Mosaic Created by Kids for Kids - Children`s Hospital of Michigan

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INSIDE
■Compassion, Care, Research
are
Hallmarks of Children’s NICU
■Cutting
Edge Transplant
Protocol Provides Hope
■New Burn Treatment Machine
Restores Smiles and Lives
Dear Friends,
Over 120 years ago in response to a little girl who died of
diphtheria, Dr. Charles Devendorf and a group of prominent Detroit
women founded the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. As the first
and only hospital in Michigan dedicated solely to the treatment of
children, our inspired healthcare teams of pediatric medical and surgical specialists are continually inspired by Dr. Devendorf’s leadership.
Leadership abounds throughout Children’s Hospital. It is evident
in the use of cutting-edge practices, such as the treatment program
which helped Amarrius Berry’s body accept his second kidney transplant. The hospital also became the first in Michigan to use new
technology which now makes it easier for doctors to restore burn
victims to their former appearance.
Two Children’s Hospital health care experts, Teresa Holtrop,
M.D. and Christin Claypool Anthony, R.N., B.S.N., were recently
recognized as leaders in the industry. Dr. Holtrop was named as one
of the state’s leading advocates for children by the Michigan Council
for Maternal and Child Health. Anthony earned the prestigious
Nightingale Award for Nursing for her knowledge and exceptional
delivery of direct patient care and creative approaches to nursing.
In the Children’s Hospital of Michigan’s Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU), Seetha Shankaran, M.D., leads a team of physicians and
nurses whose sole responsibility is taking care of premature babies.
These babies are very tiny in size and require specialized care. One
such baby was Brendon Ball who was born weighing only 2 lbs. Under
the watchful eyes of NICU staff for seven months, Brendon now is a healthy and happy child.
Finally, we are deeply saddened by the death of former board chair for the Detroit Medical Center and one of
Children’s Hospital’s most ardent supporters, Chuck O’Brien, who passed away in March. Much like Dr. Devendorf,
Chuck was also a visionary and leader in his own right, and he will be sorely missed.
Thank you for making a difference in the lives of patients and families at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
Sincerely,
Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.
President, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Mosaic Created by Kids for Kids
Students at the Friends School in Detroit created a beautiful mosaic for the patients and families at the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan. Funded by a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs/Detroit Parks and Recreation, the
mosaic hangs on the wall on the fourth
floor of the hospital near the entrance to
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Artist Gail Kaplan spent a day at
Friends School with fourth through eighth
graders who cut sheets of glass into small
shapes and glued them onto a board.
Within days, Kaplan and her associate,
Dani Katzer, had the mural grouted and
in place. The students celebrated the
installation of their artwork with a
reception at the hospital complete with
photos, cookies and punch.
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Table of
About Children’s is a
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
development department
publication.
President
Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice President, Development
Patrick R. Kelly
Managing Editor
Rosemary Tokatlian
Editorial Staff
Cynthia K. Rowell
Sarah Spradlin
Saudia L. Twine
Jodi Wong
Contents
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Feature Writers
Marti Benedetti
Marcy Hayes
Michael Hodges
Kate Lawson
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Design and Printing
Grigg Graphic Services
Photography
Donna Terek
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Medical Photography
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Cutting Edge Transplant
Protocol Provides Hope
New Burn Treatment Machine
Restores Smiles and Lives
Compassion, Care, Research are
Hallmarks of Children’s NICU
Drums and Laughter
Are the Perfect Rx for Jared
Celebration Honoring
Chuck O’Brien
Supports Children’s
Pictured on the
cover is the Ball family
featured on page 12
of this issue.
For more information or to make a donation, please contact:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Development Department
3901 Beaubien St. • Detroit, MI 48201-2196
Office: (313) 745-5373
Fax: (313) 993-0119 Web: www.childrensdmc.org
General Hospital Information: (313) 745-KIDS (5437)
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Spare Change Supports Programs
at Children’s
T
T
he Children’s Hospital of Michigan
banked on Kroger store patrons
being generous with their change
last summer.
The coins collected during August at
Kroger cash registers at the 139 stores in
Michigan went to the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan as well as three other
hospitals in Michigan and Ohio
that provide pediatric care.
“We know that people
like to drop their change
in coin boxes,” says Cheryl
McCormick, manager
of community relations
for Kroger’s Great Lakes
Division in Columbus, Ohio.
“Throughout the year, we do things
that benefit children.
Supporting children’s
hospitals seem like the
right thing to do.”
The Cincinnati,
Ohio-based grocery chain
with 264 stores nationwide,
including the Farmer Jack’s
stores it recently acquired
in Michigan, makes giving
back to the communities
it serves a priority.
This is the first time
it is collecting money
using coin boxes at
its stores.
BY MARTI BeNeDeTTI
Kroger plans to rotate the charities it gives
spare change to each month, McCormick
says. Proceeds from the boxes will help fight
ovarian cancer in September and breast
cancer in October. Next year during July and
August, Kroger plans to collect change again
for the children’s hospitals, she adds.
The acrylic boxes are emptied each night
and go through a detailed accounting process, McCormick says. The motto on the
boxes says, “Together we can make a difference. You would be surprised what spare
change can do. Make change count.”
Kroger has five charitable initiatives:
women and children’s health, hunger relief,
K-12 education with a focus on literacy,
inclusion and reacting to local and national
disasters, McCormick says. “Kroger has
been recognized as the
neighborhood market for
years. We’re part of the
neighborhood that depends
on us. Giving back has
always been a big part
of our budget.”
“We give away millions of dollars to a lot of
organizations. It is very
important to Kroger,”
McCormick says.
This is the start of a
new partnership that
pleases both Kroger and
the children’s hospitals.
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Eat at Olga’s Kitchen, Raise Money for
Children’s Hospital
O
O
lga’s Kitchen gave away 30,000
free sandwiches to thank donors
for supporting the Children’s
Hospital of Michigan.
Last November, Children’s Hospital
distributed 30,000 Children’s Hospital of
Michigan Olga’s Kitchen Single Double
Triple PLUS discount cards. When the
cards are taken to any of the 31 Olga’s
Kitchen restaurants, the card owner gets a
free sandwich plus discounts off future
food purchases and Children’s
receives a donation from
Olga’s Kitchen.
Steven Frank, director
of marketing for Olga’s
Kitchen, said the cards
are an ideal way for
donors and other friends
of Children’s Hospital
to enjoy great Olga food
while contributing to
a great cause.
“Not only are your
supporters earning
a donation for the
hospital,” he said. “But also they are saving
money on each and every Olga® sandwich or
entrée salad they order at our restaurants.”
The cards are part of Olga’s Community
Cash Back Program, where the restaurant
partners with a local southeastern Michigan
cause or charity to promote a worthy cause
and introduce more customers to Olga’s
great sandwiches.
BY Patrick Wright
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Olga’s Kitchen Single Double
Triple PLUS card is a preloaded cash card that entitles
the user to a free Olga®
sandwich on their very first
visit plus a Single Double
Triple discount on every other
sandwich and entrée salad they
order during that visit and
future visits.
Patrick Kelly, vice president of
development for Children’s
Hospital, said the timing for
the hospital’s participation in
the program couldn’t have
been better.
“This is a fitting way to
thank our donors during our
120th anniversary,” he said.
When Olga’s looked for a
partner to expand the program
last year, Frank said they were
thrilled to be working with
Children’s Hospital, the only
hospital in Michigan dedicated
exclusively to the treatment of children.
