking up on their hospitalized patients in person.
“I’m not going to let email rule my life anymore,”
Ruscitto says with a smile. “I’m making a conscious
effort to talk to families and patients in their rooms, the
elevator, the cafeteria, even walking up the hill. I’ll be
asking how we’re doing, and what we could be doing
better.”
When Ruscitto recently visited a friend hospitalized
at St. Joseph’s, she also made it a point to introduce
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herself to the patient in the other bed. She asked if the
hospital was doing a good job of taking care of him. He
smiled, gestured at the nurses, one on each side of his bed,
and said, “You see this? Don’t screw it up.”
“That’s the fun part of the job,” she says. “Patients are
really grateful for good care. And you can hear about problems, too. By getting out and talking with them, you learn
things that are impossible to learn sitting in your office.”
Toward the end of 2010 before Ruscitto had officially
taken over the reins, she asked St. Joseph employees four
questions: What do you hope I do as CEO? What do you
hope I don’t do? What are you most proud of at St. Joseph’s?
What are you most concerned about at St. Joseph’s?
Once again, she was using the skills honed throughout
college and her professional life to gather data and insights
that would help clarify the hospital’s path as it, like every
other hospital in the country, begins to deal with a series
of difficult challenges in the way American health care is
delivered.
“There are many things we’re going to have to do
differently as the health care model changes,” Ruscitto
says. “Medicare is demanding changes. Our patients are
demanding change. We have to be open to new ways of
working with our medical and nursing staffs.
“We don’t have all the answers, and I know I can’t do it
alone. All I can do is make sure that the right systems, the
right processes and the right resources are available to the
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t. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s President and Chief Executive
Officer Kathryn Ruscitto was included among the top women leaders
in the hospital and health care industry in Becker’s Hospital Review’s annual
list, “52 Women Hospital & Healthcare Leaders” released in November 2010.
Members of the list were selected for their accomplishments in leading
health care and hospital organizations, including improvement of patient
care, development of relationships between providers and facilitation of
organizational growth.
To create the list, the editorial team at Becker’s Hospital Review
accepted nominations for the most influential women in health care
through the Becker’s Hospital Review website and weekly online news­
letters. After several months of collecting nominations and researching the
background of each nominee, the editorial team narrowed the contenders
to a list of the top women leaders. Becker’s Hospital Review repeats this
process annually to ensure an up-to-date compendium. Leaders do not
pay and cannot pay to be included on this list.
Becker’s Hospital Review is a Chicago-based publication focusing on
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His Full-Time Quest
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t’s a worn-out old joke, but how fortunate we
are when the punch line, “Take two aspirins
and call me in the morning,” is all we need to
rid ourselves of pain. Unfortunately, for many,
pain is an unwanted companion that seems to never
go away.
What’s the good news? It doesn’t have to be
that way. Just ask St. Joseph’s Hospital Health
Center’s Jason Lok, MD, one of relatively few physicians who have made the alleviation of pain their
full-time quest.
After earning his medical degree from SUNY
Upstate Medical University in 1994, Dr. Lok was
board-certified in anesthesiology in 2005 and pain
medicine in 2006. The proportion of his time spent
on anesthesiology gradually decreased until he made
pain medicine his full-time practice last year.
We all suffer pain of one sort or another, and
that, Dr. Lok says, is good. If you touch something
hot or sharp, pain is what makes us get out of the
way—quickly. If you feel pain for no apparent
reason somewhere in your body, it could be a sign
that something is wrong and you’d better get it
checked out.
That, in 60 words or so, is a very, very simple
look at pain. Chat with Dr. Lok for an hour or so
and you’ll realize that pain, and the alleviation of
pain, are extremely complex topics. There is little
wonder it requires a year-long course of intense
study and practice to earn certification as a fellow in
pain medicine.
There are, Dr. Lok says, two primary types of
pain—nociceptive and neuropathic. Nociceptive
pain is caused by the stimulation of pain receptors
—nerves throughout the body whose only purpose
is to warn you that you’re being hurt by something
sharp or hot, or you’re being squeezed or twisted,
or you’ve broken a bone. Neuropathic pain, on the
other hand, mainly originates in the brain, spine or
any part of the nervous system. Patients may feel
the pain in the spinal cord itself or the pain may be
radiated to other parts of the body. To complicate
matters, in some cases like cancer, the pain sources
are mixed. Some pain is described as burning, some
as stabbing, some as achy and some as electric.
Acute pain may last anywhere from a few seconds
to an hour. Chronic pain lasts for three months or
more in varying levels of intensity.
And just as there are many types of pain with
a variety of symptoms, there are as many, or more,
ways to treat the pain, Dr. Lok says, and what works
on one type of pain, won’t work on another.
“My single goal is to improve my patient’s quality
of life,” Dr. Lok says, “to get them back to what they
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doing things they enjoy like playing a round of golf
or picking up a grandchild—anything I can do to
improve their functionality.”
It’s a common misunderstanding, Dr. Lok says, that
a pain specialist’s primary function is to solely prescribe
narcotics. The fact is, he says, patients should expect to
be treated with the most conservative drugs, first—like
well-known anti-inflammatory drugs available over the
counter in your local drugstore. These non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin is among them) reduce
swelling and inflammation. Steroids also reduce swelling
and inflammation to reduce pain, and both, Dr. Lok
says, should be considered by a patient’s primary care
physician before turning to more drastic treatments like
narcotics or surgery.
“One St. Joseph’s surgeon who had a patient referred
to him for back surgery to reduce pain contacted me,
along with the man’s family physician, and said this
patient wasn’t really ready for surgery until some more
conservative steps like physical therapy had been tried,”
Dr. Lok recalls.
“But the patient was in too much pain to endure
the physical therapy. I treated him with non-narcotic
medications along with carefully placed (using X-ray)
steroid injections that allowed him to exercise. He was
then able to strengthen his lower back enough through
physical therapy that the muscles were able to support
the compressed disc that was causing the original pain.”
Dr. Lok says that patients can often use over-thecounter drugs for the short term to alleviate pain without
resorting to narcotics or even surgery—even without
seeing a pain specialist. But when the pain is extreme,
complex, goes on for long periods, or is difficult to locate
in the first place, pain medicine specialists have both the
training and the experience to find the cause and then
treat the pain, although not necessarily the cause of the
pain, as in cancer patients.
“In cancer patients, we sometimes cannot treat the
cause of the pain, but we may be able to reduce or alleviate the pain being caused by the cancer,” Dr. Lok says.
“With terminal patients we have techniques to improve
their ability to function as they near the end of their lives
without resorting to narcotics that essentially make them
unconscious and unable to communicate with friends
and loved ones.”
It is possible, Dr. Lok says, to increase the efficiency
of pain medicines and reduce their side effects by delivering them directly into the area around the spine.
“In other cases, we can sometimes eliminate pain
by injecting chemicals directly into specific nerves that
destroy their ability to transmit ‘messages’ to the brain,”
Dr. Lok says. Take the case of Eddie Thornton who was
injured in a truck accident in 1998 that resulted in almost
continuous pain in his lower back that radiated down his
left hip and thigh.
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During a follow-up office visit, Jason Lok, MD, explains to his patient, Eddie Thornton, the
location of the medial branch nerves responsible for his facet joint pain.
Thornton had tried medications and physical therapy,
but his pain continued for years. When Dr. Lok met and
diagnosed Thornton last summer, he discovered that
two pairs of small joints in the lower spine called facet
joints were inflamed and probably causing the pain. He
convinced Thornton to try a treatment called a medial
branch block in which the signals going from the inflamed joints to the brain would be interrupted when
medications were injected into the area of the facet joints.
“Before the treatment, when I was standing, sitting,
twisting, bending—whatever—I would have sharp pains
and spasms that immediately stopped me from doing
what I was doing. It took my breath away—really got
my attention! Compared to what I could do before, the
improvement has been great. I’m able to do my physical
therapy better, too.”
The “stable” pain that Thornton felt he had to live
with the rest of his life was corrected by a relatively
simple treatment that Dr. Lok felt had been overlooked.
The majority of Dr. Lok’s patients are not suffering
from cancer or other life-threatening illnesses, but the
pain they suffer can still be devastating. In some cases, as
Dr. Lok says, the pain itself has become the disease. In
many cases, along with the original physical pain, comes
depression, disability, drug abuse, the loss of job and
income, anger, and even possible suicide.
“It doesn’t have to be this way,” Dr. Lok says.
“Patients and their primary care physicians need to
understand that relief from both acute and chronic pain,
regardless of the cause, is possible. It may be complex,
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Sports Medicine Isn’t Just for ‘Athletes’
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here is no easy definition for the term “sports medicine.”
It conjures many meanings and is prone to more than a few
misconceptions.
You don’t have to be a high-level athlete (or even an
occasional jogger) to be treated by a physician who specializes
in sports medicine. The fact is that many of the injuries associated with sports
may also happen on the job or even working in the garden. Even most
physicians who specialize in sports medicine tend to treat more injuries and
illnesses that are not sports related.
Many believe that all sports medicine physicians are orthopedists dealing
only with injured joints, muscles and bones. But, says Seth Greenky, MD,
medical director of St. Joseph’s ortho­pedic services, the fact is that only
about 10 percent of sports-related injuries require the specialized skills of
orthopedists like St. Joseph Hospital Health Center’s Glenn Axelrod, MD,
Alfred Moretz, MD, Irving Raphael, MD, or L. Ryan Smart, MD.
St. Joseph’s family medicine physicians like Michael Kernan, MD, Jennifer
McCaul, MD, and James Tucker, MD, who serve as sports team physicians,
treat by far a greater number of sports-related injuries and illnesses than
their orthopedic counterparts.
“Sports medicine is one spoke of St. Joseph’s orthopedic service line,”
Dr. Greenky says. “The other spokes include fracture care, hand care, spine
care and joint replacement. But it’s different in that it’s the only spoke that
includes the surgical and medical (non-surgical) side of things.”
One thing does appear to be common among those at St. Joseph’s who
are involved in sports medicine: They seem to have a passion for it.
Dr. Raphael, who has his own orthopedic practice, also serves as director of
sports medicine and as team physician for Syracuse University. In 19 years with
SU, he has missed only three football games. He works closely with Drs. Tucker,
Kernan and McCaul who handle the non-orthopedic side of sports medicine for
the university. Dr. Tucker, who started working with SU teams in 1987, says he
spends between eight and 10 hours a day at St. Joseph’s and about eight to 10
hours a week with SU, and he never tires of it.
Dr. Axelrod gained an interest in sports medicine when he was learning
about arthroscopic surgery and saw the potential it offered for young people
with sports-related injuries. Dr. Smart, who earned a fellowship in sports
medicine before coming to Syracuse, started out on the other side when he
was injured as a member of Cornell University’s hockey team. What could
have been a professional hockey career when he was drafted, ended up as
a career in sports medicine.
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Stand Ready at the Sidelines
Syracuse University
head team physician
Irving Raphael, MD,
examines SU basketball
center Arinze Onuaku
at the Carmelo K.
Anthony Basketball
Center. Dr. Raphael’s
practice focuses on
athletes of all ages and
levels of competition.
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or someone who has missed only three
Syracuse University football games in 19 years,
whether at home or on the road, it seems odd
when Irving Raphael, MD, says he doesn’t
really enjoy the games all that much.
You can see him along the sidelines pacing as much
or more than the coach. He paces because he knows
what can happen in a high-speed contact sport like
football. He appreciates all the kinetic energy that is
built up by solidly muscled players racing toward
each other at full speed. He also understands the
fragility of even well-conditioned players’ muscles,
joints and bones when collisions happen and all
that energy is released. So he paces, hoping he won’t
be called into action.
“My friends say they’ve never seen me enjoy a football game when I’m on the sidelines,” Dr. Raphael says.
“That’s because I understand what can happen and I
just don’t want anyone to get hurt.
“I love for us to win, but I don’t worry about the
score or celebrate until the game is over.”
As director of sports medicine and head team
physician for SU, Dr. Raphael, an orthopedic surgeon
who also has a private practice, is responsible for
making sure that all of the hundreds of student athletes
competing for SU in 21 sports have the best chance of
not being injured and the best medical or surgical care
if they are.
It’s far more complex than it sounds, and it’s a yearround job for Dr. Raphael and the team of other doctors
and trainers who look after SU athletes. Even though
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no different than what the rest of us may face, treating
those injuries requires a different outlook, Dr. Raphael
says, primarily because those athletes and the teams for
which they play have different expectations than the
general public.
“You don’t treat elite athletes the same way you treat
non-athletes,” Dr. Raphael says. “Their bodies do things
that our bodies won’t do. Our job is to get them back to
doing things at a much higher level than any of us function in our daily activities.
“If you or I went out and got a pretty bad sprain,
I’d send you to a physical therapist two or three times
a week, ask to see you in a month and we’d probably
have you running by then. If someone on the SU basket­
ball team had a similar sprain, they may work with
trainers two or three times every day getting every
opportunity to get better as quickly as possible.
“Their job is to get better, and they expect that.”
Dr. Raphael should know about the rigors of college
sports. In his college days he earned a dozen varsity
letters in basketball, tennis and sailing while earning his
undergraduate degree in naval architecture and marine
engineering at Webb Institute in 1967. He earned his
MD from Yale University’s School of Medicine in 1971
and then served an orthopedic residency at Upstate
Medical Center. Dr. Raphael admits to being “smitten”
by the possibilities of arthroscopic surgery for his
patients in the mid-1970s when the use of a lens to
look inside a joint was in its infancy.
“This was before the days of fiberoptics and
miniaturized surgical instruments, so we could look
inside a knee joint to see what the problem was, but
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there wasn’t much we could do about it. We’d take
out the scope and then do traditional open surgery,”
Dr. Raphael recalls.
Arthroscopic surgery has advanced greatly
since the mid-1970s and has become the core of
Dr. Raphael’s practice—at least with college athletes
in need of surgery.
Hospital stays used to be required, but Dr. Raphael
says he was the first orthopedist in Syracuse to operate
on a patient using arthroscopy in an outpatient setting,
so they didn’t have to stay overnight in the hospital.
What was rare is now common. Dr. Raphael performed
more than 350 surgeries (including arthroscopies) last
year alone at St. Joseph’s, many of them on athletes.
He was also among the first in Central New York to
perform arthroscopic hip surgery on athletes.
“When you have to tell them they can’t play, you feel
like the worst person on earth. There can be tears or they
might slam something because they love their sport. They
really love it and want to go ahead and play and you’re
the one who’s telling them they can’t. They’ll beg, plead,
promise to do anything, but we have to look at them and
their illness objectively and treat them appropriately.”
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While orthopedic surgery involving college and
professional athletes is covered widely on the sports
pages and national broadcasts, there is far more to
modern sports medicine than orthopedic surgery,
Dr. Raphael says. Years of experience getting to know
each sport and the typical injuries they generate, he
adds, is what separates a sports medicine specialist
from a general orthopedist.
“We have to view each athlete differently,”
Dr. Raphael continues. “It’s not just knowing what
sport they play, we also have to know what position
they play and what their training schedule is like.
Knowing all this tells me what the injury is likely to be.
“For instance, the backstroke and butterfly are more
likely to injure a swimmer’s shoulders. In volleyball,
‘spiking’ will cause hand and wrist injuries. Long distance
runners are more prone to shin splints or stress fractures
whereas sprinters more often suffer from tendonitis.
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Throwing athletes show up with shoulder and elbow
problems. That’s why there are national regulations on
how many throws a little leaguer can make in a game.”
The more Dr. Raphael talks about his long involvement in sports medicine, the more excited he gets. He
charts the new treatments—new arrows in his quiver—
that were unheard of 20 years ago, such as injections
of an athlete’s own platelet rich plasma that triggers the
release of the body’s growth factors that speed healing.
A lacrosse or basketball player who tears the anterior
cruciate ligament in her knee after making a sudden
stop or sharp turn may shorten her healing time
significantly.
“Our job as sports medicine specialists is to make
sure we deliver these athletes the best and latest treatments we can,” Dr. Raphael says, “and that means that
this job—a passion, really—never becomes boring.”
The same is true for the rest of the other physicians
and trainers on the SU sports medicine team. That fact
is, Dr. Raphael admits, the expertise of Drs. Michael
Kernan, Jennifer McCaul and James Tucker is called
upon more often than his in the case of medical, rather
than strictly orthopedic, concerns.
Dr. Tucker, who is residency director for St. Joseph’s
family medicine program, as well as in a private practice
that includes sports medicine patients, smiles when he
recalls an anonymous quip made years ago describing
sports medicine as “orthopedics in sweaty people.”
“Whoever said that was wrong because obviously
there are more medical concerns in any college sports
program than there are strictly orthopedic concerns. In
Division 1 college athletics, 70 to 90 percent of what physicians treat are medical rather than orthopedic problems.”
Dr. Tucker started seeing sports medicine patients
in 1979 and served as school physician for JamesvilleDeWitt and Bishop Grimes high schools, and as team
physician for Onondaga Community College. He
joined the Syracuse University medical team in 1986,
operating weekly clinics for athletes who were sick or
had other medical problems. He still smiles when he says,
“Dr. Raphael lets us do most of the medical stuff and we
certainly recognize his expertise in orthopedic matters.”
