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COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE

LUCIENNE DRISKILL

ABOUT

Volume XXXXVII No. 3 | Fall 2009Bethesda

INVEST IN LIFE

LUCIENNE DRISKILL, the largest contributor to Bethesda

Memorial Hospital, passed away this summer at the age of

83. Mrs. Driskill was a philanthropist in every sense of the

word and was responsible for the creation of two very

important Centers of Excellence at Bethesda.

Bethesda Memorial Hospital's mission to provide

"quality health services in a caring manner" has been

dramatically enhanced throughout the past few years in

large part to Mrs. Driskill’s support to establish the Walter

S. and Lucienne Driskill Center for Caring Excellence in 2004,

which through one-on-one mentoring, Bethesda’s Care

Coach and Patient Advocates work with every staff member

who provides direct patient care to help them understand

and demonstrate the art of caring when providing clinical

and support services for patients. Nearly 1,000 employeeshave received this special training since the Center’s inception,and this year, Bethesda’s patient satisfaction scores exceededthe national benchmark.

Recently, Mrs. Driskill gave another significant

contribution to establish the Driskill Endovascular Centerproviding a dedicated, state-of-the-art facility for Bethesda

to treat patients with vascular disease with minimally

invasive surgery. Bethesda Healthcare System President

& CEO Robert Hill said, “While we were deeply saddened by

the loss of Mrs. Driskill earlier this year, we know that she

would have been proud to see that this facility is providing

hope for so many patients who were otherwise not

candidates for surgery.”

The Driskill Endovascular Center specializes in

treating patients with thoracic aneurysms and stenoses, or

blockages, of the carotid arteries.

“Mrs. Driskill touched the lives of many members

of the Bethesda team, and through her personal compassion

showed new and enduring ways to treat our patients with

dignity, compassion and the highest level of care,” said KayHarvey, Bethesda Hospital Foundation Executive Director.

“She is missed by all of us who knew her and had the honor

to work with her on behalf of our patients,” she added.

About Bethesda Fall 20091

“When you’re well you have many wishes. . .when you’re sick, you have only one.”– Peter Blum, Bethesda Hospital Foundation Vice Chair

Peter Blum, a Beacon Society member (our highest giving

level), has long believed in the importance of helping

others and one way in which he has had a tremendous

impact is through his support of our community hospital.

A founder and generous supporter of the Blum

Family scholarship program, Mr. Blum, the Hospital and

a handful of donors have come together to provide nearly

$400,000 in college scholarships to 85 children of

Hospital employees over the past decade.

Mr. Blum also cares about patients while they’re

in the hospital. Along with Lady, his beautiful certified

therapy dog, he visits patients each week at Bethesda.

He says, “Patients light up when they see Lady. They

reach out their arm to pet her and our presence is

definitely a comfort to them.”

He adds, “I’m proud to give what I can to help the

wonderful staff of the hospital and the foundation and

thank them for all the care they’ve provided my family –

and so many others – over the years.”

Peter Blum, with the 2009 Bethesda - Blum Scholarship recipients

PETER BLUM

The late Lucienne Driskillwith Bethesda Vascular

Surgeon Dr. George Mueller

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Executive DirectorKay Harvey