“We have been fortunate to be so
successful in southeast
Michigan and
helping Children’s
Hospital is a great
way to say thanks
and give back to our
community,” he said.
Kyle, 8
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Cutting Edge Transplant Protocol
Provides Hope
by marcy hayes
A
marrius “Rudy” Berry has undergone more surgeries than his
mother can remember. “More than
10,” said Jequelia Berry. “I don’t
remember exactly, but I can tell you the first
one. I was seven months pregnant with him.”
Before he was even born, she knew that he
was a fighter.
Now 14, Rudy was born with a disease that
damaged his bladder, urethra and kidneys. He
spent so much time at the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan, says his doctor, Rudolph P.
Valentini, M.D., director of dialysis services at
Children’s, that most of the hospital’s residents
knew of his story, if not Rudy himself.
Jequelia, a fighter in her own right, attended to many of his needs at home. Initially, that
meant giving him
shots. When Rudy
eventually needed
to start advanced
kidney treatments,
she hooked him
up to peritoneal
dialysis at home.
Rudy’s three
brothers and
four sisters didn’t
baby him or treat
him as if he was
special. “They
would be kinder
to him right when
he got out of the
hospital,” said
his mother, “but
that’s about it.” As
Rudy Berry
quickly as he bounced back, he never seemed
to need special treatment anyway. In fact, there
were times he was sick and didn’t even know it.
Prior to his first kidney transplant in 1999,
Jequelia vividly remembers Rudy telling her
that the kidney they were planning to give him
wasn’t going to work, and that he didn’t want
it. It took his body less than 24 hours to reject
it. At the time Jequelia thought he was just
nervous about the surgery, but she now thinks
he might have been trying to tell her that he
wasn’t well enough for the procedure.
Dr. Valentini, Rudy’s nephrologist for eight
years, admires the way Rudy accepted the
hand he was dealt. He “kind of trudges along,”
yet manages to stay predominantly in high
spirits. “Rudy is a character. He’s been through
more than most. He’s tough, but in a good
way,” said Dr. Valentini. “He’s got a great sense
of humor and doesn’t hold back. Rudy’s tough,
and for him, that’s a very good thing.”
After his body rejected the transplant, Rudy
began to develop antibodies that would help
prevent his body from accepting a new kidney.
Eventually, hemodialysis, like the peritoneal
dialysis, would cease to be an option. He
would need another transplant or not survive.
Despite his pressing need and seniority status
on the transplant list, his high antibody level
made him a less attractive candidate due to
his near certain risk of rejection.
Dr. Valentini knew of a treatment
program that had been successful in adults
but not widely used in children. It involved
using IVIG to improve the likelihood of
getting a kidney transplant. The doctors at
Children’s chose to investigate the effectiveness
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The Rudys: Rudy Berry
with his physician,
Rudy Valentini, M.D.
of IVIG when used in combination with the
HLA Matchmaker program, a novel treatment
combination in pediatric transplantation.
The IVIG is a treatment which helps
remove antibodies from the system and
reduces its ability to create new ones, thereby
putting the body in position to accept a transplant. The HLA Matchmaker is an extremely
sophisticated computer program that types
organs and patients, going much farther than
the common practice of six antigens to find
the greatest possible commonality.
As a result of Dr. Valentini leading
this research study, Children’s was the first
hospital in the state and the only pediatric
program in the country to report such
findings. The results of this study were
reported in the February 2007 issue of
Pediatric Transplantation which is the
official journal of the International
Pediatric Transplant Association.
By age 14, with the hemodialysis taking
a toll on Rudy’s
veins, Dr. Valentini
told Jequelia her
son had only three
to six months to
live without another
transplant. Rudy’s
last chance was the
treatment program.
He began treatments but started
feeling worse.
Luckily, it was
not long before the
call came: Children’s
Hospital had a kidney for Rudy. The Berrys
quickly traveled the 75 miles to Children’s
from their home near Flint.
Dr. Valentini says Rudy’s kidney came
straight from heaven. For the first time
in five years, his body was nearly free of
antibodies, and just then a kidney became
available.
Thanks to the cutting edge protocol and
the doctors at Children’s Hospital who not
only knew about it but implemented it,
Rudy no longer dreams of just feeling better. Today he is one of two pediatric patients
at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan to
undergo successful transplant surgery using
the IVIG-HLA Matchmaker protocol. Now,
Rudy is like countless other 14-year-old boys
who are just waiting to be old enough to take
drivers’ training.
It’s been a long time coming, and a lot of
time in the operating room, but he’s finally
just a regular kid.
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Personal Giving
Sobell Family Legacy Will Live On
T
Maurice Henry
Sobell
he Sobell Family Trust has
supported a number of initiatives at the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan – and other local charities – for more than 40 years. But while
2007 may be the last year of the trust’s existence, the gifts and programs that have benefited from it will ensure the Sobell legacy.
“We have truly appreciated the support we’ve received
from the Sobell family over
the years,” says Jodi Wong,
a personal giving officer at
Children’s Hospital. “Their
contributions have helped
a number of good things
take place at Children’s. And
we’re very pleased that the
Sobell family legacy will live
on here through the final gift
from the trust.”
M. Henry Sobell III, who
is overseeing the dissolution
of the trust his grandfather
created in 1948, says he is
pleased that Children’s is using the final
gift from the trust to benefit the hospital’s
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The recent
By Marti Benedetti
distribution to Children’s Hospital will
be used to:
• Renovate and enhance a
consultation room for use by
doctors and families.
• Purchase three new incubators.
• Aid research efforts on studies being
conducted on the use of cooling
blankets on infants to help prevent
long-term disabilities.
“I’m very comfortable with how
Children’s will use this money,” says Henry
Sobell. “Of course, I’ve always felt Children’s
was putting the money to good use.”
Putting the money to good use was
exactly why the late Maurice Henry Sobell
established the family trust some 60 years
ago. A civil engineer by trade, he created a
trust that, following his death in 1948, provided some support for his children along
with annual gifts to a number of specific
charitable organizations.
Some of those charities have changed
over the years. For example, Children’s
Hospital became a beneficiary in 1966
when it acquired a program for handicapped young people. Since then,
Tax Code Benefits Donors
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 contains a two-year IRA charitable rollover provision
that allows people ages 70 ½ and older to exclude up to $100,000 from their gross
income for a taxable year for direct gifts from a traditional or Roth IRA to a qualified
charity. This bill is only in effect for tax years 2006 and 2007.
For more information about IRA rollovers or other ways to include the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan in your estate plans, please contact Jodi Wong in the Development Office by
calling (313) 745-5373 or e-mail at [email protected].
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Children’s has received annual contributions from the trust
that have been used for research and other critical activities as
identified by hospital leadership.
Maurice Sobell specifically designed the trust to be dissolved
upon the passing of the last of his children. And so, after the
deaths of his sons in 2004 and 2006, the dissolution of the
trust was left in the hands of his grandson, Henry, who today
lives with his family in Lexington, Mich., on land that his
grandfather purchased in 1936 to build a summer home.
“It’s a little sad,” Henry said about the dissolution of the
family trust.
At the same time, he’s happy to know that the trust established
60 years ago by Maurice Henry Sobell will support the life-saving
efforts at Children’s Hospital well into the 21st century.
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Create Your
Own Legacy
By Rosemary Tokatlian
Philanthropic support is vital to the
survival of the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan. Gifts of all sizes help ensure
the hospital’s mission of improving the
health of children. Donations assist in a
myriad of areas including patient care,
research, medical education and the
prevention of diseases
and injury.
There are numerous
ways you may choose to
contribute to Children’s.