Essentially all family physicians, Dr. Tucker says,
handle their share of sports medicine cases. Virtually
all are called on to handle pre-participation evaluation
physicals on a high school kid who wants to play sports,
someone in Pop Warner football who sprained their
ankle, or a 60-year-old who has decided to run the
Boston Marathon.
But sports medicine at the SU level is far different.
It can come close to being a full-time operation. At
SU, there are five, two- to three-hour medical clinics
each week that are covered by Drs. Tucker, Kernan and
McCaul. Three orthopedic clinics occur on weekdays, in
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James Tucker, MD,
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and Michael Kernan,
MD, provide medical care to Syracuse
University athletes at
five medical clinics
each week. Most of
the care required by
college athletes is the
same as non-athletes—
illnesses such as coughs,
colds, fever, bruises
and stomachaches.
addition to the weekend clinics. The time commitments
are greater than that, however, since all contact sports
have one physician on site for home games and football
has two physicians for all home and away games. The
SU trainers are full-time employees who cover other
athletic events and know that the team doctors are on
call at all times. They are also highly praised by the
team physicians.
In many ways, the conditions that the medical team
physicians encounter from SU’s student athletes are
essentially the same as any non-athlete student group
of the same age—coughs and colds, fevers, diarrhea,
stomachaches, urinary tract infections, cuts, bruises,
a poke in the eye going up for a rebound, blisters,
infectious mononucleosis, eating disorders…. The list
keeps going and there can be significant differences.
“A lot of kids get skin infections like folliculitis, but
if a wrestler gets it and it can’t be completely covered,
they can’t compete because it could be spread to their
opponents,” says Dr. McCaul, the newest member of
the SU team. “Because they’re stuck in a bus together,
or in the locker room, the closeness of the team can
predispose them to communicable illnesses like
mononucleosis.
“While ‘mono’ is fairly common, it can cause a
patient’s spleen to swell and if the athlete were playing
a contact sport and it were hit, it might rupture and that
could be fatal.
“When you have to tell them they can’t play, you feel
like the worst person on earth. There can be tears or they
might slam something because they love their sport. They
really love it and want to go ahead and play and you’re
the one who’s telling them they can’t. They’ll beg, plead,
promise to do anything, but we have to look at them and
their illness objectively and treat them appropriately.”
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Concussions are another hot topic in the sports
world and it affects the college athlete—and St. Joseph’s
sports medicine doctors, as well.
“We have learned more about the biology and
potential outcomes of concussions in the past five years
that we did in the preceding 150 years,” Dr. Tucker
says, “and that’s been good for us.”
Adds Dr. Kernan, “With the National Football
League paying more attention to it, and when the public
sees people like Troy Aikman retiring because of it, it’s a
lot easier to convince a parent that their child shouldn’t
play in the next game.”
One thing that isn’t often mentioned as part of the
sports medicine realm is the diagnosis and treatment
of emotional elements like depression among young
student athletes. Dr. Tucker describes athletes who may
come in complaining of headaches, not sleeping well,
being tired, or saying that his coach made him come
because he’s not the same anymore. It’s the sports medicine physicians who must root out the possibilities—
have their grades fallen, did they just breakup with
their girlfriend or boyfriend, are they overtraining—and
then, following this emotional triage, suggest they might
see a clinical psychologist within the university.
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for student
athletes,” Dr. Tucker says. “They have two full-time,
demanding jobs. The crew team is out on the water at
5:30 in the morning. The field hockey team may be in
the weight room at 6:00 in the morning, and yet these
are students who are carrying a full academic load, and
some are carrying full academic loads in majors that
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Physicians and Patients Are in It Together
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Many sports medicinetype surgeries are
performed on people
who aren’t athletes, say
orthopedic surgeons
Glenn Axelrod, MD,
(left) and Ryan Smart,
MD. The body doesn’t
know if it was injured
playing a sport or just
going about the activities of daily living. Drs.
Axelrod and Smart are
in an operating room at
St. Joseph’s Northeast
Surgery Center in
Fayetteville, NY.
uppose you’re a 4.5 tennis player with a terrific
serve and you’ve torn the rotator cuff in your
serving shoulder. You’re not a level 7.0 touring
pro, but still you love the game and can’t raise
your racket hand more than a few inches.
Do you need a doctor who specializes in sports
medicine? You certainly do!
Now suppose you’re a lifelong mason used to lifting
80-pound bags of concrete for a living and have torn
your rotator cuff, too.
Do you need a doctor who specializes in sports
medicine even though your most strenuous pastime
may be a few hands of cards? You bet!
A person’s rotator cuff (or knee, or hip, or ankle or
elbow) doesn’t know whether it was hurt on the job,
playing amateur tennis or competing in the Olympics.
The injury is the same, and it still hurts.
Glenn Axelrod, MD, has been treating sports-type
injuries for 28 years—almost before the term “sports
medicine” was coined. Ryan Smart, MD, completed
an intense, yearlong fellowship in sports medicine in
2010. Alfred Moretz, MD, an orthopedist who has been
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practicing for nearly 30 years, sees sports medicine as
a philosophy rather than strictly a specialty. All three
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center orthopedic surgeons
agree that amateur and non-athletes shouldn’t be frightened away by the sports medicine title.
“A lot of sports medicine-type surgeries are done
for regular people who were not injured playing a
sport,” Dr. Axelrod says. “The surgery I perform on a
homemaker who has torn the meniscus in her knee
by stooping and picking up something beside her on
the kitchen floor may be the same surgery I’d give to
an elite athlete who turned his knee when his foot was
planted.”
The difference, Dr. Axelrod says, is how the patient
may be treated after the surgery.
“You don’t want to be treated as an elite athlete
if you aren’t an elite athlete,” Dr. Axelrod continues.
“Most people don’t have the time, or money, to afford
the kind of rehab an elite athlete requires. They are
doing conditioning and physical therapy for hours a
day under the auspices of a trained physical therapist
and conditioner.
“Professional and college athletes are different
people. Ordinary people like you and me get back to
what they consider to be a normal functional level for
them, and not have the same postoperative treatment
a professional would want. But we’re both happy and
it’s been a successful surgery because the patient understands what they really wanted out of the whole thing.”
It’s very important to remember, Dr. Axelrod says,
that sports medicine treatments often demand a great
deal of patient involvement for total success.
“Patients must understand that they are not Peyton
Manning or Serena Williams,” Dr. Axelrod says. “They
must understand the postoperative plan and this is
what they have to do to get the outcome that they
want. I tell my patients, ‘We’re both in this together.’”
Dr. Smart, who understands how his patients feel
by having sustained three ice hockey injuries himself
while working on his undergraduate degree at Cornell
University, says most of his patients also are in their
teens through their 60s, and otherwise healthy and
pursuing active lifestyles.
“Most sports medicine doctors will admit that most
of their patients are regular people who are getting hurt
just by living life or working on the job or at home,”
Dr. Smart says. (See cover story on p. 16.)
All three agree it’s a fact that there are relatively few
elite college or professional athletes out there. The vast
majority of athletes who play high school sports, even
the best ones, are finished after high school because
they recognize that the commitment to even collegelevel sports is excessive, and the chances of a professional career may be as remote as winning the lottery.
But there are many “weekend warriors” who still need
good care because they want to stay active as long as
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Dr. Moretz, who practices in Utica but performs
all of his arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgeries at
St. Joseph’s North Surgery Center in Liverpool, NY,
treats his patients as if they were athletes, even though
they may not be.
“Sports medicine is a philosophy to me rather than
a specialty,” Dr. Moretz says. “I could have a badly
sprained ankle myself, stay off of it for three or four
weeks, undergo some physical therapy and be fine,
but if you’re a high school football player who has only
seven weeks in his season, time is very important. In
those cases, our philosophy is to do everything we can
to get them back to their original level of activity as
quickly as we can as long as there is no increased risk of
further injury.”
That philosophy applies to non-athletes—such as
a self-employed carpenter who is unable to work—as
well as athletes. For these people, “no work, no pay” is
a powerful incentive, so Dr. Moretz treats these patients
like athletes, as well.
The rest of us who may eventually need the care of
a sports medicine doctor for whatever reason are fortunate to live at a time when the science is leapfrogging
itself with one advancement after another.
Drs. Axelrod and Moretz came to sports medicine
at different times and through different pathways than
Dr. Smart. When Dr. Axelrod and Dr. Moretz completed their residencies, arthroscopic surgery was
Surgeon Alfred Moretz, MD, performs arthroscopic surgery on a
patient who tore his meniscus while playing high school soccer.
He is looking toward a monitor that visualizes the knee.
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in its earliest stages and fellowships in sports medicine
were not yet offered. The miniature instruments and
closed-circuit television cameras the size of a soda
straw had not been invented yet, but as they were,
Dr. Axelrod and Dr. Moretz seized every opportunity
to polish their operative skills with the new technology
over the years.
Dr. Smart, on the other hand, entered a one-year
fellowship in sports medicine at the New England
Baptist Hospital in Boston following his orthopedic
internship and residency at the Yale New Haven Hospital
in Connecticut. That consisted, he says, of practically a
whole year doing little else besides arthroscopic surgery
on all the body’s major joints, but primarily on the most
often injured knees and shoulders. Part of that involved
working with a sports team, in his case, the Boston
Celtics and Harvard’s athletic teams.
All three surgeons continue to be challenged by fastmoving changes to equipment and techniques.
“The concepts and equipment we use in shoulder
surgery today are totally different than they were only
three years ago,” Dr. Moretz says, “so staying current is
a real challenge.”
But talk to any orthopedist and you’re liable to hear
the same thing when you ask them how they like their
jobs. They are virtually all happy, they say, because
their patients have very definable problems with very
specific solutions, and they get better quickly. The
patients are also motivated to work with their physicians.
At some point, they even have to be “reined in.”
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his patient prior to surgery to repair an injury
to his right knee. In
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Back to Playing the Pipes
Specialist in Sports Medicine Was Just What the Doctor Ordered
H
ow do you connect sports medicine, an old
700-pound cast iron radiator and a beloved
set of highland bagpipes? For Tom Parlato
and Ryan Smart, MD, the fit was easy.
First, comes the radiator that Parlato planned to
make part of his home heating system.
Parlato figures he now has one of the most expensive old cast iron radiators in existence, even though
it started out as a 700-pound piece of scrap. The
47-year-old heavy equipment operation teacher at
Madison-Oneida BOCES and his two teenaged sons had
successfully moved the radiator down a flight of stairs
and were trying to maneuver it onto a hand truck when
Parlato felt something in his left arm give way.
“I just felt something tear,” Parlato says as he
recalls that late summer day last year. “There was some
pain and immediate weakness. I knew something was
amiss, but I had a physical coming up in a few weeks,
so I decided to ice it and take it easy.”
As soon as she saw the arm two or three weeks
later, Parlato’s family physician sent him straight
to an orthopedic surgeon for diagnosis and possible
treatment.
Ryan Smart, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, specializes in sports
medicine and diagnosed the injury as a badly torn distal
biceps tendon—the tendon that connects the lower
end of Parlato’s biceps muscle to the radius bone, the
smaller bone in the lower arm. Without that connection, or with a badly compromised connection like
Parlato’s, the arm’s major muscle has nothing to pull
against and is nearly useless.
Like the majority of Dr. Smart’s patients, Parlato
was not an athlete, but the injuries are the same
Preparing to perform on his highland pipes, Tom Parlato rewraps his tuning pin to tighten up the pipe’s drone. Before surgery to
repair a torn tendon in his arm, Parlato was unable to hold his pipes and told his surgeon, Ryan Smart, MD, before surgery that his
biggest fear was that he would be unable to play. Part of the Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band, Parlato says the pipes are a passion of his.
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whether earned on a football field, a tennis court or
while moving an old radiator. They are, he says, “just
ordinary active adults who are living life or getting hurt
on the job.
“Whether I’m operating on a college football player
with a damaged knee, a high-level amateur tennis
player with a torn rotator cuff, or a mason who earns
his livelihood lifting heavy weights, it’s the same,”
Dr. Smart says.
Dr. Smart would learn that Parlato earned his
bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in industrial arts
education, but when he graduated, there were few, if
any new jobs in his field. With neither he nor his wife
wanting to relocate from Upstate New York, Parlato
fell back to an earlier talent—horseshoeing—to earn
his living for nearly 20 years in Onondaga, Madison,
Oneida, Cayuga and Tompkins counties. He missed
teaching all along, he says, and would give presentations on various aspects of equine husbandry to pony
clubs and 4-H groups. He earned a part-time job as a
teacher’s assistant for BOCES, before becoming a fulltime faculty member three years ago. As Parlato likes to
say, he spends his days teaching industrial equipment
operation to 45 young men “who are just dying to push
dirt around and burn diesel fuel.”
While teaching is his full-time profession, he still
shoes a few horses and harvests firewood from his
property—neither of them easy tasks. As a result of
his active lifestyle, the 6-foot-1-inch Parlato maintains
broad shoulders and, as Dr. Smart describes, “massive
forearms and biceps,” at least until he tried to move a
700-pound radiator.
When Parlato held his arms out with his palms
up for Dr. Smart, the difference was obvious with the
biceps on his left arm sagging to one side like a loosely
filled sausage casing. Dr. Smart told Parlato that some
men his age or older with an inactive lifestyle might
choose not to have surgery, but that with Parlato’s
active lifestyle he’d definitely recommend it.
Following Dr. Smart’s advice, Parlato scheduled his
first surgery ever. It was then that the sports medicine
doctor learned about another facet of Parlato’s active
life—the highland bagpipes. He’s been playing the
highland pipes for about 10 years and plays regularly
with the Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band. He even plays in
the BOCES parking lot occasionally during lunch—to
the amusement of most.
“I told Dr. Smart the day we scheduled the surgery
that I didn’t want to put any more pressure on him than
he already had as a surgeon, but I wanted him to understand that not being able to play the pipes was one of
my biggest fears.
“The horseshoeing I’m doing I am getting a little old
for, so I’m going to have to give that up anyway. I don’t
necessarily need my physical nature to teach. It’s more
intellect and using my educational skills. But, if there
were one thing I would miss it would be the piping.
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serves as a catharsis for me.”
So dedicated is Parlato to piping that he postponed
his original surgery date, so he could play the pipes at a
friend’s funeral.
“I could still play, but it was uncomfortable, and
whatever was wrong wasn’t getting right again just by
laying off and letting it try to heal,” Parlato says.
In fact, postponing his original visit to his primary
care physician and “letting it heal” had made things
worse in that the damaged tendon was forming scar
tissue in places where it wasn’t wanted.
Dr. Smart, with Parlato’s fears in mind, performed
the surgery at St. Joseph’s Northeast Surgery Center in
Fayetteville over 90 minutes. It sounds easy enough
when Dr. Smart describes it:
“You find the tendon still attached to the lower
biceps and then put stitches in it. Meanwhile, a hole is
drilled through the upper end of the radius bone and
the tendon is passed through the hole to the back of
the bone and attached to what we call ‘a button.’ The
bone then grows around the button and the tendon is
secured.”
“Whether I’m operating on a college football player with
a damaged knee, a high-level amateur tennis player with
a torn rotator cuff, or a mason who earns his livelihood
lifting heavy weights, it’s the same.”
—Ryan Smart, MD
The surgery started on a Friday at 11 a.m. and
Parlato was in the postanesthesia care unit by 1 p.m.
He was soon asking when he could go home and even
when he could go back to work: “It’s just a little cut.
I’ve been kicked worse than that by a horse!” Although
he was expected to be away from BOCES for two
weeks, he was back in the classroom on Monday, three
days later—his arm in both a sling and a brace. It was
swollen at the end of the day, but with several days of
icing “the swelling began to subside and it didn’t look
like my arm weighed 800 pounds anymore.”
It was eight weeks, just before Christmas, that
Parlato first tried playing the pipes. He used small
“parlor pipes” to begin with, but soon graduated to
the “great pipes” around which so much Scottish lore
is woven. And how was it?
“I couldn’t turn my wrist very well, but I just had
to try it. The fingers still move and it’s happening,” says
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New Mother-Baby Unit Pampers Families
I
t’s amazing what can be done with a little love as
opposed to a lot of money.
Just ask the women (and their families) whose
eyes light up in amazement when they first see
St. Joseph Hospital Health Center’s new mother-baby
unit. It may be a hospital, but the atmosphere in the
mother-baby unit is like that of a small boutique hotel
with private rooms, a comfortable couch that opens
out to a bed for fathers or other family members, room
service and an open kitchen.
Said one visitor: “This is like the Taj Mahal.”
St. Joseph’s new postpartum unit has attracted
enough attention within the hospital that staff from
other floors have been stopping by to see in person what
they’ve heard so much about through the grapevine.
Perhaps the area is attracting so much attention
because the mothers who would be staying there and
the nurses and doctors who would be working there
essentially designed it. During the design phase, nurses
contributed their ideas to architects about what would
make the mother-baby unit a more welcoming place
for mothers and their new infants and a better place in
which to work for nurses and doctors.
