2004 Calendar of Events - Hackensack University Medical Center

66 . Hackensack University Medical Center
APRIL 30 APRIL 30 APRIL 30 MAY 1 MAY 4
APRIL 30
From left: Mick Foley, professional wrestler
and author, visits Austin McNally, 10, and
his sister Madison, 8, during Austin’s treatment
at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s
Hospital.
APRIL 30
From left: R. Knight Steel, M.D., chief of The
Division of Geriatrics, and endowed professor
of Geriatrics at The University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ);
joins Donald B. Louria, M.D., UMDNJ–New
Jersey Medical School at The Longevity
Conference 2004, “Creating Very Old
People: Individual Blessing or Societal
Disaster?” sponsored by the medical center.
APRIL 30
From left: Donald P. Jones, M.D.; Johan
Vansteenkiste, M.D., Ph.D., respiratory
oncologist, Universitair Ziekenhuizen Leuven
in Belgium; Robert Pirker, M.D., associate
professor of Internal Medicine, Vienna
Medical University, in Austria; Harry Harper,
M.D., Thoracic Oncology co-division chief,
The Cancer Center; Walter J. Curran, Jr.,
M.D., The Department of Radiation Oncology,
Bodine Center for Cancer Treatment,
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA; and Mark Socinski, M.D.,
Division of Hematology/Oncology, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
gather together at The Third Annual Lung
Cancer Symposium hosted by The Thoracic
Oncology Division of The Cancer Center at
the medical center.
MAY 1
Ernst Louis, member of the medical center’s
TaeKwonDo Club, won second place
in the men’s advanced form competition
and third place in the men’s advanced sparring
competition at the United States
National Championships.
MAY 4
From left: Tony D’Urso, Psy.D., of The
Audrey Hepburn’s Children’s House; Martin
Finkel, D.O., director of UMDNJ Center
for Children’s Support; John Mulhern, director
of Education, at Ramapo College;
Robert L. Hendron, D.O., executive director
of M.I.N.D. Institute, chief of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, at The University of
California, Davis Department of Psychiatry;
Honorary Rose M. Heck, executive vice
president of Watson Consulting Group;
Walter D. Rosenfield, M.D., director of
Adolescent/Young Adult Center for Health,
vice chairman of Pediatrics, Goryueb
Children’s Hospital Atlantic Health System;
Jeffrey R. Boscamp, M.D., chairman of The
Department of Pediatrics; and Donald
Stark, administrator of The Department of
Pediatrics attend Children’s Summit VI, at
the medical center.
29 Mary Ann Donohue, Ph.D., RN, APN, C, administrative director of Nursing, Psychiatric
Services, and Nursing Research, contributes a chapter to “LEADING AND MANAGING IN
NURSING,” The American Journal of Nursing’s 2003 Book of The Year.
30 Mick Foley, a professional wrestler and former eight time WORLD WRESTLING
ENTERTAINMENT INC. Tag Team Champion visits the medical center to surprise patient Austin
McNally and his sister Madison during Austin’s treatment.
30 The medical center sponsors the LONGEVITY CONFERENCE 2004, “Creating Very Old
People: Individual Blessing or Societal Disaster?” with The New Jersey Medical School, The
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), The Foundation of UMDNJ,
and The Healthful Life Project.
30 The Thoracic Oncology Division of The Cancer Center at the medical center hosts
THE THIRD ANNUAL LUNG CANCER SYMPOSIUM, “Lung Cancer Management – An International
Perspective,” in The David Joseph Jurist Research Center for Tomorrows Children.
APRIL 26–27
Knight Steel, M.D., chief of Geriatrics leads
multi-disciplinary rounding on the Acute
Care for Elders unit during the Pursuing
Perfection site visit.
Medical center shares
ITS PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
Hackensack University Medical Center hosts a two-day site
visit for fellow grantees of PURSUING PERFECTION: RAISING THE
BAR FOR HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE. The Pursuing Perfection
teams share success stories with each other in order to
improve the delivery of healthcare throughout the nation.