You can create a legacy of
giving by establishing a
trust that provides for your
family and for the families
cared for by the hospital,
just as the late Maurice
Henry Sobell did. Or you
might choose to make
Jermaine, 4
Children’s the beneficiary of a life insurance
policy. You may also consider supporting
the hospital in one or more of the following
ways:
• Cash
• Bonds
• IRAs
• Appreciated securities
• Financial accounts
• Annuities
• Charitable remainder trusts
• Charitable bequests
If you have already included Children’s
in your legacy planning, please notify us of
your intentions so that we may appropriately recognize you for your gift.
For more information about legacy
planning, please contact Jodi Wong or
Cindy Rowell in the Development office
at (313) 745-5373.
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Firsts
New Burn Treatment Restores
Smiles and Lives
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Dave Palm, Sr. with his sons
David, Jr., Joe David and Chris
A plastic mask created
for a burn victim.
new tool at the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan is giving pediatric
burn victims a chance to regain
their former smiles. The hospital
uses a laser-scanning device to make threedimensional images of burned areas on a
child’s face. Then the images are sent to a
company in Ohio to
make a plastic mask
that is applied to the
burned area to keep
newly developing
skin in place.
Marc L. Cullen,
M.D. has worked
with burn victims
for 20 years and said
this device makes
it easier for him to
restore burned areas to
their former look.
“It allows us
to provide state-ofthe-art care for children with burns,” said
Dr. Cullen, director of the Children’s Burn
Center Program, the state’s only burn center
exclusively dedicated to the needs of children.
“How people look is the first thing people
judge in this country. We want to help our
patients look their best.”
Debbie Palm, wife of the late Detroit
firefighter Dave Palm,
used money raised from
an annual party in her
husband’s honor to help
the hospital buy the first
and only machine of its
kind in Michigan. Before
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his death in 2003, Debbie Palm said her
husband spent 30 years visiting and cheering
up burn victims at Children’s and this gift
was his legacy.
“It’s such a tribute to my husband that
we could raise money to do something like
this,” she said. “He would have been overwhelmed.”
The machine, made by Total Contact
of Germantown, Ohio, is a significant leap
in the treatment of burned skin. Previously,
patients were sedated after their skin graft
while doctors made a plaster mold of their
faces. The molds were used to create plastic
masks that arrived two to three weeks later.
Since the skin of sedated patients is more
flexible than normal, the masks didn’t fit
properly and were painful to wear.
With the new laser-scanning device,
children sit in a chair within hours of their
skin graft while a screen zooms around their
head to create a three-dimensional image of
the burned area. The process takes anywhere
from eight to 15 seconds and a mask arrives
within three days.
It also allows doctors to apply the mask
before new skin covers the wound, pulling
down neighboring areas of the face. Eventually,
this technology could make it possible for
burn and trauma victims to restore an entire
body to its former shape after an accident.
Dr. Cullen said the machine is going to
improve the lives of every one of the roughly
300 child burn victims that come to the
hospital each year.
“It’s nice to know we are doing all we
can and this machine helps us provide the
best care possible.”
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Nurses/PCAs
Student Nurses Don’t Toy Around When
It Comes to Supporting Children’s
W
hen members of the
Macomb Community
College Student Nurses
Association (MCCSNA)
were asked to support the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan, they didn’t toy around.
Well, actually, they did. And as a result,
this year’s annual charitable activity in May
turned out to be one of the most successful
events in the association’s history.
For several years, the MCCSNA has
held a luncheon in honor of National
Student Nurses Day. The event has
benefited a number of other organizations
in the past, but this year organizers a
sked attendees to bring a toy to donate
to Children’s Hospital.
In response, nearly 200 guests attended
the luncheon on the Macomb County
campus. Even better, the group collected
about 300 toys for Children’s Hospital
patients of all ages.
“We were so pleased with the outcome,”
says Elizabeth Boudreau, chair of this year’s
event. “We had two vehicles filled with toys
we delivered to Children’s. It was a very nice
feeling to know that all of our hard work
had paid off.”
“Some people brought five or six toys,
and others who couldn’t attend still sent
toys with friends,” adds Liz Sims, president of the MCCSNA and a member of
Boudreau’s event committee. “It was really
touching.”
Children’s Hospital and the Macomb
Community College nursing program have
worked together for a number of years as
two clinical groups from Macomb receive
By Marti Benedetti
training at Children’s every eight weeks.
Boudreau is one student who received
such training. She will graduate from
Macomb in December and plans to
make her career in pediatric nursing.
Infact, she led the decision to make
Children’s the beneficiary of this year’s
Nurses Day activity.
“Everyone we dealt with at Children’s
Hospital was very supportive,” Boudreau
says. “They helped steer us through the
whole event.”
In addition to helping with the overall
organization, Carlson Jackson, Children’s
director of community relations, spoke at
the event, and Children’s also donated
some small items that were part of the
luncheon prize drawing. With Children’s
help, the gathering drew more participation than any MCCSNA event in recent
memory.
“I guess when you ask people to bring
in toys for kids, it’s kind of an easy push,”
Sims says. “People really came out to support Children’s Hospital. It exceeded all of
our expectations.”
Christina, 7
More than 300 toys
were collected for
Children’s patients.
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Awards
Anthony is a True Nightingale for Patients
at Children’s Hospital
SS
By Marti Benedetti
even years ago, when she was just
at Children’s Hospital, and a supporter of
graduating from nursing school,
Anthony’s nomination for the Nightingale
Christin Claypool Anthony, R.N.,
Award. “She has always recognized that a
B.S.N., never considered a career
patient has more than just physical needs.
Firsts Funny how things work out,
in pediatrics.
She knows the importance of making a child
because today Anthony can’t
smile or relieving a parent’s stress.”
even think about working any Anthony, 29, works
where except the Children’s
on 5 West, one of
Hospital of Michigan.
Children’s Hospital’s
“I love it here,” Anthony
medical-surgical units
says. “I love the people I work
dedicated to neurological,
with and the children I work
endocrine, pulmonary
with. There’s absolutely no
and general pediatric
place else I want to be.”
patients. She has led
Anthony’s enthusiasm
team efforts with physiand love for her job and
cians, nurses and other
patients – as well as her strong
staff to develop programs
leadership and nursing skills –
and improve the delivery
are the reasons she earned the
of care to patients.
prestigious 2007 Oakland
“I don’t feel words
University
Christin Claypool Anthony, R.N., B.S.N. on paper can properly
Nightingale
convey or summarize her
Award for Nursing.
amazing abilities as a nurse,” Schenavar says.
Out of the hundreds
“Every aspiring nurse should have the opportuof nominees in the Staff
nity to learn from her.”
Practice Nurse category,
Yet, Children’s nearly missed out on
Anthony was honored for
Anthony’s award-winning skills. After graduher in-depth knowledge and
ating from nursing school, she had accepted a
exceptional delivery of direct
position at another hospital. But before startpatient care and creative
ing, she went on a medical mission to Cuba.
approaches to nursing.
Her work there with children convinced her
“Christin is admired
to pursue a career in pediatrics – and she
and respected by her fellow
quickly found a home at Children’s Hospital.
nurses, physicians and other
“This is an amazing place,” says Anthony.
members of our team who
“There is such a positive outlook here. And
care for our patients,” says
every day the kids teach me lessons that I
Amanda Schenavar, interim
wouldn’t learn anywhere else.”