Major Gifts, Donor Clubs and Special Events DirectorAmy R. Brand

Public Relations and Annual Giving DirectorPublication Editor

Kristin B. Calder

Special Events AssociateVictoria Castellano

Financial DirectorRocco Corsaro

Executive AssistantConnie Hoke

Planned Giving & Major Gifts DirectorBenefactors Pavilion Society Director

John Landry

Database and Research CoordinatorWendy Ramroop

Donor Relations CoordinatorLinda Ruark

Volume XXXXVII No. 3, Fall 2009

The magazine of Bethesda Hospital Foundation

Bethesda Hospital Foundation

2815 South Seacrest Blvd.

Boynton Beach, FL 33435

Phone 561-737-7733, ext. 4445

Fax: 561-735-7942

www.bethesdahospitalfoundation.org

Foundation Board of DirectorsDaniel E. Burns, ChairPeter Blum, Vice Chair

Howard Ellingsworth, TreasurerEdgar Otto, Secretary

George T. Elmore, Member-at-Large Brian G. Cheslack, Esq., Member-at-Large

William M. Plum, Member-at-Large Mary J. Morrell, Member-at-Large

Deborah Sargeant, Member-at-LargeMembers at Large

Donald P. Brennan

Lenore Raborn-Boonstra

Peter Carney

Leo N. Crowley

Frederick B. Devitt, III

Lewis J. Doctor

Charles James Frankel, III

Stacey M. Hallberg

Herbert F. Kahlert

Kenneth M. Kaleel

Christina R. Langan

Kenneth T. Lassiter

Fred W. Love, M.D.

Bruce H. Lynn

George L. Mueller, M.D.

Michael M. Mullin, III

Stormet C. Norem

Joan Orthwein

Raymond Ripley, Jr.

Margery Roberts

Steven J. Rooney, M.D

Arnold B. Smith

Carol M. Stanley

John T.A. Vanderslice

Leon M. Weekes, Sr.

Volume XXXXVII No. 3 | Fall 2009

Bethesda Hospital Foundation is a not-for-profit organization

established for the benefit and support of Bethesda Memorial Hospital.

Its purpose is to assist the Hospital in accomplishing its mission

through the acquisition, management and disbursement of

philanthropic assets, and by building

support of the Hospital within the community.

Chairman’s MessageCounting on Your Spirit of Giving Bethesda

INVEST IN LIFE

ABOUT

“In the midst of “season”, I hope you will be inspired by the spirit of giving to help our

community non-profit hospital and rejoice in the satisfaction of knowing that your support

allows us to continue to be here for you, your friends and your neighbors when you need us

most. I believe the more you give, the more everyone in our community will receive.

Everyone’s support, no matter the size of the gift, will help us make a difference for the South

Florida community.

As you know, thanks to the generosity of the community, Bethesda has established world-

class Centers of Excellence, which you can read more about here in our newsletter.

We need your help to continue. Here are a couple of ways that we’ve recently had a

tremendous impact in the community:

Learning of an urgent need

for life-saving modems in

local fire rescue

emergency vehicles,

community members

rallied together to donate

the funds to provide the

LIFENET STEMI

Management system by

Physio-Control, the first

web-based system of its

kind, to reduce door-to-

balloon (D2B) times for

patients in South Palm

Beach County who experience a dangerous form of heart attack known as STEMI (ST elevation

myocardial infarction). STEMI poses a serious threat to the heart muscle, and the quicker

patients receive treatment the more likely they are to have a positive outcome.

This new system allows Bethesda’s emergency department and/or the cardiac catheterization

lab to prepare for the patient’s arrival, while the patient is being transported to the hospital,

thus reducing D2B time and saving the heart muscle. This information is simultaneously

transmitted to the cardiologist on call so that he or she can assemble the appropriate team in

advance of the patient’s arrival.

It is thrilling to know that the spirit of giving that prompted a few private citizens to make a

donation for this technology is now greatly helping our entire community served by the Palm

Beach County Fire Rescue and the City of Boynton Beach Fire Rescue.

Just last month, our Women of Grace luncheon raised much-needed funds to purchase vital

equipment for our tiniest and newest members of our community born at Bethesda and cared

for in our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Read more in this issue about the impact that

this event is having on families in our community.

We are counting on your spirit of giving this season to help us continue to provide the best

healthcare to everyone in our community. Please use the enclosed self-addressed envelope

to make a gift to help. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Daniel E. Burns, Chair of the Board


Foundation Vice Chairman Peter Blum, Patti Hawthorn,Bethesda Healthcare System President Robert Hill,

Women of Grace Co-Chairs Megan Huisinga andDeborah Sargeant, Foundation Chairman Dan Burns and

Foundation Executive Director Kay Harvey at the10th Annual Women of Grace luncheon

PAULA BREWER, a 40-year-old Wellington dental hygenist,

remembers starting her morning routine a little more

than a year ago with a shower and then falling as she

reached for a towel. Falling, and not being able to get up.

