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Shining Star Gala 2007


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The UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center is so grateful to have friends like you who joined us for another successful Shining Star Gala. Thank you!  With your support, we are able to purchase critical new equipment for the Comprehensive Pediatric Sedation Service.  Your generous contributions go a long way to support the most pressing patient care and research needs at the Children's Medical Center. 

For more photos of the Shining Star Gala, click HERE 

  

 

PINK 2007 Lighting the Way to a Cure
 In Memory 

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Lighting Candles Pink 2007

Pink 2007 Siff, Felice, DeFeudis, Gotz

 

Pink 2007 Table of Candles

The hundreds of lit candles at Pink 2007 were a glowing reminder of the many lives touched by breast cancer. Thanks to the support of our many thoughtful donors, breast cancer research is a step closer to a cure.

 

  Together, we made it. The Emergency Care Campaign thanks you


More than 100 people enjoyed a celebratory thanks during the Thank You Reception hosted by the UMass Memorial Foundation. Through your generous support, we pulled together and reached our Emergency Care Campaign fundraising goal of $40 million.

The UMass Memorial campaign was our largest-ever for capital fundraising. The Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center, which opened in February 2006, is the only Level 1 trauma center in Central Massachusetts and has had a significant impact on all of Central New England.

THANK YOU!

Elaine Birbara & Jeanne Curtis
Elaine Birbara & Jeanne Curtis

John & Dawn Budd, Elias Arous
John and Dawn Budd with Elias Arous, MD

Bill Demianiuk Pappas Lapidas
Bill Demianiuk, Martha and Arthur Pappas, Gary Lapidas

Rosalie & David Grenon
Rosalie and David Grenon


Ecc Norm Peters Chris Egan
Norm Peters and Chris Egan

David Crowley
David Crowley

Steven & AnneMarie Bird
Steven and AnneMarie Bird

 

Mark & Jan Fuller
Mark and Jan Fuller

An evening in Palm Beach with 2006 Nobel Laureate in Medicine  

UMass Medical School introduced Craig C. Mello, PhD, to the Palm Beach community during an elegant dinner event at The Breakers. Nearly 300 supporters and friends attended the program featuring Dr. Mello, co-recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He and Andrew Fire, PhD, who is currently with Stanford University School of Medicine, were awarded the Nobel Prize for their 1998 discovery of the process by which ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) silences genetic expression.

Dr. Mello and other UMass Medical School researchers are investigating the role RNAi may play in the treatment or cures of many debilitating diseases worldwide. They hope their research will lead to new RNAi drugs that will stop genes from making disease-causing proteins before the disease develops, or stop it at an early stage when treatment may be more effective.

If you would like to learn more about Dr. Mello’s breakthrough discovery, or to support his research, please contact UMass Memorial Foundation at 508-856-5520 or e-mail us at giving@umassmed.edu . More on Dr. Mello’s research is available at www.umassmed.edu and www.umassmed.edu/foundation

Craig Mello (Holding the Nobel Prize Medal), standing with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Czech and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blaise
UMass Medical School faculty members Sylvia Corvera with husband Mike Czech, join Craig Mello (second from right) at the Palm Beach event. Dr. Mello presented a replica of his Nobel medal to benefactors Shelley and Jack Blais, at his side. Dr. Mello is the Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine.
 

Co-Chairs with Craig Mello
Event Chair Nancy Feldman (second from right) with her co-chairs Phyllis Freilich, Shirley Siff and Barbara Greenberg, joined by Craig Mello.

Mellos, Shiffs, and UMass President Jack Wilson




At left, Craig Mello with wife Edit,
Robert and Shirley Siff, and Jack
Wilson, president of the University
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 Charlotte and Chris Bramley with Bob and Marie Cousy.  Nancy Feldman, Craig Mello and Sandy Krakoff.
   
Craig Mello and Mary DeFeudis. Supporter Mary DeFeudis (front right) hosted numerous Palm Beach friends.

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Simulation technology makes patient experiences real 
Simulated patient technology: Michele Pugnaire, MD, and Sarah McGee, MD, share some of the many talents of "Harvey," a cardiopulmonary patient simulator. They led a tour with trustees of the Paul C. and Gladys W. Richards Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Roberta Carlin and Mrs. Linda Arman. The Foundation donated $100,000 to medical simulation at the UMass Medical School. Simulated mannequins such as Harvey are used in medical centers worldwide to train thousands of students, residents and medical professionals each year.  Harvey - a cardiopulmonary patient simulator

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New Barre Health Center - we're open! 

The new Barre Health Center opened its door with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event attended by nearly 300 people from throughout the Quabbin region.

The new $6.6 million facility, supported by nearly $2.5 million in donations by local individuals and businesses, offers new technology, expanded services and enlarged space to accommodate 45,000 patient visits annually. Your gifts are an investment in a crucial resource for the people of the Quabbin region. We deeply appreciate your commitment to quality health care close to home. Thank you.

Members of the campaign committee dig in.

Members of the campaign committee dig in. 

Community, political and medical leaders are working hand in hand to see the facility through to its completion.

Community, political and medical leaders worked hand in
hand to see the facility through to its completion.

Employees of the Barre Health Center lend a hand to the new facility being built adjacent to the existing clinic.

Employees of the Barre Health Center lend a hand to the new facility built adjacent to the existing clinic. 

U.S. Rep. John Olver, D-Amherst (second from right), advocated for the commitment of federal funding in helping to support the health center. To his left, John O'Brien, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, has made the new Barre facility a priority. Panelists spoke of the mission to make high-quality health care accessible to all residents of the region.

U.S. Rep. John Olver, D-Amherst (second from right), advocated for the commitment of federal funding in helping to support the health center. To his left, John O'Brien, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, has made the new Barre facility a priority. Panelists spoke of the mission to make high-quality health care accessible to all residents of the region. 

Stacy Potts, MD (center), with patient Sandra Moran to her right, and campaign chair David Gale to her left, were among the distinguished speakers at the groundbreaking event.

Stacy Potts, MD (center), with patient Sandra Moran to her right, and campaign chair David Gale to her left, were among the distinguished speakers at the groundbreaking event. 

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