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Awards
Holtrop CATCHes Award as One of State’s
Leading Advocates for Children
W
hen explaining why he was
so committed to CATCH
(Caring Athletes Team for
Children’s and Henry Ford
Firsts Sparky Anderson, the Hall of
Hospital),
Fame former manager of the Detroit Tigers,
said simply, “There is nothing in this world
that you will ever do that’s better than
helping a child.”
That philosophy is not only shared,
but lived by Teresa Holtrop, M.D., director of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan’s
CATCH Pediatric Mobile Team. A member of Children’s staff since 1991, Holtrop
recently was named one of the state’s top
advocates for children by the Michigan
Council for Maternal and Child Health.
“I was very honored,” she says about the
2007 award that she received in May at the
council’s annual meeting in Lansing. “I feel
very fortunate to be involved in a program
that sees the needs in a community, and
tries to do as much as it can to help.”
Anderson founded CATCH in 1987 to
raise funds for the delivery of immediate
assistance to children who are sick, needy
and at-risk. Because of CATCH’s support,
that’s exactly what the Pediatric Mobile
Team at Children’s has done ever since the
group was formed in 1994.
The CATCH Pediatric Mobile Team
at Children’s goes to churches, schools,
missions and other community organizations to provide services such as physicals,
immunizations, hearing and vision
screening, lead and anemia screening
and developmental assessments. Last year,
about 2,100 patients visited Mobile Team
programs. This September, a new program
By Marti Benedetti
was rolled out called the Breathmobile,
which assesses higher risk, African-American
children for asthma-related problems.
Holtrop was honored by the council
for her efforts on lead prevention and
developmental screening. In 1995, Holtrop
and her team spearheaded an effort called
Leadbusters, which educated families about
ways to reduce lead dust levels in homes.
The CATCH Pediatric Mobile Team continues to provide lead testing and works
closely with community organizations to
prevent lead poisoning.
“Lead poisoning has devastating lifelong
effects,” Holtrop says. “The percentage of
children in Detroit with elevated blood
lead levels remains higher than the national
average. Testing kids in their early years is a
priority to their health and safety.”
“Dr. Holtrop is an inspiration to our
team and her patients,” says Children’s
Hospital President Herman Gray, M.D.
“We’re grateful for her dedication to
improving the health of children.”
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Compassion, Care, Research are Hallmarks
of Children’s NICU
W
Braylon and Brendon Ball
hen Antonio and Tracy Ball
watch their year-and-a-halfold twin boys happily playing
together, they can’t help but
think of what they call “our extended family.”
That family includes the doctors, nurses
and other medical professionals that
work in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU) at the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan.
The Children’s NICU staff played a
large role in their lives for many months
last year when their son Brendon became
very ill shortly after birth.
Ball had been carefully monitored during her pregnancy because of Twin to Twin
Transfusion Syndrome, a condition of the
placenta that can develop in identical twins
when one fetus receives too much blood
and fluid from blood vessel connections in
the placenta while the other gets too little.
Ball’s doctor said the twins needed to
be delivered at 29 weeks. Brendon and his
brother Braylon were born prematurely on
Jan. 13, 2006 at another hospital, and cared
for in the NICU
there. After a
couple weeks,
Braylon was
doing fine,
but Brendon
took a turn for
the worse.
The tiny infant
was transferred
to Children’s for
the treatment of
an infection that
By Marti Benedetti
attacks the intestines. It required emergency
surgery whereby half of his small intestines
were removed. “He was two pounds going
into the surgery so there was a fifty-fifty
chance he would make it,” Ball says.
He got through the procedure well, but
Ball compared his health over the next
several months to a rollercoaster – a series
of ups and downs. He required a second
surgery in April to reconnect the two ends
of the intestines while still fighting chronic
lung disease.
The Balls vividly remember the months
they had to leave their baby at the hospital and the relief they shared knowing he
would be well cared for in their absence.
“It eased our thoughts,” Ball says. It took
seven months for Brendon to get well
enough to go home. “Children’s had
become our second home,” she says.
The NICU at Children’s is a second
home for many of its tiny patients and
their families. “The dedication and compassion of everyone here and the focus on
the family enables us to give the best care
anyone could get,” said Lauranne Gosses,
NICU manager and Critical Care Transport
for Children’s.
“We have so many nurses who spent
their entire careers in the NICU at
Children’s. In one care room, we have
three nurses with a combined 100 years
of experience,” she says.
Seetha Shankaran, M.D., director of the
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine division at
Wayne State University School of Medicine
and Detroit Medical Center nurseries at
Children’s, Hutzel Women’s Hospital and
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Sinai Grace Hospital, says Children’s NICU
has a ratio of one nurse to three patients.
The Children’s NICU has 32 beds
and is often at capacity. Babies that need
specialized medical attention frequently
are transported to Children’s from neighboring Hutzel Women’s Hospital, which
specializes in high-risk obstetrics, as well
as from hospitals throughout the Detroit
area and Canada.
Shankaran says the number of babies
born with birth defects is increasing as a
result of earlier as well as better methods
of diagnosis in pregnancy. The survival rate
for extremely low birth rate infants (those
weighing less than one pound) is increasing
because of advances in neonatal and
maternal care.
Shankaran and her team’s ongoing
research on the “cooling blanket” for full
term infants with birth asphyxia (not receiving enough oxygen at birth) resulted in the
treatment becoming the standard of care
gaining weight and currently weighs 17.5
in the NICUs of many academic centers.
pounds compared to brother Braylon’s 23
Cooled infants have an 18 percent reduced
pounds. “We’re very encouraged,” Ball says.
chance of death and disability in the study
Life, death and long-term care situations
conducted by Shankaran and her colleagues
are every day occurrences for the NICU
in the Neonatal Research Network, part
staff, which has a family-focused approach
of the National Institute of Child Health
to care. “We teach parents how to take care
and Human Development (NICHD). The
of their baby,” Gosses says. “We help them
NICHD is one of the National Institutes
get through happy and sad times. We cry
of Health. Research within Children’s and
Hutzel hospitals, along with the Wayne State and share joy with our families. They see the
genuine care and compassion that everyone
University School of Medicine, is leading to
here
shows.”
more successes in diagnosing and treating
If you are interested in providing philanNICU patients.
thropic support for neonatal medical research
Brendon is among those. Today, he is
doing well. He has a g-tube in his abdomen or in helping the hospital acquire new equipment for the NICU, please contact Cindy
which allows him to receive feedings overnight while he is sleeping, so he can get extra Rowell in the Development Office by calling
(313) 745-2429 or e-mail at [email protected].
calories in addition to his regular diet. He’s
The Ball Family: Tracy,
Brendon, Braylon, Antonio
and Antonio II (in front)
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4HENAND.OW
A Birthday Wish Comes True for 80-year-old
Former Children’s Hospital Patient
M
ary Shumaker got her 80th
birthday wish even before she
blew out the candles.
The Chelsea resident was
able to visit the Neonatal Intensive Care
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“I wanted to go back to let them know
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Mary Shumaker shares her
live to be my age,” Shumaker says.
memory book.
Shumaker was born at home a month
early, weighing in at three pounds. She also
had an omphalcele, or an umbilical hernia.
“I had a hole where my belly button was,”
she explains. Such a defect often means
that some internal organs are outside of
the body in a sac.
Her parents, who did not drive, got
someone to drive their newborn daughter
to Children’s Hospital. Doctors repaired the
Mary Shumaker with Seetha
Shankaran, M.D. (above)
Mary Shumaker, daughter
Sandra Cardone and Herman
Gray, M.D., M.B.A. (right)
By Marti Benedetti
omphalcele that day, and she stayed at the
hospital in an incubator for three months.