St. Joseph’s Is a ‘Baby-Friendly’ Hospital
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t. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center is designated a “Baby-Friendly” hospital by the World Health Organization through its Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative. It is the only Central New York hospital to receive this designation
and one of only 105 in the country. New York state has just three other hospitals with the distinction.
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global program sponsored
by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF) to encourage and recognize hospitals and birthing centers
that offer an optimal level of care for lactation. The BFHI assists hospitals in
giving breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence and skills needed to
successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies and gives special
recognition to hospitals that have done so.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, research
shows that what happens in the hospital or birth center plays a crucial role
in establishing breastfeeding and helping mothers to continue breastfeeding
after leaving the birth facility.
Through the BFHI, St. Joseph’s promotes, protects and supports breastfeeding, guided by the 10 steps outlined by UNICEF/WHO. These steps include
everything from training both at the hospital and at home, to specific practices to help encourage mothers who want to breastfeed their infants. A full
list of the steps may be found at www.babyfriendlyusa.org.
St. Joseph’s lactation (breastfeeding) consultants visit with mothers while
they are in the hospital, and are available to assist moms whenever needed.
Each breastfeeding mom receives a phone call after she goes home and is
also encouraged to feel free to call anytime—24 hours a day—if she has
questions. If additional help is needed, breastfeeding moms may come back
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“The nurses knew what they wanted and we talked
to mothers for their ideas,” Lynne Ponto, RN, nurse
manager, says. “This is a place built for women, and
some of the concepts were different, so it took awhile
to get these ideas across to the designers, most of whom
were male; but, when they understood what we wanted
and why, they were very enthusiastic.”
The men even admitted they liked the color selected
for the walls—peach instead of hospital green or linen
white.
The previous unit, built in exactly the same space,
had 26 beds in 14 rooms so only two rooms were
private. Today, each of the 20 rooms in the area is
private. Walk into the room and there’s a genuine
feeling of tranquility not likely to be experienced in
most double rooms in which the mothers and babies
are not necessarily on the same schedules. “I really felt
loved and cared for,” says one mother who had delivered in both the former and the new unit.
The rooms are, to a degree, customizable, as well.
Beds and cribs can be arranged according to the mother’s wishes. And each room also has its own 32-inch
digital television and DVD player if mom craves some
diversion. There is a hanging wardrobe closet, and private bathrooms with showers that are larger than most.
Instead of rolling a computer into each room on a
cart, each room now has its own laptop to keep patient
records up to date, and a wireless scanner system that
reads barcodes on the mother’s and infant’s wristbands
to make sure the right medicines are being administered to the right patient at the right time.
The rooms are designed for mothers and their
families, but a great deal of thought was given to work
areas, as well. Instead of one central nursing station far
away from some rooms, the mother-baby unit now has
smaller pods located near the rooms. Each pod has its
own printer, fax machine and copier. Physicians have
their own dictation rooms for privacy. Old-fashioned
“white boards” that listed the names of each patient
have become electronic—again for privacy. Thought
was even given to electrical outlets. Instead of being
on the floor and requiring a lot of unnecessary back
bending, they now are located at waist level.
And, there is room service. Patients can order their
own meals from a menu that offers an assortment of
food anytime between the hours of 6:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.
There also is a 24-hour kitchen on the floor stocked with
sandwiches, snacks and beverages for patients.
Richard Waldman, MD, chair of St. Joseph’s
obstetrics and gynecology department, said the staff
was tight-fisted when it came to controlling costs.
“We proved that we could come up with something
different and something better for the patients without
spending a lot of money,” Dr. Waldman says.
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St. Joseph’s new motherbaby unit features all
private patient rooms
with individual showers,
a pull-out couch for
fathers and other family
members, 32-inch digital
televisions, and medical
supplies that are kept out
of sight. Mothers may
order their own meals
anytime between the
hours of 6:45 a.m. and
6 p.m., and a kitchen
on the unit is stocked
24 hours a day with
sandwiches, snacks and
beverages. Mother-baby
nurse Gladys Cornish, RN,
delivers flowers to a mom
and her newborn son.
And There’s More…
W
ith a philosophy that centers on family-centered care, a
renovated mother-baby unit is just one of the many ways
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center cares for its new families.
St. Joseph’s also features:
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l Labor/delivery/recovery (LDR) rooms where mothers stay in
one self-sufficient room throughout the entire birth process.
The LDR unit includes a whirlpool tub, two operative delivery rooms
for cesarean births, and a nine-bed triage room for testing during
pregnancy and evaluation of labor. A full bathroom with a shower
is shared by each pair of LDRs. After delivery, mother and baby are
taken to the nearby mother-baby unit. One nurse cares for both,
and 24-hour rooming in with baby is encouraged to promote bonding. Breastfeeding consultants are available seven days a week.
l Syracuse’s only Birth Place where low-risk mothers deliver
babies who need special care. Equipped and staffed 24 hours a
day to provide newborn critical care, about 350 newborns from 16
counties receive care each year in St. Joseph’s level III, non-regional
ICN. The ICN is fully staffed with registered nurses, neonatal nurse
practitioners and board-certified neonatologists trained in the care
of infants born prematurely and/or with special needs.
l Many classes to prepare families before the arrival of baby
and to provide support after families go home. Classes
include: fit and healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor preparation,
newborn care, sibling class, and stay in touch for breastfeeding
moms who return to work outside the home.
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in a homelike setting with minimal medical intervention.
Mothers and babies typically go home 24 to 36 hours after birth,
and they receive a home visit from a Birth Place nurse within 48
hours of discharge. Moms labor and give birth in a queen-size bed
in one of three “bedrooms,” where families bond throughout their
stay. Kitchen facilities and a lounge are available for families. While
in labor, moms may take a warm bath in a whirlpool tub or shower
in a private bathroom. Mothers are free to wear their own clothes
and eat and drink as they please. Friends and families, including
baby’s siblings and grandparents, are welcome. Mom’s support
person may spend the night with her and baby, and every room is
equipped with a television, VCR and DVD. A room service menu
is available from 6:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., and there is a fully stocked
kitchen available at other times.
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Your Valve’s in the Right Place
H
ow could anyone say that hearing you need
to have the valve in your heart repaired is
good news? To Robert Brewster, a librarian
from Scarsdale, NY, it was.
Valve replacement started in the 1960s, but it is still
serious surgery that carries significant risk. The good
news, however, is that cardiac surgeons today have so
many options at their command that they can provide
almost “tailor-made” repairs or replacements for a widening group of patients.
The numbers, at least at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health
Center, confirm the increasing possibilities of surgery
for cardiac valve disease, according to Mehdi Marvasti,
MD, a St. Joseph’s cardiac surgeon with years of experience performing both coronary artery bypass surgery
and cardiac valve repairs and replacements.
“The numbers are interesting,” Dr. Marvasti says
in his slow, measured voice. “In the year 2000, we
did 1,081 heart procedures at St. Joseph’s and 665
of those—61 percent—were coronary artery bypass
grafts. In 2010, we did essentially the same number of
surgeries, but only 50 percent of them were coronary
artery bypass grafts.
“Some of that is due to more angioplasty and
stenting, but what has happened is that we are seeing
and treating more patients at an advanced age with
significant aortic or mitral valve disease.”
Running several times a week and lifting weights, school librarian Robert Brewster didn’t
know he had a leaky mitral valve until his primary care physician detected a murmur and
referred him to a St. Joseph’s cardiologist. Brewster later had surgery to repair the valve
before his condition worsened.
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The options are many, both Dr. Marvasti and cardiac surgeon G. Randall Green, MD, agree. Mechanical
valves are usually used in young patients. The drawback
to replacement of the patient’s own mitral or aortic
valve with a mechanical valve was, and still is, the
requirement that patients take anticoagulants—blood
“thinners”—like warfarin for the rest of their lives to
prevent blood clots.
“We’ve tended away from mechanical valves,”
Dr. Green says, “using bioprosthetic valves made from
pig or cow tissue almost exclusively. Repair is better
than replacement theoretically because it preserves
heart function. That said, a mitral valve replacement
performed in a certain way will also retain optimal heart
function, although it’s more technically challenging.
“There was a period of time when our hubris got
in the way. We wanted to feel we were capable and
creative enough to repair every valve, but that’s not
appropriate for everybody. Sometimes in a 65- or
70-year-old patient who has a particular pathology, it
might be better, faster and easier—and perhaps even
more durable—to just replace the valve.”
St. Joseph’s cardiac surgeons also have the ability
to perform “minimally invasive” valve replacements,
but, again, it’s an individual matter for each patient.
Dr. Marvasti does both whenever one is called for over
the other, but takes a long hard look before proceeding
with the minimally invasive technique. It is, he said, a
misnomer in that there is no such thing as a minimally
invasive heart surgery. Dr. Marvasti thinks the proper
term should be “smaller incision surgery.”
“Any heart surgery is invasive when you can
still have serious complications like death or stroke,”
Dr. Marvasti says. “You can still have those complications with minimally invasive techniques, but there
are some advantages.”
Drs. Marvasti and Green both say that performing
the surgery through a smaller incision has less risk of
infection, less risk of bleeding, and perhaps a shorter
stay in the hospital. A younger patient still in the workforce also may be able to return to work and resume
normal activity sooner.
“The most important thing that patients and physicians have to realize when it comes to heart surgery is
to fix the heart the best way you can,” Dr. Marvasti says
forcefully. “It has to be the right technique, and you
should not hesitate to tell the patient that a minimally
invasive approach is not good in her or his situation.”
In the case of Robert Brewster, a minimally invasive
approach by Dr. Marvasti worked very well.
Brewster, who was 40 at the time of his surgery in
2009, lifted weights and was an active runner for years,
averaging seven or eight miles three times a week. He
didn’t know he had a valve problem until his primary
care physician heard a telltale murmur during a routine
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Robert Brewster’s cardiac surgeon, Mehdi Marvasti, MD, (left) speaks will fellow cardiac surgeon Randall Green, MD, in St. Joseph’s
main operating room.
Brewster and his physician followed the mitral valve
anomaly as it worsened over the course of a few years
until Brewster’s physician referred him to a cardiologist
in Syracuse. Following a transesophageal echocardiogram
or TEE that confirmed the mitral valve disease in
April, Dr. Marvasti repaired Brewster’s mitral valve
in July using minimally invasive surgery. Instead of
approaching Brewster’s heart through a larger incision
in the center of his chest, Dr. Marvasti used a smaller
incision between two ribs in the right side of his chest
without sawing through any bones.
“I was in some pain after the surgery until they
removed a drain on the second day, but after that I felt
like a new person.” Brewster says. “The surgery was
on Monday and I went home on Friday. If my doctor
hadn’t been watching my heart and referred me when
he did, the valve would have worsened and might have
changed the shape and structure of my heart. As it is,
I’m back to running and lifting weights.”
As an example of how often minimally invasive
techniques are employed at St. Joseph’s, of all the heart
surgeries performed in 2010, 127 used minimally
invasive techniques and 81 of those were valve repairs
or replacements; 46 of them were coronary artery
bypass grafts.
Regardless of what heart surgeons like Dr. Green
and Dr. Marvasti believe, they’ll find once the surgery
has begun, they are always prepared for, and capable of,
changing course. Valve replacements typically take two
to three hours, but, Dr. Green says, he and Dr. Marvasti
spend another two or three hours outside the operating room before the surgery starts looking at studies
and reviewing the patient’s overall condition. The final
check is often a TEE, in which a probe is maneuvered
to a spot in the patient’s esophagus directly behind the
heart. Sending out sound waves, the TEE helps the surgeon gauge the size and shape of the heart, blood flow
patterns and, most importantly, the condition of the
heart’s four valves.
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guesses,” Dr. Green says, “about what we’ll find once
we’re inside the heart. We can see in real time where
and how the valves close and what the valves’ leaflets
look like. It’s more confirmation than anything.”
Even with reams of information beforehand, the
situation can still change once the surgeon is actually
looking at the stilled heart and its valves in person.
That’s why Dr. Green and Dr. Marvasti are prepared for
anything as the surgery begins.
“I never want to get into the position of putting a
square peg in a round hole,” Dr. Green quips. “I may
have planned on repairing the valve, but if I discover a
whole lot of calcium on the mitral valve that I didn’t see
during the echo, I may think twice about repairing it.
I may just say, ‘This patient is 70 years old, I’ll just decalcify the area and put in a replacement bioprosthetic
valve,’ because at the end of the day what the patient
really wants is a valve that doesn’t leak and that opens
and closes properly. They don’t really care whether
it was a repair or replacement. They just want to feel
better.”
Just as treatment for valve disease has changed in
the last 50 years, the technology continues to advance,
Dr. Green says. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently evaluating a new procedure in which
a patient’s aortic valve could be replaced during a
catheter-based operation in which only a tiny incision
would be required and the heart would not have to be
stopped, as it is now, to thread the new valve into position. St. Joseph’s, Dr. Green says, is preparing for the
new technique by creating a hybrid operating room in
which both robotic surgery and fluoroscopy (moving
X-rays) could be combined in the same space.
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Our
Foundation Report
Dear Friend of St. Joseph’s,
“The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.”
—Leonard I. Sweet, theologian, author, scholar
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973 James St., Suite 250
Syracuse, NY 13203
Phone: 315-703-2137
Fax: 315-703-2139
Email: [email protected]
Donate Online: www.sjhsyr.org/foundation
s we pass from the end of a successful year and into the
promise of a brilliant new one, let me begin by extending
a warm welcome to Kathryn Ruscitto as she begins
her tenure as president and chief executive officer of
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center.
Because the past and present influence the future, last December
was a month of celebration. As an organization, we applauded
Margaret Martin
the 36 years of dedication and outstanding leadership provided
to St. Joseph’s by Theodore Pasinski, who retired as the hospital’s
president and CEO at the end of 2010. While it goes without saying
that we will miss Ted immensely, Kathryn’s vision and strategic leadership will continue the
path set forth for St. Joseph’s during her predecessor’s time in office.
St. Joseph’s will continue to invest in the Central New York community and its residents. Progress will continue on the hospital’s facility expansion and renovation. This
project is not only one of the largest green health care construction projects in New York
state, but also one that will help revitalize Syracuse’s North Side neighborhood as well as
generate 600 long-term construction jobs and 200 permanent health care positions.
St. Joseph’s many donors help to build the foundation of that future through their
generous contributions. The generosity they extend to the hospital is passed on to the
patients we are proud to care for through St. Joseph’s many programs and services.
In 2010 alone, donors to St. Joseph’s capital campaign—Generations of Compassion F Healing F Innovation—contributed more than $3 million toward the hospital’s facility expansion, including a recent $272,500 gift from M&T Bank to name the hospital’s new North
Garden. As of March 2011, the Generations Capital Campaign has raised more than
$6.7 million and it currently has another $10 million out in requests for support.
Moreover, nearly $1.6 million in revenue was raised by St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in
2010 through its various fund-raising programs, including a $50,000 award from St. Agatha’s
Foundation to increase access to St. Joseph’s breast cancer services. Contributing to the fundraising successes of 2010 were the annual gala and golf tournament which, thanks to the
community’s generosity, netted nearly $530,000 in revenue with proceeds from both events
supporting St. Joseph’s nationally recognized programs and services. Because their gifts help to make quality care possible, we would like to recognize our
2010 donors on pages 27 through 37 in this issue of the Caring Connection.
It is my honor to extend my own most sincere thanks to these individuals, foundations
and corporations as we move into a bright future filled with optimism for the residents of
our community.
As poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning so aptly stated, let us “light tomorrow with today!”
Sincerely,
Margaret Martin
Vice President
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Helping to fund the largest expansion in St. Joseph’s Hospital Health
Center’s history is the Generations of Compassion F Healing F Innovation
Capital Campaign. At an estimated cost of $220 million, the project
includes a new emergency services building with new, larger medical and
psychiatric emergency departments as well as an observation/chest pain
unit, data center and kitchen. The second stage will include a new surgical
suite, a patient tower with private rooms and new intensive care units,
as well as a greenway corridor to North Side businesses. There are many
opportunities for giving at any level, and all gifts are truly appreciated.
This issue of Caring Connection profiles recent gifts from a few of our
generous contributors. For more information about how you can join
Because access to natural light has been shown to have
a positive influence on the body’s physiological comfort
and psychological well-being, leading to shorter hospital stays for patients and greater productivity for staff,
St. Joseph’s new emergency department has been
designed with skylights. The skylights will let in natural
light, brightening the healing atmosphere and creating
a sense of spaciousness for patients, families and staff. St. Joseph’s in enriching health care in our community, please visit
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M&T Bank Commits $272,500
to Generations Campaign
F
or M&T Bank Regional President Allen
Garden area of St. Joseph’s facility expansion—a
Naples, the bank’s donation of more
$272,500 gift. It was not a decision made lightly;
than a quarter of a million dollars in supall of M&T’s contributions greater than $20,000
port of St. Joseph’s facility master plan
must go to M&T Chairman and CEO Robert
was equal parts charitable intent and rigorous
Wilmers and President Mark Czarnecki for final
business decision.
approval.
