Northwell raises record $1.6M for women’s health at Hamptons fundraiser
Northwell Health’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health held its sixth annual Summer Hamptons Evening on Saturday, Aug. 3, achieving a fundraising record of $1.6 million to support women’s health research and programs.
The hospital network’s previous high water mark for the swanky East End event was $1 million. The $1.6 million haul brings the total raised since the event’s inception to more than $5 million.
The event, attended by about three hundred supporters, was held at the Water Mill residence of Victoria Moran-Furman, who hosted alongside Katz Institute benefactors Iris and Saul Katz, Eric Moran and celebrity event planner Larry Scott. Rosanna Scotto, anchor of Good Day New York on Fox 5 News, was the event’s emcee.
The annual Summer Hamptons Evening supports Northwell’s “Outpacing the Impossible” campaign, a $1.4 billion fundraising effort that aims to improve hospitals and clinical programs, accelerating research and funding endowment.
The evening featured a discussion between Stacey E. Rosen, MD, senior vice president for women’s health at Northwell, and Eugenia Gianos, MD, director of cardiovascular prevention at Northwell and director of women’s heart health at Lenox Hill Hospital. The doctors discussed the hospital network’s capacity to provide personalized care and programs for women.
“We see and treat women differently and invest continually in this care through research, clinical programs and patient-centered offerings,” said Dr. Rosen, who was recently named president-elect of the American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focusing on heart and brain health. “It has enabled us to keep elevating a standard of care that is amplified throughout Northwell’s footprint.”
Dr. Gianos, who chairs the American College of Cardiology’s Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Section, noted that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States and reiterated Northwell’s mission to provide comprehensive care for women.
“This paradigm of providing a patient-focused, aggressive prevention plan much earlier in life truly sets Northwell apart,” Dr. Gianos said.
For more information about supporting the Katz Institute for Women’s Health and Northwell Health, visit give.northwell.edu/katz-institute-womens-health.