Shumaker grew up, got married, had
two children and worked several part-time
jobs while living in Dearborn Heights. She
recently moved to Chelsea to be closer to
her daughter, Sandra Cardone, 47. Her son,
Roy, is 50.
Cardone, a pediatric nurse in the NICU
at another local hospital, called Children’s
Hospital to see if her mother could have
a tour of the NICU on her birthday.
Shumaker was surprised with a birthday
cake and the presence of local TV news
cameras. Cardone chronicled her mother’s
special day on camera.
“She still doesn’t understand fully what
a miracle she is,” Cardone says. She adds
that when omphalcele surgery is done these
days, the baby is ventilated and sometimes a
series of surgeries is required. The procedure
was much more rudimentary 80 years ago.
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Clinic Day Events Celebrate Doctors
and Highlight New Medical Advances
W
W
e have come a long way
since those days just 50
years ago when numerous
childhood diseases were
considered incurable. Many of those diseases are now easily cured. In as few as
10 years from now, pediatric care will be
individualized depending on the genetic
makeup of the child.
But from what doctors discussed during
the hospital’s Clinic Day event, this is just
the beginning.
“We could develop specific treatments
based on an individual’s genetics to avoid
treatments that are too general,” said
Deepak Kamat, M.D., Ph.D., vice chairman of education in the department of
pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan and one of the chairmen of this
year’s Clinic Day Committee.
Kamat and doctors from across the
country came to Detroit recently to honor
colleagues and discuss the evolution of
children’s medicine at the 50th Annual
Clinic Day and Awards Presentation.
The two-day event was organized by the
Children’s Alumni Association as a way
for physicians to meet and learn about
advances in pediatrics.
Pediatric health care providers met
over dinner to present the Distinguished
Alumni Award to three physicians from
Children’s. Following this event, an allday medical conference was organized
to discuss recent advances ranging from
new pediatric heart treatments to laser
eye surgery in children. Lectures were
BY Patrick Wright
sponsored by the Margaret Couzens
Slattery Memorial Lecture, the Paul V.
Woolley, Jr. M.D. Memorial Lecture, and
the Helen L. DeRoy Distinguished Visiting
Professorship Lecture.
Both events were open to community
pediatricians, members of the Alumni
Association, including the hospital’s
current or former doctors, faculty, fellowships and resident doctors-in-training and
ancillary staff at Children’s.
Walter M. Belenky, M.D., current
faculty of the hospital’s ear, nose and throat
department, was one of the Alumni Award
winners, voted by the Alumni Association.
The other two winners were A. Joseph
Brough, M.D., retired chief of pathology,
and Michael A. Nigro, D.O., retired chief
of pediatric neurology. The three doctors
provided more than 100 years of service
to Children’s patients.
The conference is part of Children’s
long-standing commitment to education.
The hospital works with Wayne State
University’s School of Medicine to train
and teach students in pediatric medicine.
Kamat said it was meeting other
physicians and sharing ideas with them
that made the event special for him.
“It was fun for me to get to know the
nationally and internationally renowned
speakers,” Kamat said. “By talking with
them, we learn about other innovations
in pediatric medicine and build upon
our own achievements in the practice
of pediatrics at Children’s.”
Walter M. Belenky, M.D.
A. Joseph Brough, M.D.
Michael A. Nigro, D.O.
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Child Life
Drums and Laughter Are the
Perfect Rx for Jared
Y
ou don’t receive a positive prognosis
like Jared Towers’ without a lot of
help from a lot of people. But on
his march toward recovery, it’s his
Children’s Hospital of Michigan music therapist who has helped him keep the beat.
Jared was 16 in August 2005 when his
body struck its discordant note. He was
at work at a pizza parlor and his mother,
Renee, was behind the counter at the sweets
shop she owns at Canterbury Village.
Jared Towers with his mom,
Renee, and Children’s Music
Therapist Laura Duda
“Mom,” he said over the phone,
“something’s wrong with me.” And those
were essentially the last words he spoke
for six months.
When help arrived, Jared was crying,
speechless, pointing to his suddenly useless
By Marcy Hayes
arm. In fact, his entire right side was
immobile, prompting doctors to suspect
a stroke. Tests and emergency surgery
confirmed otherwise: he was diagnosed
with Arteriovenous Malformation, or
AVM, a potentially life-threatening neurological disorder.
The surgery began with removal of half
his skull. Doctors induced a coma for two
weeks to prevent his brain from swelling. Then, as soon as he was stable, he was
entrusted to Children’s Hospital to begin
the long journey back to normalcy.
His first few weeks at Children’s remain
a blur for Jared and Renee, with someone
always asking Jared to respond to a question in order to judge how quickly his brain
functions were returning. Communication
was difficult and often frustrating. He developed his own sign language, which he used
along with a word board to communicate.
It wasn’t long before the staff got a sampling
of Jared’s sense of humor, telling his doctor he used a comb to brush his teeth and
a toothbrush to comb his hair. Renee had
to assure the concerned doctor that her son
was just joking.
Jared’s medical team assigned a variety
of rehabilitation therapies for him. As a
devoted drummer since fifth grade, music
therapy was as natural for him as laughing.
Laura Duda, a board-certified music
therapist at Children’s, invited the family
to her teen session. At that point Jared was
using a wheelchair, had an IV pole and was
only able to use his left hand. Renee picked
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Jared Towers shares how
music therapy has helped
in his recovery at Children’s
Grand Rounds in July.
up a drum and stick, and offered to help.
Overcome by the illustration of his inability,
Jared broke down and left the room.
Two of the most natural things for him,
speaking and drumming, he could no longer
do. He was beyond frustration, but fortunately, he was not beyond Duda’s expertise.
Understanding his response and knowing
she could help, she arranged to work with
Jared privately.
While the Music Therapy program is
well equipped, it does not own a drum kit.
Substituting creativity for authenticity,
Duda crafted a makeshift set from a few
pieces she brought from home and some
brightly painted young children’s percussion
pieces. “The whole set didn’t look or sound
a thing like regular drums,” Duda said.
“We cracked up the first time I put it
together. But it all helped him start to
move his feet and his arms.”
and keep going, she would stop and make
Duda would assist Jared in using his
an effort, or even stop to enlist another
right arm to play the cymbal when the two
staff member’s help. Duda treated him
of them accompanied Dave Matthews or
with respect.
another of his favorite bands. He would
Doctors at Children’s expect Jared to
give her a non-verbal cue when it was her
make a full recovery. He performed and
turn. In the beginning, she sometimes had
spoke at Michigan State University’s Eric
difficulty understanding him, which led to
‘RicStar’ Winter Music Therapy Camp
her “messing up our songs,” she said. “Jared
this summer, helping some of the camp
would shake his head and give me a hard
participants and staff. He takes drum
time. We laughed a lot.”
lessons, plays golf with his dad and has
He was always willing to try, even on bad enrolled in college classes for fall.
days. Maybe it was because she went to the
Until then, he is helping out at his
trouble to find music he liked. Or maybe
mom’s shop. “He’s bossing me around,”
it was because when Duda couldn’t undersays Renee – and restoring the comfortable
stand what Jared was trying to convey, she
rhythm to their lives.
wouldn’t pretend otherwise. Rather than nod
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West Bloomfield Girl Gives Cuddly
Comfort to Children’s Patients
W
Lauren Kunin, Latoya Blake
and Jerry Kunin
hen Lauren Kunin left
Children’s Hospital as a baby,
doctors told her parents they
hoped she’d never have to return.