“St. Joseph’s is an outstanding hospital that
The size of M&T’s donation is a deeply
provides tremendous services, so certainly a charappreciated affirmation of St. Joseph’s own straitable commitment is appropriate,” Naples says.
tegic direction. “The value St. Joseph’s delivers in
“At M&T, however, we evaluate these decisions
health care is first rate,” Naples says. “In addition,
based on outcomes: we carefully assess the value
decision-making from the hospital’s management
of the organization to the larger community.”
is very systematic and well-structured, which preIn that regard, M&T does a lot of detailed
serves the organization’s financial integrity.
study and a lot of charitable giving. One of the
“Beyond that, St. Joseph’s reinvests in the
country’s 20th largest banks, it donates more than
community—what CEO Kathryn Ruscitto and the
$15 million a year throughout its 15 regions to
leadership team have done to revitalize neighborbenefit 2,900 not-for-profit organizations. M&T
hood housing and commercial development is
M&T has donated $272,500 to name
employees log 333,000 hours of volunteer work
spectacular.”
the North Garden area of St. Joseph’s
annually, and the company requires its officers to Hospital Health Center’s expansion.
Naples has significant insights into the hospibe involved on community boards and with other Allen Naples is M&T regional presital’s management and direction, as M&T and
dent, Central New York.
charitable endeavors.
St. Joseph’s have enjoyed a successful business
“Fundamentally, we believe if our communirelationship stretching back more than 50 years
ties are not strong and vital, our business and our
to the days of one of M&T’s earlier acquisitions,
employees will not be strong and vital,” Naples says. “In Central
Merchants Bank, which was founded in 1850 in Syracuse, a city
New York alone, we donate more than $1 million annually and
incorporated just two years prior.
support about 200 different organizations.”
A 39-year veteran of the banking industry, the last six with
To enable those decisions, Naples chairs the bank’s local comM&T, Naples is enthusiastic about his organization’s decision to
munity relations committee, coordinating closely with Alissa Viti,
support St. Joseph’s Generations Campaign. “We have studied and
vice president of charitable and community relations. The bank’s
believe in the mission of the hospital and the value it delivers to the
and the committee’s strategic shift from organizational sponsorships
community,” he notes. “What the hospital is doing matches up with
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IBEW/NECA Members Give
Back to the Community
A
s construction proceeds on Phase II of
St. Joseph’s facility master plan, members
of IBEW (International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers) Local 43 and the NECA
(National Electrical Contractors Association) Finger
Lakes Chapter are devoting their skills and hard work
to make sure the largest construction project in the
hospital’s history is of the highest quality. And they’re
devoting something above and beyond that—$75,000
to the Generations Campaign in support of the project.
As a result, St. Joseph’s new elevator lobby will be
named in appreciation of IBEW/NECA.
Inside the construction site at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
are (from left to right) IBEW/NECA employees Todd Naramore,
Mike Freund, John Tacklyn, Marilyn Oppedisano, Jacob Kelly
(behind Oppedisano), Robert Prince, Don Morgan, Jeremy
Hildreth and Paul Skeval.
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“This project is good for this community, and our
members support it,” says Don Morgan, business manager
for IBEW Local 43. “We really believe in giving back.”
Marilyn Oppedisano, executive manager for NECA’s
Finger Lakes Chapter, reinforces that commitment.
“Together, IBEW/NECA does so much in the community to improve the quality of life where our members
live and work,” she says. “We have a long history of
charitable support, and it keeps growing.”
IBEW, established 114 years ago, represents
approximately 1,200 electrical workers locally, and
NECA, founded 110 years ago, represents more than 50
contracting firms in the area. Working together, they
sponsor the Central New York Joint Apprenticeship and
Training Committee to provide skills training in energy
efficient technologies, such as solar photovoltaic systems
and other green innovations, which are intrinsic to
St. Joseph’s plans. Each has a long relationship with the
hospital, and bases its charitable donations on hours
worked.
“Our revenues are based on hours worked, and our
monies to charities derive from that,” Morgan says. “The
more we’re able to put our members to work, the more
we are enabled to support worthy charitable initiatives,
and we believe strongly in what St. Joseph’s is doing
throughout Central New York.”
St. Joseph’s is privileged to join a number of other
health and human service organizations that benefit from
IBEW/NECA’s community focus, including their Red
Hat Sponsorship of the American Heart Association, the
United Way of Central New York, the Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure, Hospice of Central New York, Newspapers in Education and Habitat for Humanity.
When visitors to St. Joseph’s walk through the
new lobby to ride in the elevators, they can feel good
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Brown & Brown Empire State
Names North Café Landing
A
n organization founded on
Syracuse’s North Side many
decades ago thrives there still,
with a family atmosphere and
a long legacy of community service. This
description applies not only to St. Joseph’s
—it also fits Brown & Brown Empire State,
a long-time business partner and supporter
of the hospital.
Indeed, while the insurance broker and
the hospital obviously provide different
services, their histories have remarkable
similarities and the relationship between
them has been mutually supportive for
nearly 45 years. Recently, Brown & Brown
Empire State added to this shared history
with a $50,000 gift to the Generations
Capital Campaign to name the North Café
Landing in the hospital’s expansion.
Brown & Brown Empire State President
Nick Dereszynski says that the company’s
unique position is that of a long-term, community-based business that is successfully
transitioning to a business with an everexpanding reach. Based in Daytona Beach,
Florida, Brown & Brown (NYSE Symbol:
BRO) is a billion-dollar organization, with
operations in 38 states, that looks, acts and
feels like a hometown business. Seeking
qualified and successful insurance brokerages across the country, Brown & Brown
has grown rapidly both organically and
through acquisition.
In Central New York, they have written
a model success story through the 2001
acquisition of the Young Agency, founded
in 1905 in a building on North Salina Street
by George Young. His grandson George
Schunck, now senior vice president for
Brown & Brown Empire State, made the
strategic decision with his five shareholders
to become part of Brown & Brown to form
the current organization, which combines
the hometown knowledge and experience
of the Young Agency with the greater
resources and decentralized operating
philosophy of Brown & Brown.
“Family, tradition and service to the
community are the values that built this
company,” says Dereszynski. “The future
is about maintaining those core values
while providing additional benefit to our
customers.” An 18-year veteran of Brown
& Brown, Dereszynski became president of
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the brokerage responsible for the Eastern
half of Upstate New York in 2005. He and
Kevin Delaney, vice president of Brown &
Brown Empire State’s commercial lines, are
the organization’s primary consultants to
St. Joseph’s.
Recently, Brown & Brown Empire State
hosted a “Spotlight on Success” luncheon for
the hospital’s executive team, expressing appreciation for the relationship, and unveiling
a lobby showcase featuring St. Joseph’s facility
master plan and key service lines. “It’s truly
been a privilege to work with St. Joseph’s,”
Dereszynski says. “We have learned from
their leadership, and certainly wish to support all the good they do in our community.”
As both Brown & Brown Empire State
and St. Joseph’s continue their successful
growth into a new century, Schunck recalls
an unusual encounter in 1966 that eventually entwined their histories. “My phone
rang on a Monday, and it was the head of
the hospital, Sister Patricia Ann Mulherin,”
he says. “She asked—well, really, she told—
me to be at her office at 2:00 the next afternoon. So I met her there, and found her sitting behind a small kneehole desk that was
bare except for a large stack of insurance
policies and a calculator on it.
“She said, ‘I want you to examine all
our coverage and figure out how we can
do it better through your firm,’ which I
did, and the relationship has strengthened
and grown ever since,” Schunck continues.
“She had done her homework about our
firm and moved decisively—she was a very
gentle lady, but she knew her business and
she let you know she knew her business.
“I admired her so much, as I do her successors, Jim Abbott, Bill Watt, Ted Pasinski
and Kathryn Ruscitto; working with them has
meant a lot to me and my own development.”
From an out-of-the-blue phone call to
a local insurance broker more than four
decades ago to a much more complex strategic partnership in the 21st century, Brown
& Brown Empire State and St. Joseph’s
Hospital Health Center continue to share
an ethic of commitment to the community.
Thanks to Brown & Brown’s generous gift
to the Generations Campaign, future generations of patients will experience the benefits
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gift to name the North Café Landing, part of
St. Joseph’s expansion. Nick Dereszynski is
president of Brown & Brown Empire State.
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Sisters of St. Francis Honor
Ted Pasinski Through Naming Gift
A
mong the tributes and honors presented
to former St. Joseph’s President and Chief
Executive Officer Ted Pasinski upon his
retirement was a particularly meaningful
gift: a room.
The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, founders and sponsors of the hospital, have
made a $25,000 naming gift to the Generations Capital
Campaign, establishing the Theodore M. Pasinski
Family Consultation Room to be built in the new
section of the hospital. According to Sister Patricia
Burkard, general minister, the room will serve as a
permanent reminder of Ted’s exemplary service in
carrying out the mission of the Sisters of St. Francis
and St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center.
“We thought it fitting that this naming gift would be
for a family consultation room,” Sister Patricia says. “Ted
is such a caring family man, and has been so devoted
to the Sisters’ mission of helping families in times of
sickness and need.” The room will be used for private
meetings among hospital staff and patients’ families,
providing an extra measure of welcome and comfort.
Sister Patricia became head of the Sisters of St. Francis
of the Neumann Communities in 2004 and was chair of
the hospital’s Board of Trustees in 2009 and part of 2010.
She noted that Ted helped her get acclimated to her new
duties, showing great interest in the vision and direction
of the Franciscan Community. “It was a mutually helpful
experience,” she says. “I learned about the hospital’s
operations, while Ted kept the Order informed on
hospital strategy and direction.”
Sister Patricia said that Ted helped the religious
community as the hospital’s sponsors recognize the major
shifts that were to come in health care, and led them to
necessary changes so the Order and hospital would not,
as she put it, “miss the future.” His vision was enabled by
a constancy of purpose and fidelity to the mission of the
Sisters and St. Joseph’s.
“Ted is very attuned to the mission, and he’s genial
and compassionate, but he also has a great sense of
the business we’re in,” Sister Patricia says. “He and the
board took on the big challenges of modernization in
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Sister Patricia Burkard presents St. Joseph’s former President Ted
Pasinski with a plaque that will be displayed in the room named
in his honor. It includes the words of the Greek philosopher
Pericles: “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in
stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”
a changing health care environment.” Ted, she emphasizes, didn’t shrink from considerable challenges, and
understood deeply how the whole organization must
continue to serve in the future.
“Ted is a genuinely good person—what you see
is what you get,” Sister Patricia observes. “His nonanxious presence and unswerving loyalty to duty have
enabled St. Joseph’s to address today’s challenges and
position the organization for the years ahead.” Future
visitors to the room named for him will appreciate
the services made possible by Ted Pasinski’s, and the
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Donor Listing
In 2010, donors to St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Foundation
contributed generously to help physicians and nurses make a
difference in our community. Listed are cash donations received
between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2010. We are truly grateful for your
support of St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center.
$300,000 and up
Auxiliary of St. Joseph’s Hospital
Health Center, Inc.
Josephine Eagan Trust – Bequest
$40,000–$299,000
Anesthesia Group, P.C.
CNY Infusion Services, LLC
Mr. Timothy Conan
Franciscan Companies
Ms. Frances A. Gibbons
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony LaTessa
M&T Bank
Estate of John T. McKee
Kopp Billing Agency, Inc. and
The O’Connor Family
The Saint Agatha Foundation Inc.
St. Joseph’s Imaging Associates
Syracuse Orthopedic
Specialists, P.C.
Estate of Clara S. Towell
Vascular Surgeons of CNY, PLLC
$8,000–$39,999
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Abbott
Associates for Women’s
Medicine, PLLC
Atlas Health Care Linen Services
The Bank of America Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Byrne Dairy, Inc.
Keith and Pat Civil
Coca Cola Bottling Co., Inc.
of Syracuse
Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC
Mrs. Therese M. DeFuria
The Dorothy and Marshall M.
Reisman Foundation
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield,
Central New York Region
Fidelis Care New York
Flora Bernice Smith Foundation
Fust Charles Chambers LLP
The Hayner Hoyt Corp
Estate of Myron Hrynczuk
Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
IBEW Local 43
King & King Architects, LLP
Kinney Drugs, Inc.
Estate of Jayne Krawczyk
Laboratory Alliance of
Central New York, LLC
A. John Merola, MD
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Murphy III
The Pike Company
RBC Wealth Management
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Romano
S.J. Thomas Company, Inc.
Sack & Associates
Sisters of St. Francis of the
Neumann Communities
SJH Cardiology Associates
Mr. E. Carlyle Smith
St. Joseph’s Medical Staff
St. Joseph’s Pathology, P.C.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Sysco Syracuse, LLC
United Way of Central New York
Upstate Surgical Group, P.C.
Young & Franklin Inc.
$5,000–$7,999
Alesco Advisors LLC
Anonymous
Auer Family Foundation
Beacon Federal
Benefit Consulting Group, LLC
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Brown & Brown Empire State
Burns Bros Contractors
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Caputo
Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse
Carrier Corporation
CNY Family Care, LLP
Diversified Therapy
William A. Graber MD, PC
Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC
Hancock & Estabrook, LLP
Harris Beach LLP
Heart Care Center, P.C.
Hess Corporation
ING Financial Advisers,
LLC/ING Funds
Johnston Paper
Mohawk Hospital Equipment, Inc.
Murphy & Nolan, Inc.
North Medical Family Physicians
P. Drescher Co. Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ricciardi
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Semel
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
St. Joseph’s Medical Education Dept.
Syracuse Research Corporation
Syracuse Time & Alarm Co., Inc.
$2,500–$4,999
Allscripts
Amerinet
Associated Gastroenterologists
of CNY, P.C.
Bailey, Haskell & LaLonde
Insurance Services
The Barter Group
Bivens & Associates
Architects, PLLC
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Brown
Carestream Health, Inc.
Carrier Commercial Service
CBD Builders, LLC
Cygnus Management
Foundation Inc.
Mr. Anthony W. D’Angelo
George S. and Mikell G. Deptula
Edwards LifeSciences
First Niagara Bank
Dr. and Mrs. Alan B. Foster
Ms. Marylin Galimi
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Central New York, P.C.
Dr. Pam Horst and
Dr. Tom Dennison
Ikon Office Solutions, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Randy J. Kalish
Kopp Billing Agency Inc.
Le Moyne College – Arts & Sciences
Loretto
Magnetic Diagnostic Resources
of Central NY
Marsh USA Inc.
Dr. Laura Martin
Margaret and Donald Martin
MDI
Medtronic Spinal and Biologics
National Grid
NEC Unified Solutions
New England Financial
Otis Elevator Company
Ted and Diane Pasinski
Pinckney Hugo Group
Postler & Jaeckle Corp.
Print Solutions Plus, Inc.
Pulmonary Health Physicians, P.C.
Pyramid Technologies, LLC
Robert H. Law, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. William Roberts
Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Kathy Robinson
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Schopfer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shaffer
Dr. and Mrs. George A. Shaheen
Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Smith, Jr.
Syracuse Community
Health Center, Inc.
TeamHealth East
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
Thornberry Ltd.
Toshiba Business Solutions
Upstate New York
Empowerment Fund
Welch Allyn, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Wood
Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Zimmerman
$1,000–$2,499
Ahern, Murphy & Associates
Allied Electric Co.
Americar Leasing
Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Antonini
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Austin
Ms. Margaret B. Ball
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Bell
Msgr. Ronald C. Bill
Mr. Joseph Bitzel
C&S Companies
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cannizzaro
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Carsky
Century Heating &
Air Conditioning, Inc.
Ms. Susan L. Chappuis
Ms. Shannon Colvin
Community Counselling
Service Co., LLC
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Dr. Robert Constantine
Mr. W. Carroll Coyne
Dr. DeAnn Cummings
Dr. John Dale
Dalpos Architects & Integrators
Dewald Roofing Co., Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Downing
Ms. Catherine Dukat-Wilson
EBS-RMSCO, Inc.
Eclipsys
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Ehrich
Endodontic Associates, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Falter
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fennell
Dr. Joseph F. Finelli
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Friedman
Drs. Carolyn and Paul Frymoyer
Mr. Douglas Fye
Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. Garner
GE Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Haswell
Hematology-Oncology Associates
Henry A. Panasci Jr.
Charitable Trust
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Drs. Peter and Lisa Hogenkamp
Ms. N. Joan Horan
Hummel’s Office Plus
IBM
Immediate Mail Service
John P. Stopen Engineering
Mr. Arthur A. Jutton
Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. King
Dr. Sally Klemens
Ms. Mary Knepper
John and Candace Marsellus
Dr. Mehdi Marvasti
Matt Industries, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Mayne
Dr. Kristen McNamara
Medtronic USA, Inc.
Mrs. Anne L. Messenger
Dr. and Mrs. Ahmad Nazem
Neurosurgical Associates of
Central New York, LLP
New Country Dental Group, P.C.