Paula – youthful, vibrant, active and in

seemingly good health, had suffered a stroke. Rushed to

a local hospital for treatment, tests revealed

she had a blood clot in her brain. Surgeons

tried to remove the clot, but were not

entirely successful – and her carotid artery

was accidentally nicked in the process.

Paula’s family was told to prepare for the

worst – the surgeons thought she would

bleed to death over night.

Paula’s will to live got her through

the night and the procedure had allowed just

enough blood flow to prevent permanent

paralysis. She was told her carotid artery

would heal on its own, but she was paralyzed

on her left side. Doctors determined she

needed rehabilitation to help restore

mobility. Ten days later she was transferred

to Bethesda’s Cornell Institute for Rehabilitation

Medicine. Eager to recover, Paula began her

rehabilitation sessions only to face another life-

threatening hurdle. In one of her sessions, she began

having trouble breathing and her blood pressure

dropped. Her skin was cold and clammy. She was in

cardiogenic shock.

Her cardiologist Dr. Steven Borzak recalls, “We

knew Paula had a blood clot in her lungs, and that she

would die if it were not removed. I called the

interventional radiologist and the interventional

cardiologist, neither of whom felt that they would be able

to remove enough of the clot to allow the heart to

circulate blood through the lungs.”

His next call was to cardiovascular and thoracic

surgeon Michael Carmichael, M.D., who Dr. Borzak says

acknowledged that the procedure she needed, an

emergency pulmonary embolectomy, has an

80% operative mortality, but believed it was

Paula’s best shot at survival. Dr.

Carmichael immediately took Paula into

surgery.

Dr. Carmichael and the Heart Institute

medical team performed the open-heart

surgery finding three clots – including one

that was 12 inches that stayed intact even

as it was pulled out. Dr. Carmichael says

that in his 28 years of surgery, he had never

seen a blood clot that large.

The surgery also revealed more – a hole

in Paula’s heart, which Dr. Carmichael

believes was the cause of her stroke.

Now a little over a year later, thanks to a

lot of rehabilitation and determination, she has regained

almost all of her mobility and her prognosis is good. She

has resumed many of her normal activities, even riding

her bike again. Not able to go back to work just yet, she’s

decided to join Bethesda’s team – as a volunteer, helping

to provide hope and encouragement to patients in the

Cornell Institute going through similar situations as she

experienced.

Paula says it’s a miracle she’s alive today and

she credits the Bethesda medical team with saving

her life.

G R A T E F U L P A T I E N T


A HEART-FELT THANK YOU FOR SAVING A LIFE

The Bethesda Heart Institute’s One Year Anniversary Celebration provided an opportunity for Paula to be reunited in February withher medical team that helped save her life just months before: Daniel Sullivan, M.D., Diane Mayes, R.N., Geoffrey Lynn, M.D.,

Grateful Patient Paula Brewer, Michael Carmichael, M.D. and Ricardo Ayala, M.D.

Dr. Steven Borzak

O U R C O M M U N I T Y I M P A C T


THE WOMEN OF GRACE LUNCHEON CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF GIVING THANKS

BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’S 10th Annual Women

of Grace Luncheon was a tremendous success as five

ladies who have contributed remarkable volunteer

service to local organizations were honored. Celebrating

“10 Years of Giving Thanks”, this sold-out event was

held in October at the Ritz-Carlton in Palm Beach.

An elegant, heart-warming and inspiring event,

proceeds benefited Bethesda’s Center for Women &

Children raising nearly $240,000 to support a newly

renovated state-of-the-art maternity unit re-opening in

December and the purchase of new equipment including

“Giraffe” bed incubators which imitate a mother’s womb

for the most critically ill babies in our care, some

weighing less than a pound. Last year, 2,900 babies were

born at Bethesda, and of those, 345 spent their first

weeks in our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The Center is staffed 24-hours-a-day by a highly trained

medical team including a Neonatologist, providing the

highest level of care for newborns.