Twelve years later, Lauren came back
by choice and hundreds of children are
grateful she did.
Lauren was born with a heart valve that
wasn’t fully closed. She was five weeks old
when she was
evaluated by
Children’s
cardiac specialists who determined that
the valve had
closed on
its own.
“The doctor said she
was fine and
he hoped he’d
never have to
see her again,”
her father, Jerry
Kunin, said. “Those words lingered with me.
Later, when I told Lauren about Children’s
Hospital, she said the kids there must be
scared and asked if we could do something
for them. I said, ‘Good idea.’”
The Kunins, who live in West Bloomfield,
hatched a plan to give new stuffed animals to
as many Children’s patients as possible.
“I just started thinking it must be
scary for some of those kids,” said Lauren,
a seventh grader at Orchard Lake Middle
Devon, 6
BY todd schulz
School. “If it were me, I’d want something
to hold on to. I’d be scared. And I’d want to
have someone next to me.”
Turns out, dad, a savvy bargain hunter,
and daughter, a stuffed animal aficionado,
made a perfect team for the volunteer project. Last May, they waltzed into a Walgreens
drug store where stuffed animals were selling for deeply discounted prices and started
to load up.
“We had a field day,” said Jerry, 57, a real
estate broker and investor. “The idea was to
maximize the benefit at minimal cost.”
Mission accomplished. Thanks to generous sale prices, the Kunins bought roughly
$700 worth of stuffed animals for about $177.
They filled five shopping carts with every
conceivable kind of snugly, huggable creature.
Lauren made sure there were plenty of her
favorite monkeys in the haul and delivered
them to Children’s the following day.
They’re not done. Lauren, who’s performing acts of compassion in preparation for
her 13th birthday Bat Mitzvah celebration
next July, hopes to deliver at least three car
loads of donations per year.
“Show me a child, let alone an adult,
who isn’t scared to undergo a procedure,”
Jerry Kunin said. “This gives them an
opportunity to grab on, hold on and not
feel alone.”
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Meet The Amazing Quinns!
J
ames and Margaret Quinn adopted
two children before they had their first
biological child. Then they had two
more. And while they were busy raising
their kids, they became mom and dad
to foster care children as well.
The Quinns’ sixth and final family member,
in fact, was also their last foster child.
Their final tally is six official young
Quinns and 19 foster children – and in
their more than 700 volunteer hours at the
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, they’ve
touched the lives of countless more boys
and girls. Clearly, James and Margaret
Quinn believe in sharing their love.
As their children became adults,
Margaret decided she missed spending time
with babies. She wanted to hug them. So
the Dearborn Heights couple contacted
Children’s Hospital and signed up for
volunteer training.
Initially, James, 76, volunteered in the
Playroom with patients ranging in age
from infant to 7 years old. Margaret, 72,
was assigned to the Phyllis Ann Colburn
Memorial Library without a baby in sight.
In truth, she says, she wasn’t sure she
would like it there. But five years later,
Margaret says she “wouldn’t give up the
library for anything.” The only thing she’d
change would be to have librarian Jennifer
Bowen help her get over her trepidation of
using the computer. “I meet lots of children
and parents on their visits,” Margaret says,
and she also enjoys chatting with the nurses
and doctors.
Over time, meanwhile, James moved to
Dialysis. He likes it there because he gets
to establish relationships with the children,
some of whom come in for years. “I’m
By Marcy Hayes
always happy when they get a transplant,”
says James, “but, I miss them.”
He looks forward to challenging them
at UNO, a card game. He lets the younger
kids win, but with the older ones, he says
he can’t win no matter how much he tries.
James has gone to great lengths to bring
cheer to the patients, including trying to
rap for them. “They don’t appreciate my
poetry,” he says, smiling. “Usually they tell
me to just deal the cards.”
When Margaret needs a hug these days,
she can turn to one of her eight grandchildren. Three of them, like three of her own,
are adopted. The Quinns’ legacy of love and
giving back has clearly been passed down.
For more information on how to become
a Children’s Hospital of Michigan volunteer,
contact Erin O’Mara at (313) 745-532 or
[email protected].
Children’s volunteers
Margaret and
James Quinn
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News
Adopt-a-Family Program Offers Hope for
the Holidays
P
atricia Pettway expected the Adopta-Family program at Children’s
Hospital to brighten Christmas
for her eight children. What she
received was a life-changing ray of hope.
Children’s paired the Pettways with
anonymous donors last December. The
children – six of whom are adopted and
have a variety of disabilities and medical
conditions – received toys, clothes, bikes
and video games.
But two presents stood out in the pile
of goodies: a new porch and wheelchair
ramp that provides Pettway’s daughter,
Taylor, a 7-year-old Spina Bifida patient
at Children’s, access to the family’s home;
and a new washer to help mom keep pace
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with the laundry.
“We’ve really been blessed,” Pettway, 46,
said. “They’ve taken care of my family well.”
Children’s Hospital social worker Janet
Nunn created Adopt-a-Family in 1992
to help cash-strapped families enjoy the
holidays. The program, which started with
25 families, served about 280 in 2006.
“It’s rewarding when you see the smiles,”
Nunn said. “This program would not
continue to exist without the generosity
of our donors.”
Eligible families are identified and
screened by Children’s Hospital social
workers.
For more information on donating, call
(313) 745-5281.
Snowpile Warms Hearts
N
o one wants to spend the holidays in a hospital. But patients
at the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan always look forward
to Snowpile with a gleam in their eye.
Since 1994, the program has collected
new, unwrapped toys and gifts that are
given to hospitalized children. Extra staff
is hired to assist with the collection process that begins two months in advance.
There’s something for everyone, from baby
clothes and blankets to DVDs and video
games for older patients.
“We assume families with kids in the
hospital aren’t able to shop and prepare for
the holidays,” said Lindsay Heering, interim manager of Child Life Services. “We
try to help normalize the hospital environ-
BY todd schulz
ment as much as possible.”
One day in December, families can
“shop” free of charge at Snowpile. They
choose up to three age-appropriate gifts
for the patient and one for each sibling.
Families also receive a stuffed animal and
book for each child and one family game
to play together. Volunteers sort and
stock gifts, escort and assist caregivers,
and wrap presents. While gifts are being
wrapped, families may enjoy refreshments
and listen to live music.
“Everybody loves it,” Heering said.
“People are usually crying because they’re
so grateful.”
For information on donating to Snowpile,
call (313) 745-5373.
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C
hildren’s Hospital of Michigan
meets the highest national
standards set for medical and
nursing staff, hospital personnel
and patient care. Our young patients
and their families are assured the finest
medical care and the highest quality of
hospital services.
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan is
a member of the Detroit Medical Center,
the academic health system for Wayne State
University, and is affiliated with Wayne State
University’s School of Medicine, College of
Nursing, and College of Pharmacy and
Allied Health.
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan
is accredited by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
and by the Commission on Accreditation
of Rehabilitation Facilities. Children’s is
accredited by the American College of
Surgeons as a Level 1 trauma center and
as a regional poison control center by
the American Association of Poison
Control Centers.
The hospital is certified by the
Health Care Finance Administration
(Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act)
and licensed by the Michigan
Department of Community Health.
PEDIATRIC ENDOWED CHAIRS AND PROFESSORSHIPS
THE MARION I. BARNHART, PH.D.
ENDOWED CHAIR IN THROMBOSIS
HEMOSTASIS RESEARCH
Jeanne M. Lusher, M.D.,
Incumbent
THE FRANK BICKNELL, M.D.