P.C.I. Paper Conversions, Inc.
Janice and David Panasci
Patterson Dental Supply, Inc.
Plan & Print Systems
Dr. Bobby Pohar
POMCO Group
Ms. Elizabeth B. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Rothman
Rural Metro Medical Services
Kathryn and Daniel Ruscitto
Mr. John Salemme
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scicchitano
Mr. Lowell Seifter and
Mrs. Sharon McAuliffe
Dr. Sandra Sulik
Syracuse ASC Management, LLC
Syracuse Office Environments
T.H. Kinsella Inc.
Target
Total Lighting Concepts
Vital Images
Wells Fargo
Mr. H. Edward Walker
Dr. Kevin M. Walsh
Watson Farms LLC
Dr. and Mrs. David Wormuth
Yaffee & Co.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Zawadzki
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zimmer
Zimmer Upstate New York
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Dr. Anwar S. Ahmad
Dr. Samuel S. Badalian
Ms. Rebecca Bender
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Bersani
Mr. George Betts
Ms. Mary Bishop
Ms. Elisabeth M. Bolduc
Joseph R. Bonacci D.D.S., PC
Build.Com, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burrows
Ms. Patricia A. Calpeter
Dr. Donald Calzolaio
Mr. Gary Carlston
Mr. Peter F. Carranti
Catholic Charities of
Onondaga County
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Corp
Mr. Paul Costello
Curbside, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Cuttler
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy S. Czyz
Mr. Richard Dabrowski, Jr.
Mr. Bernie Delello
Ms. Ellen Dethloff
Ms. Lydia A. DeVeau
Ms. Kathy Dodge
FamilyCare Medical Group, PC
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Fernandez
Ms. Dottie Foster
Gibar, Inc.
Ms. Sharon Goettel
Ms. Ann Gorton
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grabowski
Ms. Laura Gray
Mr. Rosario Greco
Dr. and Mrs. Seth S. Greenky
Mr. Stewart W. Handy
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holmberg
Ms. Maureen Iacono
Iflow Corporation
James Square Nursing Home, Inc.
Ms. Amie G. Jamison
Mr. Jeffrey Jenkusky
Just the Right Stuff, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Kaplan
Ms. Pamela Kennedy
Ms. Stacy D. Keppler
Key Bank
Ms. Catherine LeMura
Dr. Laura Leso
P. Gard Lorey, D.D.S., P.C.
Ms. Mary Luziani
Dr. Janet S. Mackenzie
Ms. Rachael L. Malay
Dr. and Mrs. John Marangola
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Markowitz
Michael D. Mattiacio, DDS PC
Ms. Diane Mazza
Ms. Michele Mecomonaco
MediaMarCon
Drs. Stanley Meltzer and
Patricia Randall
Ms. Nancy L. Miller
Mrs. Patricia Miller
Ms. Katherine J. Mueller
Mr. Martin Mulderig
Mr. Patrick Murphy
Ms. Kimberley Murray
Dr. Vanlinh Tien Nguyen
Mr. Jamie Nicolosi
Dr. Katiuschka Nunez Willoughby
Oneida Dental Group
Mr. and Mrs. James Pompo
Dr. and Mrs. Joel Potash
Ms. Jill Potter
Ms. Rose Ann Procopio
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Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Rabuzzi
Mr. Gregg Rinaldi
Mr. Michael J. Salamone
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Scanlon
Ms. Catherine M. Schaffer
Mr. Mike Scherr
Mrs. Michelle L. Schmidt
Ms. Christine Schrank
Shirley W. & William L. Griffin
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John Short
Signage Systems
Dr. and Mrs. Russell Silverman
Mr. Chris Snow
Ms. Stella J. Sroka
Ms. Mary Studdiford
Sun Life Financial
Ms. Tara J. Tifft
Carol and Robert Triggs
Ms. Maureen K. Tuck
Ms. Lydia Turnipseed
Mrs. Mary Ann Wafer
Mr. Adan Warfa
Mr. Jack Webb
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Weiss
Mrs. Deborah Welch
Mr. David Wieland
Woodcock & Armani Mechanical
Contractors
$250–$499
Mr. David M. Abell
Ms. Melissa Allard
Ms. Denise Amigh
Appel Osborne Landscape
Architecture
Ms. Christin Aris
Dr. Joan L. Armstrong
Ms. Laura Arndt
Arthritis Health Association, PLLC
Ms. Debra Bailey
Ms. Susan L. Baldacci
Mr. Brian Barboline
Mr. Steven Barlow
Ms. Lynn Basile
Mr. Joshua H. Blodgett
Ms. Nicole Blumin
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boeheim
Dr. Jo-Ellen Bossert
Ms. Leanne Bowers
Ms. Polly Bowers
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bowhall
Ms. Shirley J. Boyd
Ms. Eleanor Braun
Brian’s Custom Framing
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Briest
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Mr. Joseph J. Burdick
Mr. Bob Busko
Camillus Dental Associates
Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Campanile
Ms. Lola Caputo
Mr. Daniel Carelli
Ms. Barbara Carranti
Carthage Dental Health Group, LLC
Mr. Jay V. Casper, Jr.
Mr. Rick Castle
CB Richard Ellis
Mr. Antonio Cedeno
Ms. Cynthia Cheney
Clay Dental Care L.L.P.
Mr. Timothy Cleary
Ms. Diane Coogan
Deborah B. Corkan DDS, PC
Mrs. Linda Corrigan
Mr. Joseph Costantini
Ms. Marlene Crockford
Ms. Michelle Cusimano
Ms. Gina Cusworth
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dabrowski
John T. Damiano, D.D.S.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Danial
Mrs. Mary Davis
Ms. Patricia H. DeFerio
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey DeFuria
Mr. Arthur DeGirolamo
Dental Systems Group
Dr. Denise Deppoliti
Ms. Tamela DeSimone
Mr. and Mrs. Larry DeWitt
Mr. Joseph N. DiRienzo
Dr. Kenneth Dolatowski
Ms. Jodi M. Donahue
Donald J. Fager & Associates, Inc.
Ms. Kathy Donlick
Ms. Barbara L. Dougherty
Mr. and Mrs. Ira S. Dubnoff
Mrs. Barbara Dubnoff-Bayanaker
Eastwood Litho, Inc.
Ms. Mary Clare Ehde
Ms. Carolyn J. Eich
Ms. Mary H. Esposito
Faculty Student Association
Honorable Joseph Fahey and
Ms. Terri Bright
Ms. Diana Farneti
Ms. Tammy Feeney
Feher Rubbish Removal, Inc.
Mr. Mike Fifield
Ms. Kathleen Findley
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finn
Mr. Doug Firpo
Mr. John Flask
Mr. Kevin Flegal
Mrs. Carol Fontana
Mr. Carl Foriero
Ms. Gloria Fox
Francis House
Ms. Nancy Frazier
Mr. and Mrs. David Fry
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Fust
Ms. Nancy J. Galipeau
Mr. Fred L. Galletti
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Geglia
Ms. Isabelle Gerbin
Ms. Virginia G. Giarusso
Ms. Roxanne Giglio
Ms. Sara Gleasman-DeSimone
Ms. Anne Grande
Mr. Lawrence Anthony Graser
Ms. Kathleen Groesbeck
Glenn J. Halbritter, D.M.D.
Dr. Matthew Hall
Mr. Gene Hares
Dr. Richard Hehir
Dr. David G. Heisig
Mr. Vance T. Hellwig
Herkimer Dental, LLC
Ms. Sheryl High
Mr. David T. Himiak
Ms. Deborah J. Hopkins
Hospice of CNY
Ms. Tacy Jenkins
Ms. Denise Jochem-Robertson
Mr. Donald Kates
Ms. E. Zoe Keeler
Ms. Barbara Keith
Mr. Edward Kennar
Mr. Christopher Keppler
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Keyes
Mr. Philip C. Khairi
Ms. Mary King
Mr. William B. Knowlton
Mr. Robert Kosinski
Ms. Jennifer Krafft
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Ms. Karen LaFrance
Ms. Nancy Laufer
Ms. Teresa M. LaValle
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lavelle
Ms. Nicole Lesperance
Ms. Allison Lewis
Mr. Howard Lewis
Lexi-Comp, Inc.
Lexicon Graphix, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Louise
Lyons Dentistry
Dr. John A. Lyons
Lawrence B. Marks DDS, PC
Martin and Winkler, D.D.S., P.C.
Dr. Bernadine A. Martin
Mr. Gary Mayne
Mr. Michael McDermott
Mr. Ronnie A. McIntyre, Jr.
Ms. Cindy Merchant
Ms. Theresa Meyers
Ms. Jane A. Miller
Ms. Margaret Mills
Mr. Sean Mills
Morgan Stanley
Ms. Teresa Moroz
Ms. Catherine Mucenski
Ms. Cheryl Murphy
Ms. Leah Murphy
Mr. Mark Murphy
Ms. Delores Neal
Ms. Pamela Netti
Ms. Sharon Neuman
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Nicholson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Nicoletti
Ms. Denise Nolan
Northern Oswego County Health
Services, Inc.
Ms. Paula O’Brien
Dr. Francis O’Connor
Mr. David Omilanowicz
Dr. Barbara Panko
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Panzetta
Ms. Joan M. Payne
Mrs. Shirley Pease
Ms. Deirdre P. Pierce
Ms. Janice Pierson
Ms. Michele Podolak
Ms. Valerie Potash
Potter Heating & Air Conditioning
Ms. Karen A. Potter
Ms. Kay Powell
Power-Comm. Electric Co., Inc.
Ms. JoAnne Priest
Ms. Nancy Purdy
Mr. and Mrs. James Quigley, Jr.
Mr. Timothy M. Rauer
Ms. Claudia Rayome
Mr. Gary Richter
Mr. William Riggall
Ms. Jan Robertson
Mr. William K. Rogers
Mr. John Taylor Rosier
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Rossetti
Mr. Alfonso Salemi
Mr. John S. Sanborn
Mr. Thomas Sandford
Mr. Roger J. Sanford
Ms. Milena Schir
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schneider
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Scruggs
Mr. Frank V. Servadio
Mr. Steven J. Shih
Ms. Carla Shults
Estate of Ruby Sitnik
Skaneateles Artisans
Ms. Lisa Slade
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Smith
Ms. Dawn M. Smith-Zellar
Ms. Judy Sokolowski
Ms. Karen St. Hilaire
Mr. Steve St. Onge
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Steigerwald III
Ms. Debra Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Peter I. Taylor
Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Temes
Ms. Mary Teske
Dr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Thines
Mrs. Cheryl Thomas
Ms. Karen Thomson
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Thornton
Doan Trang Tran
Ms. Mary Chau Tran
Ms. Sarah Tubbert
Mr. and Mrs. Jit Turakhia
Ms. Kathleen Turo
Ms. Kristie Valentino
Ms. Wendy M. Van DerBogart
Ms. Chris Vona
Ms. Pauline Wadzinski
Mr. and Mrs. David Wall
Mr. Jason R. Warner
Mr. Jeffrey Wentworth
Mr. Andrew L. Whipple
Wladis Law Firm, PC
Mrs. Mary Ann Wood
Ms. Meghan Wright
Mr. Roger Yanow
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Ms. Deborah Abbatiello
Mr. Mohamed Aboubaker
Ms. Darlene D. Abrams
Ms. Tiffiany Abruzzese
Ms. Maudine Acevedo
Ms. Sandra L. Acevedo
Mr. James Achuil
Ms. Natisha Adair
Ms. Susan E. Adams
Ms. Stacey Adamy
Ms. Reggie I. Adler
Advanced Endodontics PC
Ms. Maria Agosh
Ms. Kerry Ahern
Mr. and Mrs. Pasqual S. Aiello
Ms. Patricia Aiken
Airside Technology Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Alaimo
Mr. Peter J. Alaimo
Ms. Alicia Alampi
Ms. Alisa Albanese
Ms. Antonia Albury
Ms. Jacqui Aldinger
Ms. Susan M. Aldrich
Ms. Gloria Alexander
Ms. Lois D. Allen
Alliance Bank N.A.
Ms. Karen Alsever
Drs. Maritza Alvarado and
Andrew Knoll
Ms. Marianne Aman
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ambroise
Mrs. Eileen Amedio
American College of Radiology
Ms. Joanne Amore
Mr. John Andersen
Ms. Anita Anderson
Ms. Sharon P. Anderson
Ms. Janice M. Anderton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Andrews
Mr. Russell Angelo
Ms. Jeanette S. Angeloro
Mr. and Mrs. Vito Angerson
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Ms. Christine L. Angiolillo
Mrs. Lynda M. Angiolillo
J. Anselment
Mr. Andrew C. Antil
Mr. and Mrs. James N.
Antonacci, Jr.
Ms. Melissa Argy
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Armstrong
Ms. Shellie Armstrong
Ms. Elizabeth S. Arner
Ms. Mardi Arnold
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Arnow
Mr. Naizgi Asfaw
Mr. Thaddeus J. Astemborski
Ms. Tia Atwood
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Auer
Mr. and Mrs. James Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Auer
Mr. and Mrs. William Auer
Ms. Monica Aungier
Ms. Christine Austin
Ms. Kathy Austin
Ms. Martha Austin
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Austin
Mr. Matthew Auwae
Ms. Melissa Avery
Ms. Dawn Ayers
Ms. Flora Ayobo
Ms. Violet M. Ayres
Ms. Jane M. Bach
Ms. Marcia M. Bacon
Ms. Sandra C. Baker
Mr. Scott Baker
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Balcom
Ms. Angela Baldini
Ms. June P. Balduf
Ms. Yowali Balume
Mr. Ross Barbarino
Ms. Ellen Barbas
Mr. George E. Barnes
Mr. Robert Barraco
Ms. Susan M. Barrett
Ms. Judith Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barry
Ms. Olga Bartley
Mr. Daniel W. Barton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Bartowski
Ms. Judith Basar
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bastable
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Battaglia
Battery Power Systems, Inc.
Ms. Susan M. Baum
Ms. Jan Bauman
Mr. Christian Baur
Mr. Thomas Baxter
Ms. Stephanie Beard
Mr. James Beardsley
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Beavan
Mr. Bernie Beck
Ms. Jo-Ann A. Beckwith
Mrs. Mary T. Beddard
Mr. and Mrs. Bert R. Belanger
Ms. Michelle Belden
Belgium Cold Springs Volunteer
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Mr. Brian Benedict
Ms. Jennifer Benjamin
Ms. Margaret S. Benjamin
Ms. Marie Bennett
Ms. Sandra Bennett
Mr. Thomas Berdan
Ms. Elizabeth Bergstraesser
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Berman
Ms. Gayle Bero
Ms. Caroline Berrios
Ms. Mary M. Berthelot
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bertram
Ms. Charlotte R. Bessee
Ms. Linda Betley
Mr. Steven Bianco
Ms. Nancy Bibbens
Mr. Joseph Bick
Ms. Margaret A. Biddlecome
Ms. Amy L. Bidwell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bielemeier
Ms. Maureen Bigness
Ms. Donna M. Bills
Ms. Elizabeth Billy
Ms. Tammy Bingham
Ms. Michelle Bishop
Ms. Elizabeth Bistrovich
Ms. Debby Bittel
Ms. Melanie Bixby
Ms. Joni Blackburn
Ms. Pamela Blair
Ms. Susan Bland-Medicis
Ms. Judi L. Bliss
Ms. Denise Blowers
Ms. Kathryne Blowers
Ms. Kathryn C. Blundell
Ms. Margit Bluto
Ms. Maureen Bogardus
Ms. Pamela Bogdan
Ms. Louise Bogett
Ms. Elizabeth Boljonis
Mrs. Donna M. Bonacci
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Bonanno
Mr. Mauricio Bonifacio
Ms. Pamela Bonvouloir
Book Ends Book Club
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Borer
Ms. Olga Borozinski
Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Bort
Ms. Anne Bosco
Ms. Lily Boskovski
Mr. Thomas M. Bottar
Ms. Susan Bottino
Mr. Nick Bouchard
Ms. Irene Boucher
Ms. Margaret Bowes Bovard
Ms. Christine Bowers
Ms. Denise Bowles
Mr. Ronald D. Bowman
Ms. Sherry Bowman
Mrs. Sudaphorn Boyce
Ms. Eileen Boyd
Ms. Jill Boyer
Mr. Ronald Boyer
Ms. Nancy A. Boyke
Ms. Easter Bradford
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Bradstreet
Ms. Edith Brant-Burdekin
Ms. Cynthia A. Braunmueller
Ms. Susan L. Bravos
Mr. Timothy Brayman
Ms. Ann Brazell
Mr. Brian Brennan
Ms. Deborah A. Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. James Breuer
Ms. Mary Brice
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Briggs
Ms. Grace Bristol
Mr. Michael Brochowicz
Mr. Michael Broeker
Ms. Faye A. Brooks
Ms. Joyce Brooks
Ms. Sonia Brooks
Ms. Stacey Brooks
Ms. Bridget Brotzki
Ms. Cheryl M. Brown
Ms. Elizabeth A. Brown
Mrs. Kathleen M. Brown
Ms. Laurie Brown
Ms. Michelle Brown
Ms. Yolanda C. Brown
Ms. Susanna Brown-Cook
Mr. Robert Brunette
Ms. Rebecca Bruno
Ms. Kimberly Brunson-Williams
Mrs. Regina Bubnack
Mr. William L. Buchanen
Ms. Kathy Buck
Ms. Chloe Budenhagen
Ms. Heather Bulla
Ms. Dawn Bullett
Ms. Kathleen Bullion
Ms. Amber Bunaisky
Ms. Maureen A. Burke
Ms. Patricia D. Burke
Ms. Susan Burke
Ms. Kathleen M. Burlin
Mr. Joy Burns
Ms. Lacey Burns
Ms. Mary Jo Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burns
Mrs. Patricia A. Burton
Ms. Kimberly A. Bush
Ms. Marce C. Bush
Ms. Sabrina Bush
Ms. Elaine M. Busher
Mr. Daniel P. Buyer
Ms. Julia Byrne
Ms. Mary Byrne
Ms. Helen A. Byron
C & A Realty, LLC
Mr. Fred Caesar
Ms. Lizbeth Caiello
Ms. Sharon Calabria
Ms. Christine Caldwell-Rudolph
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Cambareri
Ms. Linda Caminiti
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Campanino
Vincent S. Campanino, D.D.S., P.C.