V.I.P. Tour: Grace Nelson and Deborah Sargeant visitBethesda's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Below: NICU Nurse Barbara Jones

and Director of OB ServicesLorna Donaldson stand with anew Giraffe incubator along

with Grace Nelson andDeborah Sargeant following

a demonstration of thishigh-tech bed that simulates

the environment of amother's womb

Honorees Eileen Augustyn of The Women's Circle, Inc., Co-Chair Megan Huisinga, Honoree Robin Bresky of the Legal Aid Society,Susan Mullin of the Boys and Girls Club, Gale Martin of C.R.O.S. Ministries and Village Baptist Church, Bethesda Healthcare SystemPresident and CEO Robert B. Hill, Co-Chair Deborah Saregant, Mistress of Ceremonies Grace Nelson, Honoree Cindy Krebsbach of theJunior League of Boca Raton and Title Sponsor Wells Fargo Advisors represented by Susan McCormick Davis of Palm Beach Gardens

GRACE NELSON, wife of U.S. Senator

Bill Nelson and Mistress of

Ceremonies, toured the Center for

Women & Children at Bethesda prior

to the luncheon. Inspired by the high

level of care and technology Bethesda

is providing to women, children and

families in our community, she

challenged guests at the luncheon to

join our efforts.

To view photos from these

events and to learn more about ways

to support this Center of Excellence

including the Center for Women &

Children’s Wish List, visit our new

Foundation website:

www.BethesdaHospitalFoundation.org

A VERY SPECIAL GUEST

SPONSORS


THE WOMEN OF GRACE platinum sponsor was a special group of

donors called the Magnolia Society. This group has generously

given to help Bethesda Memorial Hospital’s Center for Women &

Children since 2003. Established to recognize donors who help

underwrite the event at $500 the first year, and $250 to renew each

year following, this group has made a significant impact on the

success of the event in recent years and has grown to more than 100

members as part of the Women of Grace efforts. The Magnolia

Society, led by co-chairs Eileen Augustyn, Peggy Martin and PhyllisSpinner, recently hosted an afternoon tea at the St. Andrews Club

for their members and in recognition of the Honorees.

Bethesda Hospital Foundation’s 10th Annual Women of Grace Committee included (L to R, front to back) Laura Rodriguez, Peggy Martin, Eileen Augustyn,Deborah Sargeant, Megan Huisinga, Bettina Young, Trudy Willms, Chrissy Hubiak, Christina Langan, Lisa Romanowski, Patty Jones, Nicole Mugavero,Anne Gibb, Joanne Grubman, Carrie Lanoce, Jacqueline Moroco Maloney, Michelle Applegate, Sharon Manning, Suzy Long, Kari Shipley, Peggy Henry,

Mary Whittemore, Shelly Sipp, Jennifer Kilpatrick, Luane Venables, Heidi Sargeant and Carla Martin; Not pictured: Amy Crompton, Katherine Fay,Ana Kenefick, Hilary Lynch, Stephanie Morfogen, Mary Morrell, Peg Mulry, Pernille Ostberg, Phyllis Spinner, Ellen Walton and Taryn Wheat.

Ana Kenefick, Luane Venables and Jeanette Miller Joanne McAdams, Gay Vela and Linda GreeneLisa Jensen Joyce, Dr. Regine Bataille and

Geralyn Lunsford, VP Patient Services

Caron Dockerty, Laura Rodriguez and Deborah Sargeant

Magnolia Society Chairs Phyllis Spinner, Eileen Augustyn and Peggy Martin

Past Honorees Help Celebrate Women of Grace's 10th Year: Kari Shipley, Karen Phillips,Anne Bright, Trudy Willms, Gayl Brown, Nancy Earnhart and Gail Murphy

Magn lia Society

ONE OF THE OLDEST galas in Palm Beach County is sure

to provide “Romance Under the Stars” this Valentine’s

Eve, 2010. The 55th Annual Bethesda Ball will be a

spirited black-tie evening with dinner, dancing,

entertainment and a live and silent auction.

Save the date for Saturday, February 13, 2010 and

plan to join us at The Breakers in Palm Beach for a

memorable evening. We are thrilled to have Bethesda

physicians and their wives serving as co-chairmen of the

event: Drs. Ralph and Kristy Breslaw and Dr. and Mrs.

