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| Former Congresswoman Nita Lowey with Michael D. Israel, President and Chief Executive Officer, WMCHealth (L) and Zubeen Shroff, Chairman, Board of Directors, Westchester County Health Care Corporation |
VALHALLA, N.Y. (June 27, 2024) – Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s (WMCHealth) 2024 Gala saluted former Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Regeneron President George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, physicians Ivan Miller, MD and Augustine Moscatello, MD, and the dedicated medical/surgical nursing teams at Westchester Medical Center.
The event took place earlier this month, at the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, N.Y. Proceeds from the gala will support the construction of the new Critical Care Tower at Westchester Medical Center – a modern, and much-needed five-story facility that will have 128 private, ICU-capable rooms.
Honorees at the event included:
Former Congresswoman Nita Lowey was honored with the John F. Heimerdinger Lifetime of Service Award. During her three decades in Congress, Congresswoman Lowey was a staunch advocate for healthcare, championing increased federal investments in biomedical research on diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s at the National Institutes of Health.
George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, Board Co-Chair, Co-Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron, was recognized as a Community Champion. Dr. Yancopoulos has been instrumental in the development of Regeneron’s twelve FDA-approved and authorized medicines and many technologies that have saved and improved countless lives.
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| George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD |
Ivan Miller, MD, Director of Emergency Medicine at Westchester Medical Center, received the Physician Exemplar Award. Dr. Miller was honored for his exceptional dedication to emergency medicine. He oversees all Emergency Departments within the WMCHealth system, tackling the most complex cases in the Hudson Valley and ensuring the provision of top-tier care.
Augustine Moscatello, MD, Director of the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, was also awarded the Physician Exemplar Award. Dr. Moscatello has taken part in over thirty medical missions worldwide, including in Ukraine, Cuba, Vietnam, Thailand, India, and Ethiopia. In the past eighteen months, he has traveled to Ukraine three times, providing critical care to injured civilians and military personnel.
The Westchester Medical Center medical/surgical nursing teams were honored with the Care Champions Award. These dedicated professionals exemplify coordinated and comprehensive care for patients undergoing medical and surgical treatment, demonstrating outstanding expertise and compassion every day.
For a complete list of event sponsors, please visit WMCHealth.org/Gala.
Ivan Miller, MD
Augustine Moscatello, MD
About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with nine hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level I (adult and pediatric), Level II and Level III trauma centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, skilled nursing facilities, home-care services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org or follow WMCHealth on Facebook.com/WMCHealth or Instagram.com/WMCHealth.