Ms. Mary J. Campbell
Ms. Melissa A. Campbell
Ms. Mary Beth Campo
Ms. Gabriella Canal
Ms. Sue Candee
Ms. Theresa Canestrare
Ms. Marion Cangemi
Mr. David Capella
Ms. Antonise Capers
Mr. Mark H. Capozzella
Ms. Libby Capriotti
Ms. Linda M. Capurso
Ms. Samantha Cardinell
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cardone
Ms. Carol Carioti
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Carlino
Ms. Linda L. Carlisle
Ms. Rachel Caron
Ms. Laurie J. Carr
Mr. Philip Carrieri
Mr. and Mrs. Kennett Carter, Jr.
Mr. Mark Carter
Ms. Ruth Carter
Ms. Judy Carulli
Ms. Jessica Caruso
Ms. Kathleen A. Casatelli
Ms. Marie L. Casavant
Ms. Beverly Caskinette
Ms. Georgia Caskinette
Ms. Elizabeth Cassant
Ms. Joan Cassant
Ms. Donna Cassidy
Ms. Margaret Castellini
Mr. Michael S. Castner
Ms. Denise Castro
Dr. and Mrs. Luis Castro
Mrs. Natalie Cavalieri
Mr. John Cavender
CD Construction
Mr. Alfred Cehfus, Jr.
Mrs. Josephine Celio
Ms. Michele Centolella
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Certo
Mr. Arthur Chalupnicki
Dr. and Mrs. Brian Chanatry
Mr. Juan Chanelo
Ms. Joyce Chapman
Mr. Paul F. Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chapman
Mrs. Christine Chapman-Angiolillo
Circle of Excellence
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A. John Merola, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Antonini
Msgr. Ronald C. Bill
Mr. Joseph Bitzel
Dr. Jerry Brown
Dr. Robert Constantine
Mr. W. Carroll Coyne
Dr. DeAnn Cummings
George S. and Mikell G. Deptula
Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Downing
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Falter
Dr. Joseph F. Finelli
In memory of Rose Finelli
Dr. and Mrs. Alan B. Foster
Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Friedman
Drs. Carolyn and Paul Frymoyer
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Haswell
Mr. Arthur A. Jutton
Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. King
John and Candace Marsellus
Margaret and Donald Martin
Dr. Mehdi Marvasti
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Nicholson
Janice and David Panasci
Ted and Diane Pasinski
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Rothman
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zimmer
Circle of Compassion
$5,000 to $9,999
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$2,500 to $4,999
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Caputo
Keith and Pat Civil
Dr. Pam Horst and Dr. Tom Dennison
Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Kathy Robinson
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Charles
Ms. Michelle Chase
Ms. Nikole K. Chastain
Chelsea Building Products
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Mrs. Elaine M. Chiasson
Mr. Andy Childs
Ms. Jeanna Childs
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chilinski
Deng Chol
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Christensen
Mr. Jonathan Christian
Ms. Anne Christopher
Ms. Kristen Chrysler
Ms. Judith L. Chwalek
Ms. Elaine B. Cieslak
Dr. and Mrs. Armand Cincotta
Citizens for A New New York
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Clancy
Mr. Ryan Clapper
Ms. Dianne S. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Clark
Ms. Rosa Clark
Mr. Tim Clark
Mr. John Clemente
Ms. Myra Clemente
Ms. Monica A. Clemons-Vincent
Ms. Dana Clinton
Mrs. Ruth Clough
Mr. Eugene Coates
Ms. Carol Cole
Ms. Linda J. Cole
Ms. Grace Colella
Ms. Isha M. Coleman
St. Joseph’s College of Nursing
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Ms. Erica Collins
Ms. Tracy A. Collins
Ms. Fiorina Colosi
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald M.
Commerford, Jr.
Ms. Kristin Conable
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Congel
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Coniski
Mrs. Carolyn Connors
Ms. Kathryn Contos
Ms. Susan Converse
Ms. Kathleen Cook
Ms. Maureen Cooke
Mr. Stephen R. Cooke
Ms. Cheryl E. Cooper
Ms. Cynthia Cooper
Mr. Gerald Cooper
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cooper
COR Development Company, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Corapi
Ms. Edith P. Cordone
Ms. Gladys Cornish
Ms. Teresa Corrigan
Ms. Jennifer Cortese
Ms. Cathy Coryell
Ms. Eletta Costantino
Ms. Lori Anne Costello
Ms. Patricia Costello
Mr. Thomas E. Costello
Ms. Roberta L. Countryman
Mr. David A. Cowburn
Ms. Kathleen Cowen
Mr. Bryan Cox
Ms. Louise Cox
Ms. Deborah Coyle
Mr. L. Bruce Crabtree
Ms. Jodi Crane
Mr. Duane Crapser
Ms. Jodine H. Crast
Mrs. Megan C. Cross
Mr. and Mrs. William Crossett
Ms. Roberta J. Crouch
Ms. Natalina Crouse
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Crupi
Ms. Margaret A. Culhane
Ms. Anne Culligan
Ms. Beth A. Currado
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Curran
Ms. Kelly Currie
Mr. Kenneth Curry
Ms. Maria T. Cusing
Ms. Angela Cuskey
Ms. Aida Custodio
Ms. Adele M. Cutrone
Ms. Julie Cyr
Ms. Martha Czaplicki
Reverend Joshua M. Czyz
Ms. Susan Dabrowski
Ms. Olasumba Dada
Gyan Dahal
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Daley
Ms. Debra D’Alfonso
Ms. Helen Dali
Ms. Denise Dann
Ms. Holly L. Darling
Ms. Laura B. Darling
Ms. Elahnna D’Arrigo
Ms. Carmella Dateno
Ms. Amanda D’Auria
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Davidson
Mrs. Sandra Davies
Mr. Dale Davis
Ms. Laurie J. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davis
Ms. Patricia Davis
Ms. Debra Day
Mr. Donald Day, Jr.
Mr. Geoffrey Day
Ms. Emilia C. De Forest
Ms. Kelly DeBeer
Decorative Product Source
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Deleo
Ms. Marian E. DelGobbo
Ms. Clarissa DeLong
Mr. Eric DeMarche
Mr. Philip DeMatteo
Ms. Anna Maria Demko
Mr. Mike Demmerle
Ms. Rose Marie Demperio-Zullo
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dempsey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dempsey
Mr. Mathiang M. Deng
Ms. Linda Dennis
Carmen Denny
Ms. Jessica DeOrdio
Ms. Andrea L. Derby
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. DeRidder
Ms. Donna D. DeRocha
Mr. Paul DeRose
Mr. Alfonso Desiderio
Ms. Beverly DeSignor
Ms. Linda Detor
Ms. Julia Devires-Leroux
Ms. Deborah Dewey
Ms. Susan Dickerson
Ms. Kathleen Dickinson
Ms. Natalie N. Dickinson
Mr. Joseph Dicob
Dr. and Mrs. Charles DiCosimo
Robert J. Dietz, Jr., D.D.S.
Ms. Patricia diGiovanna
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. DiGiovanni
DiLauro’s Bakery & Pizza Inc.
Ms. Kathy Dillman
Ms. Catherine B. DiLorenzo
Dr. Vincent D. DiMento
Ms. Kim Dingman
Mrs. Marie Dittmar
Mr. Michael Dixon
Mr. Terral Dixon
Mr. and Mrs. William Dixon
Ms. Yvette Dixon
Mr. James Doane
Ms. Laura Dodge
Mr. Robert Domachowski
Ms. Cathleen Donegan
Ms. Roseanne Donegan
Ms. Tricia Donovan
Mrs. Natalia Doran
Ms. Joanne Dority
Ms. Jean M. Dougherty
Ms. Jennifer Dougherty
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Doyle
Ms. Kim M. Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Draves
Mr. Robert Driscoll
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dubaniewicz
Mrs. Joan Duffy
Mr. Jack H. Duger
Ms. Linda DuLong
Ms. Julie Dumas
Ms. Brigid Dunn
Mr. John Dunn
Ms. Susan Dunn
Ms. Kelly M. Durand
Sister Adelbert Durant
Ms. Marie Durst
Dr. and Mrs. William Dutch, Jr.
Ms. Echo Duva-Sprague
Mrs. Lucia W. Dwyer
Ms. Lucille V. Dwyer
Ms. Mary Ann Dwyer
Ms. Michele A. Dwyer
Ms. Janice Dyball
Ms. Ashley B. Dyke
Ms. Monica Eades
Mr. John Eallonardo
Sister Gratia Eallonardo
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Ms. Rose Ann Eason
Ms. Lisa Ebert
Edco Sales, Inc.
Ms. Sharon E. Eddy
Ms. Nancy K. Edmonds
Dr. and Mrs. Gerry Edwards
Mr. Jim Egan
Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence W. Egnaczyk
Ms. Joy Eidt
Ms. Bonnie W. Eisenfeld
Mr. Michael F. Elder
Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Elliott
Ms. Carol J. Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Elliott
Ms. Mary Ann Ellis
Emerald Resources, Inc.
Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
Ms. Roberta Emmert
Mr. Barrett T. Enck
Mr. Michael F. Endries
Dr. and Mrs. David Eng
Ms. Jody S. Engel
EspressOasis
Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Ettelson
Ramanda Eudell
Ms. Janet Evans
Mr. Kevin Evans
Ms. Karen Ewald
Ms. Natalie Fadden
Ms. Judith Fager
Ms. Rosalie Faigle
Ms. Theresa Faircloth
Ms. Lori Falck
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Falkiewicz
Ms. Colleen N. Fall
Ms. Jane E. Fallon
Ms. Julie A. Farr
Ms. Lauralee Farrar
Ms. Carol Farrell
Ms. Beverly Fayette
Ms. Valerie R. Fedele
Ms. Lori Femano
Ms. Janice Fenn
Mr. Frank Ferrante
Ms. Donna Ferris
Ms. Patricia J. Ferro
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ferruggia
Ms. Tricia Fiasconaro
Ms. Ann Field
Ms. Michelina Figliomeni
Ms. Laurie Files
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Finistrella
Gary H. Finnerty, D.D.S., P.C.
Mr. Richard Fiore
Ms. Roxanna Fiore
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Fiorenza
Ms. Amanda Fiscoe
Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Fitzer
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fitzgerald
Ms. Kathleen Fitzgerald
Ms. Kimberly J. Flaherty
Dr. Ethan Flaks and
Ms. Guna Romancik
Ms. Heather A. Flanagan
Mr. James D. Fleck
Ms. Sonya S. Fleming
Mr. Larry D. Flemmings
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Flintrop
Ms. Joan C. Floyd
Ms. Laura Flubacher
Ms. Lula Flucker
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Foertch
Ms. Dolores J. Foley
Ms. Hillary Fonseca
Ms. Lori Fonseca
Ms. Karen E. Foran
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Ms. Mary E. Forbes
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Brian V. Foster
Ms. Terry Foster
Ms. Michelle H. Foti
Mr. Robert Foucart
Ms. Laurie T. Fowler
Ms. Kimberly Fox
Ms. Deborah Fradette
Mr. and Mrs. Bart D. Franey
Mr. Robert K. Franz
Ms. Darlyn Frass
Ms. Wendy Fratto
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Ms. Marie Free
Ms. Yolanda Freeman
Mr. Mark French
Ms. Judith Friedman
Mr. David R. Frigon, Sr.
Ms. Harmony M. Frigon
Ms. Sheila Fritz
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fruzzetti
Mr. Ronald S. Fudala
Ms. Sarah Fudala
Ms. Debra Fugitt
Mr. Gary Fugitt
Dale Fuller
Ms. Nancy Funk
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Furgal
Mr. Benjamin S. Furqan
Mr. Nicholas J. Fusillo, Jr.
Mr. James D. Fyler
Ms. Christine Gabriell
Ms. Ellen Gacek
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Gallery
Ms. Mary Anne O. Garafalo
Ms. Sally J. Gardner
Ms. Jennifer Garlock
Mr. Richard E. Garrett
Ms. Susanna Garrow
Ms. Katherine Geiss
Genesee Grande Hotel
Ms. Cynthia Gersch-Cianfavano
Ms. Anna Marie Gerst
Mr. and Mrs. Reno Ghezzi
Ms. Marjorie Gianni
Entisar Gibreel
Mr. Abdul Gilbert
Mr. Kathleen H. Gilbert
Ms. Randi Gilbert
Ms. M. Colleen Gilchriest
Ms. Kathleen Gillies
Ms. Deb Ginnelly
Ms. Phyllis A. Girvan
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Mr. Walter M. Gleason, Jr.
Ms. Jodi Glinecki
Zarkpa Glotto
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Ms. Laureen Goettel
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Goldberg
Ms. Shirley A. Golden
Ms. Monika Golebiowska-Dal
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Golomb
Ms. Jacquelyn Gonza
Ms. Joanne Gonzalez
Ms. Linda Gonzalez
Mrs. Jeanne Marie Goodman
Ms. Loretta Gorczyca
Mr. Kevin Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gorman
Ms. Diane Gould
Mr. Francis Gozzi
Ms. Kelly Grabowski
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Ms. Mary A. Graceffo
Ms. Donna M. Graczyk
Ms. Renee Granato
Ms. Lisa Graniero
Mr. Michael Graniero
Mr. Alonzo Grant
Ms. LaDell A. Gray
Ms. Catherine Greacen
Greater Kansas City Community
Foundation
Ms. Susan Green
Ms. Lauren Greenberg
Ms. Jean Greene
Ms. Benna Greenfield
Mr. James Greenwood
Ms. Caroline Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. John Greis
Ms. Elvira Grella
Mr. Gary Grella
Ms. Amy Gressler
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gridley
Mr. Robert Griffin
Mrs. Charlene Griffith
Mr. Michael A. Grobsmith
Ms. Michelle Grobsmith
Mr. Bruce M. Groth
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Mr. David Grygiel
Ms. Deborah Guancial
Ms. Deborah A. Guenther
Mr. Antonio V. Guerrero, Jr.
Ms. Rosalinda C. Guerrero
Mr. Anthony J. Guido
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Mr. Gary Gunsel and
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Lyudmila Gura
Ms. Mary Guyder
Ms. Barbara Haag
Ms. Dorothy Haag
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Ms. Timothy Hague
Ms. Joanne Hahn
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hahn
Ms. Denise A. Haley
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Hanford
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Mr. Donald C. Hardy
Ms. Norma B. Harer
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Mr. Timothy Harrington
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Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Hatch
Mr. and Mrs. Wistar H. Hatch
Mr. John J. Haupt
Mrs. Catherine Hayden
Ms. Deborah Hayden
Ms. Katherine Hayes
Mr. Brian K. Haynes
Ms. Elahnna Haynes
Health Consult HC LLC
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Ms. Sarah Heath
Ms. Lynne Heaviside
Ms. Nadine Heberger
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Hedges
Ms. Cynthia Hedman
Ms. Kellie Heiselman
Ms. Dorothy E. Heller
Ms. Helen Hemings
Ms. Melissa Henderson
Ms. Patricia S. Henderson
Mr. Shawn Henderson
Mr. Jonathan Henry
Ms. Vera Herasymovych
Mr. Greg Herbert
Heritage Masonry
Restoration, Inc.
Dr. John C. Herrman
Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Hershdorfer
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Herzog
Ms. Mary Lu Hess
Ms. Stacy Hessler
Reverend and Mrs. Stewart Hild
Mrs. Debbie Hill
Ms. Marcia Hill
Ms. Linda Hillenbrand
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Hilliker
Ms. Kristen Hines
Ms. Alice M. Hinman
Ms. Jacqueline L. Hintz
Ms. Jennifer Hirsh
Ms. Denise Hiser-Ruddick
Ms. Mary Hlad
Mr. Greg Hmiel
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Hoag
Ms. Regina Hoag
Hoefler Communications
Ms. Teresa J. Hoffman
Mr. Mark Hoffmeister
Ms. Carolyn D. Hofmann
Ms. Deborah Hohl
Ms. Kara Hollenbeck
Ms. Ruth N. Holliday
Ms. Carol Holt
Mr. Mark Holt
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Homer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Honour
Mr. Jeffrey Hood
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Mr. Richard B. Vincent, Jr.