Geoffrey Lynn. Tickets are $350 per person. Dr. Breslaw

is the 2009-2010 Chief of the Bethesda Medical Staff and

Dr. Lynn is the Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at the

Bethesda Heart Institute.

Last year’s ball chairmen, the Foundation’sExecutive Committee, hosted a ball kick-off luncheon in

October at the Seagate Beach Club. To view more photos

of the ball pre-events or to learn more details, visit our

website: www.BethesdaBall.org.

Sharon Wolfe, Ann Jara, Lee Blake, Trish Mazzoni andFoundation Executive Director Kay Harvey

Dr. Jim Byrnes, Lisa Lynn, Foundation Executive CommitteeMember Howard Ellingsworth, Bobbi Rini and Dr. Kristy Breslaw

55th Bethesda Ball Co-Chairmen: Drs. Ralph and Kristy Breslawand Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Lynn

Ball Committee member Kathy Smith with Foundation ExecutiveCommittee members Deborah Sargeant,

Mary Morrell and Peter Blum

PLANS ARE UNDERWAY for the

Inaugural Bethesda Pro-Am GolfTournament hosted by LPGA

greats Beth Daniel and Meg Mallonat The Falls Country Club in Lake

Worth. The 2010 event, set for

Monday, January 11, 2010 is the

next Pro-Am venture for the


building on a 40-year tradition

previously hosted by Bob Murphyand Laurie Hammer at Delray

Dunes to benefit Bethesda.

Play will be a shotgun

format with a tentative start time

of 12:30 p.m. Registration and

brunch will begin mid-morning and a cocktail reception

and awards ceremony will follow after play concludes.

Confirmed players include Hall of Famers BethDaniel, 2009 Solheim Cup Captain, Karrie Webb, JoAnneCarner, Nancy Lopez; LPGA Greats: Solheim Co-Captain

Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins, Michelle McGann, MeaghanFrancela and Solheim Cup team members KristyMcPherson and Brittany Lincicome (also the 2009 Kraft

Nabisco champion); and previous Pro-Am hosts and

Champions Tour great Bob Murphy and Laurie Hammer.Amateur golf rounds are still available at $6,000

a foursome. Check our website: www.BethesdaGolfDay.orgfor more details. Gallery tickets are $10 and can be

purchased on our website or call 561-737-7733, ext. 5600

for more information.

A N E W P R O - A M F O R B E T H E S D A


The Inaugural Pro-Am Committee includes Karen Phillips, Wendy Overton, Event Co-chairs MegMallon and Beth Daniel, Michele Siben, Trudy Willms, Frank Wheat, Michael Pakradooni, Charles

“Buzz” Hill, Ivan Smith, Bethesda Healthcare System V.P. Roger Kirk, Bethesda HealthcareSystem President Robert Hill, Dale Morrison, The Falls Head Professional Bill Levy, Bruce Lynnand Herb Bryan; not pictured: Mike Callaway, Candace Etzler, Jan Kucera, J.R. List, John Little,

Jose Olivella, M.D., Jim Searle, Mark Weigel and Nancy Whiteman

55TH ANNUAL BETHESDA BALL

THE QUAIL RIDGE GOLF TOURNAMENT committee is busy

planning their 25th tournament and dinner reception to

benefit Bethesda Memorial Hospital’s Center for

Radiation Oncology and the Bethesda Heart Institute.

This event, set for Thursday, January 14, 2010, has

raised more than $3 million over the past many years.

Community activities for the 9th Bethesda Day at HuntersRun are well underway including a Bingo game January

6, 2010, a pre-event tennis tournament on January 15,

and a golf outing, swim-a-thon and dinner reception for

the main event March 15, 2010. Already this event has

raised more than $2 million over the years to support

Bethesda.