ENDOWED CHAIR OF
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
THE CARLS FOUNDATION
ENDOWED CHAIR IN PEDIATRIC
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
THE FRANKEL FAMILY
ENDOWED CHAIR IN PEDIATRIC
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Thomas L. Babb, Ph.D.,
Incumbent
THE GEORGIE GINOPOLIS
ENDOWED CHAIR IN PEDIATRIC
CANCER AND HEMATOLOGY
Yaddanapudi Ravindranath, M.D.,
Incumbent
THE MIRIAM L. HAMBURGER
ENDOWED CHAIR OF CHILD
AND ADOLESCENT
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
David R. Rosenberg, M.D., Incumbent
THE HELPPIE ENDOWED
PROFESSORSHIP FOR URBAN PEDIATRIC
HEALTH AND RESEARCH
Vincent J. Palusci, M.D., M.S.,
Incumbent
THE ARVIN I. PHILIPPART, M.D.
ENDOWED CHAIR IN
PEDIATRIC SURGICAL
RESEARCH AND RESEARCH IN
SOLID TUMORS OF CHILDHOOD
Michael D. Klein, M.D.,
Incumbent
THE ROSALIE AND BRUCE ROSEN
FAMILY ENDOWED CHAIR FOR
TOURETTE SYNDROME AND
RELATED NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS RESEARCH
Harry T. Chugani, M.D.,
Incumbent
THE SCHOTANUS FAMILY
ENDOWED CHAIR OF PEDIATRICS
Bonita F. Stanton, M.D.,
Incumbent
THE ELIZABETH SCHOTANUS
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP
IN PEDIATRIC NURSING
Linda A. Lewandowski, Ph.D., R.N.,
Incumbent
THE PETER SCHOTANUS
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP
OF PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Steven D. Ham D.O.,
Incumbent
THE CARMAN & ANN ADAMS
ENDOWED CHAIR IN
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
William D. Lyman, Ph.D.,
Incumbent
DR. AND MRS. DAVID BARKER
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN
PEDIATRIC IMAGING
THE SAMUEL AND LOUIS
HAMBURGER FOUNDATION
ENDOWED CHAIR IN
CHILD PSYCHIATRY
THE RING SCREW TEXTRON
ENDOWED CHAIR IN
PEDIATRIC CANCER
RESEARCH
Jeffrey W. Taub, M.D.,
Incumbent
Dechantia, 11
and Delvon, 15
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Executive Staff
Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.
President
Jeffrey M. Devries, M.D.
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Luanne M. Ewald
Vice President, Business
Development, Strategic Planning
and Ambulatory Services
Rhonda Foster, Ed.D., M.P.H., M.S.
R.N., Vice President, Patient Care
Chad Grant
Vice President, Professional
Services
Joseph T. Scallen
Vice President, Finance
Patrick R. Kelly
Vice President, Development
Medical Staff Chiefs
Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.
President
Bonita Stanton, M.D.
Pediatrician-In-Chief
Michael D. Klein, M.D.
Surgeon-In-Chief
Mary Lu Angelilli, M.D.
Chief of Staff
Jeffrey M. Devries, M.D.
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Ibrahim F. Abdulhamid, M.D.
Chief of Pulmonary Medicine
Jacob V. Aranda, M.D.
Chief of Clinical Pharmacology
and Toxicology
Basim I. Asmar, M.D.
Chief of Infectious Diseases
Charles J. Barone II, M.D.
Chief of Hospitalist Division
Erawati V. Bawle, M.B.B.S.
Chief of Genetic and Metabolic
Disorders
Harry T. Chugani, M.D.
Chief of Neurology
Marc L. Cullen, M.D.
Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Edward R. Dabrowski, M.D.,
Chief of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Chandra Edwin, M.D.
Interim Chief of Endocrinology
Mohammad F. El-Baba, M.D.
Chief of Gastroenterology
Howard S. Fischer, M.D.
Co-Chief of Ambulatory
Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine
John D. Roarty, M.D.
Chief of Ophthalmology
David R. Rosenberg, M.D.
Chief of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Neurosciences
Arlene A. Rozzelle, M.D.
Chief of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Ashok P. Sarnaik, M.D.
Chief of Critical Care Medicine
Seetha Shankaran, M.D.
Chief of Neonatal and
Perinatal Medicine
James P. Stenger, D.D.S.
Chief of Dentistry
Henry L. Walters III, M.D.
Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery
J. Michael Zerin, M.D.
Chief of Pediatric Imaging
Maria M. Zestos, M.D.
Chief of Anesthesiology
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*John D. Baker, M.D., Chairperson
*Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II,
Vice-Chairperson
*Mr. Frank Couzens, Jr., Treasurer
*Mary Lu Angelilli, M.D.
Mr. Tony Antone
*Ms. Elaine Baker
Mr. Maurice J. Beznos
*Mr. Robert H. Bluestein
*Mr. Douglas M. Etkin
*Mrs. Luanne Ewald
Ms. Joanne B. Faycurry
Mrs. Stuart Frankel
*The Honorable Bernard Friedman
Mr. Matthew Friedman
*The Honorable Hilda Gage
Mrs. Erica Ward Gerson
Mr. John Ginopolis
*Mrs. Rosanne Gjostein
*Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.
Ms. Patricia Heftler
Mrs. Richard Helppie
Reverend Nicholas Hood, III
*Mr. Joseph G. Horonzy
Mr. Arthur B. Hudson
*Mr. Gilbert Hudson
Mrs. Jane Iacobelli
Yvonne Friday, M.D.
Co-Chief of Ambulatory
Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine
Steven D. Ham, D.O.
Chief of Neurosurgery
Michael S. Haupert, D.O.
Chief of Pediatric
Otolaryngology
Joseph M. Hildebrand, D.D.S.
Chief of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery
Richard A. Humes, M.D.
Chief of Cardiology
Stephen R. Knazik, D.O., M.B.A.
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Jeanne M. Lusher, M.D.
Co-Chief of Hematology
and Oncology
Tej K. Mattoo, M.D.
Chief of Nephrology
Ellen C. Moore, M.D.
Chief of Immunology, Allergy
and Rheumatology
Yaddanapudi Ravindranath, M.D.
Co-Chief of Hematology
and Oncology
Children’s Hospital
of Michigan Foundation
Board of Trustees
Richard A. K. Reynolds, M.D.
Chief of Orthopaedics
Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II
Chairperson
Mr. Jonathon Aaron
Mr. Maurice J. Beznos
Mr. James F. Carr, Jr.
Larry Fleischmann, M.D.
Mrs. Stuart Frankel
Anne-Maré Ice, M.D.
Mrs. Josephine Kessler
*Mr. Nick A. Khouri
*Michael D. Klein, M.D.
Mrs. Arthur Kleinpell
*Mr. Robert C. Larson
*Mr. Edward C. Levy, Jr.
Mr. John G. Levy
Mrs. Lawrence R. Marantette
*Mrs. Florine Mark
Ms. Alyssa Martina
*Mrs. Jane E. Mills
*Mr. David K. Page
*Mr. Michael C. Porter
*Mrs. Gloria W. Robinson
Mr. Bruce H. Rosen
Ashok Sarnaik, M.D.
*Mr. Joseph T. Scallen
Mr. Aaron H. Sherbin
*Thomas L. Slovis, M.D.
Bonita Stanton, M.D.
Alan Woodliff, Ph.D.