Mr. John Viola
Ms. Suzanne Viola
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Vita
VNA Systems, Inc.
Mr. Meryl S. Vogrin
Ms. Mary Jo Vona
Ms. Miriam Vosburgh
Ms. Carol Vurraro
Wachovia Foundation Matching
Gifts Program
Ms. Barbara Wagoner
Mr. Mark Waite
Ms. Susan Walburger
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Waldman
Ms. Constance Waldon
Ms. Diane Waldon
Ms. Cheri Walker
Ms. Tammi Walker
Azizzi Waller
Ms. Lindsay Walsh
Ms. Rose Walters
Mr. Russell Walters
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Walton
Mr. John D. Walton
Mr. Ronald Ward
Mr. Charles A. Warner
Ms. Evelyn D. Warner
Mr. Timothy Warren
Mr. Steven Waterman
Ms. Linda Waters
Mr. Daniel Webb
Ms. Carolyn Weber
Ms. Helen Weber
Mr. James W. Weber
Ms. Juanita Webster-DeLee
Mr. Fred Weeks
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Ms. Wendy S. Weisbrod
Mr. Barry Weiss
Ms. Heather Welch
Mr. Marvin J. Weldin
Ms. Lori Welge-Houppert
The Wellington House
Mr. John A. Wells
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wells
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Wentland
Mr. Thomas Wentworth
Mr. Ernest G. Werner
Ms. Deborah West
Ms. Sharon West
Ms. Karen M. Whalen
Ms. Rebecca Whalen
Ms. Sabrina Wheat
Ms. Tammy Wheat
Mr. Ronald D. Wheatley
Ms. Ann Wheelin
Ms. Jeannine White
Ms. Kirsten White
Ms. Catherine S. Whitford
Mr. Robert Whitmarsh
Ms. Judy Whitney
Dr. Therese Whitt
Ms. Sandra Whittaker
Ms. June M. Wicker
Mr. Neil B. Widrick
Dr. Eva Wiesner
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Wiest
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wiginton
Ms. Helen Wilbur
Wild Birds Unlimited
Ms. Christine William
Ms. Bethany Williams
Mrs. Carol A. Williams
Mr. Emmanuel Williams
Mr. Glenn D. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Williams
Ms. Trajanka Williams
Ms. Nancy A. Willms
Ms. Anne Wilson
Mr. Jeff Wilson
Ms. Mary Beth Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R.
Windhausen
Dr. Monique Winnett
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Witting
Ms. Joan Wlad
Ms. Roberta Wladis
Mrs. Florence Wojcik
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wojcik, Jr.
Ms. Marilyn Wojnowicz
Ms. Rhonda L. Wolfersberger
Mr. and Mrs. K. Wolff
Mr. and Mrs. Denny Wolterding
Mr. Jason Woodsome
Mr. Richard L. Worden
Ms. Nancy A. Workman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Woyciechowski
Ms. Elizabeth A. Woytowicz
Ms. Christine Wright
Ms. Kim Wright
Ms. Rebecca Wright
Mr. William E. Wright
Ms. Marilyn A. Wurzburger
Ms. Barbara Wynkoop
Mr. Mike Yacano
Ms. Suzanna Yancy
Mr. Theodore A. Yandeau
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Yandon
Mrs. Ann Yankay
Ms. Morgan B. Yoder
Ms. Cindy Young
Ms. Maureen E. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Zalatan
Mr. James Zampini
St. Joseph’s hospital Health Center
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Ms. Kimberly A. Zeleznik
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Ziff
Mr. William P. Zimmer
Ms. Kara Zimmerman
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph F. Zona
Ms. Patricia Zubrowski
Mrs. Gina C. Zucker
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The following donations were given “In Honor” as a
tribute to an admired individual or “In Memory” of a
special loved one. We thank these thoughtful contributors.
In memory of David Baildon
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Zalatan
In memory of Mary Jane Baker
Mrs. Joanna Snow
In memory of Ali M. Balume
Ms. Yowali Balume
In memory of Carmella Barbarino
Mr. Ross Barbarino
In memory of Joseph Barboline
Mr. Brian Barboline
In memory of John Basar
Ms. Judith Basar
In memory of Frederick Batorski
Ms. Linda Platt
In memory of Ann Baxter
Ms. Louise Bogett
In memory of Arloe Baxter
Ms. Louise Bogett
In honor of Dr. Jacqueline Bays
Ms. Vivian M. Leonard
In memory of Mary Bazan
Ms. Elaine B. Cieslak
Ms. Deborah Dewey
Mrs. Mary Ann Pawlikowski
Ms. Cathy Ponto
In memory of Larry Nolan Beeman
Ms. Darlene D. Abrams
In memory of Rita Berdan
Ms. Deborah Coyle
Ms. Martha Czaplicki
Mrs. Nancy B. Hartel
Mrs. Rosemary Kaasa
Ms. Winifred Olmstead
In honor of Art and Joyce Berg
Ms. Kristen LaForte-Spoon
In memory of Evelyn Berglund
Ms. Deirdre P. Pierce
In memory of Marion Bessee
Ms. Charlotte R. Bessee
In honor of Amy L. Bhagalia
Ms. Jennifer K. Machmer
In honor of Maureen and Jim Bigness
Ms. Maureen Bigness
In memory of Milton G. Bilyeu
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burns
In memory of Edward Blair
Ms. Pamela Blair
In memory of Eugene Bloom
Mr. Steven Barlow
In memory of Anne M. Bogue
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woyciechowski
In honor of Fatouma Booh
Mr. Adan Warfa
In memory of Jerome and
Betty Bornhurst
Mr. Robert Brunette
In memory of Victoria Boskovski
Ms. Lily Boskovski
In honor of Mary Bove
Margaret and Donald Martin
In honor of Ryan James Boyer
Mr. Ronald Boyer
In honor of Easter B. Bradford
Ms. Easter Bradford
In memory of Roger Bradford, Jr.
Ms. Easter Bradford
In memory of Beverly Brazell
Ms. Ann Brazell
in Honor/in memory
In honor of James Abbott
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bastable
In memory of Michael Nolan Abrams
Ms. Darlene D. Abrams
In honor of Carl Adamy
Ms. Stacey Adamy
In memory of John Adler
Mr. Peter Jones
In memory of Jean Aiello
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Campanino
Vincent S. Campanino, D.D.S., P.C.
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County
Mr. Joseph Costantini
Dr. and Mrs. Seth S. Greenky
Mrs. Mattia Peppone
In memory of
Mary K. Albertsman McLallen
Ms. Helen M. McLallen
In memory of A.W. and Inez Allcon
Ms. Valarie King
In memory of Ronald Amigh
Ms. Denise Amigh
In memory of Daniel G. Angeloro
Ms. Jeanette S. Angeloro
In memory of Joseph Armani
Ms. Joyce Linnenbach
In memory of Thomas Arnold
Ms. Lois Murphy
In memory of Joseph P. Ascherl
Mr. Michael J. Salamone
In memory of Mary Margaret Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Auer
Auer Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Auer
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Auer
Mr. and Mrs. William Auer
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Berman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bielemeier
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Bonanno
Build.Com, Inc.
Mr. Gary Carlston
Ms. Laurie J. Carr
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cooper
Decorative Product Source
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ferruggia
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fitzgerald
Mr. and Mrs. John Greis
Mrs. Charlene Griffith
Mr. Gary Gunsel and Ms. Patricia Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Hanford
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lambertson
Mr. and Mrs. William McDonagh
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nappi
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Percival
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pino
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Prince
Mr. Jack Rittenhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Brenden Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stevens
Mr. Eric Stohrer and Ms. Gail Calcagnino
Ms. Carolyn Weber
Mr. James W. Weber
In memory of Tucker Ausman
Ms. Deborah West
In memory of Donald C. Austin
Ms. Christine Austin
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In memory of Bianca Bresadola
Mr. Timothy Warren
In memory of
Margaret Bresnahan O’Hara
Ms. Margaret O’Hara
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Briggs
Ms. Margaret B. Ball
In memory of Jeanne Bronson
Ms. Debra Day
In memory of Cheryl Brown
Ms. Louise Bogett
In memory of Frederic Brown
Ms. Mary Beth Sheldon
In memory of Gerald Brown
Ms. Lynn Basile
In memory of Jane Brown
Wladis Law Firm, PC
In memory of Susan D. Burke
Ms. Dawn M. Stanton
In memory of M. Pauline Calenzo
Ms. Paulinna R. Macko
In honor of Justin Campbell
Ms. Donna Ferris
In memory of Samuel Cangemi
Ms. Marion Cangemi
In honor of Wattie and Aubrey Capers
Ms. Antonise Capers
In memory of August Caponecchi
Young & Franklin Inc.
In memory of Dr. Henry Capozzella
Mr. Mark H. Capozzella
In memory of W. Caraher
Mr. Tom Kinney
In memory of Deacon Pio Carranti
Ms. Barbara Carranti
Mr. Peter F. Carranti
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Smith
In memory of Eleanor Carson
Ms. Laura Dodge
In honor of St. Joseph’s
Case Management Service
Ms. Mary Luziani
In memory of George A. M. Cashman
Mr. Philip C. Khairi
In memory of Margaret M. Castle
Mr. Rick Castle
In memory of Semida Castro
Dr. and Mrs. Luis Castro
In memory of Edward L. and
Mary Cavaleri Devine
Ms. Cynthia Kolis
In honor of The Cedeno Family
Mr. Antonio Cedeno
In memory of John Celio
Mrs. Josephine Celio
In memory of Mary Ellen Chapman
Mr. Paul F. Chapman
Mrs. Christine Chapman-Angiolillo
In honor of Paul F. Chapman
Mrs. Christine Chapman-Angiolillo
In memory of Harvey Chase
Ms. Heather Bulla
In memory of James and
Lillian Chetwin
Ms. Jodi Sawyer
In honor of The Nedell Children
Ms. Juliann M. Nedell
In memory of Lee Anna Chipp
Mr. Ronnie A. McIntyre, Jr.
In honor of Jesus Christ
Ms. Harmony M. Frigon
In memory of Michael Cifaratta
Ms. Ann Sadowski
In honor of Jane Clancy
Mrs. Mary Davis
St. Joseph’s hospital Health Center
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In honor of Katie Cleary
Mr. Timothy Cleary
In memory of Sandra Clemons
Ms. Monica A. Clemons-Vincent
In memory of Donald Coe
Mr. Donald Day, Jr.
In memory of Rita Cole
Mrs. Beth Porter
In memory of Doris Coleman
Ms. Zakia Saunders
In memory of Fransica Colon
Ms. Aida Custodio
In memory of Dylan Michael Colvin
Ms. Vicki Morey
In memory of Dr. Mark Conan
Mr. Timothy Conan
In memory of Patricia Conan
Mr. Timothy Conan
In memory of Santo Conte
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Wentland
In memory of Shirley Cooper
Ms. Cheryl E. Cooper
In memory of C. Thomas Costello
Mr. Thomas E. Costello
In memory of Marjorie Coyne
Ms. Lola Caputo
In honor of Lisa, Scott and
Paul Crockford
Ms. Marlene Crockford
In memory of Dennis L. Cromp
Ms. Michelle Bishop
In memory of David Cuffy
Wladis Law Firm, PC
In memory of Sister Mary Sheila Daley
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Congel
In honor of The D’Alfonso Family
Ms. Debra D’Alfonso
In memory of Robert Davenport
Book Ends Book Club
In memory of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick David
Ms. Dawn M. Stanton
In memory of Frederick and
Viola Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davis
In memory of Peter Davis
Ms. Patricia Davis
In memory of Erma Day
Mr. Geoffrey Day
In memory of Bernard Delello
Ms. Marla R. Murray
In memory of Rose Delello
Ms. Marla R. Murray
In memory of Edmund DeMatteo
Mr. Philip DeMatteo
In memory of Anthony and
Blanche Denall
Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen
In memory of Giles M. Denny, Jr.
Ms. Jodi M. Donahue
In memory of Mathew Thomas DeVeau
Ms. Lydia A. DeVeau
In memory of James and
Leabra DiMento
Ms. Dolores Harris
In memory of Robert and
Patricia DiRubbo
Ms. Teresa Moroz
In memory of Wayne Dodge, Jr.
Mr. William Traver
In honor of Donna Dominic
Mrs. Beth Porter
In honor of Mike Donovan
Ms. Peggy A. Thomas
In honor of Marie Doran
Mrs. Natalia Doran
www.sjhsyr.org
In honor of Bea and Ed Driscoll
Mr. Robert Driscoll
In memory of Alexis Duger
Mr. Jack H. Duger
In memory of Mark Dunn
Ms. Janice M. Kozma
In memory of Mary L. Dwyer
Ms. Mary Ann Dwyer
Ms. Michele A. Dwyer
In memory of Dennis Earl
Mr. Robert Griffin
In memory of Joyce and Edwin Eckel
Ms. Susan M. Baum
In memory of David Edmonds
Ms. Nancy K. Edmonds
In honor of Dr. Gerald Edsell
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Ziff
In memory of Jake Edwards
Ms. Zakia Saunders
In memory of Vincenza and
John Egidio
Ms. Janice Fenn
In memory of William and
Maggie Eifler
Ms. Mary M. Olson
In honor of The Endries Family
Mr. Michael F. Endries
In memory of Joseph F. Eppolito
Ms. Shirley J. Boyd
In memory of Edward and
Jennie Falkowski
Ms. Nancy J. Galipeau
In honor of Dr. Paul T. Fallon
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
In memory of Lorraine and Roland Fay
Ms. Deborah A. Stivers
In memory of Michael Fecco
Wladis Law Firm, PC
In memory of Mary Irene Fetterly
Ms. Allison Lewis
In honor of Karen Filkins
Ms. Tina Pham
In memory of Margaret Findley
Ms. Kathleen Findley
In memory of Rose Finelli
Dr. Joseph F. Finelli
In honor of Dr. and Mrs.
Joseph Finelli, Sr.
Mrs. Catherine Hayden
In memory of Sr. Letitia Fischer
Ms. Barbara Keith
In memory of Bertha Fitzer
Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Fitzer
In honor of Julie Flack
Mrs. Eileen Amedio
In honor of Karessa Flemmings
Mr. Larry D. Flemmings
In memory of Gertrude Foell
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Deleo
In memory of William F. Foley
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Bartowski
Mrs. N. Patricia Foley
Mr. and Mrs. Brian V. Foster
Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Gallery
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Hoag
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hubbard
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Walton
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Yandon
In memory of Joanne Frawley
Ms. Susan Frawley
In memory of James Fresina
Mrs. Adele Fresina
In memory of Cindy Friske
Ms. Patricia O. Johnson
In memory of Earl Fults, Jr.
Wladis Law Firm, PC
In memory of Richard P. Fye
Mr. Douglas Fye
In memory of Mary Gabriel
Ms. Sabrina Bush
In memory of Domenico Galimi
Ms. Marylin Galimi
In memory of Anthony L. Galli
Ms. Kim Wright
In honor of David S. Gandino
Ms. Ellen Barbas
In memory of Mr. and Mrs.
Jos P. Ganey
Ms. Kathy Johnson
In honor of The Garafalo Family
Ms. Mary Anne O. Garafalo
In memory of Matthew Garrett
Mr. Richard E. Garrett
In memory of Daniel Gersch
Ms. Cynthia Gersch-Cianfavano
In memory of Jillian Gilbert
Ms. Jennifer L. Hosler
In memory of Carol Gloska
Ms. Ann Mann
In memory of Carmen Francis Goffredo
Mrs. Patricia Major
In memory of Helen Gondeck
Mrs. Ann Yankay
In honor of Helen Gonza
Ms. Jacquelyn Gonza
In memory of Stephen Gonza
Ms. Jacquelyn Gonza
In memory of Patricia Goodroe
Ms. Jaclyn Iasnik
In memory of Edward and
Marguerite Gratien
Mrs. Patricia A. Burton
In memory of Linda Green-McDonald
Ms. Laura Gray
In memory of Leonard Greenwood
Wladis Law Firm, PC
In memory of Ernest Grillo
Ms. Sandi Syrko
In memory of Giuseppe Grimaldi
Ms. Nanette A. Santoro
In memory of Edward and Ida Guancial
Ms. Deborah Guancial
In memory of Emerson Haag
Ms. Barbara Haag
In memory of John P. Hable, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hurley, Jr.