C O R P O R A T E A N D C O M M U N I T Y S U P P O R T

Thanks to our COMMUNITY whose EVENTS continue to make a difference


NEARLY 30 CORPORATIONS joined the Foundation’s

program efforts in the last year to help provide support

for Bethesda Memorial Hospital. Called the Corporate

Partnership program, this giving club recognizes civic-

minded corporate leaders who have made a commitment

to the growth and stability of Bethesda Memorial

Hospital. A company’s financial contribution enables the

Hospital to offer benefits to the company including

wellness programs, invitation-only receptions with other

Hospital donors and exclusive membership in our

Benefactors Pavilion Society. The funds raised by our

corporate community provide for the continued growth

and expansion of the Hospital’s nationally recognized

Centers of Excellence. For more details on the program

visit the Giving Clubs area on our website

www.BethesdaHospitalFoundation.org.

Highlights of the program this year included a

November reception and presentation entitled “Heart

Healthy Habits for the Holidays” by Bethesda Heart

Institute Cardiologist Dr. Januariusz Styperek at OldCalypso (Corporate Partner member Blum Restaurant

Holdings) and a tour of Corporate Partner Office Depot’snew headquarters in May.

CORPORATE PARTNERS

QUAIL RIDGE HUNTERS RUN

Andy Kelly of Acousti Engineering, Trish Blaauw andSid Blaauw of Steel Fabricators at the Old Calypso reception

Tom and Barbara Blum, of Blum Restaurant Holdings, CorporatePartners Chairman Stacey Hallberg of Northern Trust,

Dr. Januariusz Styperek and Dan Burns, Foundation Chairman

Corporate Partners Chairman Stacey Hallberg of Northern Trust,Bethesda Healthcare System V.P. Roger Kirk, Office Depot

Foundation President Mary Wong and Foundation ExecutiveDirector Kay Harvey Thanks to National Healing Corporation, a founding corporate

partner, for recently renewing their membership with a $50,000donation as seen here: Stacey Hallberg, Corporate Partners

Chairman, Peter Blum, Foundation Vice Chairman, Jim Patrick,CEO of National Healing Corporation and Kay Harvey,

Foundation Executive Director.

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GROUNDBREAKING for the new Bethesda West

Hospital is set for April of 2010, with the opening set for

the spring of 2013. Bethesda West will be an all-new 80-

bed, world-class, not-for-profit, community hospital

located at the northeast corner of Boynton Beach

Boulevard and US-441. As part of Bethesda Healthcare

System, this new hospital facility will provide

comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services,

with state-of-the-art technology that incorporates

environmentally sound practices. Bethesda’s current

property offers the potential for tremendous growth as the

location allows for a 400-bed hospital to be built in phases

over future years.

Amenities and DesignBethesda West Hospital has been designed in a

Mediterranean style to reflect the architectural

surroundings of the West Boynton community. HDR

Architecture was selected to design Bethesda West, after

successfully designing Bethesda’s Cornell Institute for

Rehabilitation, the Bethesda Heart Institute and earning

top national awards including the number one ranking in

healthcare design by Modern Healthcare's “2009 Annual

Construction & Design Survey of Healthcare Architects.”

PLANS ADVANCE FOR THE NEW BETHESDA WEST HOSPITAL

Hospitality and healthcare services will be integrated at

Bethesda West to provide a tranquil environment with

all-private rooms for patients, nursing areas dispersed

throughout each patient unit, allowing nurses to stay

close to their patients, meditative areas enhanced by

natural light for patients and families and “room service”

style dining.

The Medical Team and Patient CareBethesda West Hospital has been designed to be easily

expandible to handle all future growth in West Boynton.

Key services including critical care and medical-surgical

programs, as well as imaging, laboratory services and

inpatient rehabilitation will be designed to provide

exceptional patient care. All 550 members of Bethesda’s

Medical Staff will become members of Bethesda West

Hospital’s Medical Staff when the new hospital opens.

This will ensure continuity of care between both hospitals,

providing a seamless integration of care for Bethesda

patients. Bethesda West Hospital will be committed to

maintaining the highest quality standards for patient

care and patient safety that have become synonymous

with Bethesda Memorial Hospital.

Register for events, make online donations and learn more about our community impact by visiting our new website: www.BethesdaHospitalFoundation.org

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