*Mr. George A. Wrigley
* Executive Committee
Honorary Board 2007
Mrs. Henry T. Bodman
Mrs. Warren Coville
Mrs. Charles T. Fisher III
Mr. William R. Halling
Mr. William P. MacKinnon
Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend
Mrs. David D. Williams
Advisory Board 2007
The Honorable Trudy
DunCombe Archer
Alexa I. Canady, M.D.
Mr. Leslie Colburn
Mrs. Julie Fisher Cummings
Mr. Alan W. Frank
Mr. Martin Goldman
Mr. James Grosfeld
Mr. Joseph C. Murphy
Mr. Thomas L. Schoenith
Mrs. Samuel Valenti III
Mrs. Gerald E. Warren
Mr. Daniel Gilbert
Mr. John Ginopolis
Mr. Brian Hermelin
Mrs. Judy Kramer
Mr. Jack Krasula
Mr. Edward C. Levy, Jr.
Jeanne M. Lusher, M.D.
Mr. Jonathan K. Maples
Mrs. Rita Margherio
Mrs. Anita Masters Penta
Mr. Dick Purtan Ms. Patricia Rodzik
Mr. Jatinder-Bir Sandhu
Mr. William M. Wetsman
Contact Information:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation
3911 Beaubien St. Detroit, MI 48201-9932 (313) 964-6994
Patrick R. Kelly, Executive Director
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Pioneer Automotive Technologies Creates Golf,
Grill & Give for Children’s Hospital
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By Marcy Hayes
of
Pioneer Automotive Technologies
held an employee golf outing for
the Children’s Hospital of Michigan – even
the ones who don’t play the game.
The June 7 fundraiser, the latest in a series
of charitable events held by the international
electronics company, raised more than $4,000.
Organizers aptly titled it Golf, Grill & Give.
The tournament took place at Northville
Hills Golf Club. Afterward, says Senior
Corporate Counselor Ethan Gilan, everyone
reported to the Pioneer offices for “a colossal
feast, much more than just a barbecue.” The
feast was sponsored and caterered by de-ceil
gateau owned by Karen Werth.
Two years ago, Gilan and Connie Franzel,
quality engineering senior supervisor, founded
the Pioneer Automotive Technologies Event
Committee. Its six members find worthwhile
charities to match with the company’s philosophy, “Move the Heart and Touch the Soul.”
Their goal is to come up with interesting,
enjoyable ways to give that will bring the staff
together and build relationships.
“We had 100 percent participation at Golf,
Grill and Give,” Gilan said. “If you didn’t
know how to play, we had golf lessons available. Everybody loved it.”
Pioneer Automotive Technologies paid
for the lessons and greens fees, letting
their employees raise and get credit for
the donations to Children’s Hospital.
Pioneer’s Chief Operating
Officer, Steve Moerner
drives for a hole-in-one.
Jeff Milewski raised more than $400 by
hosting a party at his home. “I told my
friends what we were doing for Children’s
Hospital’s oncology department,” he said.
“I asked if they wanted to help. Every one
of them wrote a check.”
Pioneer Automotive President
and C.O.O. Steven Moerner,
said, “Pioneer is honored to
support a world-class organization such as the Children’s
Hospital of Michigan. Our
employees selected and
enthusiastically embraced the
opportunity to raise money
to assist the Hematology/
Oncology department to
continue serving and improving
the lives of our communities’
children and their families.”
Prizes at Golf, Grill and
Give included a special trophy
for the lowest scoring team.
That leaves 44 people looking
for a chance at redemption –
so odds are this won’t be
Pioneer Automotive’s last trip
to the links.
Kevin Lawson putts for
an eagle while Ethan Gilan
looks on.
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Celebration Honoring Chuck O’Brien
Supports Children’s
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the next 60-plus years, he was
as devoted to the city as a native
son could be.
O’Brien served on the Children’s
Hospital of Michigan Board of Trustees
and the DMC Finance Committee, stepping forward to assume the DMC board
chairmanship during uncertain times in
2003. “He couldn’t bear to see the DMC
fail,” said his wife, Linda O’Brien, “and he
worked tirelessly to ensure it didn’t.”
City leaders and the staff and donors
of the DMC and Children’s Hospital were
saddened when Chuck passed away at the
end of March. Though battered by two
strokes and two subsequent operations, he
had seemed to be winning his fight for
recovery when a third stroke took his life.
Linda knew first-hand that he was
a good man, great father and sagacious
businessman, but was still amazed at the
outpouring of love for her husband. One
of Chuck’s competitors in automotive supplies took her out for lunch and asked how
Chuck had engendered such loyalty
from his staff. It’s
simple, she said:
“Chuck treated
them right.”
The hundreds
of notes,
letters and
phone calls she
received helped
BY MARCY HAYeS
reveal how many lives he had touched.
In better times, Chuck and Linda
enjoyed entertaining. Their friends brought
them great bottles of wine, and since
neither was a wine drinker, they amassed
quite a collection. Chuck once remarked
that it would be nice if they could tell
guests not to bring gifts and instead to
make a donation to Children’s Hospital.
As the summer of 2007 wore on, the
O’Brien’s annual 4th of July party haunted
Linda. Initially feeling she couldn’t muster
the spirit, Linda recalled Chuck’s comment
about the wine. Not only would she have
the party, she resolved, it would be a tribute to Chuck – for Children’s Hospital.
More than 380 people attended and
many sent donations. Mel Ball and his
band performed, restaurants donated
food, and distributors poured wine. Board
members, doctors, nurses and people
whose lives Chuck had touched came to
honor him. The event grossed more than
$80,000.
Linda is committed to supporting a
cause that meant so much to her husband
Chuck, the man who kept teaching about
generosity and commitment, even after
his death.
To donate to the Charles R. O’Brien
Fund at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan,
mail a check to the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan Development Office located
at 3901Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48201-2196;
call (313) 745-5373; or visit www.
childrensdmc.org.
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Drs. Jimmy
and Sophie
Womack
Kay Albertie, linda O’Brien, Becki Cole and Steve Cole
Herman B. Gray, M.D.,
M.B.A., Shirley Mann
Gray, Pat Fleischmann,
and larry e.
Fleischmann, M.D.
Pearl Gordon, Florine Ministrelli and
Nancy Dinkelmann.
Johnny Ginopolis, Melody MacMartin, D.O., Marion Ginopolis,
Phyliss Black and Annette Duffany
Barry leonard,
Rosanne Gjostein, Harry Chugani, M.D. and Diane Chugani, Ph.D.
Kay Albertie, Jack Baker, M.D., Judy Kramer, Susie Baker,
Rita Margherio, Gerry Magnell and Tom Magnell, M.D.
Dick Gabrys, eleanor Gabrys, Joe Krul and linda O’Brien
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Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Special Events Calendar
APR Thu 3
Sun 6
This is a listing of fundraising events benefiting the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan. For additional details call the contact person listed or the Children’s
development department at (313) 745-5373 or visit www.childrensdmc.org.
October 9
November 1
November 18 – December 2
CATCH Night of Champions XVIII
The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn
Contact: CATCH Office
(313) 876-9399
Children’s Hospital Big Kids Bash
120 Year Celebration
Opus One, Detroit
Contact: Lori Gatmaitan
(313) 966-2024
Festival of Trees
Compuware Headquarters, Detroit
Contact: Festival of Trees
(248) 336-2331 or www.fot.org
October 28
Festival of Trees American Girl Tea
Hyatt Regency, Dearborn
Contact: Kim Beals
(313) 745-8890
November 17
Festival of Trees Gala Dinner
Compuware Headquarters, Detroit
Contact: Festival of Trees
(248) 336-2331 or www.fot.org