In memory of George Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Kiggins
In memory of Ruth K. Harrison
Mr. Joey Santana
In memory of John and Joan Hartner
Ms. Kathryn Sapp
In memory of Ilene Harvey
Mr. Kenneth Curry
In memory of Mark Harwood
Ms. Wendy M. Van DerBogart
In memory of Nancy Hellwig
Mrs. Cheryl Thomas
In memory of Chris L. Henderson
Ms. Patricia S. Henderson
In memory of Jim and
Sarah Hillenbrand
Mr. Greg May
In memory of Alexey Hlad
Ms. Mary Hlad
In memory of David Hollenbeck
Ms. Ronda Huston
In honor of Dr. Pamela Horst
Ms. Reggie I. Adler
In memory of
Mr. and Mrs. William Horstman
Ms. Sylvia R. King
www.sjhsyr.org
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In memory of Marie Ada Houck
Ms. Cynthia Cheney
Ms. Carolyn D. Hofmann
Ms. Lorri Ingison
Ms. Lisa T. Mitchell
Ms. Bridget T. Sammon
Ms. Laurianne Schwitter
In memory of James Hurley
Ms. Margaret A. Biddlecome
Ms. Kathryn C. Blundell
Mrs. Natalie Cavalieri
Ms. Rosa Clark
Ms. Roberta J. Crouch
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Finistrella
Ms. Kaitlin Hunkele
Mr. and Mrs. Len Kagelmacher
Ms. Alise H. Karchmer Brzezinski
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Karchmer
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kenney
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lounsbery
Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGrath
MGM Auto Parts
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Miringoff
Mr. Gerry C. Pardy
Ms. Elizabeth Peppone
Ms. Carolyn A. Rich
Mr. Benjamin Steuerwalt
The Perrotta Family
Mr. Anthony J. Tolbert
In memory of Jack and Ceil Huss
Ms. Kristine Hall
In honor of The Iacono Family
Ms. Maureen Iacono
In memory of Robert Indick
Ms. Mary Indick
In memory of Vincent Internicola
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Markowitz
In memory of James Allen Jackson
Ms. Doni Piper
In memory of Nancy Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Commerford, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. DiGiovanni
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Hedges
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Kanaley
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Kearney
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Michalec
Mrs. Patricia A. Morreale
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony V. Sorrentino
In memory of Audrey James
Ms. LaToya Mitchell
In memory of Henry Jasinski
Ms. Anne J. Orr
In memory of James Jenkins
Ms. Tacy Jenkins
In honor of Mary Ellen Jenkins
Ms. Tacy Jenkins
In memory of Marilyn Jenkusky
Mr. Jeffrey Jenkusky
In honor of Sister Joan Clare Jenny
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grabowski
In memory of
Donald E. and Charlotte L. Jochem
Ms. Denise Jochem-Robertson
In honor of Gary and
Mary Anne Johnson
Ms. Melanie Bixby
In memory of Edwin and
Kathleen Jordan
Ms. Jennifer Hirsh
In memory of Dr. Marc Kahgan
Mr. Paul Sonneborn
In memory of Robert and
Bertha Karkruff
Ms. Cheryl Moore
In memory of Nancy Karlovitz
Ms. Lori Femano
In memory of Barry E. Katz
Mr. Christopher Katz
St. Joseph’s hospital Health Center
In memory of Isaac and
Jennie Katzowitz
Ms. Ronni Ann Katzowitz
In honor of Elaine Marie Kazakis
and Family
Ms. Elaine M. Kazakis
In honor of Bill Kelly
Mr. James D. Fyler
In memory of Daniel J. Kernan
Ms. Liliana Kernan
In memory of
The William Kieffer Family
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph F. Zona
In honor of Mary L. Kilmer
Ms. Jill Pacholyk
In memory of Eleanor Kindt
Ms. Beverly DeSignor
In memory of John J. King
Ms. Mary Teske
In memory of Nancy A. King
Ms. Christine Bowers
In memory of James Kirby
Ms. Joni Blackburn
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Hilliker
Mr. and Mr. Daniel D. Marusiak
Ms. Pamela A. Nesbitt
Ms. Kathleen R. Platco
Ms. Velma M. Speer
In honor of Kristina Klapan
Ms. Lisa Klapan
In memory of Reverend and
Mrs. John S. Klo
Mr. and Mrs. John Lallier
In memory of Lorraine Klobus
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Battaglia
Chestnut Hill Elementary School –
Social Committee
Northstar Soccer Club, Inc.
In memory of Shirley Knittel
Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Bort
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Herzog
Ms. Edith S. Kauer
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koes
Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Pearse
In memory of Thomas Kohler
Ms. Kate Kohler
In memory of Walter and
Pauline Kosinski
Mr. Robert Kosinski
In memory of Peter Kostyk
Ms. Phyllis Sickinger
In memory of Thelma Kottage
Ms. Joanne Kottage
In memory of Bernie Kraft
Ms. Deborah Fradette
In honor of Phyllis Krombach
Ms. Jodine H. Crast
In memory of Michael Kruegman
Ms. Deborah Sowan
In memory of Wes T. Kubacki
Ms. Maryann Katz
In memory of Julius Kuno
Ms. Marianne Aman
J. Anselment
Belgium Cold Springs Volunteer
Fire Department
Ms. Kathleen M. Burlin
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Clancy
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Doyle
Mr. Walter M. Gleason, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Hatch
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Jones
Ms. Helen E. Kuno
Ms. Erin Lacey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ortlieb
Paragon Mills Elementary
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Planned Results, Inc.
Ms. Laverne L. Powell
Mr. Theodore W. Salcedo
Ms. Agnes E. Sennett
Mr. Paul R. Seymour
South Onondaga Fire Dept.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tipper
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Wiest
Mr. and Mrs. K. Wolff
In memory of John H. Ladd
Mr. William Regan
In memory of Josephine LaFave
Ms. Cheryl Semmens
In memory of Christopher LaFrance
Ms. Karen LaFrance
In honor of Annette L. Lamb
Ms. Rhonda L. Wolfersberger
In honor of James and Michelle Lamb
Ms. Michelle Lamb
In memory of Vincent F. Lang
Ms. Nancy L. Miller
In honor of Roseanne and
Vincent LaValle
Ms. Teresa M. LaValle
In memory of Eleanor Lawrence
Mr. Michael Lawrence
In honor of Sofia Rose Lawson
Ms. Fiorina Colosi
In memory of Charles Lawyer
Ms. Margaret G. Meccariello
In memory of Arthur Leatz
Mr. John Mancini
In honor of Ben and Joyce Lees
Ms. Karen M. Whalen
In memory of Theresa Lewis
Mr. Russell Walters
In memory of Bernice Liberman
Drs. Stanley Meltzer and Patricia Randall
In memory of Thomas L. Limoges
Ms. Bonnie Prevost-Limoges
In honor of Dr. George Litman
Ms. Diane Coogan
In memory of Carol Livingston
Ms. Beth A. Currado
In honor of The LoCastro Family
Mr. Peter L. Hudson
In honor of Zachary Loeb
Mr. Michael Loeb
In memory of Vito W. Losito
Ms. Lisa M. Losito
In memory of Bill and Esther Loucks
Ms. Susan N. Reilly
In honor of Mary Jane Loverock
Ms. Susan Grundy
In memory of Kathleen Lowery Balcom
Ms. Ann Field
In memory of Frank D. Luckette
Ms. Kimberly L. Luckette
In memory of Andrew Luke
Ms. Gladys Cornish
Ms. Deborah J. Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Hudson
Mrs. Karin W. Kellogg
Ms. Roberta Morgan
Mrs. Amanda L. Neill
Ted and Diane Pasinski
In memory of Florence Lyboldt
Ms. Jacqueline M. Lyboldt
In memory of Melvin MacEwen
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Beavan
Mr. and Mrs. Bert R. Belanger
Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Clark
Ms. Laurie J. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fruzzetti
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Laurain
Ms. Dianne L. Mac Ewen
Ms. Susan Moon
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OI ARC Sunshine Club
Ms. Eleanor R. Pryor
In memory of Pete and Regina Macko
Mr. Daniel Macko
In honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Madden
Ms. Faith L. Madden
In memory of
Mr. and Mrs. James Maher
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gorman
In memory of Robert Maher
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gorman
In memory of
Betty, Fred and Phillip Main
Ms. Jan Main
In memory of Genevieve Maloney
Mr. Robert J. Maloney
In honor of Anna Marineli
Ms. Theresa Meyers
In memory of Daniel Marley
Ms. Diana Marley
In memory of Patrick Marley
Ms. Diana Marley
In honor of Margaret R. Martin
Ms. Marcia Hill
In memory of Shelley Martin
Ms. Maureen Polacci
In honor of Dr. Mehdi Marvasti
Mrs. Sudaphorn Boyce
In memory of Peter Tuller Masters
Ms. Perrine E. Masters
In memory of Denise Mathews
Ms. Cathleen Donegan
In memory of James McBride
Ms. Linda Shaffer
In memory of Arlene D. McCarthy
Ms. Shannon Colvin
In memory of John F. McCurn
Ms. Laura Scruggs
In memory of Charles M. McManus
Ms. Karen McManus
In memory of Jill McShane
Ms. Paula Turtura
In memory of Abhay Mehta
Radhika Mehra
In honor of Albert and
Margarete Meyers
Ms. Gail M. Longcore
In memory of Roxanne Meyers
Mr. James F. Meyers, Jr.
In memory of Robert and Jane Miller
Ms. Mary Beth Campo
In memory of Shirley Montgomery
Ms. Martha O’Leary
In memory of Vera Morelli
Mr. James J. Morelli
In memory of Helen Morley
Ms. Sue Ellen Kirschenheiter
In memory of Marie Mosey
Ms. Carol Farrell
Ms. Dolores J. Foley
Ms. Dorothy M. Marventano
In memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Moynihan
Ms. Margit Bluto
In memory of Timothy G. Mulcahey
Ms. Rick Castle
In honor of Joe and Joan Mulderig
Mr. Martin Mulderig
In memory of Salvatore and
Caterina Mule
Ms. Frances Meehan
In memory of Dr. Edward Mullin
Ms. Kathryne Blowers
In memory of Shin Murnane
Ms. Carol Murnane
In honor of Don and Janice Myers
Ms. Joan Marie Myers
In memory of Martha and Walter Nels
Ms. Elizabeth A. Woytowicz
In memory of John J. Netti
Ms. Adele M. Cutrone
In memory of Patricia Neu
Ms. Regina Macholl
In memory of Jasmine Nicole
Ms. Shelley Trace
In memory of Vera Niles
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Martin
In memory of Alice Norris
Mrs. Mae Loveland
In memory of Agnes L. Obrist
Ms. Jennifer Page
In honor of Jim and Carole Obrist
Ms. Rebecca Obrist
In memory of Norman Obrist
Ms. Jennifer Page
In honor of Sister Mary Obrist
Ms. Margaret M. Jevis
Mr. Howard Lewis
Ms. Katherine J. Mueller
Mr. and Mrs. George Reck
Ms. Suzanne M. Talarico
In memory of Anthony and Grace Oliva
Mrs. Josephine Celio
In memory of Jack Olmsted
Ms. Linda Olmsted
In honor of Vincent and Helen Orzel
Ms. Mary Jo Vona
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Save These Dates
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Foundation presents:
Green & Silver Gala:
An Eco-Chic Evening
Friday, June 3, 2011
Turning Stone Resort & Casino
St. Joseph’s Foundation’s annual Gala Dinner Dance will
celebrate the first stage of one of the largest “green”
building projects in Upstate New York—St. Joseph’s
emergency services building—as well as the 20th (Green)
anniversary of successful galas held to support the hospital’s many programs and services.
Sponsored by Central New York Infusion Services,
LLC, the eco-chic evening will take place in hues from
emerald green to pearl gray, featuring sumptuous dining
and dancing to live music by Atlas. Cocktails will begin
at 6:45 p.m. in the event center atrium, with dinner and
dancing following at 8 p.m. in the main ballroom. Black
tie is optional. Overnight accommodations are available at
a discounted rate by calling 1-800-771-7711.
The Gala will feature
Champagne “On Ice” during
which one lucky guest will take
home a pair of 1-carat total
weight diamond stud earrings.
Raffle prizes for the evening
include: a Ford Mustang Coupe
summer rental donated by
AmeriCar, a Turning Stone
Resort Putt & Pamper Package,
a custom closet makeover from
California Closets, and a private dinner party package for
10 people from Karen’s Catering/Julie’s Place.
Co-chairs of this year’s Gala are Susan MerolaMcConn, MD, Mark McConn, MD, Alan Simons, MD,
and Deborah Simons.
Tickets are $200 per person or $300 per patron.
A patron table of 10 is $3,000. Gala sponsorship and
advertising opportunities are available. Sponsorship levels
begin at $300, and program ads start at just $100.
19th Annual Golf Classic 2011
Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
Turning Stone Resort & Casino
Try your swing on one of three unique courses at
St. Joseph’s 19th Annual Golf Classic, the region’s
largest and most anticipated charity golf event.
Choose from three outstanding courses: Shenendoah,
Kaluhyat and the famed Atunyote, site of Turning Stone’s
PGA Tournament. (Please note that an additional $125
per person premium will be charged for the Atunyote
PGA course, where players will play their own ball.)
Afternoon tee times only are available, and format will
be announced during the event registration period.
Sponsored by Franciscan Companies, the event
includes lunch, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, golfer gifts and
an awards ceremony. Overnight accommodations are
available at a discounted rate by calling 1-800-771-7711.
Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available. Sponsorship levels begin at $500, and program ads
start at just $100.
For more information about
either the Green & Silver Gala
or the Golf Classic, visit
www.sjhsyr.org/foundation,
call 315-703-2128 or
email [email protected].
In 2011, net proceeds from St. Joseph’s Gala
Dinner Dance and Golf Tournament will benefit
St. Joseph’s comprehensive (including missionbased) services, which provide compassionate care
and state-of-the-art technology to meet the health
care needs of our community.
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College Corner
St. Joseph’s College of Nursing Receives
Largest Gift in Its History
S
t. Joseph’s College of Nursing at
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
has received a $1 million gift from the
estate of alumna Josephine Mastrangelo
Eagan. The unrestricted gift represents the
largest bequest from Eagan’s estate and
the largest donation ever received by the
college of nursing.
Eagan was born in Rome, NY, and
graduated from St. Joseph’s Hospital
School of Nursing in 1954. She then
received her bachelor of arts degree from
Boston College and practiced nursing in
California before marrying and moving to
Detroit, where she lived for the remainder
of her life.
“Latest statistics show that by 2025,
our country could experience a shortage of
260,000 registered nurses,” says Marianne
Markowitz, dean of the college. “This generous gift enables St. Joseph’s College of
Nursing to build upon its already competitive and innovative nursing programs as we
prepare students for the future.”
Appreciation for the education
provided by the college stretches across
generations of students who have gone on
to serve the nursing profession all over the
world. That appreciation is exemplified by
this momentous gift from a student who
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Eagan, St. Joseph’s
College of Nursing class
of ’54, left $1 million to
her alma mater.
Recent Grant Awards
We thank the following foundations and agencies for their support
of St. Joseph’s mission and services:
Bank of America Charitable Foundation has
awarded $35,000 toward the Green Construction
Pre-Apprenticeship Job Experience—a transitional job
experience for graduates of the North Side “Green Train”
program, a hands-on job training program developed
by the Northside Urban Partnership and CenterState
CEO. This grant will enable participants in the program
to work on St. Joseph’s expansion—including green components of the project such as carpentry and the green
roof—gaining valuable work experience with a local contractor. This pilot program is being viewed as a model for
replication in other Syracuse city neighborhoods.
An award of $25,000 from KeyBank Foundation will
help provide a simulation mannequin for the clinical
learning lab at St. Joseph’s College of Nursing. Highfidelity simulation provides an experiential learning
opportunity in which nursing students can apply their
skills and decision-making abilities without risk to human
beings. This “dress rehearsal” with a high-tech “patient”
mannequin allows students to hone skills they will need
when faced with real patients in critical situations.
An award of $17,500 from the Flora Bernice Smith
Foundation will provide bedside mobile workstations
(BMWs) for the clinical observation unit/chest pain center,
to be located in the new emergency services building.
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well as enter the patient’s vital signs into the record
and dispense patient-specific medication.
Supporting some of the most frail infants in our community, the Fidelis Care Community Grant Fund awarded
St. Joseph’s intensive care nursery (ICN) a grant of
$10,106 for two nutritional warmers and supplies.
Commonly recognized as the standard of care for nutritional warming in ICNs, this equipment will be used for
heating baby feedings to body temperature, which is
optimal for helping these tiny bodies maintain an ideal
body temperature range.
The Auer Family Foundation has awarded $3,800 to
purchase audiovisual equipment for the classrooms and
clinical learning lab at St. Joseph’s College of Nursing. This
equipment will enhance educational opportunities at the
college as well as support clinical simulation technology.
Target Stores awarded $2,000 for books for the children’s
reading program at St. Joseph’s Maternal Child Health
Center pediatric office. St. Joseph’s participates in the
national Reach Out and Read program, providing books
for youngsters to take home with them. Reach Out and
Read provides ongoing support to the children’s reading
program at St. Joseph’s, contributing $1,636 in books
during 2010.
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